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.

FSUPros Week 17 NFL Recap: Mike Harris Finishes Rookie Season Strong For The Jaguars

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Yesterday was the finish of the regular season in the NFL and there were many former Seminoles that made their mark.  There is no better way to end the season than going out and playing your best football to set the tone for next season.  Both Lawrence Timmons of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Nigel Bradham of the Buffalo Bills had big weekend but none more than Mike Harris of the Jacksonville Jaguars.  He put a stamp on his rookie season as we will feature in our recap.

Mike Harris - Jacksonville Jaguars

His big moment came in the fourth quarter as the Titans were lining up to punt when he squeezed through the left side and blocked the punt, then picked it up and returned it for a touchdown the first of his career.  Harris started a corner for the fifth consecutive game and his sixth of the season.  He made four solo tackles and one assisted tackle.  During his rookie season he recorded 55 total tackles, one sack, six pass deflections and one interception in 15 games.

FSUPros Week 15 NFL Recap: Sebastian Janikowski Kicks The Raiders To Victory

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Each week former Florida State Seminoles make an impact for their team, and this week was no different.  There were many great performances but none more than Sebastian Janikowski as we will tell you in our recap below.

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Sebastian Janikowski - Oakland Raiders

On a day when the offense could move the ball but not punch it into the endzone, Janikowski was there to help his team hitting 5/6 field goals scoring the only points.  The Raiders beat the Chiefs 15-0.  He was able to connect from 20, 50, 57, 41 and 30 yards.  His 57 yard field goal was his longest of the season.  The kick he missed was from 51 yards out and went wide left.

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Ernie Sims of the Dallas Cowboys accounted for three solo tackles and one assisted tackle during their loss to the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day. Sims should receive the start next with an increased roll as the Cowboys lost another lineback to a season ending injury.

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets was unable to make a tackle against the New England Patriots.  This was the first time all season he was held without a tackle.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings made one solo tackle and one assisted tackle in a loss to the Chicago Bears.

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Tony Carter of the Denver Broncos had another good day on the field with two tackles and two pass break-ups.  He had one tackle in pass coverage and the other on special teams.  This makes his third game in a row with at least 2 pass break-ups.

Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Raven had five catches for 57 yards.  Three of his catches came on the first drive of the game which led to a touchdown.  The rest of the game Boldin was only targeted three times, two catches for 27 yards and a two point conversion.  Joe Flacco and the offense sputtered much of the game as he tried and tried to hit Torrey Smith deep down the field.  Each possession Boldin caught a reception, the Ravens ended up scoring.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals looked like he finally put his early season injury behind him. Against the Packers, Dockett had two solo tackles and four assisted tackles including half of a sack.  His assisted sack came on the first play for the Packers for a loss of ten yards.

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Leon Washington of the Seattle Seahawks only had two punt returns for an average of 2 yards with a long of 5 yards in their loss to the 49ers.  He also rushed twice for 4 yards.  One of his runs was up the middle for 2 yards and the other was around the left end for 2 yards. 

Kamerion Wimbley of the Tennessee Titans made four solo tackles and two assisted tackles including one sack.  During his sack on Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, Wimbley was able to force a fumble that was recovered by the Titans.  The fumble set up a touchdown to give the Titans a 28-20 lead midway through the 3rd quarter.

Nigel Bradham of the Buffalo Bills made his second career start on Sunday.  During the game,  he had three solo tackles and one assist playing defense.  While playing special teams he also had a solo tackle.  Bradham's tackles on defense were made against Chris Johnson and one on Nate Washington. 

Garrison Sanborn of the Buffalo Bills was perfect on all of his snaps in the kicking game.

Shawn Powell of the Buffalo Bills had a quiet day punting as he only made one punt for 22 yards as it sailed out of bounds.  He was perfect on all of his holds on field goal and extra point attempts.

Anquan Boldin of the Baltimore Ravens only had 3 catches for 24 yards in their loss to the Houton Texans.  Boldin and quaterback Joe Flacco could not seem to get anything going against the Texans defense.  Flacco seemed to have his eyes on Torrey Smith who was targeted 13 times and only made 4 catches.  Flacco was also picked off twice going for Smith.  Boldin saw 8 passes thrown his way.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals made one tackle in their loss to the Minnesota Vikings.  His tackle was made as Christian Ponder tried to scramble up the middle only making a gain of 2 yards. 

Christian Ponder of the Minnesota Vikings did not have his best day at quarterback but was able to lead his team to a win against the Cardinals.  He was 8/17 for 58 yards with one TD and 2 INTs.  Ponder did not have to do much as Adrian Peterson had a big day and the defense stepped up.  His touchdown pass was made to Percey Harvin out to the right side for 3 yards.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings made 2 tackles and 2 assist.  Two of his tackles were made stopping the run and the other two were made stopping the pass.

Patrick Robinson of the New Orleans Saints made 7 total tackles and deflected one pass in their win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  Most of the day he spend covering Mike Williams but he did make a couple of tackles in the run game. 

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets had one tackle and one pass deflection in the loss to the New England Patriots in overtime.  He had the duty of covering Brandon Llyod for much of the day who was held in check only grabbing one catch for 6 yards.  Cromartie did force a fumble that was overturned due to the runner being down by contact.  His tackle and pass defection were both made on the Patriots tightends.

Mike Harris of the Jacksonville Jaguars made one tackle and had 2 pass deflections against the Raiders.  His tackle was made on Marcel Reece and so were his two pass deflections. 

Sebastion Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders 4/5 on field goal attempts including the game winning 40 yard field goal.  He was also 2/2 on extra points.

Lawrence Timmons of the Pittsburgh Steelers led the team in tackles with 11 total; four were solo and seven were assisted.  He was all over the field during the first drive for the Bengals,  collecting six tackles.  Timmons was making tackles in the run and pass game it did not matter.

Geno Hayes of the Chicago Bear did not record a tackle in their win Monday night against the Detroit Lions.  Hayes was out on special teams and did see a little time as a linebacker.

Mister Alexander of the Houston Texans was out on the field for special teams but did not record a tackle in their blowout win over the Ravens.

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Lawrence Timmons of the Pittsburgh Steelers had another productive week, with 2 solo tackles, 4 assisted, one pass deflection and an interception.  His pick came as the Titans crossed over midfield.  Matt Hasselbeck threw a pass over the middle and Timmons was there to catch it.  He returned it four yards before being tackled.

Kamerion Wimbley of the Tennessee Titans had one assisted tackle in the win against the Steelers.  His tackle was made on the goal line at the one yard line.  The Steelers tried to run up the middle, but Wimbley was there with his teammate to make the stop.  The Steelers did score two plays later.

Chris Hope of the Atlanta Falcons made one tackle coming on special teams.  His tackle was made as the Raiders tried to return to the kickoff and Hope was there to meet them at the 20 yard line.

Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders was 2/2 on field goal attempts with a long of 52 yards and he was 2/2 on extra points.  His field goal of 52 yards marked his 38 career field goal of 50 plus yards.  For the season, Janikowski is perfect on all attempts.

Anquan Boldin of the Balitmore Ravens had 5 catches for 98 yards and a long of 31.  He did not make his first catch until the game was inside of two minutes in the first half.  During that drive he caught 3 passes for 54 yards helping lead to a touchdown for the Ravens at the half.  Boldin caught two passes in the second half on the same drive.  One was for 13 yards and then on the next play he caught a 31 yard pass down to the Dallas 4 yard line setting up a touchdown again for the Ravens.

Antonio Cromartie of the New York Jets had 3 solo tackles, one assisted tackle, 2 pass deflections and one interception against the Indianapolis Colts.  He also had one kickoff return for 20 yards.  Cromartie had the job of covering Reggie Wayne this week and did a great job of containing him.  Wayne only had 3 catches for 32 yards with Cromartie.  The Jets new number one corner should have had two picks for touchdowns but one was called back on a personal foul, so the interception counted and the other was called back on pass interference, so the interception did not count.

Markus White of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was added to the game day roster on Saturday but was inactive for the game on Sunday.

Dekoda Watson of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did get some playing time this Sunday but did not record a tackle.

Nigel Bradham of the Buffalo Bills got his first start of his short career this Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.  He had 2 solo tackles and one assisted tackle.  On the first defensive possession for the Bills, Bradham was there to help make the tackle on the first play.  All of his tackles were made stopping the run.

Garrison Sanborn of the Buffalo Bills was perfect on all of his snaps including the game winning field goal.

Shawn Powell of the Buffalo Bills was extremely busy this Sunday having to punt 8 times.  His long was 62 yards and had two land inside the 20 yard line.  Powell had an average of 44 yards per punt and only two were returned for 20 yards and 25 yards.

Darnell Dockett of the Arizona Cardinals made one tackle and also deflected a pass in the loss Sunday to the Buffalo Bills.  His pass defection came at a critical moment in the game when the Bills had the ball on the Cardinals 35 on 3rd and 10 in overtime.  Ryan Fitzpatrick tried to throw out to the right flat but Dockett got his hand up to bat it down and force a punt.

Leon Washington of the Seattle Seahawks had one catch for 9 yards.  He also had the duties in the return game, two kickoff returns for an average of 20 yards with a long of 23 and two punt returns for an average of 14 yards with a long of 25.  His one catch was on a short pass to the right flat.

Christian Ponder of the Minnesota Vikings had his highest output of the season.  He was 35/52 for 352 yards with two TDs, two Ints, and one fumble lost.  Ponder was also sacked four times during the game.  He hit Michael Jenkins and Kyle Rudolph for his two touchdown and then hit Rudolph for a 2 point conversion.  All of Ponders turnover were costly to the team.  He was sacked at his own 8 yard line and fumbled and the Redskins scored on the next play.  He had an interception returned for a touchdown. The last interception was made on the Redskins 3.  Although the score would not have mattered as the Vikings were down by 12 with 22 seconds left.

Letroy Guion of the Minnesota Vikings had five total tackles with three being solo and two assisted in the loss to the Redskins.

Mister Alexander of the Houston Texans had two solo tackles all coming on special teams in the loss to the Packers.

Richard Goodman of the San Diego Chargers had four kickoff returns for an average of 28 yards and a long 39 yards.  He ran the opening kickoff 39 yards until he was pushed out of bounds by fellow Seminole Tony Carter.  Goodman also got some snaps at wide receiver where he was targeted twice with one being over thrown and the other was deflected away.

Tony Carter of the Denver Broncos may not have got the start in the absence of Tracy Porter but he did show that he can make plays.  He had four solo tackles along with two pass deflections, one interception and one fumble recovery for a TD.  His interception was a perfect read, he knew he had help over the top so he cut underneath the receiver and grabbed the ball to return it 15 yards.  Carter scored his first career TD on his fumble recovery. It looked like a Bronco defensive lineman saw Carter running towards the fumble and batted it to him.  Carter held the ball out in front of him as he ran into the end zone.

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Anquan Boldin, wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens, led the team in receptions and yards although he did not score.  Boldin was not targeted until the Raven second possession and when he was, it was intercepted in the endzone.  His first catch was on a pass short left and he gained six yards which came right before the two minute warning.  All of his work came in the second half when the Browns were unable to stop him.  On the first possession of the third quarter, Boldin had 3 catches for 60 yards.  Their next possession was the same, 3 catches for 24 yards.  He ended the game with 9 catches for 131 yards.

Antone Smith, running back for the Atlanta Falcons, was inactive for the game against the Panthers.

Chris Hope, defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons, helped with a tackle on special teams.  The Falcons kicked off and the Panthers caught the ball 4 yards deep in the end zone and returned it to the 23 yard line where they were met by Hope and R. James.

Shawn Powell, punter for the Buffalo Bills, had a great first start against the Patriots.  Powell was very active in the kicking game, having to punt on 5 different occasions.  He averaged 39 yards a punt with a long of 54 and 2 were placed inside the 20.  Only one punt was returned which went for 14 yards.

Garrison Sanborn, long snapper for the Buffalo Bills, was out there for every punt and field goal.  He did not miss a snap all game.

Letroy Guion, defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, recorded two tackles Sunday and both were sacks.  His first sack came early in the game as Stafford could not find a receiver and Guion hit him for a 6 yard loss.  The second sack was a bigger play as the Lions had the ball and was trying to drive down to score at the end of the game to tie it up.  Stafford dropped back again with 24 seconds left and was met by Letroy again for a -1 yard loss.

Christian Ponder, quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, did not have his best game of the season.  In a game where special teams was the deciding factor, Ponder just needed to not make mistakes.  He was 16/26 for 111 yards and no turnovers.  On the first two possessions of the game he was 6/7 for 23 yards helping to one field goal.  In the second quarter the Vikings scored another field goal.

Mister Alexander, linebacker for the Houston Texans, was inactive for the game against the Tennessee Titans.

Richard Goodman, wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers, had two kickoff returns for an average of 26 yards and a long of 33.  He also had two tackles on special teams.

Antonio Cromartie, corner back for the New York Jets, was getting his first start of the season as the number one corner back.  Since Revis was lost for the season, Cromartie would get to face off against the other team's number one receiver.  The 49ers elected to stay away from him for the entire first half.  Cromartie ended up with 3 tackles; two were on run plays and the pass play went for 27 yards.  He also had two pass deflections on back to back plays to stop a drive.

Leon Washington, running back for the Seattle Seahawks, made a great return for 69 yards until he was pushed out of bounds.  He also had one run for 2 yards.

Darnell Dockett, defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, was inactive for Sunday's game against Miami.

Greg Jones, fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, had four catches for 25 yards in the loss to the Bengals.  Jones was third on the team in receptions and fourth in yards.

Patrick Robinson, corner back for the New Orleans Saints, made two tackles, three pass deflections and one interception in the loss to the Green Bay Packers.  Aaron Rodgers tried to go deep on 1st down to Jordy Nelson but Robinson was there to make the interception.  The Saints ended up getting a field goal.

Markus White, linebacker for the Washington Redskins, was inactive for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Dekoda Watson, linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, made one tackle on special teams.