The first round of the 2013 NFL playoffs all came to an end, and four teams were finally decided to advance to the next round of the divisional round.

Unfortunately, the reality that there is only one winner is also doomed: some people are happy and some are worried.

The first is Midland.

First Wild Card Game, "Indianapolis Colts vs. Kansas Chiefs."

After last season's run-in and growth, the Indianapolis Colts, under the leadership of second-year quarterback Andrew Lacker, topped the American League South Division for the second consecutive year, and the "pride of the sky" Lacker rose even stronger, surpassing Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson in the same grade in one fell swoop, and surpassing Andy Dalton and Cam Newton, who entered the league a year earlier, and tied with Lu Ke as the twin stars of the younger generation.

The Kansas Chiefs, who have been up and down for several years, have rebounded strongly under Alex Smith and head coach Andy-Reid, leading the league in the first half of the season, but unfortunately falling to the fifth seed in the second half of the season, but they are still the best team in the American League - in the fan poll, the San Francisco 49ers lead the National League, while the Kansas Chiefs lead the American League, which shows the popularity value.

The wild card game was also a head-to-head matchup between the old and new top quarterbacks, "Andrew Luck vs. Alex Smith", and this game also lived up to expectations and made a lot of history.

In the first half, Alex's Kansas Chiefs were full of firepower, taking a "31:10" lead into halftime with an absolutely strong attitude, and at the beginning of the second half, it only consumed 75 seconds to complete a touchdown again, further stretching the score and taking a full 28-point lead; Lack's Indianapolis Colts seemed to be completely ill-playing, with three interceptions in the first half and a drop in a disastrous performance that put the team in a desperate situation.

The Kansas Chiefs would have won the divisional tournament if they had gone along the regular route, but it was this race that made Lark known as the "King of Digging and Filling": the first two-thirds of the games were for digging and the last third of the games were for filling, and the outcome would depend on how well he was filling the pits that day - his digging ability was even better than that of the New York Giants' Eli Manning, but his ability to fill the pits seemed to be slightly inferior.

After the start of the third quarter, Lack blew the horn of a counterattack, completed five touchdowns in the second half alone, and completed a wave of winning passing touchdowns with 75 seconds left in the game, completely erasing the 28-point difference, and completed the comeback, and finally created the second-highest score in playoff history with a score of "45:44", recreating the thrilling moment of last year's Super Bowl showdown.

Eleven months ago, before the second-half blackout of the Super Bowl of "San Francisco 49ers vs Baltimore Ravens", the San Francisco 49ers had trailed by 29 points, and finally reversed to the top with a score of "42:41"; This time, Lark also led the Indianapolis ponies to replicate the same feat.

This game set a series of historical records:

The second game in history to lead by more than 28 points but suffered a comeback, the first game in history in which both sides exceeded 44 points and the difference between the two sides was only one point, the second playoff game in history to decide the winner by one point, and the playoffs with the most first-time stops of total passing yards on both sides in history.

In addition, the Kansas Chiefs have lost eight straight playoff games, the most in history — they shared the embarrassing record of "seven straight playoff losses" with the Detroit Lions, and now the Kansas Chiefs have left the Detroit Lions to enjoy that all-time record. But, this doesn't seem to be a good thing.

The result is undoubtedly staggering, and it coincides with the trajectory of the Kansas Chiefs' regular season:

After leading the league on a nine-game winning streak this season, they have lost five of their remaining seven games, beating only two weak teams, the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and losing all of their games against strong opponents. It also contains an embarrassing record, in addition to winning home and away against the Oakland Raiders, facing the same district rivals Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers, all the divisional civil battles home and away have been lost.

As a result, the Kansas Chiefs are also known as the "weakest" playoff team - not the weakest, but still unable to prove their emptiness in the strong competition, and in the end, the team ended the season in an almost tragic way.

The victory of the Indianapolis Colts once again ushered in a wave of "blowing" Lack in the whole league, and even many professional analysts and commentators began to exclaim early, "The birth of another elite quarterback".

That's the difference between a top pick and an undrafted rookie. Lu Ke spent three seasons constantly proving himself, including a Super Bowl top, but the league still has reservations about his praise, because he was an undrafted rookie, his foundation was unstable, and he still needs more time to prove himself; But Lark is a man of genius, who has been favored since his college days, and after entering the league as the top pick, every outstanding performance now further proves the "correctness of vision" of scouts and analysts, and can easily win a lot of attention and recognition.

Now, some people have long begun to speculate: "Is there a possibility of 'Lack VS Lu Ke' in this year's Super Bowl matchup?" "Just making up for it in my brain makes me a little excited.

But whether it's Luck or Lu Ke, there are still two hard battles to be completed, and it's too early to look ahead to the Super Bowl, at least after the divisional round. It can also be seen from the side how much industry insiders are looking forward to the rise of Rak - because Lu Ke is proving their mistakes all the time, and Rak is proving their correctness all the time.

The second wild card game, "Cincinnati Tigers vs. San Diego Chargers".

Andy Dalton has continued to perform well after joining the Cincinnati Tigers, reaching the playoffs for the third consecutive season, with an 11-5 record consistent with the Indianapolis Colts and Kansas Chiefs, and defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Indianapolis Colts and other strong teams in the regular season, including a victory over the Wild Card rival San Diego Chargers in the thirteenth week of the regular season, which also makes the league generally optimistic about the team's playoff prospects.

The San Diego Lightning are also not soft persimmons, and Philip Rivers is consistently regarded as one of the league's most underrated quarterbacks, even better than Ben Rosslisberg, Joe Flaco, and others who faced a five-seven-loss regular season this year, but ended a four-game winning streak with a last-minute thrilling run into the playoffs — all four of which included defeats over the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, and Kansas Chiefs. In the Wild Card Game, many analysts and commentators agree that this is a team full of unknowns.

This has been proven by the facts.

In the first half, the two teams were evenly matched, and at halftime, the Cincinnati Tigers took a small lead with a score of "10-7".

However, the second half turned out to be a sudden change, Andy Dalton instantly fell into the quagmire of mistakes, two interceptions and a poor performance of conceded the ball caused the Cincinnati Tigers to keep a clean sheet; Philip Rivers, who was not at his best, relied on his veteran experience to stabilize the situation, and gradually grasped the initiative with ground attack and defensive pressure, and won 20 points steadily, and won the victory easily.

The final score was 10-27, the only game in the four wildcard games with a margin of more than three points in regular time.

The Cincinnati Tigers lost neatly and without any chances, making them the first team in league history to lose three consecutive playoff games. To make matters worse, the Cincinnati Tigers haven't won a playoff game for 23 years since 1991 — for comparison, the other 31 teams in the league have won at least one playoff game in those 23 years, in other words, they're the only team in the league that hasn't won any playoff games in the last 23 years.

The Cincinnati Tigers are more tragic than the Kansas Chiefs, and it seems to have become a kind of demon for the entire team and the entire city, and even they themselves are beginning to wonder: Can we win the playoffs?

Andy Dalton, who joined the league in the same year as Lu Ke, has successfully proven his ability, whether it is reaching the playoffs for three consecutive years or beating strong teams in the regular season, these performances are worthy of recognition; But repeatedly dropping the chain in the playoffs has put him in a desperate situation.

So, when will the Cincinnati Tigers win a playoff game?

At the end of the American League's wildcard rounds, fourth-seeded Indianapolis and sixth-seeded San Diego Lightning won to advance to the next round, which also confirmed the divisional matchup.

Top seed Denver Broncos take on sixth seed San Diego Chargers.

The second-seeded New England Patriots take on the fourth-seeded Indianapolis Colts.

This also means that the long-awaited "old master matchup" did not go on as scheduled, and the playoff matchup between Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts was missed, and the interlacing of fates was suffocating; And the Denver Broncos will start a divisional civil battle with the San Diego Lightning in the American League West Division, which can be regarded as a wonderful scene after the NFL special format.

At the same time, the old and new "Tom Brady vs. Andrew Lack" matchup has also managed to attract more attention, and it is bound to be a head-to-head battle, and neutral fans can get excited early now.

The divisional competition of the American League has a different kind of expectations!