Wildcard weekend has come and gone.

AFC

Titans 22, Chiefs 21 - I was surprised by this one. As they say, it's a game of inches. Mariota caught his own pass for a touchdown and the Titans came back from an 18-point halftime deficit to beat Andy Reid and Alex Smith's Chiefs. I was watching the game at Buffalo Wild Wings and when the Chiefs scored an apparent fumble recovery TD with only a few minutes left the place went crazy...only for it to be called back after video showed the ball came out after the runner was down.

Jaguars 10, Bills 3 - less surprised by this, although I thought for sure the score would be higher. Neither team was able to mount much of an offense. The real story has to be Jacksonville's defense, they were all over Tyrod Taylor. Buffalo had a shot to tie the game on their final drive but Taylor was hurt and his replacement thew a pass that was tipped and intercepted to seal the win.

NFC

Falcons 26, Rams 13 - this was the biggest upset of the first round for me...Atlanta is a good team, don't get me wrong, but the back-in-LA-again Rams had a great regular season and the combo of Goff & Gurley put them ahead of the Falcons in my mind. Not so, as the Falcons dominated. Of course, this bothers me as my Detroit Lions were defeated by the Falcons....errr...by the refs, really...and that loss played a big part in Atlanta making the playoffs and Detroit missing. Shoulda been my team beating the Rams! X-D

Saints 31, Panthers 26 - Brees & Co. managed to win this game without much of a running game, which is a little surprising considering how good their rookie runner Kamara has been. Carolina had a lot more success on the ground, picking up 107 combined rushing yards, but they couldn't finish their drives and wound up with four field goals on five attempts. The big story you'll hear about is how Cam Newton got absolutely rocked, looked like he was stumbling around and disoriented, and still went back in to finish the game...maybe Carolina was willing to pay the penalty for not following concussion protocols and just not giving a damn about human beings.

Next round, and my call:

Atlanta at Philadelphia, Saturday at 4:35 p.m. - Falcons 24, Eagles 21. Without Wentz, the green birds will be in trouble.
Tennessee at New England, Saturday at 8:15 p.m. - Patriots 41, Titans 13. Tennessee has no business being in a divisional playoff game in New England. None.
Jacksonville at Pittsburgh, Sunday at 1:05 p.m. - Steelers 21, Jaguars 19. I think Big Ben avenges their loss to Jacksonville earlier this season.
New Orleans at Minnesota, Sunday at 4:40 p.m. - Saints 31, Vikings 21. If anybody is going to break the Vikings defense, I feel like it's New Orleans.