Playoffs Day One

Today we saw two teams move on to the second round of the NFL playoffs.

The first was the Arizona Cardinals, who hosted a playoff game for the first since 1947 when the then Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia. Going into half time it looked as though the Atlanta Falcons were destined for victory, after a shaky start, going to the locker room with a 17-14 lead. But coming out of the half it looked like Arizona just wanted it more, outscoring the Falcons 16-7 in the second half, and sending them home in the process. Now they have to wait for the results of tomorrows Minnesota - Philadelphia game.

The other were the San Diego Chargers, who hand Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts a 23-17 overtime loss. The Chargers were arguably the hottest team going into the postseason, riding the tails of a four-game win streak. In the first half the chargers out scored the Colts 14-10. But in the second half struggled to score, allowing Indianapolis to score a third quarter touchdown. But getting off a game tieing field goal with 31 seconds left in the fourth, sending the game to overtime where Darren Sproles ran it in from 22 yards out to win the game for San Diego. Sproles, who stepped up huge for the Chargers after LaDainian Tomlinson went down with a groin injury, had 105 yards and two scores on 22 carries, including the game winner. The Chargers have to wait to see the outcome of tomorrows games to see who they play next.

Good luck to the teams moving on and congradulations on a good season to all.


-Daemon