NFL Playoff Scenarios: Tim Tebow's Denver Broncos and Other First-Round Flops

The NFL playoffs are right over the horizon and analyzing the matchups before they happen is half the fun.

While most teams that make the playoffs deserve the honor, there are some teams that back into the playoffs and get brutalized in the first round.

All of the following teams will make the playoffs and be beaten soundly in the first round, making their appearance bittersweet.

Denver Broncos—While Tim Tebow may the classiest man in professional sports, his lack of talent as a passing quarterback will ultimately be the undoing of this team.

Their 7-1 winning ways earlier in the season were inflated by an easy schedule and a defense that was playing lights out. When the defense came back to earth, so did the offense.

The Broncos will likely face the Baltimore Ravens in what should be a clinic from the Ravens about how to destroy Denver’s overrated offense.

Houston Texans—As good as T.J. Yates has looked since taking over for Matt Leinart, who took over for Matt Schaub, the lack of any consistency in the pass game has put the Texans in a bad spot.

A matchup against a team like the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round would be the worst possible scenario that the Texans could have asked for.

The Bengals have a stellar run defense that can stifle Arian Foster, but it will be Cincinnati’s pass offense that gives the young Texans secondary some trouble.

New York Giants—As good as the New York Giants have been playing, if they meet the even hotter Atlanta Falcons in the first round, they will be heading home early.

While the bottom half of the NFC still has some shaking out to be done in terms of matchups, the Falcons are the last team the Giants want to see in the first round.

Matt Ryan and the Falcons pass game would gash New York’s defense while Michael Turner and the run game would help Atlanta control the clock and win the game.

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