Chasing NFL Playoff Perfection (Part 3)
After the all-time (horrific) performance that I had last week, calling this " Chasing Playoff Perfection " is as disingenuous as it gets. Whatever confidence I built during Wild Card Weekend did not just crack in the divisional round. It collapsed. I went 1–3, which somehow feels worse than it sounds, and I am fully aware that this blog series is now being held together by denial and blind optimism. The only thing that saved me from complete embarrassment was the Rams beating the Bears, and even that came with a full hour of stress as Los Angeles tried its hardest to give the game away. Everything else went off the rails. Josh Allen turned the ball over four times and erased any universe where the Bills were supposed to survive. C.J. Stroud followed with a first-half horror show, four interceptions, and one of the worst single-game passer ratings since 2000, all while Houston’s defense desperately tried to drag him across the finish line. And then there was San Francisco, wh...
