NFL divisional round playoffs

[17 Seconds]

oh my god how are you letting fitzgerald beat you?

 

this reminds me of the year before the bears went to the super bowl where lovie refused to double team steve smith as he was picking the bears apart

[Magnetic Curses]

that's the beginning of the end for the cardinals.

 

Oh?

 

shut up.

 

Don't act like you're upset at this.

 

oh, i'm loving it. i just don't like anyone calling out my ignorance.

[Flames24Rulz]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

[Andy]

Every time anyone thinks we're any good, we immediately screw it up. This game, the Giants game, the entire 2006 season, the 2005 NFC title game...every single time people actually start thinking we are good, we screw it up.

[Magnetic Curses]

one more pick before half, jakie. how about it?

[Andy]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

Have you read this thread? I'm the only one who said the Cardinals had a chance and I was mocked for it. I'm just in awe of this ridiculous performance.

[Guest]

that's the beginning of the end for the cardinals.

 

Oh?

 

shut up.

 

Don't act like you're upset at this.

 

oh, i'm loving it. i just don't like anyone calling out my ignorance.

 

Well, let's pretend like this never happened.

[Magnetic Curses]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

 

yeah, he wasn't saying that arizona was terrible, though.

[TruffleShuffle]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

 

still the panthers had to do two things to lose this game - turn the ball over a lot and let larry fitzgerald beat them. well, delhomme is playing horribly and the panthers have inexplicably employed a defensive game plan that involves leaving the other team's best player open.

[Andy]

Anything resembling a decent throw and that's a TD. Smith needs to be on the field for the next kick, whether it's a punt or more likely, the kickoff after Arizona scores again.

[Magnetic Curses]

that's the beginning of the end for the cardinals.

 

Oh?

 

shut up.

 

Don't act like you're upset at this.

 

oh, i'm loving it. i just don't like anyone calling out my ignorance.

 

Well, let's pretend like this never happened.

 

deal.

[Andy]

The only good news out of this is that any idea the Panthers had of signing Delhomme again is hopefully out the window. The bad news is that I knew this a year ago and apparently Carolina didn't because they didn't do anything to work on replacing him.

[Magnetic Curses]

I knew we were getting talked up too much. I just knew it.

 

We need a miracle now.

 

now you sound like a real bear fan.

[B]

Wow is Arizona bad.

 

They might be the worst Divisional Playoff participant ever.

 

Like I was hoping they could at least keep it somewhat close for 2-3 quarters so I could keep my interest, but it looks like they have 0 chance of that. I'm thinking 41-10 is the final score.

you still interested?

[TruffleShuffle]

Wow is Arizona bad.

 

They might be the worst Divisional Playoff participant ever.

 

Like I was hoping they could at least keep it somewhat close for 2-3 quarters so I could keep my interest, but it looks like they have 0 chance of that. I'm thinking 41-10 is the final score.

you still interested?

 

he could be right about the 41-10 part.

 

(i was totally wrong too)

[Magnetic Curses]

whisenhunt is gutless.

[B]

Wow is Arizona bad.

 

They might be the worst Divisional Playoff participant ever.

 

Like I was hoping they could at least keep it somewhat close for 2-3 quarters so I could keep my interest, but it looks like they have 0 chance of that. I'm thinking 41-10 is the final score.

you still interested?

 

he could be right about the 41-10 part.

 

(i was totally wrong too)

Yeah, I figured the Panthers would win but not cover. I guess they still have a chance.

[Andy]

I knew we were getting talked up too much. I just knew it.

 

We need a miracle now.

 

now you sound like a real bear fan.

I'm a Chicago sports fan, what can I say? Only my NFL team waited an extra couple of weeks before delivering me the gut punch.

 

Good job waiting 12 seconds to call that timeout, Fox. He has horrible clock management.

[TruffleShuffle]

I knew we were getting talked up too much. I just knew it.

 

We need a miracle now.

 

now you sound like a real bear fan.

I'm a Chicago sports fan, what can I say? Only my NFL team waited an extra couple of weeks before delivering me the gut punch.

 

Good job waiting 12 seconds to call that timeout, Fox. He has horrible clock management.

 

i'm contractually obligated to remind people that the bulls won 75 championships in the '90s.

[Andy]

I really hope that if we're going to lose anyway that the Cardinals go ahead and score on their 1st possession of the 2nd half so I don't have to care anymore.

[shnsajax]

Wow is Arizona bad.

 

They might be the worst Divisional Playoff participant ever.

 

Like I was hoping they could at least keep it somewhat close for 2-3 quarters so I could keep my interest, but it looks like they have 0 chance of that. I'm thinking 41-10 is the final score.

you still interested?

 

he could be right about the 41-10 part.

 

(i was totally wrong too)

 

95% of America was wrong. I thought Arizona had maybe a 5% chance of winning this game.

[UMFan83]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

 

How could we honestly know how good or bad Arizona is? They won 6 of their 9 games against their pathetic division (played the 49ers both times before they turned it around) and were 3-7 against the rest of the teams, with all 3 of those wins at home (albeit against Dallas, Buffalo and Miami). Plus 5 of their 7 losses were blowouts to playoff caliber teams.

 

There was no reason to think they could beat a solid Carolina Panthers team (not that the game is over yet).

[UMFan83]

It's kinda scary that the Panthers greatest strength, their running game, has been mostly taken out of the equation for the 2nd half. I bet we are going to see a bunch of mini-Hail Marys to Steve Smith's direction in the second half.

[Flames24Rulz]

I can't believe we're going to lose to this team.

 

Oh, wait. Yes, I can.

 

It's not like Arizona is a terrible team. They played in a bad division, but this team obviously has explosive playmakers on offense and they are an extremely aggressive defense.

 

How could we honestly know how good or bad Arizona is? They won 6 of their 9 games against their pathetic division (played the 49ers both times before they turned it around) and were 3-7 against the rest of the teams, with all 3 of those wins at home (albeit against Dallas, Buffalo and Miami). Plus 5 of their 7 losses were blowouts to playoff caliber teams.

 

There was no reason to think they could beat a solid Carolina Panthers team (not that the game is over yet).

 

Yes there was a reason they could beat Carolina. Don't overlook that game in the regular season against Carolina. Andy even said it too. The Panthers should have lost that game as Arizona was absolutely dominating it before a turnover and then Steve Smith caught fire. As a matter of fact, Arizona outgained Carolina in that game by 75 yards and Carolina only won by 4.

 

We may not know how good the Cardinals are, but they certainly proved in the regular season that they could hang with the Panthers. That's why I really didn't understand why Carolina was such a huge favorite in this one.

[Andy]

Good call to fair catch it at your own 12 with no one within 10 yards of you, Jones. Solid.