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Hacksaw’s Great Sports Weekend Podcast
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“NFL WILDCARD WEEKEND
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Lots of games, lots of opinions.

CHARGERS-HOUSTON
..Justin Herbert has been brilliant (23TD-3Int) this season, playing thru his own injuries and all the problems with his skilled people getting hurt.  But they are banged up coming in, ailing at WR-RB.  How really good is the Bolts defense?  When they played good people they dominated.  When they played hi powered teams, they got ripped.  Here comes CJ Stroud and Houston, but they have not played great either, going (4-5) from mid season on, hurt by injuries too.  But the Texans defense (315YPG-49 Sacks-29-Takeaways) is pretty explosive.  And this game is in Houston.  The Chargers can win, but they could lose too.

RAVENS-STEELERS…Everything that could be said-written-surmised about Lamar Jackson, has this year.  Over 5,000-yards offense and 42TDs.  Ditto for his RB-Derrick Henry.  And alot said about a sad sack Steelers offense (319YPG).  Not so much if the Ravens will win, but by how much.  The season ends badly in Steelerville.  Baltimore takes the next step.

DENVER-BUFFALO..Josh Allen has been brilliant, and the people around him have gotten better as the year has gone on.  Allen is no longer a one man gang.  Denver is a one man gang, thank you to the great rookie season of QB-Bo Nix.  But the Broncos defense has 63-sacks and 25-takeaways, but they cannot play the entire game.  Bills move on.

EAGLES-PACKERS…it is odd, both QBs are banged up, so it begs the question, how long will Jalen Hurts-Jordan Love be able to stay in the game.  The Eagles can pound it (Barkley), throw it (Brown-Smith) and play amazing defense (278YPG).  Green Bay goes only as far as Love takes them.  Philadelphia celebrates a win.

TAMPA BAY-WASHINGTON..The most fascinating game of the weekend.  Bake Mayfield reinvented himself with a 41-TD season.  Jayden Daniels captivated everyone with his rookie season heroics that led to 12-wins.  Call this one a toss up.

VIKINGS-RAMS..No one could expect this.  The Vikings with a journeyman QB putting up staggering Sam Darnold numbers.  The Rams, facing  a major rebuild on defense, got great play from their young draft picks.  Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua and Kayron Williams, that’s a load of offense talent.  This should be a shootout game, but the Rams lose home field support with the game moved to Arizona by the fires.  This Vikings team is new to this. The Rams have all the playoff experience.  Vikes explosiveness probably too much for the young Rams defense.

Enjoy it.  It will be wild.
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