Sunday funday

 OK. So that was fun, right?

Three NFL wild-card games, three games decided by a touchdown or less. Sometimes the National Football League actually DOESN'T make a hash of things, although the game officials can always be counted on to try.

And hail, in two of those games, to the losers, who were not supposed to scare the favorites like that. Miami went into Buffalo with a third-string quarterback and damn near knocked the Bills out of the show, finally losing 34-31 because the Fins couldn't get a play off in time on their last possession. Up until then, they gave the Bills all they wanted.

And in Cincinnati?

Same deal. The Ravens came in without Lamar Jackson and almost knocked out Joe Burrow and the Tiger Stripes. They were a couple of inches away from retaking the lead with 12 minutes to play when the Bengals knocked the ball out of Ravens back up quarterback Tyler Huntley's hands as he dove for the six, and defensive end Sam Hubbard scooped the loose change and took it 98 yards the other way for the winning score.

Bengals 24, Ravens 17.

Meanwhile, in Minnesota ...

Did someone just call Daniel Jones an elite quarterback?

Sure I heard it from somewhere after Jones threw for 301 yards and two scores and ran for 78 more yards, leading the wild-card Giants to a 31-24 win over the NFC 3-seed Vikings. This continued the Vikes' long tradition of pooping the bed in the playoffs, and sent the Jints back east to play the Eagles for the third time in less than six weeks.

They lost 22-16 in Philly on the last weekend of the regular season. They also lost 48-22 at home on December 11. Which of course means only one thing.

Bet the Giants.

But, this being the NFL, first check out who the game officials are.