NFL FOOTBALL

i've always said that when you lose on wild card weekend, it just proves you didn't belong there in the first place.  was anyone really surprised when the chiefs, eagles, and the packers all spit the bit this weekend?

the packers (or the bears for that matter) had no chance of advancing and even with home field AND "packer weather" they played the game in slow motion. 

the chiefs have been running on fumes the last two months, losing 5 of their last seven.  remember when they were 9-0? they had a TWENTY EIGHT POINT LEAD with 28 minutes to play and throated to indy & andrew luck. the coach of the chiefs? andy reid, who couldn't win in philly with the best team in the league. the beat goes on.

and speaking of the eagles...another team with home field against a team that had NEVER won a road playoff game.
eagles, meet the saints.  bye-bye.

and now we come to the team who has to be the most disappointing of wild card weekend, the cincinnati bengals. they ran away with their division, were undefeated at home, scored a hundred and twenty-five more points than the enemy during the regular season, had the third ranked defense in the nfl and had a west coast team playing on the road in the worst midwest winter in years. a major bed wetting by andy dalton who has yet to win a playoff game in three tries and has turned the ball over 7 times in those efforts.  oh yeah, never trust a red head.

and now some news from a non-playoff team, the chicago bears. A HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION for jay cutler over the next 7 years. take a moment to absorb that. he probably got all that money for each championship he's won starting with college. no, that's not it.
nfl playoff games?  not that either.  it just goes to show you that you can win 25% of your college games and never lead your nfl team to a playoff game BUT if you're teacher's pet, there are chests of gold waiting for you.  just picture the bears (marc tressman) as a desperate poker player going "all in" on a hunch and then crossing your fingers hoping for the ace.  that's the feeling i get when i look at this deal.