Monday Morning Hangover: An Anarchist’s Guide to the Wild-Card Race

November 9, 2015   ·   Mike Tanier   ·   Jump to comments

So the Colts beat the Broncos, who cruised last week against the Packers, who lost to a Panthers team Sunday that needed extended overtime to beat the Colts on Monday night? 
That's not normal football, even in the "any given Sunday" NFL. It's a weird four-way version of rock, paper, scissors. It's anarchy.
So the Vikings and Steelers both beat decent opponents by three points to prove their playoff worthiness, but both the Vikings and Steelers lost their starting quarterbacks in the process, and neither team looked particularly playoff-worthy despite the victories? Anarchy.
So the 49ers either traded or benched stars from their Super Bowl team three years ago...and they got better as a result? Peyton Manning came within three yards of passing Brett Favre's all-time passing-yard record but threw a fourth-quarter interception and spent the last six minutes watching from the sideline as the Colts ran out the clock? Anarchy.
So there are only 11 teams over .500 ri...

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