The wacky NFL playoffs

So one quarterback throws for 4 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, and his team is ahead 38-10 at halftime. The other throws for 4 touchdowns, but has 3 interceptions, and is behind 28 points at halftime. Who do you think wins?

That was the scenario in the Kansas City/Indianapolis AFC playoff game with the Chiefs seeming to have their way -- at least in the first half. But maybe there's a reason the Colts' quarterback is named Andrew Luck. In the second half, it was anti-Murphy's Law time. Everything that could go right -- did go right -- at least for Indianapolis. And so in the largest comeback in NFL playoff history -- they squeaked by 45-44. Things are good in Hoosierland right now. They move on to fight another day. Not so good in Jayhawker country. They go home, pack their bags, and disperse for the off-season.

In Philly, the Eagles hosted the New Orleans Saints. Rookie head coach Chip Kelly had his Eagles flying high the last two months, winning 7 out of 8. The Saints had never won a playoff game on the road before in their entire history. Yes, in the aftermath of the destruction Hurricane Katrina wreaked on New Orleans a few years back -- the Saints indeed heroically rallied to even win the Super Bowl. But they never won a road game along the way.

And let's not forget the "if I'm Ryan, I'm dying" factor. Rob Ryan, that loveable Scoobydoo twin brother of NY Jets head coach Rex. got kicked to the curb by Dallas Cowboys' owner Jerry Jones last year. As a defensive coordinator, he wasn't good enough in Big D. At the time, Scooby woofed and said he wouldn't be out of a job for 5 minutes. Other people would be begging for his services. Well, 5 minutes turned into a few months, but eventually he landed the same position with the New Orleans Saints. Has their defense improved under his tutelage? Absolutely. But one must remember the Saints had the worst defense in the entire league before the Robster took over. There was nowhere to go but up. Now, they're about average.

It should also be noted that Rob Ryan isn't exactly new to this NFL defensive coordinator stuff. Starting in 2004, until the present, he's had the same job with the Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, and now the Saints. But during those 10 years none of those teams -- NONE -- ever won a playoff game.

So if the Saints have never won a playoff game on the road, and Scoob has never been associated with a team that won one period -- one would think the Eagles would have let the Saints come marching in, but then marched them right back to the bayou with another road loss of their record.

Yet it didn't happen that way. The Saints won. Turns out, that Drew Brees guy is still pretty good. Next, they have the dubious honor of travelling to Seattle for a rematch. Perhaps they can avenge the 34-7 beatdown the Seahawks put on them a month ago in the same place.

I don't think so. Though the Arizona Cardinals proved it's possible for a visiting team to go into that house of horrors and actually win -- methinks the Saints are marching off to a slaughterhouse.

But hey, they finally got a road win in Philly, and Rob finally shed his decade old albatross of being a playoff loser. Things could be a lot worse.

They could have been in Detroit all along.