NFL Wild-Card Weekend thread

Yeah, but I remember that game like it was yesterday.

Jimmy Johnson went up in front of the media and said, "Barry Sanders will not beat us."

So Erik Kramer masters the three-step drop and quick fire and hit Herman Moore and everyone else he could find all game long. Then, after it was long decided, the Lions hand it to Sanders, who left six Cowboys sprawling on the turf trying to get him down.

For those of you who enjoyed Green Bay's takedown a few hours back, you would have loved this game, too. Executing the game plan in every way, shape and form.

 

This ain't Murder


She Wrote being shown in it's entirety after the game on the West Coast.

 

What I remember is the Broncos played in the AFC championship that year against the Bills so leading up to it my friends and I were all debating who you'd rather play. The Lions won. And while the Broncos likely fare worse against the Redskins than the Bills (not a good mix, Super Bowls and the Broncos at the time, not that it was much better for Buffalo), the Broncos lost that game 10-7, giving up a pick six and missing three field goals.

 

... which is weird. I met Rich Karlis once. Rented a vehicle in my corner of the world. When he gave me his name, I asked him.

He seemed stunned that I recalled that. Zero ego. Easygoing guy. I was not in Fort Collins during this time.

 

No longer Rich Karlis. It was David Treadwell. And yes I know that without looking it up.

 

Well, you know those Clemson kickers. At least he didn't end up in prison ...

 

Seriously, but not like the Lions! That game gets lost in the lore because they weren't supposed to win and I don't think anyone really wanted them to go back to the Super Bowl. But a pick six and three missed field goals and lost 10-7. Just ugh! I mean, the anniversary of the stupid Baltimore game came up this weekend across all my social memories. We all remember that! This one we should too, but I bet most Broncos fans really don't.

 

To tie it all together, the Broncos are a long way from what the Cowboys are going through now or the Lions and Browns have forever, but how much does some success wipe away all of that?

Do the Cowboys fans who remember their dynasty in the 90s suffer all little less through games like today? Do Broncos fans not care about the current drought and the bad Super Bowls and Baltimore and Jacksonville (and Buffalo?) as much because they finally got three? I know that really Super Bowl 50 still has some time for me not giving a crap at the moment, but I am sure it will fade.

 

Um … there still is a 1 seed yet to play …

 

Stanford out there in a Carhartt coat like he’s about to go feed.