FOX Sports holds the winning hand, leading all networks in viewership on #WildCardWeekend!
βοΈ41 million for #SFvsPHI - most watched telecast of the weekend on any network
βοΈ28 million for #LARvsCAR - best Saturday afternoon NFL Wild Card Game on any network since 2011
Post #WildCardWeekend penalty breakdown
As expected, the crews pivoted to a "let 'em play" approach last week
Penalty per game avg declined from 12.7 in reg season to 9.0 per game in playoffs
The OFFENSE accounted for a larger percentage of penalties assessed, at 60% , vs reg season avg 47.7%
The offensive increase resulted in a big decline in both DEFENSIVE & SPECIAL TEAMS penalties
As expected, OFFENSIVE HOLDING penalties declined. In raw per game numbers, OFF-HOLD penalties were cut in half from regular season avgs
Offsetting that decline was a spike in FALSE START infractions, which increased vs reg season & accounted for a disproportionate 29% of penalties assessed on Wild Card Weekend
DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE & DEFENSIVE HOLDING penalty avgs. both declined because of the "let em play" approach , providing defensive units more leeway to hold without being penalized
Another area of increase was UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, averaging almost double the amount of reg season contests when measured via percentage & in raw per game numbers
This should continue as we move forward, based off historical numbers in standalone/primetime contests, where officiating crews are quicker to throw flags on those 50/50 hits than they are in a regular Sunday day game
HOLD ONTO YOUR JERSEYS, SPORTS FANS! The NFL Wild Card Weekend just turned into a BETTING BONANZA! Bears MAULED the Packers, 49ers CRUSHED Philly's dreams, and now it's all riding on Texans-Steelers! This is SUDDEN DEATH for sportsbooks! Who'll be left standing when the whistle blows? STAY TUNED!
#HTownMade showed their defense is championship worthy in easy dispatching of Pittsburgh on Monday night β will they go all the way?
Signed by the @49ers in late November, @[email protected] recorded 10 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and the game-sealing PBU to secure San Francisco's 23-19 win over Philadelphia on #WildCardWeekend.
Bruins in the NFL β‘οΈ https://ucla.in/4pBDT1w
After getting spanked Monday night by Houston, what's next for Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin β have we seen the last of them in Pittsburgh?
That was one of the wackiest Wild Card Weekends ever π΅βπ« π I am exhausted. I can only imagine if I was actually out there playing the sport and not laying on the floor with my cats watching TV all weekend. I feel like I gave it all as a viewer. I left it all out there on the floor!
Alright, Monday Night Postgame and SportsCenter with SVP is now on ESPN to wrap up this game.
And for those wondering, here's the divisional playoff for next week.
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All smiles for Will Anderson tonightβ¦β¦
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And THAT WILL DO IT!!!!!!!
TOTAL DOMINATION BY TEXANS, THEY ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND.........
Just like I predicted..........
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