This weekend we saw the Playoff field in the NFL go from eight teams to four as the Divisional Round came to a close. This weekend's slate gave us four awesome games as we're now set to see four teams compete to play in Super Bowl LIX. While four incredible games took place we saw three massive performances by LSU Tigers.
While the three LSU Tigers first round picks garner all the headlines for their incredible Rookie seasons, Omar Speights capped off a solid Rookie season after going undrafted. As this game turned into the Eagles leaning on the Rams with the rushing attack, Omar Speights racked up 7 tackles, a tackle for a loss, a sack, and a forced fumble. As an Undrafted Free Agent, Speights has quickly found himself a long term role in the Rams defense.
Omar Speights with the sack/fumble to knock them out of field goal range!
— Rams Newswire (@RamsNewswire) January 19, 2025
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The Chiefs wide receivers didn't do much against the Texans defense in part due to the solid play by Derek Stingley Jr. In the game, Derek Stingley Jr was targeted just three times allowing one catch an incredible showing. The biggest question leaving the game is why the Texans didn't match Stingley up against Travis Kelce who beat the Texans for 117 of the 177 passing yards allowed. This season was far and away the best seaso yet for Derek Stingley Jr who is
Leaving the Divisional Round, no one was a bigger star this weekend than the Rookie as Jayden Daniels led the Commanders over the top seeded Detroit Lions. Jayden Daniels completed 22 of 31 attempts for 299 yards and a pair of touchdowns picking up another 51 yards on the ground. While the touchdowns are the incredible highlight reel plays the most impressive pat of Daniels' game is his poise as he never seems to get rattled. The Commanders have gone from four wins in 2023 to being just one win away from the Super Bowl an incredible feat which speaks a ton to the success Daniels has had this season.