It feels like every year there’s a scheduling dud on Wild Card Weekend. If the Divisional Round is considered the premier NFL weekend, Wild Card Weekend has often gotten by on more novelty than anything. When guys like Brian Hoyer and T.J. Yates are making starts in recent years, you have the recipe for boredom.
This year, you peruse the schedule, and the NFL playoffs, at least on paper, look like they’re ready to start with a bang. Every matchup, from the Colts against the Texans, to the Eagles against the Bears, is filled with intrigue, and it’s only the beginning of what is objectively subjectively the best time of year.