1. Joe Flacco was 9/23 for 135 yards. Eery isn’t it just how good Baltimore is at looking good in the playoffs with barely adequate quarterbacking?

2. I’m not sure that I have ever seen a defense more in the head of a decent quarterback than the Ravens were in Chad Pennington’s. It’s like Ed Reed was in the Miami huddle.

3. Can we ultimately be that surprised that a 1-15 team last year lost in the playoffs this year? It would only make sense, really. But then, nothing about their turnaround makes sense, so what can we expect.

4. Ed Hochuli was the head official in the game. The league sure was serious about cracking down on problem officiating, weren’t they?

5. I don’t have kids, but when I do and they are off at college, I strongly suspect that they will be watching Ray Lewis play linebacker in the NFL. And he’ll still look good. Stunningly ageless.

6. Adrian Peterson was as ineffective as a running back can be while still scoring two touchdowns. Take off his 40 yard TD run, and you are left with 19 carries for 43 yards. No wonder the Vikings struggled to a bad loss.

7. Tarvaris Jackson is not a long term solution in Minnesota.

8. Watching Donovan McNabb celebrate and dance like a giddy school girl at the end of the game was very interesting. He obviously has gotten over his issues with the team and the city. For now. Strange what winning can do.

9. I am not at all convinced that we saw a Super Bowl team playing today. I’m not even convinced we saw a Conference Championship team.

10. Three favorites won on the weekend, but just one game went over. It was a split weekend for the public.