Best of the Week: Playoff Edition

With the Regular NFL season closed off, and the playoffs over with the exception of the Super Bowl it is time to go back and review some of the best games and moments from this season's playoffs.

We'll start off with the most satisfying moment of the entire season, where on the first play of the Ravens-Patriots Game in the wildcard round Ray Rice rushed over 80 yards for a touchdown. The embarrassment that the Ravens brought upon the Pats on their first drive was just the beginning of the rape that Baltimore would continue to bring upon New England throughout the game. This play will forever go down in history as the defining moment of the end of the Patriots dynasty, and for that it has quickly become one of our favirote moments in NFL history.

 

  How ma' nuts taste Bellicheat?

The same round of the playoffs which brought us the end of the Patriots reign over all that was good and decent in the world, also brought one of the greatest playoff games of all time, as the Cardinals faced the Packers in Arizona. The game was essentially played with no defense by either team as Aaron Rodgers threw for 423 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception; Warner did even better as he threw for 379 yards, 5 touchdowns and completed 29/33 passes (Quite possibly the greatest performance by a QB in a single game ever!).

 

I don't know what this is called, but it's awesome.

As the game went into overtime the Cardinals defense finally decided to show up as Rodgers fumbled the ball(or was intercepted depending on how you want to put it) and kicked it off his foot directly to Karlos Dansby, who then proceeded to return it for the game winning touchdown. A perfect ending to a near perfect game (still not as good as Browns-Lions though).

Just like the rest of their season, the Packers Offensive Line costs them everything.

The Cardinals next game against the Saints in the divisional round though was not nearly as glorious, as the Saints defense decided to show up. The game was competitive however until Arizona's general in uniform Kurt Warner was injured. Without their Jesus loving leader the Cardinals were lost, and even when he came back into the game Kurt clearly was not the same. Hopefully this will not be the end of the legend known as Kurt Warner.

The end of a legend? Let's hope not

While the Cardinals struggled however, the Saints had no problem getting back into sync as Drew Brees proved why he was the premier Quarterback in the NFC and the 2nd best QB in the entire league (only behind the manning master) by throwing for 3 touchdowns and 247 yards.

However just as one good man fell, another surged to a new level of greatness.

As the Saints returned to their role as the most dynamite offense in the NFL, the showdown between the Cowboys-Vikings occurred. Unfortunately one of these two teams had to win, and despite the fact that they had finally won a playoff game this was still the Cowboys, and thus stood no chance to the Purple Penis Eaters.

Amazing how Rice didn't break his leg, or his neck.

Whatever black magic Tony Romo used to defeat the Eagles, it clearly wasn't in effect during this game, as he was made to look like the fool that he is. Passing for only 198 yards, 0 touchdowns and an interception, the cowboys stood no chance, as they were lead by a quarterback with the competence of Piglet from Winnie the Pooh.

This is the visual definition of Tony Romo.

Oh de-de-de-de-de-dear

The Cowboys defense was just as flacid in their performance though, as they made Favre look like he could see the future through his stupid antics that would ordinarily be called absolutely buffoonery.

It's like he knew! Or maybe he just fell to the ground because he tripped over his own feet.

 

I'm going this way! HA! FOOLED YOU!

The Jets continued their upset streak into the Divisional round of the playoffs as they made fools of the Chargers, a team which nearly every, "expert," was picking to win the superbowl. However, due to the efforts of our DPOY Darell Revis and the rest of the Jets D, New York managed to overcome Phillip and the Chargers.

 

Of course the Chargers did not go out with any class or style, something that shouldn't be all too surprising as they are the same team with both Phillip Rivers and Sean Merriman on their roster.

Fuck you flag, i'm sick of your shit!

Oh Phillip, you are such a fool.

 

Typical Phillip, being a douchebag, maybe he should tell Norv to...

L.T. knows what's up

The Chargers suffered the same fate as the Giants and the Texans, as their kicker managed to completely lose the game for them.

Gaze into the eyes of absolute failure.

He may never win a superbowl, but L.T. did create the greatest thing since the Superbowl Shuffle.

The Jets reign of upsetting teams in the playoffs was ended by the Colts as Peyton Manning turned out to be too much for Darell Revis and the Jets D to handle. Of course this was no surprise to us at 18-1, since we already knew no USC QB could win a superbowl.

 

GOD DAMNIT SANCHEZ!

The NFC Conference Championship was a much closer game than we predicted, as the Vikings were able to overcome many of the efforts of the Saints D, as well as the trick plays that New Orleans was pulling out of their asses.

The Saints new gameplan? Do a bunch of bunch of pointless handoffs which lead to only getting back to the line of scrimmage.

Of course it's only karma that Favre cost his new team their chance at winning the superbowl the same way that he did back in 2007 when he was still on the Packers and threw an interception against the Giants in overtime during the NFC Championship.

Farved!

Jack-in-the-box

With only two more NFL games this season, expect one or two more entries in this season of Best of the Week. Until then comrades, live long and prosper