NFL Wild Card Round Notes

This Saturday, the two NFL wild card round games will include coach Andy Reid in one and his former team, the Philadelphia Eagles in the other.

The round begins with Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs visiting the Indianapolis Colts. The 2006 playoffs began with the same pair of teams in the same venue.

That season ended with the Colts and their quarterback Peyton Manning, winning their only Super Bowl as the Indianapolis Colts.

Things change, the weather the day of the Colts/Chiefs wild card round game in January 2007 was a balmy and beautiful in the New York area. Now it is freezing. Peyton Manning is no longer a Colts’ player, but with the AFC favorite, Denver Broncos.

At night this Saturday, the Eagles are a field goal or so favorite vs the New Orleans Saints.

This will be the third playoffs clash between the Eagles and Saints. The teams split the previous two, with both games in New Orleans.

The Eagles won a wild card round game in 1992 while the Saints prevailed in a divisional game in the 2006 season.

The Saints divisional round home win in 2006 followed a Colts’ road win. This time the Colts play first, at home and it is the wild card round. It is the opposite for the Saints as well; the later game, on the road and the wild card round.

My predictions also call for the opposite of the 2006 same day, divisional round results. Then both the Colts and Saints won. I predict both teams will lose Saturday. I am predicting wins for Reid’s current team, the Chiefs and his old team, the Eagles.