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What was odd was seeing all four road teams win in the Wildcard round. I believe it was an NFL first. But if you look at the NFL in the manner I choose to, then these results aren't that surprising. It was very plausible that had all four home teams won, the quarterbacks advancing to the next round would have been Brian Hoyer, AJ McCarron, Teddy Bridgewater, and Kirk Cousins. Instead, we have Alex Smith, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson, and the aforementioned Aaron Rodgers. If you were the NFL and/or its broadcast partners, which group of QBs would you prefer to hype? The choice is pretty obvious.
Oh, I know. The pundits will tell you that the difference maker was the "playoff experience" of the latter group of QBs. The former group entered their respective games with zero playoff victories and left with that same number. But c'mon. Playoff game or not, it's still football. Same game. Same rules. Does making it a "playoff" game really matter that much to the athletes on the field? Was it really pressure, or "choking," that led to these results?
but yes,to you its purely coincidence