Dominate the Super Bowl

Indeed, the league has always anticipated the strong rise of the new generation to complete the transition. Veterans have occupied the peak of the league for too long, which isn't conducive to the future advancements of the entire project.

However, from another perspective, veterans, having been honed and tempered over the years, possess influence and appeal, and they are always a guarantee for box office success. If veterans are all eliminated at once, ratings and attendance might face severe challenges, which wouldn't be beneficial for the league either.

In other words, the alternation between the old and new is a necessity, but it can't be too slow, nor too fast.

Everything requires timing.

Yesterday, Brady's magic faded, unable even to reach Li Wei or Jackson, ending the season abruptly and unrealistically.

The people cheered.

Today, Brees is also in trouble. The New Orleans Saints are struggling hard against the New Orleans Saints, who are fully exploding in both offense and defense.

The league is in shock.

"13:10."

At halftime, Brees managed to cling to the score, preventing the Minnesota Vikings from widening the gap.

In the 2017 season, the Minnesota Vikings relied on their excellent defense to reach the National Conference finals, but unfortunately, the monotony of their offensive tactics was a barrier, leading to their regretful defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles. This year, they return with Cousins, driven by proof of himself, taking over the Offensive group and completing the last piece of the puzzle.

The second half begins with Cousins leading another drive, concluding with the running back executing a one-yard rushing touchdown, pushing the New Orleans Saints further into the Abyss.

"20:10"

The score remained unchanged until the fourth quarter, with less than six minutes left in the game. The New Orleans Saints were still lagging by two possessions, and over the past two seasons, the running back Kamara, who was touted to challenge Li Wei, went invisible throughout the game. With seven rushes advancing only 21 yards and no contribution even as a Wide Receiver, it was a key factor in the struggles of the New Orleans Saints Offensive group.

The New Orleans Saints stood at the edge of the cliff, once again hanging by a thread.

This time, Brees stepped up again.

First, he led an eighty-five-yard drive, culminating in a twenty-yard pass sneaking into the End zone for a touchdown. Then, the New Orleans Saints Defensive group made a crucial stop, forcing the opponent's offense off the field in three downs, giving Brees another chance to take the stage.

Brees orchestrated a fluid offense with the Wuju Merchant style, unstoppable in dismantling the Minnesota Vikings defense, and although eventually halted by the opponent, he secured a valuable opportunity for a forty-nine-yard field goal to tie the game before full time ended.

Wil-Lutz, newly signed by the New Orleans Saints for this season, executed a decisive field goal to level the score.

"20:20."

For the second consecutive season, spanning sectors, the New Orleans Saints needed overtime in the playoffs to settle the outcome.

However—

For the second consecutive season, the God of Destiny played a prank on the New Orleans Saints, with the Minnesota Vikings winning the coin toss, thereby gaining the first opportunity to attack.

Cousins understood his moment to shine had arrived, and this time, he seized the opportunity.

Four minutes and thirty-three seconds, a seventy-five-yard drive, concluding with a four-yard short pass to seal the deal.

Touchdown, overtime victor.

Everything ended, just like that; Cousins didn't give Brees a chance to return, decisively concluding the match.

Boom, boom boom boom, the entire league erupted in madness.

"26:20."

The Minnesota Vikings defeated the New Orleans Saints and proudly advanced to the next round, preparing to head to the Bay Area to challenge the National Conference top-seed San Francisco 49ers.

Brady lost; Brees also unexpectedly lost—

An era has come to an end.

With one veteran losing, the league might be bustling with various reactions and criticisms; but with two veterans losing, it indeed invokes reflections on the passage of time, as those legends who once stood at the peak, unable to resist the power of time, are sigh-provoking and lamentable.

Much like the New England Patriots, the New Orleans Saints' upset loss was also historical—

This was the first time since 2010 that the New Orleans Saints experienced consecutive playoff defeats.

Additionally, this marked the sixth consecutive playoff loss by a single possession for the New Orleans Saints.

Lastly, this was the first time in NFL history that a regular season thirteen-win-three-loss team lost in the wildcard game.

An upset, not simply an upset, but truly a shocking upset worthy of mention in New Orleans Saints' history as well as NFL League history.

Shock and impact aren't enough to describe people's feelings, for the buzzing cacophony across the league couldn't stop.

However, this was still not the end.

Less than two hours after this wild card game concluded, the final wildcard game commenced.

"Philadelphia Eagles, the fourth seed vs. Seattle Seahawks, the fifth seed."

Undoubtedly, this was a particularly special match.

Though the Philadelphia Eagles were the fourth seed, hosting the game at home against the opponents; in fact, the eleven-win-five-loss Seattle Seahawks performed better in the regular season than the nine-win-seven-loss Philadelphia Eagles.

Moreover, during the twelfth week of this season's regular games, the Seattle Seahawks had just defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on their own turf.

So, although the higher seed were the Philadelphia Eagles, the professionals were generally more optimistic about the Seattle Seahawks.

The outcome... truly unfolded as such.

"17:9."

The Seattle Seahawks legitimately defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, marching forward boldly into the next round.

The Philadelphia Eagles faced misfortune, with their main quarterback Wentz sustaining a concussion from a hit in the first quarter, being declared unable to return,

and this time, the Philadelphia Eagles didn't have "Saint Nick" Foles as a savior. After wandering through the league for seventeen seasons, the veteran quarterback Josh McCown couldn't reverse the tide.

The Philadelphia Eagles couldn't manage a single touchdown in a game for the first time since the seventeenth week of the 2017 regular season, with their offense entirely stifled.

Even worse, while most teams usually have an advantage at home, the Philadelphia Eagles faced an unprecedented three-game losing streak at home during the wildcard game.

In other words, the Philadelphia Eagles had secured victories when playing away during the wildcard games but unexplainably encountered a three-game losing streak at home.

This... was truly laughable.

For the Philadelphia Eagles, after witnessing Wentz's MVP-level performances in the 2017 season, they chose to bet on this quarterback, yet, for three consecutive seasons, Wentz's injuries at critical times utterly wasted the team's efforts throughout the season, forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to ponder—

How much youth does Wentz have left to squander?

Though the game result was of no surprise, though the process was not overly dramatic, though the Seattle Seahawks' victory was not quite an upset, the defensive battle in this game was nonetheless exciting; additionally, the fact still remained that the fifth seed had overthrown the fourth seed, presenting an undeniable reality.

So, does this count as an upset?

Then, inadvertently, people noticed something:

Besides the Houston Texans, all the other three wildcard games were overturns by lower seeds, was this some kind of home curse?