S16 2019 Wild Card Round

After a thrilling Regular Season finish, the Super 16 Play Offs have arrived, featuring a Wild Card Round that pits a pair of bitter division rivals against each other in one game, and a pair of high flying raptors in the other.  West Division Champion AF#12 SF’s BowMen (8-5-0) opens the gates of Levi Stadium to the barbarians in black and silver for one final Battle of the Bay against bitter foe 1 Eye Til I Die (7-6-0).  The last time these two met, 1 Eye took a 29 point victory, eerily close to the 23 point tiebreaker margin that sent them to the post season.  Will history repeat itself?  Or will the Archers defend the ramparts and advance to round 2 for the first time ever?  At first glance the game feels like it would be a low scoring steetfight, but SF is the league’s #2 scoring club on the season and 1 Eye is #4, so this may exceed the over/under and come down to who’s got the ball last.

In the second half of Super Wild Card Weekend, the East Division Champion Eagle has Landed (8-5-0) is out to prove they’re the fiercest birds in the league as they take on AF#? Birds of Prey (9-4-0), relegated to the Wild Card after losing the South Division to rival Who Dats in the season finale.  The winningest franchise in S16 history, BoP is normally near the top of league scoring, but this season they’ve fallen all the way to 6th, while Eagle is 8th and riding a 2 game win streak, including 240 points scored in week 13, making this a very interesting match-up.