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NFL Weekly Thread: Post Season + Super Bowl

Let's chat about the National Football League. This thread will be dedicated to all post-season games, including the Super Bowl. This post will be updated with results and schedules going into February (All times Eastern):

Wildcard matchups:

2025-01-11:
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04:30PM: Los Angeles Chargers vs. Houston Texans
08:00PM: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens

2025-01-12:
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01:00PM: Denver Broncos vs. Buffalo Bills, 
04:30PM: Green Bay Packers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
08:00PM: Washington Commanders vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2025-01-13
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08:00PM: Minnesota Vikings vs. Los Angeles Rams
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So far neither the Chargers nor the Texans seem too interested in winning this game.

Back to back interceptions. Don't see that every day in the playoffs. And both of them thrown right to a defensive back.

This has been a terrible game by Herbert’s standards, although some of that is just his pass-catchers besides McConkey just hanging him out to dry. This team is at least a year, realistically two years, ahead of schedule in terms of roster development and cap space, so I’m trying to keep this game in perspective. I’m more shocked by how poor the Chargers’ defense has been in the second half of this game. (Turns out the Texans weren’t just a paper tiger propped up by a weak division.)

Brutal game for the Chargers offense. The defense couldn't stay off the field for missed third downs and interceptions, and that left them vulnerable. I'm not looking at Houston and thinking they'll beat the Chiefs, but if the Broncos get the upset I could see them beating the Ravens if Anderson keeps playing out of his mind.

There were a lot of plays where Anderson was practically in Herbert's lap within seconds.

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