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We were part of one of the "worst wildcard weekends in history"

It was unfortunately. The teams that get into the NFL playoffs deserve to be there, but the teams there aren't necessarily the best version of themselves. We weren't, more due to defensive losses than our QB, and Oakland certainly wasn't. It happened to Arizona and Houston a few years ago.

Look for the NFL to try to legislate QB injuries away again.
 
I can't remember a more depressing, boring playoff weekend. All four games were yawners. Cook really looked in over his head vs Houston.
 
All the cool kids were doing it. We were just trying to be popular.
 
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Our defense should not have been allowed to the game.
 
You know it's bad when the Dolphins/Steelers game was one of the more contested games.
 
But it is an improvement though to get to the playoffs. Just shows the team will be more and more hungry.
 
next yr will be big test.. make it back next yr...to playoff. anything can happen

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next yr will be big test.. make it back next yr...to playoff. anything can happen....good job 2016 but bar will be higher next yr 2017
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Too many injuries influenced that. The Raiders, Dolphins and the Titans (who had a shot at winning their division and taking the Texans' place) all lost their starting QB.

Then the Raiders lost their backup QB and their star LT, while we went into Pittsburgh with a depleted secondary / LB unit.

Even Stafford wasn't himself with that finger injury.

No excuse for the Giants, although they did face the best QB in the league at his absolute best.
 
um... and no one will remember this weekend by February.

and by 'no one' I mean people who don't spend their time posting on finheaven and the like.

This is just more fake news - get me clicks - hyperbolic journalism - just bloviaiting non-sense that passes in today's world as something you should pay mind to.

I mean seriously .... some person writes about the "worst wildcards weekend ever" as if it has some lasting value ... as if it is "history". Can I think of something more insignificant and meaningless to dwell upon?
 
we are the first team in history to lose 4 strait playoff games by more than 14 points. WHO CARES. We are on to bigger things soon. FINS UP.
 
Well, the Texans/Raiders game was the worst playoff matchup ever in terms of YPPA Differential. I've looked at this for 30 seasons and there has never been a -.7 (Houston) playing -.9 (Oakland).

And those stats were based on the regulars. It had nothing to do with the injured quarterbacks.

Two truly miserable teams from a statistical standpoint. I was looking forward to wagering against Oakland in the playoffs all year, due to the awful YPPA Differential numbers. But when they faltered late and ended up facing another awful team I didn't wager anything. It didn't fit any of my systems. Not that my playoff systems are that great anyway. The college bowl stuff is much more reliable.

Last season the road teams swept round one but it wasn't as strange as it sounds because the road teams generally had superior quarterbacks from a career perspective. This time the quarterback edge was with the home teams.

I was only disappointed in the Giants. That was a legit team with many very good qualities. With a different draw I wouldn't have been shocked at a Super Bowl berth. It was a lot to ask to win a playoff game at Lambeau three times in a row.

BTW, this is the first time the Falcons have been legitimate. They led the league in YPPA Differential by wide margin at +2.0. New England was second at +1.4. In the two previous seasons Atlanta was a high seed with Matt Ryan at quarterback they were a statistical phony. They had a slight negative YPPA Differential in one of those seasons.

I don't like the Falcons. Keep in mind they came into the NFL at the same time the Dolphins entered the AFL -- 1966. They were the two new professional football teams that season. Consequently there was a bit of a rivalry from the outset even though the teams didn't play each other. Atlanta fans were somewhat snobbish since they entered the daddy league NFL while the Dolphins were in the upstart AFL. They were also the closest team geographically.

I like to point out that type of thing because the details are too often lost to memory, or never presented to younger fans. Heck, many younger Dolphin fans have absolutely no clue that the Baltimore Colts were easily our biggest and most hated rival during the 1970s.
 
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