NFL Playoffs Wildcard Weekend - Sunday Game Thread
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Both games come with a high factor of blowout stink
Falcons D without Grimes vs Giants? Tebow vs Steelers? Those don’t look like very competitive matchups. But hey, it’s the NFL, so who knows.
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God dammit
Grimes out against Giants probably means an NYG obliteration.
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So are the Falcons
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:07 AM PST up reply actions
If you say so!
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:09 AM PST up reply actions
These are playoff teams, neither one is terrible
Only the Broncos are a terrible playoff team, and even they’re pretty damn good at specific stuff.
But the Falcons are really snoozy.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:10 AM PST up reply actions
Y'know
As much as I hate Tebow-mania and the ridiculousness that accompanies the Broncos everywhere they go, I am going to be highly entertained and rooting hard for them to beat the Steelers (that’s simply how much I dislike them)
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu-
It's hard to hate the Steelers just on one game. Honestly they outplayed us without the bullshit calls
Seattle picked its worst day to be bad on special teams, trick plays, and abandoning the run for no reason.
I hate Denver and have no reason to ever like them.
Well oh shit I just saw you’re a Packers fan so umm….yeah I can see why you hate Pittsburgh.
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Hahahaha. Yeah...
And actually, it’s not the team I hate (well…Roethlisberger excepted) so much as the annoying fans. Maybe I’m just unlucky, but half the time when I try to have a debate on football with acknowledged Steeler fans it devolves into “Man, why you still butt-hurt over getting your ass kicked in the Super Bowl?” or “Dude, we have 6 fucking rings. Count’um and weep”
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu-
Try not debating the Super Bowl with them
It’s been a few years, move on.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:06 AM PST up reply actions
I don't
But since my sig. advertises that I’m a Seahawks fan…it’s a pretty easy dig once they feel I’m trying to argue.
And I’m honestly over the whole refereeing mess that happened, but I haven’t really been allowed to forget it.
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In my experience, nope
But I don’t wander around the sewers of internet sportssites that much
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:14 AM PST up reply actions
I was talking about in person.
I don’t consider the internet as counting since people feel the need to treat each other like shit just because.
Oh, right
You can imagine I don’t meet too many NFL fans here.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions
Sure, they outplayed us, if you completely discount ability to move the football.
Big Ben had the worst game by a QB in a Superbowl EVER.
That's what pissed me off
We had our way with him.
The turning point for me was that dumbass 3rd and 28 we allowed that led to their first “TD”.
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The one where he was over the line of scrimmage?
OK, I’m not getting into this. RAAAAGE!!!!!!
Giants are 3 out of their last 4.
That means that Manningface is due to sneak out from under the stairs.
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Oh goody, my two least favorite QB's in a row.
If Atlanta and Denver both win I will be giddy as a school girl.
I dunno
He shut-up the Patriots pretty nicely for a year. That wins him some points in my book.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence lies in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
-Sun Tzu-
I actually predicted Giants by 3 for that game
Wish I could’ve done it in audio, too.
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How is he a "whiny little bitch"?
Besides not wanting to play in San Diego, which I understand.
Yeah.
So what?
Honestly, I don’t give a flying fuck what my QB does if a play goes bad, if he wins me games. Clearly, he’s good in the huddle, and his teammates don’t seem to have a problem with him.
I think a lot of QBs had the face.
Except Keith Price, maybe
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I am always surprised with how little respect the national anthem is treated in these pre-game bits
Maybe that’s just a European perspective, though, we don’t like to get creative with national anthems.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:04 AM PST up reply actions
Sing/play the song straight.
Adding your own personal inflections just makes it look like you have no idea how to hit the right pitch.
Christina Aguilera is the worst at this
She’ll take a 90 second song and make it 5 hours.
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You know how FG has a no politics rule?
I wish the NFL did too. I’m tuning in game day for football and nothing else. No anthem or military display or halftime show with Madonna.
I make halftime show exceptions for monkeys riding dogs. That shit is awesome. Or mutton busting, that would be an epic halftime show.
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No. well maybe.
I just don’t like gameday distractions outside of food or beer.
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I think the halftime show at the Superbowl is a decent tradition
But this constant booking of really old people is getting a bit…old.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I'll take any of those old people over the Black Eyed Peas
but otherwise, very very agreed
The Who were pathetic.
hope I die before I get old my ass.
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True on the Superbowl.
The game’s pretty long already.
But that Prince halftime show was pretty sweet. Too bad they can’t all be like that.
Tradition.
Meh, it’s a minute-and-a-half thing before a game starts. There are more annoying things in the universe.
C'mon Eli
WIN IT FOR MANNINGS EVERYWHERE
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"That's the way we're going to do it today on FOX. Down and dirty." - Joe Buck
Ewwwwww…..
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The Falcons offense is so goddamn awful without the run
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Their defense is soft too
I see this as being a blow out by the end.
A fistful of brass. My sigs are always behind the times.
I'm a one man rec'n crew
by jubelthebear on Jan 8, 2012 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
"although good last week against Tampa Bay"
Ahahahahahaha
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I guess I can pencil Green Bay in a for a win next Sunday.
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Yip.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions
I half blame the locations
Houston was OK, but not a familiar place to watch playoff football. And ugh, games in New Orleans are awful. Feels like a Wal Mart in there.
That's an odd viewpoint
New Giants stadium is pretty damn sweet.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions
I thought Houston's stadium looked pretty good too.
Kind of like Arizona’s, which is a good place to watch a game as long as you don’t have to look at it from the outside.
Helped that they had it closed, noise-wise
That made it pretty cool.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
Giants stadium is a fairly boring design.
And very poorly built.
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heh..."poorly built"?
What, did they hire cheap Polish labor to put it together?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions
Are Polish people bad at construction?
I’m not sure your weird European stereotypes are translating.
They're our version of illegal Mexican labour
But I didn’t want to get all racist about it.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions
The French don't work
Really. They don’t.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
I watched an extreme engineering show on a bridge they built.
They worked. Just not very fast. And long ass sit down in a restaurant lunches.
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Part of the French stereotype
is that they are constantly eating and smoking outside their cafés instead of actually working. The stereotype is that THINK they’re high class when they’re really not.
No, they're high class
And lazy. By law. Their work-week is 36 hours.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:40 AM PST up reply actions
What's wrong with frogs legs?
They’re no more or less “high class” than chicken wings.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 10:43 AM PST up reply actions
That's what I'm saying.
Nobody in America considers chicken wings high-class. People in France think that frogs legs are.
They do?
News to me.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:47 AM PST up reply actions
C'mon, man
Do I have to repeat this back to you?
I don’t think that any country that regularly eats frogs’ legs can be considered "high-class".
They also regularly eat pig knuckle, blood sausage, tripe, bean casserole and smelly cheeses. That doesn’t make them “high class” or “low class”, it just means they like to eat things that taste good.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 10:51 AM PST up reply actions
In retrospect,
They’re right on top for being one of the craziest.
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Snails only have one natural predator on earth.
And he’s named Pierre.
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NY labor is messed up.
And the design was real bad for most the flat work. There are no control joints in the concrete and it spider webbed out and cracked to shit in the first year.
For all the freeze thaw cycles they go through there that shit should have been cut up into 15 foot squares. It’s not like they didn’t pay for a good product, they just didn’t get one.
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No control joints?
If I were on that job I’d have at least 3 per day… Seriously, how does something like that happen?
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 1:14 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Boring game so far, but at least the broadcast crew can keep it exciting
Wait, fuck, Joe Buck, nevermind
Giants RBs rarely are
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:27 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know if Bradshaw is good
Ward looked good there too. They just have one of those systems that makes RBs look good, like the Devil Shanahan.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:30 AM PST up reply actions
I find it pretty hilarious that there's already been more punts in
this game then in the entire Detroit-New Orleans game.
This looks like the 1st quarter of a Super Bowl game
Where both teams have spent two weeks overthinking their offensive gameplan and defenses have watched so much film that nothing surprises them.
Turner is SLOW
Time to chop off some weight from those gigantic thighs.
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Agreed
I can’t remember for the life of my why he was called “Turner the Burner”. Was it just because it rhymed? He’s really not fast…
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
He was never a burner, no
But he is certainly slowing down. Just a plodding grinder now.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:33 AM PST up reply actions
Look at those Falcons
Driving down the field, bless their little hearts.
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I think part of the reason I don't care about any of these games is that there's no way these teams are beating GB
It’s pretty anticlimactic.
Are the 2011 Packers as dominant as the 2007 Patriots were?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions
Well...no, because the Patriots went 16-0 and set way more records than GB.
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Because "there's no way" doesn't exist in the NFL
There was no way we were going to beat the Saints.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Oh, I see.
“No way” was too much, I agree.
Now that I think about it a little more, I think it’s unlikely any of these teams walks into Green Bay and wins, AND I think I’d like Green Bay to beat any of these teams.
There, makes more sense now.
Unless the NFL sanctions all other 10 teams in the playoffs that year
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Oh, and I thought we had a pretty good shot at the Saints.
I didn’t think their defense was very good.
Because those dominant Patriots got beat
and so have these Packers. Just because a team is favored, on paper, doesn’t mean it can’t lose.
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 10:37 AM PST up reply actions
Wow, single coverage on Julio Jones?
Yeah, that’s not gonna work so good…
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Falcons have to go for it here
The Giants are doing nothing on offense.
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The Grey.
Liam get’s taken. By grey wolves. And his daughter hunts them down and rescues him because of her certain skills.
This screenwriting shit is easy.
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Why screenwrite when you don't need to?
See what people want, reproduce.
Eh.
My sister is addicted so I watch a couple episodes every season. They do have one character who just really appeals to my sense of humor.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
It's too damn stereotypey
At first I thought the show was being ironical but no, it’s just way over the top.
Haha that had to be an NFL record for presnap motion
Seahawks would get two of those done before drawing an illegal shift penalty
I don't agree with a QB sneak
Not just because that one didn’t work.
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That was perfect
And I have no idea why home or away changes the logic on going for it, that’s just stupid.
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Get the lead, take the crowd out of it I guess.
Although I don’t know how much of that 3 points would accomplish.
Eli moves so well in the pocket.
Great awareness.
Hahahahaha~!
What are the Giants doing? Are they serious?
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2nd quarter boos
Impressive. Falcons D surprisingly effective.
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Ha ha
Eli giving the Falcons 2/3rds of their field goal.
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What the hell, Giants.
As soon as I start cheering for you, play like shit.
Damn Eli
Way to mess things up after a great defensive stand
Or maybe it was the O-Line not knowing how to block a free rusher. Yeah, after remembering our game, I’m going with the latter.
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Ball never crossed the line of scrimmage and there was no receiver
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At least someone is enjoying this
Jon Ryan
Best game ever. 5 punts in the first 8 minutes. Awesome.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:45 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
Shit, Ryan probably misses punting in 6 times in 5 minutes!
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How many times can I tweet "Never leave us!" to Jon Ryan before it gets creepy?
Current count: 1
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Giants should have gone for an onside punt there.
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Manningface is definately the Falcons best chance to score right now.
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It's the Craft, but with dude telekinetic instead of girl witches?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:52 AM PST up reply actions
Finally, the curse of the Craft's hittiness has been lifted
Sadly a new curse will be put in place.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:55 AM PST up reply actions
The one will be worse
If I’m going to listen to teenagers whine for an hour and a half, they better be wearing skirts.
Oh hooray, another movie based in Seattle that wasn't filmed here!
And another one that’s just plain awful!
Probably true
But Seattle is a nightmare for continuity logistics like that because of the water, hills and bridges. Everything is a landmark.
Trees, rain, roads, and a starbucks.
Seattleness on screen achieved.
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by hazbro24 on Jan 8, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
One scene on ferry (any ferry!) annnd that's a wrap!
by jhmg16 on Jan 8, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Ferry, fish throwing at Pike, Needle, Starbucks, random Pearl Jam cameo
And that’s all anyone would consciously pick out in a Seattle-based film.
Don't forget the Space Needle.
Otherwise I would generally have no idea that the film was based in Seattle.
Would we know if they did?
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions
How many actors and directors are from New York or L.A?
How many are Seattle? There’s nobody to tell them that the city as they’ve shown it is completely inaccurate.
Is it worth it to punt there?
You gain 25 yards in field position, and you give up control of the ball because you don’t think you can make it 3 feet. Damn shame.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 10:51 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Giants get a 1st down? Followed by a solid run?
Be still my beating heart.
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The Giants now have the ball where
They would have had it had Atlanta gone for it and not made it.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 10:55 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, but they're worn out now.
And used up their lucky charms.
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I'm sure Atlanta feels good about not going for it now.
Dead horse: beaten.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 10:58 AM PST via mobile reply actions
I bet they feel good about not investing in defense enough in the off-season
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 10:59 AM PST up reply actions
Wait, that looked like a 1st?
Those camera angles are so annoying. If the NFL likes that drama, let us see it.
need Eli "this big" screen shot.
Ten bucks that makes KSK
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Nice one Nicks
Just Nicks being Nicks. Plays so much taller than he is.
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I really have been noticing this
And yeah, after watching him stand next to a bunch of other players just now, how tall is he? His vertical must be pretty ridiculous.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
I think he's 6'1?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
He actually didn't have that great of a vertical jump at the Combine.
36". Fifteenth best that year among WRs.
no! That's the thing
The Falcons are more annoying than loathsome. They are vanilla, boring, overrated and Tony Gonzalez (the guy, not the football player) really annoys me.
No facts to defend this feeling.
Hey Toni, go play some basketball.
I don’t know. It’s hard for me to dislike Atlanta. I’m totally indifferent.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 11:20 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Damn, Jacobs looks old.
He’s in his mid-20’s right. Poor bastard.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 11:06 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Well sure enough this game is probably going to become noncompetitive come the 2nd half
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Man that PepsiMax ad with the Jets sure seems stupid now.
Dated before it even debuted. Somebody probably getting fired over that.
"That was the worst half of football I've ever seen"
Seems realistic when watching the Jets and Rex Ryan.
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No doubt Coca-Cola will take advantage of it
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Well some people do.
Those people are just immediately kicked out and ridiculed for the rest of their lives.
I think the Giants got jobbed
That looked like a 1st down. I’d have measured that.
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The evening game might look like a shootout compared to this.
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What are you doing Ryan.
Falling down in bounds?
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I've really been wondering if Mike Smith's job is or should be safe.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Matt Ryan
has not been spectacular either.
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Agreed, he looks like he lacks confidence.
But some of that should redound upward, no?
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I dunno
I think their O-Line’s kinda weak at some aspects
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"Now Ryan will slide"
That was worse than watching old Edgar slide into second. Looked like unbelievably unathletic.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 11:22 AM PST via mobile reply actions
My sentence is structure good yeah.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 11:23 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
You think he has absolutely zero say as a head coach in a 1 minute drill at the end of the half?
by Aaron Crowley on Jan 8, 2012 11:26 AM PST up reply actions
Pretty sure he generally leaves that up to his offensive guys.
He does deserve the blame if he keeps the offensive staff around though.
See, to me, if the head coach just stands by passively and watches his offensive staff fuck up a 1 minute drill,
In the playoffs. Then it’s his fault. Period.
by Aaron Crowley on Jan 8, 2012 11:28 AM PST up reply actions
That's just being classy.
You confer with your assistants and their mistakes at halftime or in the locker room, not at the sideline.
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Matt Ryan looks as skittish as Tavaris out there...
Eternally looking forward to someone making a Seahawks song based off of Lil' Jon's "Shots" song named "Hawks!"
I like those Men's Warehouse commercials.
They are pretty effective…
Eternally looking forward to someone making a Seahawks song based off of Lil' Jon's "Shots" song named "Hawks!"
commercial for that "Finder" show
for about three seconds
Only the Super Bowl.
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by hazbro24 on Jan 8, 2012 11:33 AM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Community, How I Met Your Mother.
That’s about it.
Thats all we watch
Reality tv, especially reality comedy shows, stink IMO…
I just wish the Jersey Shore generation would agree and quit watching it, and American Idol. Bleh.
The Jersey Shore generation and the AI generation are totally different generations
we’re all suckers, in some way.
Oh, don't get me wrong..
I hate reality TV. I just mean that tv on the Networks is awful. If I’m going to watch a drama, or comedy, it won’t be on NBC, ABC, CBS or Fox. Generally
by Aaron Crowley on Jan 8, 2012 11:43 AM PST up reply actions
House used to be one of my favorite shows.
But typical degradation in the writing has left it rather weak and I don’t watch it anymore.
No, I watch Community. That's why I said "Generally" :)
There are some exceptions, sure.
by Aaron Crowley on Jan 8, 2012 11:51 AM PST up reply actions
I'll check it out.
I don’t watch tv but as much love as the show has gotten on the forum the last couple days, it has to be worth kicking the tires.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I find the characters on Community about as obnoxious as the ones on Glee, but it gets so much love on the Internet that I think I have to try it again.
I think Parks and Rec is pretty good as NBC shows go. It’s doing what The Office did well in the earlier seasons, with a much more interesting cast.
Community is very much high brow, nerd humor.
And not the “haha we made a physics joke aren’t we clever” nerd humor you see on Big Bang Theory.
Yeah it's very meta
The cartoonishness of the characters was my only issue, but I understand they tone that down after the first six or so episodes. I will get there.
3 more safties to take the lead.
Let’s do this.
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/Clasps palms together over head
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by shams on Jan 8, 2012 11:37 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh look, a run up the gut with Turner
Gee, that’s a big surpirse…
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Thats what I like about Atlanta
And San Fran and Seattle-Theres no mystery as to what there gonna do. There just daring you to stop it. And alot of teams cant.
Bad angles by the DBs
Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
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by Corax --Nevermore-- on Jan 8, 2012 11:52 AM PST reply actions
I guess I can see how it was not called.
There was a pause after the initial mugging. Then it seemed as if the reach in was fairly clean.
Eternally looking forward to someone making a Seahawks song based off of Lil' Jon's "Shots" song named "Hawks!"
Dexter does great voice-overs.
Still not buying a Dodge but he rocks it.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
What would it take? I have product development on the line
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
The Tuskegee hip hop airmen.
Can’t wait for Lil Wayne to pop Hitler.
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Is Atlanta's OL that bad or NY's defense that good?
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
Yikes. This is a bad football team.
If they repeatedly underachieve like this there will be coaching staff changes.
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Another QB sneak?
What the Fuck! You have Turner! Ryan is a twig.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 12:08 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
This game is over.
I can’t find a way to think Atlanta wins this.
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I really can't either
Other than some kind of freak pick-6
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Hey now, this is Eli Manning we're talking about
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Aaaaaaaaaand that's the game.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
pretty RAC
I hate games like these
I love good defense, but this is mostly just bad offense.
Except for Nicks
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Well.
ATL continuing their “1 and done” tradition in the play-offs.
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You gotta wonder if Matt Ryan is a product of a team with a ridiculous amount of talent
Because he’s been awful in two of these three playoff games.
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Yeah, I mean, he has some pretty sweet weapons around him
I dunno, I just never really bought into the whole “Matty Ice” business. I think he gets rattled pretty easily to be honest, and doesn’t make a whole lot of great decisions.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
How about this staff?
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Staff_of_the_Magi
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
This game is exactly why Julio Jones was not worth it
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why specifically?
not disagreeing, just wondering
ATL has a lot of other issues.
A secondary WR weapon that you trade a bunch of picks to select in the draft is, like, the last thing you should do.
Because Julio Jones doesn't change anything structurally about how that offense works
It’s still a need-the-run-to-set-up-pass offense. Those type of offenses are always weak, and susceptible to good defense/opposing schemes. That’s why I wouldn’t love it in Seattle either. Meanwhile, the defense just isn’t strong enough to pick up the slack.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
So your point is that instead of spending multiple picks on Jones, they should have spent on structural improvements?
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Yes.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe they thought they could do so through value picks.
I’m just speculating, I know nothing about there team.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I don't either
But in isolation, their move looked stupid, and it still does now.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
3rd and 1 and they call a stretch play
Atlanta should just kneel.
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Worse than my memory of Bates' short yardage calls.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 12:19 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Bate's plays sucked because they didn't have the
personnel to pull them off. The Falcons plays just suck.
I mean, if they had the best line and Cam they might work, but geez.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
I seriously don't see a way the Falcons win a single playoff game with Mike Smith as head coach
Or at least Mularkey as OC.
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Isn't malarkey an oft-named HC candidate?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
If he is, I think he sucks.
And I swear he was head coach of Buffalo and he failed miserably.
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Failing miserably is part of your job description in Buffalo.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:22 PM PST up reply actions
Apparently Canada has no concept of a fast food value menu.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
first cough row cough sports cough eu
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"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Giants sure look tougher than the Falcons.
I haven’t seen anyone on Atlanta’s D look intimidating.
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 12:21 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Is it me, or has this been a really bad NFL season?
There aren’t too many memorable games that stick out.
Also, lots of crap teams making the playoffs like these two.
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Lockout influenced this season bad
It’s the reason we’ve seen so many records go, and so many passing/receiving rookies hit the ground running. Lot of sloppy play, good for stat-proponents, not so good for football. It’ll cool down next year.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Bad enough that Tebow dominated the story of the season.
Is no off-season to blame?
by brugg on Jan 8, 2012 12:24 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Tebow is terrible but in his defense
The fact that he’s such a running threat makes him infinitely better than Orton and the decision to pull Orton was the right one.
I’m glad Tebowmania will end today, though. 16.6 points per game under this guy on offense. Awful.
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I genuinely hate Skip Bayless
As in I think he’d be a douche even in person.
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I think I actually want Aikman to follow through on his ass-kicking of Bayless
and I’m a pacifist.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
But then he'll only be reborn.
And his tales will be passed on in writing.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
I don't believe his seat was hot in the first place.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
I do. The Falcons are really bad
Wow, how long have I been beating this drum?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
Since the pre-season, I think
I reiterate: Falcons kind of suck.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
True/false: The Panthers leapfrog the Falcons in the division next year.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
Too early to tell.
Panthers have no defense.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Atlanta is going 6-10 next year
Carolina is a wild card lock as long as Cam doesn’t have a sophomore slump and improve that defense.
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Don't think so
But the NFC South is wildly unpredictable. I think the Bucs could turn it around faster than the Newtons.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions
Would you take Josh Freeman
If the Bucs go on total rebuild?
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Hells. Yes.
But that’s not happening.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
Well at the very least this game could have a hilarious result.
Only scoring a safety is funnier than getting shut out in my head.
Not even a safety on a sack
Penalty safety!
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions
Holy shit, it was?
I stepped out and missed it. That’s fan-fucking-tastic
The "would you like a copy of our home game?" play
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Totally agree, I said this earlier.
Especially an intentional grounding safety. I don’t think there is a way you could deserve to be awarded points any less.
Overpaid for him, though.
Grant/Russell is now Kam/Earl. How amazing is that?
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It's funny how Kam/Earl is the best safety duo we have in...a lot of years.
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And it wasn't clear, even in the preseason, that Kam would be this good
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
I certainly had my doubts.
He looked utterly lost.
My hope was that he'd play as well as Lawyer
(competent but not exciting).
by Greetings from the Lord Humongous! on Jan 8, 2012 12:39 PM PST up reply actions
Who played opposite Kenny Easley?
I can’t recall right now
#gettingold
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Different players
But we had a good duo at one time with Easley. Name’s eluding me tho
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I know
It’s bugging the crap out of me. That’s when I started following Seattle.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Eugene Robinson
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Three pretty good seasons
Chancellor and ET will have em beat eventually.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
He missed part of a season, yeah
Dunno about steep decline.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Well I'm just going by what John Morgan said in his book.
I wasn’t alive at the time so I never got to actually see him play.
steep enough to burn a kidney up with advil.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
That's right
I ran into him in a hotel in ATL, long after he left here (and after his… um… incident).
He was shocked when I told him I was a Seahawks fan. I mean like mouth agape shocked.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Haha.
Weird.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
He goes...
“I’ve never run into a Seahawks fan since I left Seattle.” He was working radio for the Panthers at the time.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Evidently
“bugging the crap out of me” = “can’t be bothered to google it”
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
Stuff like this isn't exactly google-ready
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
rosters of every year are easily retrievable.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
Thanks, I didn't know that.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
It's one of those things you think you should be able to recall...
and then you can’t.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Is ATL's offensive line good?
I have a hard time telling with them. It’s not just the failures on short yardage, it’s that every time I see them the running game looks so mediocre. I know some of that is Turner, but maybe it’s the line too?
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Well I noticed they said Baker was a former starter
So looks like he busted. Another USC offensive disaster.
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Wondering about Matt Kalil
Not so much the program as the fact that I see him listed everywhere as #295. That frightens me about a tackle people are saying could go #2 overall.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
Not particularly.
Sam Baker is a bust. They really don’t have a great ton of talent there. Only Clabo is above average and he’s thirty.
Decent
Doesn’t get a lot of push, though. As we noticed this game.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:41 PM PST up reply actions
You'd think he'd look to put his guys on the move
Seattle made the Giants move.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
They don't seem like too bad of a matchup
Plus: lots of playoff experience
even weirder
there’s two of my post on my screen
Saints-Lions was at least entertaining
It’ll probably end up the best of this weekend, yeah.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:43 PM PST up reply actions
I'm pretty curious to see what the Broncos try to do
I heard about them having special packages for Quinn to come in on 3rd and long, and then rumours of Tebow having a short leash.
That would be a pretty bold experiment, no?
When was the last time an NFL team ran an offense with multiple QBs (aside from obvious wildcat stuff)
Cardinals in 2007
Before that, probably Tom Landry.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
I remember the Broncos doing it ages ago.
Tommy Maddox and, uh, some other guy. They actually switched every drive.
I don't know
What about seeing Tebow get destroyed?
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Maybe
But we’re probably one of the worst for a while.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
Come on, look at our attendance numbers. No way.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Oh?
By what definition?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
Your Sounders better get their shit together
I don’t want LA winning anything ever again.
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It was so bad that I was banned from Field Gulls for most of our wretched season
…For my own good.
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hmmmm.
I imagine their blogs are in full melt-down right about now.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
So much in-migration to that city that many people aren't loyal to them at all
Plus, the NFL in the South was pretty much all Redskins for generations. Add to that, Georgia really is college football territory. In other words, the Falcons fan base is in Atlanta, and not much of anywhere else in the state.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
In Atlanta?
They’re a bad sports town because nobody gives a shit.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
They lost two hockey teams to Canada
Only city to lose to pro teams in a single sport.
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Oooooh, bam.
I’m changing my answer to “bad trivia”.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Technicality?
Or LA county?
But I’m pretty sure NY has lost like 18 baseball teams.
70% of space is covered by dark matter, the rest by ET.
That
is the truest truism in all of sports.
Those fans are awful.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
I dunno
Oakland could give them a run for their money.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
Raiders are on the rise and they've won championships
Atlanta’s only got the Braves and they just took part in an epic NL collapse that singlehandedly put the Cardinals in the playoffs.
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Oh, I thought we were just talking about fans.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
Atlanta has some pretty piss-poor fandom.
But Oakland seems to be downturning again.
"You are the molders of their dreams." - Clark Mollenhoff
I don't even think Raiders fans care about the team
As much as they do having a reason for public intoxication and dressing up like an all-black version of Road Warrior Hawk.
Call me sentimental but I want to go back
And commemorate the place with a historical plaque
Oakland should get a ten-year pass.
Battered fan syndrome.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Probably
But this writeup still pisses me off to no small extent. Inexcusable.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions
Rob Parker may be worse than Skip Bayless.
Just remembering his article a year ago about how C.C. Sabathia deserved the Cy Young award over Felix makes my blood boil.
Careful now...
that’s just getting warmed up in the green room for Bayless.
"Those who fear disorder more than injustice inevitably produce more of both." -- Rev. William Coffin
But see, Bayless know that he's trolling everyone.
Parker is just so bad at his job that it may actually be worse.
Ray Edwards looks like a bust
How many ex-Vikings completely suck once they leave that place?
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Great job, Falcons.
You’re going to make Smith suffer another heart attack with your sheer ineptness.
Wow.
So the Atlanta defense out-scores their offense. You just don’t see that happening that often really.
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From my Twitter timeline
Being a fan of Atlanta teams is like being perpetually stuck in the friend zone with a super hot chick. Lots of boners, no gratification.
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Haha. Excellent.
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
Yip.
Two blowouts?
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
I think the Giants can at least hang around with the Packers.
Pack’s pass defense doesn’t seem very good.
As for the Saints/49ers, I don’t know, but go Saints. Pretty psyched about that one.
One.
49ers can hang with the Saints if they can get Gore and Hunter going and disrupt NO’s o-line.
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I don't know about that.
Giants played the Pack pretty tough last time.
Long suffering, committed Seahawks/Packers fan
Yeah but in New York
In January at Lambeau with Jennings returning? Carnage.
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I think the 49ers can stick with the Saints. Maybe. Possibly.
but man Giants/Packers is going to be ugly.
Drew Brees
has never won a road playoff game. And there’s something like, in an indoor stadium, the Saints are scoring something like 30 points a game, in outdoor stadiums they’re scoring 23. It’ll be interesting, to say the least.
Wouldn't think so
Neutral ground.
WICHITA
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
What the fuck.
That looks like a perfectly OK tackle to me.
An unusual final score in any sport I can think of.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
Fucking hell yeah
I’m very happy with this conclusion.
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I can tell you don't like the Falcons
me neither
I didn't mind them, but being friends with a Bucs fan will do that
I just find this result hilarious.
Plus, called it! Yay!
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
That's a good prediction.
Sporting News before the season had Packers at 15-1, and they called the loss @Kansas City. Now that’s good prognosticatin’.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
That's really quite good.
I’ve always held predictions in the NFL are just luck, it’s why Idon’t really do it much
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Wow these wild card games have been boring as shit
NO DET one was the best yet and it was only good till the 4th
This is the first time that a playoff team has scored exactly 2 points
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I can't believe how ridiculous those commercials are.
Let’s advertise in a campaign completely irrelevant to the product! We’ll just say the name a lot!
Especially because like....you're advertising to small business owners, not teenage boys.
It feels like theorist possible angle for their target demo.
Theorist = the worst
That’s why I’m here.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
I imagine thousands of boys and men watch the commercials, go to the website, and get incredibly disappointed.
Web domains is not as big a turnon as you’d think.
Well after that game, I am certainly ready for some Tebow palate cleansing.
That sounds gross, ignore the fact that it sounded gross.
New thread maybe?
Well we don't really need one
Then again, Tebow-thread will no doubt be much busier
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
After that image, new thread definitely.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."
The perfect plan
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by Thomas Beekers on Jan 8, 2012 1:10 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
New thread
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/8/2692130/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend-sunday-gamethread-ii
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/8/2692130/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend-sunday-gamethread-ii
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/8/2692130/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend-sunday-gamethread-ii
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/8/2692130/nfl-playoffs-wildcard-weekend-sunday-gamethread-ii
I think Turner is very, very close to done
Throw out fluky Week 17 vs Bucs, and #Falcons RB Michael Turner avg’d 3.24 yards per carry in season’s last 6 games
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