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Paelos
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I'm not a Cutler fan at all, but I don't think it's shocking he fell apart with Clay Matthews just bitchslapping whoever tried to block him. Seriously, have you seen some of the highlights of that guy during the playoffs this year? My god, don't block him with a fullback!  |
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Clay Matthews is pretty much a stud.
The Packers are an interesting team. They have the ability to be the best team on the field against anyone, yet they also have the ability to completely disappear. Which team will show up against the Steelers? I'm betting on the good Packers, but I think the Steelers still win.
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HaemishM
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Cutler has a great arm, and terrible terrible decision making skills. He gets away with it when he has good blocking, or against bad defenses. See how he lit up the Seahawks. Mike Martz's offense is as much to blame for the poor performance of that O line as anything. He's gotten more QB's killed or had their careers shortened than any O coordinator out there. But it is telling that Hainie came in and finally got his shit together enough to do more offensively than the Bears had done all day. Prevent defense or not, he made the throws. And even against a prevent d, you still have one of the better set of cornerbacks in the league with Woodson and Williams, and Sam Shields has been a beast as the nickelback. Knowing that Hainie would have to throw the ball more than run should have given them a serious edge to jump routes, but Hainie still drove it down for a TD AFTER he gave up a pick 6. It's going to be lolworthy in training camp when the Bears fans start calling for Hainie to get the starting job because Cutler will struggle early while trying to rehab that knee. The Bears fans are nothing if not willing to chew up QB's and spit them out. Ask Kyle Orton. Hell, ask McMahon. The fact that Cutler is an unlikeable douche and seen as a whiny bitch is only going to hurt him.
I'm still not buying the benching though. Whoever said it up above that Lovie Smith thought a healthy Cutler was only marginally better than the Over the Hill Backup and the Fresh Prince of Rookies.
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Chimpy
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Nobody was talking about GB's defense, though.
I should have been. I really like their defensive backfield. I honestly thought that their lack of a running game would be their demise. I guess they fixed that with a nobody. They have Dom Capers as their Defensive coordinator. He is one of the best defensives coach in the league these days. |
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Paelos
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Capers has massive experience to draw on as a coach. He's literally coached in every region of the country: California, Tennessee, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas just to name a few. He's seen all the styles of offense that people can toss at him. It's no wonder that nothing shocks his defenses in this pass-happy league.
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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And on the other side of the coin you have none-other than the legend HoF DC, Dick Lebeau. Should be fun.
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This is a fun article ranking all the players in the superbowl this year. Clay Matthews is an absolute beast. |
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Nice to see Des Bishop get some love.
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HaemishM
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All the Packers linebackers could use some love. Bishop and Walden are both backups to starters that went down (Barnett and Brad Jones) and they haven't skipped a beat. The team is stocked on defense. Really nice to see Raji rated so highly. Second year player, he is an absolute monster up the middle. You don't often see guys his size who play at nose tackle and pressure the QB as much as he has been the last half of the season. It doesn't hurt that he has Clay Matthews rushing from the outside, but he can shed double teams on pass protection regularly.
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Okay, who are you guys picking today?
I'm going Steelers over Packers 24-20 because I think they have a slightly better defense and match up well against the Packers offense.
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Chimpy
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Packers. Not picking a score because it is all about who has more at the end, not how many they have.
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Steelers, though I'd love to be wrong.
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01101010
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Pittsburgh over Green Bay - but it should be a hell of a game and I wouldn't be disappointed if it was the other way around. However, at this point, I just want it over. almost two full weeks of foreplay has got me so out of the mood that I fear it might actually kill the moment the game happens. And pregame ALL DAY today? Jeezus christ I am not watching 8 hours of pregame talk. No thanks... think I'll go wash the car. Just get the game on - enough fluffing about....money shot already.  |
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I'm pulling for the Packers but without a running game it might be a lost cause. If Rogers comes out on fire, the lack of a running game won't matter. I kind of give the Packers a slight edge on defense, but give a nod to the Steelers in QB play for the simple fact that (channelling my inner John Gruden) Rothlesberger...This guy just wins.
Who knows. It should turn into a pretty entertaining Super Bowl.
So....I'm going with the Packers.
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Steelers.
But I am partial to Pittsburgh :)
Alas, it is a divided family, as Mrs. Naum hails from Green Bay.
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Paelos
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Steelers by 14
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As always, fuck the Steelers and their rapist motorcycle stunt driver cunt of a QB. The worst part is everyone will just forget about all that if he wins again.
Go Pack! 27-23.
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HaemishM
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As always, fuck the Steelers and their rapist motorcycle stunt driver cunt of a QB. The worst part is everyone will just forget about all that if he wins again. Yeah that. Hell, they've already forgotten about the rape thing except when he ends up out at a piano bar. You know I'm going Packers all the way. |
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Thing is, they're not having to stray far from the source material. Listening to talk radio last night, Michael Irvin was on last night talking about how Roethlisberger can show the league how much of a better person he is now by winning today.  |
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Michael Irvin could be one of Rapistberger's idols on how to do illegal things and still be a star player along with Ray Lewis.
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Trippy
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Oh yeah! Suck it Ben!
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Go Packers! Hopefully karma will be a bitch for Mr. Roetglisberger.
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Trippy
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Woohoo! 14 points off of Ben INTs!
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Is the field made of concrete or something?
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Trippy
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It is. Fricking artificial turf.
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K9
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Fuck me the Black Eyed Peas suck balls
Oh hell... and now Fergie is singing Sweet Child of Mine, kill me please
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Well, this half time show is just terrible.
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Abagadro
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Well, this half time show is just terrible.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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We need a wardrobe malfunction to redeem this atrocity
OT: I really can't fault the packers D, they're having one hell of a game, and Starks too, how he manages to consistently make 3-4 more yards than anyone else would make on the run never ceases to impress. Hoping to see BJ Raji terrorise Big Ben in the second half, other than on the first pick he hasn't meen very noticeable.
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K9
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WTF Usher? The Boss didn't need to pad his set with other artists to make it for the whole 7 minutes or however long this is.
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Abagadro
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To be fair, wil.i.am is on that song and it is a pretty big hit in the club scene.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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K9
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Fair enough I guess. I did enjoy the tron-a-like body suits the dancers had.
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DLRiley
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Half time is terrible, god is face palming right now.
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