I've seen a lot of things in my years as a sports spectator, but just when you think you've seen everything, not only do you see an actual NFL team make the playoffs with a losing record, but you witness that same team knock off the defending Super Bowl champions in the first round.
The Seattle Seahawks just upset the New Orleans Saints, 41-36, in the opening game of Wildcard Weekend and I still can't believe it.
Of the eight teams playing this weekend, if I had to pick the one with the most favorable draw, it would have been the Saints.
Sure, they had to go on the road to play Seattle, but the Seahawks were just awful this year. That's what having a 7-9 record usually means. If not awful, then certainly below average.
At 11-5, New Orleans was still a pretty strong favorite to get back to the Super Bowl in spite of being a wildcard entrant and now this happened?
You really have to feel sorry for the Saints and their fans. It took about twenty seasons for the Saints to record their first ever winning season. And it wasn't until 2000 that they finally won their first postseason game. Then there was the Katrina tragedy where the franchise was uprooted and had to play their home games on the road. And there were even rumors they would move to San Antonio. But then they rebounded to become one of the best teams in the NFL and they topped it off by winning the Super Bowl last season.
What do they do for an encore?
They lose to the only team to ever make the playoffs with a losing record.
Now THAT'S what you call a Super Bowl hangover.
What does Chris Berman always say? "That's why they play the games."
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