Honorable Mention: 3conomics. I don't get the commercials, Wendy's. I know that you have three sandwiches that you believe to be of superior quality, but I don't know how those guys are supposed to entertain me or make me feel good about your sandwiches. I don't like them. You'd have been better off hiring Jake Long to stare at a camera and bellow, "I LIKE SANDWICHES" for 30 seconds.

5. Chad Pennington. Two quarterbacks had truly abysmal games this weekend, but I'm going to give Penny the break and leave him in the five-spot for a couple of reasons. One, he faced a very mean defense and his team seemed to be fighting above their weight class, and two, the other quarterback (see number three), you kind of expected it from.

4. NFL officiating. So, Ed Hochuli's crew was assigned a playoff game, and according to Phil Simms, actually graded out as the best officiating crew in the league, despite what happened in Denver in Week Two.

All of that's fine. Ed Hochuli can still be a good official, despite the one massive goof-up, and if he and his crew battled back from that to perform well, I'm happy for them. I love a good redemption story.

But if Hochuli and his crew can screw up that badly and still be the best, what's that say about the second-best team out there? What did they do, officiate a game in which they decided that field goals should be worth 19 points, sacks worth 162 points, and touchdowns worth zero points, but free ice cream sandwiches for everyone on the offense? Did the third-best officiating crew enact a policy in Week 14 dictating that anyone who commits a holding penalty gets stabbed in the eye with an ice pick?

3. Tarvaris Jackson. The difference between the Eagles and Vikings was the difference between Donovan McNabb and Tarvaris Jackson. Both defenses played well, and we'll call Westbrook vs. Peterson a wash. But one quarterback was experienced, poised and made plays, and the other struggled with the atmosphere and the pass rush all day long.

The good news for T-Jack is that late in the season, he did show some signs that he might improve enough to one day be the guy for the Vikings. I wish him the best with that.

2. The Wildcat. Ronnie Brown: 12 carries, 19 yards. Ricky Williams: four carries, 17 yards. Lousaka Polite actually had a team-best yards-per-carry average of 5.0, with 15 yards on three carries.

The playoff version of the Wildcat was just sort of written in an obsolete vernacular. The Ravens were all over it and nothing fooled anyone. I still gave Tony Sparano a ton of credit for using it so heavily in the regular season, because it did prove to be an advantage then. But I think today proved that it's not a sustainable type of thing you can rely on against a good defense in the playoffs.

1. Whoever didn't do anything about the Cardinals figuring out the Falcons snap count. I don't know how this happens. For an entire game, the Cardinals defensive linemen are beating the Falcons offensive linemen off the ball, and at no point does anyone on the Falcons coaching staff figure out what it is that's tipping them off? Inexcusable.