End Zone (Wild Card)

1.More surprising Bill Polian getting the axe or Norv Turner and A.J. Smith staying?
KDC: What do you have to do in San Diego to get fired? You can stay incompetent AND live in San Diego!What a deal! I mean it's not like they’re banished in Buffalo! Someday, someone is going to evaluate all of that wasted talent in San Diego & ask the question no one thought they'd ask, "What if they'd kept Marty?" Surely they'd at least be division winners & in the championship game most years?
It makes me think Spanos is incompetent also, afraid to have to make more choices that would expose his own ignorance. Keeping the focus on the2 upfront morons overshadows any focus on you, who must not understand the football business either. I can't imagine the reups on season tickets will be a happy story....
Momo: Did not see the Polian firing coming. People are saying they could see it because Peyton was giving cryptic messages through the media about his meetings with Polian. I think Jim Irsay took a hard look and realized what we were saying all along, the way the football team was constructed currently could in no way compete year end and year out in the NFL. Polian had an obligation to the franchise to get better depth and players, especially in the backup quarterback area, even he acknowledge that after he was let go. My guess is that Irsay is willing to blowup the team and get more athletic, versatile players and move on without Manning. The Colts have a patient fanbase and what a great time to make this type of move coming off a season like they did. I don't understand why they are keeping Jim Caldwell. It would have been smarter to cut everyone and start over.

2. Scariest team in the playoffs in the NFC:
KDC: The Packers. When you’ve got to go through Lambeau with the reigning MVP & the best team defense at creating turnovers, with most starters rested, it’s the Packers hands down.
Momo: It's the Saints and here is the reason: They run the ball well (so do the 49ers) where the Packers are completely reliant on the pass. If the Saints get up on any team and force them to pass, it makes it a lot easier for their defense to blitz their opponents, which is right in their wheelhouse.

3. Scariest team in the playoffs in the AFC:

KDC: I don’t think there are scary teams in the AFC. You must respect the Ravens and Steelers, but both have significant flaws (Flacco at QB& all the injuries, respectively), so it’s just a matter if they’ll be exposed before the Super Bowl. I don’t see the Patriots home field advantage being an advantage because their secondary is such a joke.
Momo: Its the Ravens and its not because of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. It's all about Ray Rice. If Rice is running the ball and catching it out of the backfield, it takes a lot of pressure off of Flacco. If the Ravens use Rice correctly and get him a lot of touches, then the Ravens, with their good defense could be headed to the Super Bowl.