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Reply #35 on: January 14, 2007, 05:22:01 PM

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There's the Charger team I have been waiting for to show up all year.  Fuck.


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Reply #36 on: January 14, 2007, 09:16:35 PM

My Saints prediction is still alive.

My Chargers prediction, what the hell was that?

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Reply #37 on: January 15, 2007, 09:44:43 AM

Here's what happened to the Chargers. They get the ball back with plenty of time to drive down for a winning field goal. Marty and his O Coordinator thinks back to all the times they lost and got called "too conservative." So, despite the fact that New England CANNOT STOP LT, he runs once, then passes 2 straight times to wideouts who have shown little ability to catch the ball all game. No screens to LT, no runs, just passes, taking the ball out of your best player's hands. Two incompletions, punt, New England drives down for the win. By the time they get the ball back with no timeouts, it's too goddamn late. Not to mention that they pissed away like 20-30 seconds just lollygagging up to the line of scrimmage. Fuck you, non-Martyball Marty.

He just cannot coach in the playoffs.

Indy looked pretty good against a damn good defense. But their defense looked fantastic. And who was in the lineup? Bob Sanders. I'm telling you, I think this guy is more important than Freeney to that team.

It's going to be an Indy/New Orleans game. Archie Manning will be completely ambivalent and yet happy at either outcome. New England has shown they can't beat Indy without decent wideouts (which they don't have), and Chicago's Defense should not have allowed 24 points to the Seahawks. The Hawks just weren't that good this year. They couldn't even make a goddamn 3rd and 1 ALL FUCKING GAME with last year's M-V-FUCKING-P carrying the ball. And yet had they been able to make at least one or two of those 3rd and 1's, they'd have won the game. That Chicago D is going to get PICKED APART by the Saints offense. It may not be high scoring, but the Saints will win. New Orleans will flood again, only this time it'll flood with BEER.

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Reply #38 on: January 15, 2007, 10:06:42 AM

I think Marty called the game well, but  Phillip Rivers kept calling timeouts. YOU NEVER USE ALL YOUR TIMEOUTS RIVERS! The worst part is the field goal kicker was on target but was short yardage. I remember Marty calling a timeout during the extra point attempt which is funny because you can't call a timeout during the actual attempt.

Is it just me or did LT look really pissed walking off the field.
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Reply #39 on: January 15, 2007, 10:11:06 AM

He should have been pissed. When it counted, they didn't give him the ball.

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Reply #40 on: January 15, 2007, 10:15:12 AM

Is it just me or did LT look really pissed walking off the field.

I believe he was pissed off about Ellis Hobbs and others celebrating before the game was over.  Apparently this is a no-no if you're on the road.  He looked like he was about to start a brawl with Hobbs but others pulled him away.

Really poor time management, too many turnovers, lots of dropped balls, not working LT more at the end, and a defense that always buckles when the game is on the line.  I have no idea how they expected to win. The fact that they had a chance, even with Brady throwing 3 ints is a minor miracle.  Still, close games if not particularly well played.   I enjoyed my football weekend.

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Reply #41 on: January 15, 2007, 10:20:19 AM

LT hadn't been having a Great game, he had been having a good game.  The Patriots were containing him, rather than let him run for long yards.  I think someone needs to give credit to the Patriots defense who stopped Antonio Gates.  The LT/ Antonio Gates one-two punch was the real combo, and the Patriots attacked all of the Chargers strengths, and let LT run for his yards.  No matter how good you are, you can't win a game with only a running back. 

*Side-note: San Diego gave up Reche Cadwell by the way, and wow did he burn them.
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Reply #42 on: January 15, 2007, 10:47:01 AM

The Chargers just fucked up more than the Pats did, although both teams looked like shit.  The Chargers fumble on the punt return, and then trying to pick the ball up to run with it rather than just falling on it.  That 4th down interception by the Chargers which they then fumbled, when all they had to do in the first place was knock the ball down for a turnover on downs with much better field position.  Too much sloppy playing, but that's pretty much how the playoffs have been going.
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Reply #43 on: January 15, 2007, 10:52:18 AM

If the Bears finally got the whole "we can actually win in the playoffs" thing figured out (I think they had some mental hurdles to deal with), and the younger Saints players choke a little, maybe they have a shot. 

But I'll be watching the game with the hands over my eyes, occasionally peeking out between my fingers.

More Cedric Benson please.  And more throws like that 68 yarder, Rex.  That was pretty.
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Reply #44 on: January 15, 2007, 11:34:45 AM

Fuck this season, ever since the National Championship I really am done with football, the pats winning means I may just avoid knowing what happens in the playoffs from here out.  I will literally be in a belltower with a high powered rifle in the Boston area if that fucking cock-smoker Tom Brady gets another ring.

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Reply #45 on: January 15, 2007, 11:44:12 AM

The truly unseemly part of all this is that we are stuck with either Manning or Brady in the Super Bowl. Madison Ave is filling its collective shorts with glee as we speak, and the rest of us are consigned to another hellish season of retarded commercials from an already overexposed douchebag.

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Reply #46 on: January 15, 2007, 11:47:48 AM

Marty still retains his title as the biggest choke coach in the history of professional football. Things haven't changed much in 20+ years...

...he wasted a timeout on a call that was obvious would not be overturned.

Granted, he wasn't the guy who decided to fumble a 4th down interception in lieu of knocking it down or just falling on it and ending the play... ...but his 4th quarter game management sucked.

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Reply #47 on: January 15, 2007, 12:40:15 PM

I've never seen a team self-destruct quite as bad as the Chargers in a long time. Fumbling that punt, the interception/fumble, the personal foul penalty that gave a critical 1st down. Unreal. I feel bad for LT that his dumbass teammates apparently went braindead during the biggest game of the year.

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Reply #48 on: January 15, 2007, 12:42:16 PM

Fuck I hate the Pats.  I don't care who wins the final game as long as it isn't them. 
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Reply #49 on: January 15, 2007, 12:45:31 PM

About that final Chargers field goal.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you kick a field goal and miss on a down other than 4th down, you can kick it again, right?

So why couldn't the Chargers kick again? They got a first down with the pass to Parker. They spiked the ball, which made it 2nd down. Missing the kick would make the play 3rd down because the other team didn't recover the ball. Am I just totally coming out of left field with the rule that you can kick again if you miss on any down but 4th?

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Reply #50 on: January 15, 2007, 12:53:52 PM

Nah.  They kick on 3rd so that, in case of a bad snap or hold, they can fall on the ball and try again.
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Reply #51 on: January 15, 2007, 12:54:26 PM

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you kick a field goal and miss on a down other than 4th down, you can kick it again, right?

No. Once it passes the line of scrimmage you have relinquished possession of the football. I believe that if it is blocked behind the line of scrimmage and you recover it prior to 4th down, you can indeed re-kick, but I'm not positive on that one.

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Reply #52 on: January 15, 2007, 01:10:46 PM

Ok, my mistake. Shows what I get for listening to broadcasters over the years. They never explain shit right. I'm not speaking about the broadcasters on that particular game, just in general.

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Reply #53 on: January 15, 2007, 01:13:37 PM

I haven't held my breath like that at the end of a football game in years. Chicago Seattle was a sloppy mess but it was a hell of an entertaining game. Kind of tough on me, being a long time Bears fan, but being a Seattle fan second due to proximity.

New Orleans has had thier big home field win to make them feel good (would have loved to have been on Bourbon for that), but it's now time for them to move aside for the Bears.

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Reply #54 on: January 15, 2007, 01:15:51 PM

Ok, my mistake. Shows what I get for listening to broadcasters over the years. They never explain shit right. I'm not speaking about the broadcasters on that particular game, just in general.

Never listen to broadcasters, unless it's Jaws, Costas or Collinsworth.  The state of NFL broadcasting right now is just sad.  They're all terrible.

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Reply #55 on: January 15, 2007, 01:20:21 PM

The truly unseemly part of all this is that we are stuck with either Manning or Brady in the Super Bowl. Madison Ave is filling its collective shorts with glee as we speak, and the rest of us are consigned to another hellish season of retarded commercials from an already overexposed douchebag.

Root for the Bears. Urlacher has always been ok (I didn't want to say bearable here) in ads. They certainly wouldn't use Grossman. :P

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Reply #56 on: January 15, 2007, 01:44:51 PM

Ok, my mistake. Shows what I get for listening to broadcasters over the years. They never explain shit right. I'm not speaking about the broadcasters on that particular game, just in general.

Never listen to broadcasters, unless it's Jaws, Costas or Collinsworth.  The state of NFL broadcasting right now is just sad.  They're all terrible.

I don't mind guys like Moose Johnston. Even Mike Tirico is good. They just happen to put some of the worst fuckers in the booth. As I said on my blog, "Theismann is abrasive, Kornhole is steel wool on genitals irritating. He comes off as arrogant and combative. There are times when I expect Theismann to stand up, pull off his dangling broken leg off of his body and beat Kornhole to death with it. I know I'd watch that."

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Reply #57 on: January 15, 2007, 03:08:38 PM

Collinsworth is actually really good, as analyst and commentator, I like him better than maddan for getting to know the game, he explains things well.
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Reply #58 on: January 15, 2007, 03:25:41 PM

Everybody needs to get off Schottenheimer's back.  Yes, it'll go down as yet another L in his poor career playoffs percentage as a head-coach.  But Marty didn't drop all the passes and Marty didn't muff the punt; and Marty didn't go all Zidane-Zidane on the Pats and draw a 15 yard unsportsmanlike which gave them 1st and 10 again; and Marty didn't unwisely try and run back an interception on 4th down which if he'd just fallen down (or knocked the pass down) would have probably been THE nail in the coffin...  I guess you can call those examples of bad coaching but that's a stretch.  The Chargers fucking humilated themselves and melted down on national TV.  Period.  That being said, word is he'll be fired inside the week which is a shame.

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Reply #59 on: January 15, 2007, 03:31:04 PM

Indy looked pretty good against a damn good defense. But their defense looked fantastic. And who was in the lineup? Bob Sanders. I'm telling you, I think this guy is more important than Freeney to that team.

It's going to be an Indy/New Orleans game. Archie Manning will be completely ambivalent and yet happy at either outcome. New England has shown they can't beat Indy without decent wideouts (which they don't have), and Chicago's Defense should not have allowed 24 points to the Seahawks. The Hawks just weren't that good this year. They couldn't even make a goddamn 3rd and 1 ALL FUCKING GAME with last year's M-V-FUCKING-P carrying the ball. And yet had they been able to make at least one or two of those 3rd and 1's, they'd have won the game. That Chicago D is going to get PICKED APART by the Saints offense. It may not be high scoring, but the Saints will win. New Orleans will flood again, only this time it'll flood with BEER.
I haven't watched yesterday's games yet but I'm going with Colts/Saints as well. The Colts pass rush in passing situations is just unstoppable in the RCA Dome and somehow their run defense is the best in the game right now so Brady's going to be passing quite a bit, or trying to pass as the case may be. Also he has enough rings for now and I like I said earlier I want to see Peyton make it to at least one Super Bowl.
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Reply #60 on: January 15, 2007, 05:21:38 PM

I've been following the Bears since before many of you were born, so my objectivity is pretty limited.  Watching the Seattle game, I liked the Bears ability to recover from a letdown at the half, and the defense stepping up in clutch situations.

The defense isn't as dominant as it was in the start of the season.  Losing Harris and Brown hurt bad, and the current weaknesses in the secondary and pressure off the line are a result of that, but I also think that other teams have watched a lot of film, and have figured out the defense scheme a bit.  The defense needs to generate a few big plays, and they have done that pretty consistently.  I think there has been at least one turnover in every game this year.  I expect Reggie Bush will break one or two big runs, and cough up one or two fumbles.  Which of those is a one and which is a two will probably determine the outcome of the game.  Any way it goes, I expect NO to put serious points on the board.

That means that the offense needs to respond.  Grossman needs another solid game, and the receivers need to play better than they did Sunday.  Grossman still has issues with ball location, but there were a few drops that really hurt the Bears, and, if caught, could have turned the game into a blowout.  The line could also step up a notch.

Special teams is the Bears greatest strength at the moment.  Hester forces people to skip distance for placement, which translates directly into field position.  Gould is very consistent, and handles pressure very well.  Under Smith, special teams has starters, not subs, and it has paid off.

I haven't seen enough of New Orleans to judge them well, but they beat an Eagles team that I have seen a lot of, and that had a lot of momentum.  This will be a tough game, and could go either way.

If Indy's defense brings it the way they have the last couple of weeks, the Pats are meat.  The Bears should have beaten the Patriots, but Bad Rex showed up that day.  Brady turned the ball over vs both Bears and Bolts, and I think Indy will make that happen as well.

My guess is Indy wins the Superbowl.  Whether they beat the Bears or the Saints is hard to say.  I tend to think Saints, but everybody seems to either underestimate or overestimate the Bears.  I think it is Urlacher who has been mocking the press by calling the Bears "the worst 13-3 team in history".  The Bears have lost the least important games this season.  They have won all the ones that mattered. and then a couple.  It is hard to argue with that kind of success, yet almost everyone does.

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Reply #61 on: January 16, 2007, 09:07:31 AM

When did Tomlinson become such a goddamn whiner?

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Reply #62 on: January 16, 2007, 09:41:13 AM

When he got to see the smarmy douchebagginess that infuses the Patriots firsthand?

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Reply #63 on: January 16, 2007, 01:08:20 PM

The thing about New Orleans is that they have so many weapons. Their coach knows how to use them all, which makes it tougher.

You can't double, you can't zone, You can't gear against the run or the pass.

You can't take them :all: away.

You do beat the Saints by throwing deep against Fred Thomas. You also beat them by running up the middle.

Someone will execute on that, and it will probably be in the Super Bowl.


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Reply #64 on: January 16, 2007, 06:13:21 PM

The thing about New Orleans is that they have so many weapons. Their coach knows how to use them all, which makes it tougher.

You can't double, you can't zone, You can't gear against the run or the pass.

You can't take them :all: away.

You do beat the Saints by throwing deep against Fred Thomas. You also beat them by running up the middle.

Someone will execute on that, and it will probably be in the Super Bowl.


I think NO has best receivers in league, even better than AZ. And they do have lots of O-weapons esp. with McAllister & R.Bush being a pretty 1-2 punch...

Philly had played well too, but they let Grossman complete a few long (well 1 long, and a few medium sized) balls and that all it took...  ...Saints pass D has been suspect so I figure that be the key - if Grossman can get a longball off and spread em out.

Of course, the only pick I got right this last weekend was NE over SD... ...so WTF do I know...

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Reply #65 on: January 16, 2007, 06:19:34 PM

I think NO has best receivers in league, even better than AZ. And they do have lots of O-weapons esp. with McAllister & R.Bush being a pretty 1-2 punch...

Philly had played well too, but they let Grossman complete a few long (well 1 long, and a few medium sized) balls and that all it took...  ...Saints pass D has been suspect so I figure that be the key - if Grossman can get a longball off and spread em out.

Of course, the only pick I got right this last weekend was NE over SD... ...so WTF do I know...
Yes the Saints secondary seems to be lacking in speed. However trusting Grossman to win a game with his arm is a bit dicey.
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Reply #66 on: January 16, 2007, 06:57:31 PM

Something pointed out by Hillenmeyer ( Bears OLB, usually chasing the TE down the seam when teams try and "beat" cover 2 ), sure to be bulletin board material for the Saints, is that they are probably 10-6 for a reason.  Discount the last game against the Panthers, thats five losses - and when I looked into them there was a fairly obvious trend.  Now, I don't want to alarm anyone with how amazing this sounds, but check out this awesome football fact I discovered:  If you get pressure on Brees while covering his hot routes, he will turn the ball over.  Genius, I know. 

Seriously though, this game is gonna come down to tackling, as boring as that sounds.
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Reply #67 on: January 17, 2007, 06:28:22 AM

Tackling is not boring imo. And there's a heck of a lack of it in the NFL, good tackling anyway.
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Reply #68 on: January 17, 2007, 08:08:27 AM

Tackling is not boring imo.

Certainly not if it is the quality of the light up Reggie Bush took in that Eagles game.

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Reply #69 on: January 17, 2007, 09:19:58 AM

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