Over the weekend the first round of the NFL playoffs wrapped up in pretty unusual fashion. From a team with a losing record to a win that probably shouldn’t have been, there was plenty of entertainment for football fans.

The games kicked off Saturday afternoon when the 11-5 Arizona Cardinals played the 7-8-1 Carolina Panthers. Yep, 7-8-1 made the playoffs. The historically bad NFC South yielded zero .500 win teams as the Panthers took the division crown. Meanwhile in the NFC East, the 10-6 Philadelphia Eagles could not clinch a berth.

So, it could be assumed the Panthers would get blown out at home? Not even close. Arizona’s quarterback woes started after their starter Carson Palmer has injured Week 10 against St. Louis. Then their backup quarterback got injured. So, they had no choice but to entrust third-string quarterback Ryan Lindley to keep their playoff hopes alive.

The Panthers didn’t let him. Pro Bowl linebacker Luke Kuechly and the Panther defense dominated, allowing Lindley to only pass for 82 yards across four quarters. It was a record for the least total yards in NFL postseason history. Cam Newton and the Panthers cruised to a 27-16 victory.

Saturday night the former Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens rolled into rival Pittsburgh in the first AFC Wild Card Game. The Steelers’ confidence was high even with the absence of star running back Le’Veon Bell, but confidence was not enough to win. After settling for field goals on multiple drives, sacks and multiple turnovers, the Steelers lost to the Ravens 30-17.

The playoffs continued Sunday afternoon where the Cincinatti Bengals played the Indianapolis Colts. Without their star wide receiver A.J. Green, the Bengals hung in early but Andrew Luck and the Colts ran away with a 26-10 home victory.

Now, here’s the game that everyone is upset about, unless you’re from the Lonestar state. The first round wrapped up with the Sunday night matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys. The game started off being dominated by the Lions, at one point up 20-7. After a touchdown and a 51 yard field goal, the game was close at 20-17.

As the Lions marched down the field, pass interference was called on Cowboys linebacker Anthony Hitchens, which would have given the Lions a first down and a very good chance of scoring, closing out the victory. But after the officials talked, the flag was picked up with no explanation. The Lions were forced to punt, the Cowboys scored, and picked up the 24-20 victory.

Fans were outraged. After the game, head official Pete Morelli gave an explanation. He stated after conversing with another official who was closest to the incident that Hitchens was “face-guarding,” not considered a penalty, was what happened. But after looking at the replay, Hitchens is clearly committing defensive pass interference.

Fans blamed bad officiating, bias, even game fixing. Regardless, they got the call wrong. But there is no way of knowing if it really affected the game’s true outcome. The first week of playoffs were great, and the next will be even greater.

Next week the Panthers will take on the Seahawks, Cowboys will play the Packers, the Colts will visit the Broncos, and the Ravens will clash with the Patriots in Foxborough.