Playoffs Day Two

Today we saw two more teams move on in the NFL playoffs. Unlike yesterday, when the two home teams won, today both road teams came out victorious.

The first were the Baltimore Ravens, who absolutly controled the Miami Dolphins. It was a tight game until 2:30 left in the second quarter, when Ed Reed picked off a Chad Pennington pass and returned it 64 yards for a score putting the Ravens on top 10-3. At the half Baltimore pushed it to 17-3, and continued to play strong aggressive defense picking Pennington off four times and sacking him three times. The Ravens defense allowed them to outscore the Dolphins 14-6 in the second half, with Miami score a touchdown two minutes into the fourth quarter, but missing the point after. Now Baltimore moves on to play Tennesse, in Tennesse, and pushes San Diego to play Pittsburg, in Pittsburg.

The second team to move on to the second round were the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Minnesota Vikings. Neither team really dominated this game, with the Eagles getting a pair of first quarter field goals. The second quarter is when most of the scoring happened, Adrian Petterson scored a pair of touchdowns and Asante Samuel picked off a Tarvaris Jackson pass returning it for a touchdown, giving Samuel four postseason pick sixes breaking an NFL record. Going into the half the Eagles were on top 16-14, and it stayed that way until 6:37 left in the game when Donovin McNabb hooked up with Brian Westbrook on a screen pass that went for 71 yard touchdown. The Eagles would add a field goal making the final 26-14, sending the Vikings home and the Eagles to play divison rival New York Giants and the Arizona to Carolina to play the Panthers.

Now we wait until next weekend to see what happens in the world of professional football.


-Daemon