NFL Playoffs 2017

[Bunk]

Green Bay
New England

See if I stay perfect. I think Atlanta is better overall, but A-Aron has been inhuman.

[Paelos]

Falcons have proven me wrong all year so why not keep the train rolling.

Dallas played such a shit first half that even catching up wasn't enough. I think if they learned how to substitute correctly Rodgers probably doesn't kill them by taking advantage of the dumbass penalties. Either way we deserved to lose and we did. The Cowboys looked piss poor for a half and you can't spot a good QB that much. Plus not getting in the end zone late was stupid. Another good season pissed away in the playoffs, so fuck Jerry just because.

I like the Falcons over Green Bay
I like the Pats over Pitt.

ATL-NE in the Super Bowl and NE probably beats the ever-loving fuck out of Atlanta because their defense is a bigger Achilles heel than anybody in the playoffs.

[Shannow]

No. 1 D vs No. 1 O.

Could be interesting. Just not surprised GB lost, after all the Rodgers fellatio that went on this week, it felt like it was going to go that way. Can't stay lucky forever.

Pats, as usual, stomped the Steelers. Nothing unusual there. Chris Hogan! Let your Pats hate flow rest of the country.

[HaemishM]

Rodgers should learn to play defensive back too. There's a real need there. 

Seriously, though, I couldn't even watch most of the game. I started falling asleep in the 2nd quarter and when I woke up it was 24-0 at the half and I thought, "Well this is going about as bad as I could have feared." When Julio Jones basically just Playstation 2'ed the fuck out of 2 defenders who should have either 1) covered him or 2) been able to tackle him, I just started fast-forwarding the Tivo. Fuck watching that shit show. Rodgers has carried that team all year but he couldn't carry them against one of the best offenses in the league this year. I so want Dom Capers fired and every cornerback on our team pounding pavement.

[Bungee]

Atlanta 43 - NE 37

[01101010]

I'm in for Atlanta as well.

ATL > NE

[Sky]

Fiancee is pissed because I called Atlanta to win the superbowl at halftime during their game.

Ryan is going to pick apart their defense and I don't see them continuing to get Hogan wide open like they have been. Bennett is hurt, so their TE plays are off the table, and Blount hasn't been producing much. Amendola has been oddly quiet. Edelman and Lewis won't be able to carry the team when they need to put up numbers like they will to keep up with Atlanta.

[slog]

Fiancee is pissed because I called Atlanta to win the superbowl at halftime during their game.

Ryan is going to pick apart their defense and I don't see them continuing to get Hogan wide open like they have been. Bennett is hurt, so their TE plays are off the table, and Blount hasn't been producing much. Amendola has been oddly quiet. Edelman and Lewis won't be able to carry the team when they need to put up numbers like they will to keep up with Atlanta.

The Patriot Defense is for real, but it's going to be a shootout.  37-34 will be the  final score.

[Shannow]

The Pats put up 30+ points on the 7th and 11th rated defense (by DVOA) in the league. (Actually it was only 27 vs Houston, 1 TD was a KR). By most measures Atlanta's defense is worse than both those offenses. Seattle were banged up, missing key defensive players and basically all of their offensive line (ohoho Richard Sherman was hurt and not disclosed on the injury report? Where's the outcry, but they will probably lose a decently high draft pick over that). GB was missing half their receiving corp and had a bunch of injuries and their defense was pretty bad too (plus Dom Capers..hehheh).

Still that offense is scary, I just think that NE defense will keep them out of the endzone a few times and Brady will probably shred the ATL secondary. Can ATL get pressure with 4 rushers is the question.

Sticking with my 34-24 NE win prediction.

[HaemishM]

40-27 NE

That Atlanta defense is not as good as they think they are. It's probably closer to Pittsburgh's defense. Plus, it's Atlanta and I'm sure they will fuck it up somewhere.

[Paelos]

40-27 NE

That Atlanta defense is not as good as they think they are. It's probably closer to Pittsburgh's defense. Plus, it's Atlanta and I'm sure they will fuck it up somewhere.

It's a bad defense. It's a REALLY bad defense and I've watched it all year. It kept teams in games when they had no business being in the game. If Seattle could offensively find it's ass with both hands, Atlanta wouldn't have gotten out of round 1, but Seattle gift-wrapped them one of the dumbest safeties I've ever seen, and then gave the ball right back to them for an easy TD. From there, I don't think the Seahawks converted a 3rd down that mattered. In fact the only TD they had after the safety was a kickoff return.

NE won't do that. They are too measured and too good to go completely ice-cold, and they are too well coached given 2 weeks to get fooled by Atlanta's Shannyshow and have wide open guys roaming around. Atlanta's defense looks great over the last two games because they started playing with double digit leads and could just rush the passer, ignoring the run. NE will never give up the run, and I don't think they've been down by 10 points at any point since Brady came back. Could be wrong on that, but they've lost only one game.

If I'm NE I pull the Philadelphia gamefilm against the Falcons and mirror that. Ball control offensive drives that grind down the Atlanta defense. Keep the ball away from Matt Ryan and gamble on 3rd down. Sell out against the Atlanta run and make them one-dimensional so they have to pass to convert everything. But most importantly, control the block. Have 5-6 minute drives. That's how you stop them, since Atlanta is all about getting into a rhythm and gashing you deep.

[TheWalrus]

since Atlanta is all about getting into a rhythm and gashing you deep.

Are we not doing phrasing anymore? 

[Phildo]

Patriots in 5

[Paelos]

I've laid the points so I've got Patriots -3

[TheWalrus]

Fuck the Patriots. That is all.

[01101010]

Worst season I can remember... and we have this as our reward. Go Tribe!

[Shannow]

Doesn't look good for the Pats.  Atl O maybe unstoppable.

[Shannow]

Amnnnnd game over

[Raguel]

The playoffs (with the exception of the GB/Dallas game) have been horrible this year.

[K9]

Going to bed because this game isn't particularly interesting to watch.

Full credit to the Falcon's D for playing a great game though.

[Severian]

Evony commercial in the Super Bowl. Fucking Evony.

[Merusk]

And WOT and Mobile Strike. The fact is these rat games are making shitloads so of course they're going to drop in. Makes it easier when companies like Toyota Doritos and such decide not to do ads.

[Shannow]

and somehow the Pats are making this interesting. fuck me I just wanna go play computer games.

[Shannow]

And if the Pats lose by one point the incorrect call on the blocked PAT from ATL's first TD is going to be a big talking point tmw.

[Shannow]

Going to bed because this game isn't particularly interesting to watch.

Full credit to the Falcon's D for playing a great game though.

annnnnd we are tied

[Merusk]

Called this in the first quarter when my wife said Atlanta was running all over them.  I recall the last few times we thought the Pats were dead then Brady sacrificed another puppy at halftime and for the 4th quarter comeback.

[Abagadro]

What a collapse. The whole world continues to be garbage.

[Shannow]

holy
fuck

[Rasix]

Falcons gonna Falcon.

[Megrim]

Delicious.

[ghost]

Dude.  Tom fucking Brady.   

He should be a man and retire, Elway style.

[K9]

I went to sleep at the end of the 3rd. A friend called me and woke me up with 1:05 in the 4th. Watched until the end. I have no idea what I missed; what an unreal change of events

[Phildo]

God is dead.

[Shannow]

No he isn't, he just hates the rest of America. ;)

[HaemishM]

What a collapse. The whole world continues to be garbage.

This. Fuck this NFL season, I'm glad it's finally fucking dead.

Apparently my instinct that Atlanta was just not to be trusted was right.