The Super wildcard round of the NFL's postseason play-offs provided a media pundit's dream scenario.
It featured the utter collapse of two of the favourites to reach the Super Bowl -- the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles.
And a deluge of critical opining ensued.
First, the NFC East champions Dallas Cowboys, owners of a regular season record of 12-5, were shocked by the seventh and lowest seeded team in their conference, the Green Bay Packers.
The Pack had finished 9-8 and barely squeaked into the postseason on the final Sunday of the campaign.
Yet, led by Jordan Love, a first year starter at quarterback, the Pack demolished America's team 48-32 in a game that was not nearly as competitive as the score might indicate.
Green Bay led 48-16 before two garbage time Cowboy scores made the final count more respectable.
Amazingly, Dallas had won 15 straight home games -- their longest streak in 42 years -- prior to that defeat by the youngish Packers.
Philadelphia, meanwhile, had hoped to use the play-offs as an opportunity to turn things around and get going again after a 1-5 finish in the regular campaign. Fortunately for them, the Eagles had started out 10-1 to punch their postseason ticket.
But in the play-offs their downward spiral hit rock bottom -- for now.
The 9-8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who won the woeful NFC South in the final game of the regular season, then trampled the Birds 32-9.
Who knows how far Philly will fall come next season.
Naturally -- in this day and age -- there was a humungous amount of second-guessing and speculation following that pair of defeats. Where to begin with each team.
Let's start with all the blather regarding the job security of the head coaches of each ballclub. To Wiggins' World, a lot of ridiculous opinions were put forth in this regard.
Placing blame on Dallas head man Mike McCarthy is utter foolishness and borne of sheer frustration with the Cowboys' 28 years-long record of futility in the postseason.
The Boys have not won a Super Bowl in that time and have not even reached an NFC championship over that period.
It's low fruit picking to blame McCarthy for Dallas' sleepwalking performance versus Green Bay and demand his ouster.
As former NFL coach Herm Edwards said, it wasn't McCarthy who was missing blocks and tackles, allowing wide open receivers or throwing interceptions -- all of which contributed to Dallas' loss.
It was the Cowboy players.
They clearly underestimated the abilities of their rookie-laden rivals and their performance showed it. A coach can only do so much to get his team ready. Professional pride should do the rest.
And in the "It's a new season, anybody can rise up and get hot" scheme of things the Cowboys paid the price for their lethargy.
McCarthy has had three straight 12 win campaigns and put together a real regular season juggernaut.
Overconfidence aside, one can't point to anything but an inexplicable jinx as to why the Cowboys always flame out in the postseason.
Now for the Eagles.
Ever since they were blasted by the San Francisco 49ers, 42-19 in week 13 they were never the same. They were blown out on a regular basis or lost squeakers to lesser foes.
However, to call for Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni's noggin as a result -- which many are doing -- is equally as foolhardy as in the McCarthy situation.
To me, it's a big mystery. Sirianni seems to have the talent, though not as much as he had during their Super Bowl run of a season ago.
But having made the play-offs in all his three seasons as the Iggles coach, Nick deserves a chance to figure out what went wrong and try to fix it.
This former high school football head coach thinks he has a cure for what ails the Eagles: Blitz the opposing quarterback much more to create pressure on him.
The Eagles rarely blitzed their linebackers and defensive backs. And their defensive lineman almost never stunted, looped or played other games up front.
Thus, Philly opponents' QB had all day to scan the field and pick the Birds secondary apart. In their loss to the Bucs, journeyman Baker Mayfield threw for 337 yards and three scores with zero interceptions.
When the Eagle defence gives up points in droves, it puts undue pressure on the usually solid offence to score more than it would normally.
So, Wiggins' World has a little advice for fans of the Cowboys and Eagles and the media: chill out. This offseason will present an ample opportunity to address all on-field problems.
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