Your Very First Wild Card Playoff Game of Sunday Open Thread

Well, that was unexpected, actually expected last night. The Chargers are truly a cursed team that will squander any break they’ve been given. They need to bring Rivers in to talk to Herbert and say, “This is your life now, you need to accept that.”

To The Game!

Fins/Bills:

-Buffalo ended the season with 7 straight wins including a close W over Miami 32-29 a month ago.

-Meanwhile, the Fins limped to a 2-5 record over the same span which included an uninspiring 11-6 victory over the Jets to guarantee a postseason spot. For those reasons they’re a 13.5 dog on the sports books, the largest spread ever for a Wild Card game.

-A Trend?: James Cook was eased into the Bills game plan over the first nine weeks of the season, only averaging 4 carries and one catch over that time. Since then his workload has doubled and he ended the season out-touching Singletary for the first time. (might be because they were resting him though) He might be the safe outlet in the flat if the Fins take away the deep ball with a two high safety look.

-Poor Skylar Thompson-it’s one thing to be a rookie qb that wasn’t expected to play (may even have been drafted to be a camp arm) but it’s quite another to have to play and then be pitted against the defenses of the Pats and Jets (the only teams he’s played serious minutes against) and now the Bills. McDaniels has made it very simple for him and his 5.1 average pass completion stat reflects that.

-I’ve read out in the ether that Waddle and/or Hill may be put on punt/kickoff duty for this tilt and why not? Leveraging your speed guys/playmakers and giving them extra touches seems like good thinking to me.

Attack The Rook: The Fins have an undrafted young ‘un playing slot corner by the name of Kader Kohou. Though he’s generally played well (10 pass breakups and an INT) expect the Bills to rotate Diggs and Davis into that spot to take advantage of the 5’10” freshman.

See you down below.