Wild Card Weekend - predictions?

purplefaithful wrote:
Mine are:

Rams/Panthers
RAMS

Packers/Bears
BEARS (tough call)

Bills/Jags
JAGS (I dont trust the Bills anymore)

49'ers/Eagles
EAGLES

Rams
Packers
Bills
49ers ( don't know why)

purplefaithful wrote:
Mine are:

Rams/Panthers
RAMS

Packers/Bears
BEARS (tough call)

Bills/Jags
JAGS (I dont trust the Bills anymore)

49'ers/Eagles
EAGLES

Rams
Bears (6 losses in a row for the Packers?)
Bills (Jags are fresh to the playoff world)
49ers (Eagles have major issues on offense)

Rams
Packers
Bills

San Francisco/ eagles if tent Williams plays it's San Fran. No Williams it's eagles. San Fran is 4-13 without Williams.

All the road teams.

Rams
Packers
Jags
Eagles
Chargers
Steelers

Rams
Bears
Bills
Eagles
Chargers
Texans

Rams
Bears
Jags
Eagles
Pats
Texans

Wow...you guys who picked the 49'ers??

Great call...

Every team that won (so far) this weekend was trailing at the 2 minute warning - cept the Eagles

Eagles and Packers lose? Pretty, pretty good weekend imo.

purplefaithful wrote:
Wow...you guys who picked the 49'ers??

Great call...

Every team that won (so far) this weekend was trailing at the 2 minute warning - cept the Eagles

Eagles and Packers lose? Pretty, pretty good weekend imo.

Every game has been unreal, not sure a better weekend of playoff football with every game coming down to last possession.

greediron wrote:

Rams
Bears (6 losses in a row for the Packers?)
Bills (Jags are fresh to the playoff world)
49ers (Eagles have major issues on offense)

Just wow! Well done

StickierBuns wrote:
Jim Harbaugh 0-2 in the playoffs with Justin Herbert as his QB. Don't talk to me about injuries, see the San Francisco 49ers.

I was a fan of hiring Jim however that record does not help. Good thing the brain trust did not listen to me.

FYI, since 2020, the Matt LaFleur has won ONE playoff game (beating the Cowboys in 2023) in four appearances and they have a QB with 6 years experience and three as a starter. 
In other words they have won one playoff game since KOC was hired.
Point being winning in the playoffs is hard PLUS you need some breaks to go your way.

Caleb Williams now has SEVEN 4th-quarter comebacks when trailing late: the most in a season by any QB under the age of 25 in NFL history. #DaBears

— Ben Devine (@Chicago_NFL) January 12, 2026

StickierBuns wrote:
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter · 24m "Packers now are expected to try to work out a deal in the coming days to keep head coach Matt LaFleur in Green Bay, per sources."

As they should. Packer Nation calling for his firing is just such typical hyper knee jerk stupidity. He's a very good coach.

And oh yeah....so again what to make of this guy? The Jaguars should have won the game against Buffalo, but Lawrence missed the chance to shine:

"On a day when Trevor Lawrence struggled with consistency and went 18-of-30 for 207 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions"

Agree on LaFleur. It's like the Roman Colosseum. Fans are stupid, they overreact to everything and want blood after every loss. 

But speaking of overreaction, Lawrence played well yesterday against the NFL's best pass defense. What's more, he had a helluva season. 4,000 yards, 29 TDs, 12 INT. I think it's time to put to bed the narrative that he can't play in the NFL. 

I like what they're doing down in the Ville, despite losing their top pick for the season. But speaking of whom, they need to move Travis Hunter to CB permanently and then draft a WR. I can see them being a serious contender for the next few seasons.

I think what SF pulled off yesterday is absolutely amazing...

One for the ages even. If I was to list off the 49'er players missing from that field? Even b4 Kittle's achilles?

It would boggle the mind.

That said, I think their season ends this week. But what a job by Shanahan!!

greediron wrote:

Rams
Bears (6 losses in a row for the Packers?)
Bills (Jags are fresh to the playoff world)
49ers (Eagles have major issues on offense)

Doing good so far.

Well I'm killing it with the predictions at 1-4 so far.  Just need Aaron to win tonight to get up to 2-4 lol.

As for coaches Shanahan proved again yesterday he's maybe the only guy in this league who does more with less.  LeFleur melts down every postseason and Kevin O'Childress?  Sorry, not going to win any championships with Sean McVay's clipboard holder.  Here's a purple towel to cry in ;)

DeepFreeze05 wrote:
https://x.com/Chicago_NFL/status/2010696453828587561

The perfect throw he made on 4th down scrambling and off balance that would have ended the game had they not converted was one of best plays of the year.  Not many QBs outside of Mahomes and Allen have the ability to make that play.  He has some work to do on his overall accuracy, but he is a dangerous QB and the main reason the Bears have turned it around.

ERIC KENDRICKS KNOCKS IT AWAY

49ERS BALL 😳

SFvsPHI on FOX/FOX One
Stream on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/YS7jtonSGC

— NFL (@NFL) January 12, 2026

Vikergirl wrote:
https://x.com/i/status/2010513075892576693

I loved this!  My favorite play of the weekend!  Huge Kendricks fan, one of my favorite Vikes.  Was watching that game and rooting for him specifically, 10 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, vocal leadership all game long and then makes the game winning play with the TE open for the first down.

StickierBuns wrote:
Lost their last 6 playoff appearances....haven't won a playoff game in 10 years: Mike Tomlin. Garbage? Absolutely not. But there will be fans, in all their ignorant glory, screaming for his head. Weeee!

He's been at it a long time now...I wouldnt be surprised if he needed a break or change from it all

At 53 you're starting to see the ledge

JR44 wrote:

The perfect throw he made on 4th down scrambling and off balance that would have ended the game had they not converted was one of best plays of the year.  Not many QBs outside of Mahomes and Allen have the ability to make that play.  He has some work to do on his overall accuracy, but he is a dangerous QB and the main reason the Bears have turned it around.

His athletic instincts, the ability to adjust his feet and contort his body in such a way to elude a tackler or throw a pass off balance is like nothing I've ever seen before. No, Allen and Mahomes can't make that play either. I think he's always going to struggle with accuracy and his career will likely be up and down based on that, but I think he's got the right coach to help him through. I think their party ends this weekend against the Rams but Chicago is going to be a problem over the next few years. All of that training camp fuss about Williams appears to have been WAY overblown.