FSUPros Wild Card Weekend Recap: Anquan Boldin's Record Setting 2nd Half Leads Ravens To Victory

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The Divisional match-ups are set after an interesting Wild Card weekend.  There was one former Seminole that made his mark felt with a great second half performance and that was Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens.  He set a franchise record and led his team to a victory.  We will recap all of the Seminoles below.

Anquan Boldin - Baltimore Ravens

The first half did not start the way Boldin would have thought with him not making a catch.

"I told (Lewis) before the game I was going to get 200 yards," Boldin said.

 Then at the start of the second half the Ravens looked to find Boldin in the offense.  On a 3rd-19 Flacco found him for a 50 yard gain although the team did not score.  On their next drive Flacco hit Boldin for a 10 yard gain and then again for 46 yards to set-up a Ravens touchdown.  Later in the game with 9 minutes to go Flacco hit Boldin for an 18 yard touchdown in one-on-one coverage.  Boldin went up for the catch and just wanted it more than the Colts defender coming down with the defenders arm pinned between him and the football.  He might not have gotten to 200 yards, but putting up 145 yards on five catches and one touchdown in the second half more than makes up for it.  His 145 yards set a franchise record for receptions yards in a playoff game and is the sixth highest for a player over the age of 32.  Here is what Boldin said after the game.

''It's huge for us. It's huge for this city, they've supported us this entire year and they expect a lot from us. In return, we want to give it to them.''

The Ravens will take on the Denver Broncos next week looking to avenge a loss earlier in the year.  Boldin will meet another former Seminole in Tony Carter.



Letroy Guion - Minnesota Vikings

It was a long night for the Vikings defense who seemed to be on the field for most of the game with the offense not moving the ball.  Guion made four solo tackles in the loss to the Packers.  His total was for 5th best on the team and all came stopping the run.  He was also credited with a pass deflection.

Christian Ponder - Minnesota Vikings

After his performance last week everyone was looking forward to Wild Card weekend to see if Ponder could lead the Vikings to another victory.  After being hurt for most of the week, Ponder was scratched at the last minute with elbow bursitis.  This was devastating for the team since now they had to play Joe Webb in the biggest game of the year who had no playing time during the season.  Ultimately that is what led to the Vikings loss.  Coach Frazier of the Vikings said his decision to pull Ponder was because he didn't have full range of motion.

Leon Washington - Seattle Seahawks

It was a pretty quite afternoon for the Seahawks returner Leon Washington.  He had only two kickoff returns for an average of 23 yards and two punt returns for an average of 9 yards.  Washington and the Seahawks won their first road playoff game for the first time in eight tries.  Next week they head to Atlanta to take on the Falcons in the dome where Washington could have a good return game on a good playing surface like turf.