NFL Playoffs Thread (again with less Suh)

[Andy]

I have a half dozen friends who treat Tom Brady like their 2nd 'team'. Only one - a Michigan fan - has even the slightest pretense of an excuse for it. It drives me [expletive] insane.

[shnsajax]

Sportsbooks seem pretty torn on this already. Some at a pickem. Some at -1 for either team.

[treebird]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

[UMFan83]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

[treebird]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

 

have jet fuel melt steel

[Sammy Sofa]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

 

have jet fuel melt steel

 

Excellent.

[Guest]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

 

have jet fuel melt steel

 

Bravo.

[Proven Veteran]

Can't wait to talk to the Packers fan at work, it's going to be great.

[Guest]

Sportsbooks seem pretty torn on this already. Some at a pickem. Some at -1 for either team.

 

Makes sense. Both the top seeds that have looked dominant for a while (with the exception of Seattle today), both top-10 scoring offenses and defenses in the regular season.

[rawaction]

My bold predictions for this season.

 

1. Every year there is a team that starts on a long undefeated streak and doesn't win the Super Bowl. This year, that team will be the Indianapolis Colts starting 9-0. A streak that will include wins over Denver, Philly, and Cincinnati.

 

2. Seattle will continue the 8-year streak of a Superbowl champ NOT winning a playoff game the next year, though they will be a playoff team and host said playoff game.

 

3. Five In/Five Out. Five playoff teams that will not make it this year: Green Bay, San Francisco, Kansas City, Carolina, and San Diego. In = Chicago, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Tennessee and Buffalo. Yes, Buffalo.

 

4. Defense is back! Teams with mediocre offenses and strong defenses will be the story of the season as teams with top 10 defenses will fare better than teams with top 10 offenses, with more playoff teams coming w top 10 D's.

 

5. Perennial contenders, GB and SF will have disasterous seasons. SF will fall due to contract disputes from players and Harbaugh, suspensions, in-fighting, inconsistent QB play. Injuries will finally catch up to GB as they will not be able to squeak into the playoffs after this year's Aaron Rodgers' injury.

 

6. For only the 3rd time in NFL history, a RB will have over 1000 yards receiving. That RB, Darren Sproles.

 

7. Jacksonville and Cleveland will each win at least 7 games, and neither will draft in the top 10 for the first time in over 10 years.

 

8. Peyton, Brady, Brees nor Stafford will lead the league in passing yards or TDs. One of Rivers, Luck, or Ryan will.

 

9. Storied franchises: Steelers, Giants, Cowboys, and 49ers all pick in the top 10 next draft.

 

10. The Patriots will win the Superbowl.

 

AFCE- Patriots, Bills, Jets, Dolphins

AFCN- Bengals, Ravens, Browns, Steelers

AFCS- Colts, Titans, Jags, Texans

AFCW- Broncos, Chargers, Raiders, Chiefs

 

NFCE- Eagles, Redskins, Giants, Cowboys

NFCN- Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings

NFCS- Saints, Bucs, Falcons, Panthers

NFCW- Seahawks, Cards, 49ers, Rams

 

Superbowl= Patriots over Eagles

 

My preseason predictions.

 

1. Wrong.

2. Seattle made playoffs, obviously won games.

3. 3 of 5 out. 1 of 5 in.

4. Top 10 O's in playoffs = 6. Top 10 D's in playoffs = 5. (2 teams in both based on ypg)

5. Half right.

6. Wrong, but Forte did break reception record for RBs.

7. Wrong

8. Brees tied Roethlisberger for passing yards (Luck 3rd, led most of the season though)

9. Giants in top 10, Niners just missed. Wrong.

10. Still very possible.

 

Standings all screwed up except for NFC West, which was dead on.

[Brian707]

Surprised the line is a pickem. Over under seems about right.

 

Thought it would be Seattle -3

 

I guess the public sees the Seahawks needing a miracle, while the Patriots destroyed Indy.

 

I think Seattle wins rather easily.

[apete6]

Surprised the line is a pickem. Over under seems about right.

 

Thought it would be Seattle -3

 

I guess the public sees the Seahawks needing a miracle, while the Patriots destroyed Indy.

 

I think Seattle wins rather easily.

 

It opened at Seattle -2.5 and then people pounded the Patriots right away to quickly move it to a Pickem most places or SEA -1 still in a few places.

[Billy_Buck]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

Thought experiment: What happens if a Cutler-led Bears team experienced all of the above misfortune in an NFC Championship game, and lost in OT?

[Soul]

Surprised the line is a pickem. Over under seems about right.

 

Thought it would be Seattle -3

 

I guess the public sees the Seahawks needing a miracle, while the Patriots destroyed Indy.

 

I think Seattle wins rather easily.

Just curious about why you think Seattle wins easily. Do they blow teams out often?

Also I think the Sherman injury is going to hurt them. Not sure why the Pack didn't even test it. Brady will.

[minnesotacubsfan]

if Sherman is playing hurt in the SB, its going to be a long day for the Seahawks. I think Thomas III is hurt too. I think NE wins this one, and it could be a landslide.

[UMFan83]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

Thought experiment: What happens if a Cutler-led Bears team experienced all of the above misfortune in an NFC Championship game, and lost in OT?

 

I know for one that I would have greatly embarrassed myself on this forum.

[Flames24Rulz]

Partial list of things that had to happen for the Seahawks to win that game:

 

-Packers had to kick a FG on 4th and goal from the 1 foot line

-Packers had to kick a second FG on 4th and goal from the 2

-On Wilsons 4th int with 5 mins left the Packers player who intercepted it (forget who) purposely went down at midfield even though it looked like he had plenty of running room and might have been able to score

-Have their kicker throw a TD pass to a lineman on a fake FG attempt

-Recover an onside kick

-Have a heavily covered WR catch a pass from Wilson, who threw a wobbler across his body up for grabs to convert a 2 point conversion

-Win the OT coin toss

-Have Wilson throw 2 perfect passes 20+ yards downfield to finish the game

 

Am I missing anything?

 

That was the worst one. Burnett should've at least been able to run that back into field goal range. Also, Rodgers should've checked out of the run to Lacy on the first play after the INT when they overloaded the box with 9 defenders. If you get positive yards out of the first play from scrimmage instead of losing 4, your playcalling doesn't become as obvious on 2nd and 3rd down in that situation.

 

It's going to take a long time to get over that. That was a Cub-like meltdown.

[Soul]

Can't wait to talk to the Packers fan at work, it's going to be great.

 

This thing. Laughing at the Packers. Depends on where your team wound up this year.

[Soul]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

 

The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday.

[Cubswin11]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

 

The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday.

What can they even do to them, other than a fine and maybe a draft pick taken away?

[UMFan83]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

 

The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday.

What can they even do to them, other than a fine and maybe a draft pick taken away?

 

That's it, if what I'm reading is correct.

[UK1679666180]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

 

The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday.

What can they even do to them, other than a fine and maybe a draft pick taken away?

 

That's it, if what I'm reading is correct.

 

Please make it worse than bountygate.

[Soul]

‏@WillBrinson

 

Oh boy RT @bkravitz League source tells me the NFL is investigating possibility Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night

 

The Patriots definitely deflated some balls yesterday.

What can they even do to them, other than a fine and maybe a draft pick taken away?

 

That's it, if what I'm reading is correct.

 

Please make it worse than bountygate.

 

Well, it made the first 5 minutes of the Today Show this morning. I guess that means it's a big deal beyond the sports journalist world.

 

The original tweet came from a guy in Indy. I guess it really matters to him that the Colts would have been blown out a little less than they were.

 

In other news, my jokes apparently aren't funny.

[Banedon]

Aaron Rodgers pulled out of the pro bowl. Andy Dalton will replace him. In other news, the Pro Bowl is awful.

[Cubswin11]

Aaron Rodgers pulled out of the pro bowl. Andy Dalton will replace him. In other news, the Pro Bowl is awful.

God, that game is dumb. They should just scrap it and do a bunch of various skills competitions, that could at least be entertaining.