The first weekend of the NFL Playoffs featured four absolutely wild games, and two blowouts by teams that were littered with LSU alumni. You’re gonna wanna read this breakdown. Rams 34 at Panthers 31 Omar Speights had two tackles and Damien Lewis blocked valiantly. NFLSU Score: 3/10 Packers 27 at Bears 31 No Tigers were […]
The first weekend of the NFL Playoffs featured four absolutely wild games, and two blowouts by teams that were littered with LSU alumni. You’re gonna wanna read this breakdown.
Rams 34 at Panthers 31
Omar Speights had two tackles and Damien Lewis blocked valiantly.
NFLSU Score: 3/10
Packers 27 at Bears 31
No Tigers were rostered in this all-time thriller, HOWEVER I believe the thing that spurned Chicago’s all-time comeback was one of their baseball teams signing Tiger legend Alex Bregman to a lucrative five-year contract during the third quarter. Therefore, I will give this game a single courtesy point.
NFLSU Score: 1/10
Bills 27 at Jaguars 24
Despite an up-and-down sophomore season, Brian Thomas Jr. found the end zone in his first playoff game.
The Jags passing game was anemic, but BTJ caught both of his targets for 21 yards.
Part of the reason the Jags struggled was because Tre’Davious White, just one week before his 31st birthday, played out of his mind.
Tre had three huge pass breakups, which included that TD-saving play, as well as a deflection on the first play of the final drive, creating the game-sealing interception.
White also had two tackles, while Reid Ferguson long-snapped. As two of the longest-tenured Bills, it would be incredible to see those two finally reach the Super Bowl.
NFLSU Score: 8/10
49ers 23 at Eagles 19
What a shame. I think it goes without saying that playing Terrace Marshall Jr. would have cured all of the Eagles offensive woes. Too bad we’ll never know for sure!
NFLSU Score: 0/10
Chargers 3 at Patriots 16
The first true snoozer of the NFL playoffs at least featured Tiger action across the board.
After being questionable to play, Kayshon Boutte caught four passes for 66 yards, far and away the best for any Pats receiver. Will Campbell was solid in his playoff debut aside from one bad whiff, but it really didn’t matter because of how K’Lavon Chaisson and the Patriots defense was feasting.
K’Lavon Chaisson’s three tackles included two sacks and that forced fumble. What an awesome comeback story he has been after looking like a bust in Jacksonville.
Donte Jackson had one tackle and Austin Deculus blocked.
NFLSU Score: 8/10
Texans 30 at Steelers 6
Hey, did you like an LSU alumnus getting a sack and forced fumble? You wanna see another one?
The Texans terrorized Aaron Rodgers in what could’ve been his final game. That sack was Hunter’s only tackle, but that’s because that fragile old man was getting the ball out any time a rusher got close. Hunter had him dead to rights for another sack that instead became an intentional grounding penalty. At least he knew better than to target two-time First-Team All-Pro Derek Stingley Jr., who had one tackle.
But you know who had the most tackles of all the Texan Tigers? Midseason pickup Damone Clark with four! But more importantly, Patrick Queen’s 10 tackles were the most among both teams. Ed Ingram also blocked for a dominant Texans O-line.
The Texans will now head to New England, in what will essentially be the NFLSU Super Bowl.
NFLSU Score: 9/10
Category: General Sports
