Are You Ready For Some Football - Play Offs

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

no I said I would take coles over davis.

Well the 'Skins said the same thing . Also you said it after I said "I'd rather take Davis over Coles if I was the Redskins. " That indicates to me that you'd take Coles over Davis in this past offseason (read below).

in atleast 3 posts I said that I wouldn't have if I was the redskins cuz there was no1 behind davis....

No, more like two. That past one and one where you said I would do if my alternative wasn't Betts or Hambrick, BUT before that you said: "I'd probably take Coles" when I said "I'd rather take Davis over Coles if I was the Redskins." So you gave conflicting statements. You said you wouldn't take Coles over Davis if Betts was your backup, but you also said you'd take Coles over Davis if you were the 'Skins. Pardon me for 'not noticing'.

And even in general, I'd still take Davis over Coles. A top 10 RB is more valuable than a top 10 WR.

I'll just cut to the end. and skip all the drivel in the middle. I assure at no time did I ever mean that the redskins should have used ladell betts as their starter. if they wanted to release davis then they had to go out and get someone. its all kind of moot neway seeing that spurrier is an awful coach.


as for the more general point. I think we merely disagree.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I assure at no time did I ever mean that the redskins should have used ladell betts as their starter.

The problem with this argument is that Betts wasn't projected to be the starter! The starter was supposed to be Trung Candidate, who many people said would be pretty decent.

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

I assure at no time did I ever mean that the redskins should have used ladell betts as their starter.

The problem with this argument is that Betts wasn't projected to be the starter! The starter was supposed to be Trung Candidate, who many people said would be pretty decent.

well I certainly didnt expect candidate to do nething. but beyond that I didn't expect him to be used. which of course he wasn't and he didn't. either poor player projection or poor coaching. I dare not venture which considering how bad the redskins are at both.

[Imran Siddiqui]

This amuses me:

Cards' Poole to attend Packers game
Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers fans want to thank the person who made the team's playoff run possible - Arizona wide receiver Nathan Poole - and even the mayor is joining in with an invitation to Sunday's playoff game.

Poole caught the game-winning touchdown pass as time ran out in Arizona on Sunday to defeat the Minnesota Vikings 18-17. The Vikings' loss gave the Packers the NFC North title and eliminated Minnesota from the playoffs.
Poole will be celebrated this weekend, when he and his wife travel to Green Bay to attend the Packers' game Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks with Mayor Jim Schmitt.

"Of course, he's my favorite non-Packers player," Schmitt said. "The Packers deserve to be in the playoffs, and the way the system works they wouldn't have been allowed in without a (Cardinals) victory over the Vikings, and Nathan played a big part of that."

Schmitt's invitation took Poole by surprise.

"I heard that the fans in Green Bay were quite some fans, but I didn't expect this," he said in a telephone interview Monday with the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

He wasn't even thinking about the Packers when he made his catch at the end of the game.

"I was just trying to get a victory for the team because we've been down," Poole said.

Schmitt also will give Poole a key to the city.

"Anyone who assists in getting us in the playoffs like Nathan did is a friend of the city," Schmitt said.

Local hotels, too, want to thank Poole for the increased revenue his catch will bring them.

Hotel employees have been busy reserving rooms since soon after the playoff picture was finalized.

"I thought, maybe we should send a fruit basket to this guy, because he's just dropping money into our lap," said Todd Casper, front-office manager at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Ashwaubenon.

The hotel is already booked for Sunday night, he said.

Casper acknowledged to basking in the Lambeau Field revelry Sunday night after the game.

"There was about 10 minutes of enjoyment before I thought, `Oh my God, I really need to be at work,"' he said.

He'll be a more popular Packer than Cardinal. Maybe they'll try to trade for him .

[yavoon]

for interests sake.

6 of the top 10 passing teams are in the playoffs
5 of the top 10 rushing teams are inthe playoffs
5 of the top 10 turnover differential teams are in the playoffs

and 5 of the top 10 defenses are in the playoffs

doesn't seem to be leaning any particular direction at all.

ahh but 8 of the top 10 offenses are in the playoffs.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by yavoon
ahh but 8 of the top 10 offenses are in the playoffs.

The #1 isn't =D

[Imran Siddiqui]

5 of the top 10 rushing teams are inthe playoffs

It's actually 6 of the top 10: Baltimore, Denver, Green Bay, Carolina, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Anyway, balance is of course needed. However, a running game is needed for going far in the postseason. Also I'd still take the stud back over the stud WR.

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Zopperoni

The #1 isn't =D

well I went on pts. yards I think its 7/10. but the top 5 in points are all in.

KC, indy, st louis, green bay, tennessee

the next 5 are minni, seattle, baltimore, SF, denver

of which minni and SF aren't in.

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

5 of the top 10 rushing teams are inthe playoffs

It's actually 6 of the top 10: Baltimore, Denver, Green Bay, Carolina, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Anyway, balance is of course needed. However, a running game is needed for going far in the postseason. Also I'd still take the stud back over the stud WR.

so new england doesn't have a shot? what aobut tampa last year? pittman is a very long ways away from stud.

[Zopperoni]

Besides, the Patriots have only allowed thirteen points in their last four home games. All thirteen points being scored by the Jaguars BTW.

The games against Dallas, Miami, and Buffalo were all shutouts

[Ned]

Yeah the Patriots look like the best defensive team out there. I don't have to look up the stats on the year to see that they are now dominating games with their defense.

New England should win the Superbowl and carry on the tradition that the best defensive team wins.

[Imran Siddiqui]

so new england doesn't have a shot? what aobut tampa last year? pittman is a very long ways away from stud.

A.

Ask Reismark, the resident Tampa fan here. As he'll tell you the Bucs started being championship material when their running game was working. And it ain't just Pittman, Alstott had some big games as well.

I'm not on the New England bandwagon. Unless they can run in January (with either Smith and/or Faulk), I don't think they even get to the big game.

And of course NEITHER Tampa last year nor New England this year has a stud WR.

B.

Once again you misconstrue my statements. I said made a general statement which specific examples aren't going to counter. It's like saying that Oakland and Florida prove that money doesn't mean to success in baseball. Also I said nothing about studs in the playoffs, but just a good running game.

[-Jrabbit]

I think it's fair to say that both when it happened and throughout the season, the vast majority of NFL experts and pundits ranged from mystified to highly critical of Spurrier's dumping of Stephen Davis. I can't recall anyone supporting it.

If it was done as an either/or so Washington could afford Coles (though that's not how I remember it coming down), I think it's fair to say the season results showed the "wisdom" of Spurrier's decision.

Canidate was a known quantity -- a potentially productive back with limited ability to pick up the blitz and a strong tendency to fumble. With this decision, Spurrier turned his back on the running game and, in turn, on ball control. Ultimately, his (very talented)defense paid the price.

You reap what you sow, and I'd say 5-11 (after going 7-9 his first year) is about right. I knew he was arrogant. I knew he was a jerk. But what surprises me about Spurrier is --
He's a QUITTER!!

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

so new england doesn't have a shot? what aobut tampa last year? pittman is a very long ways away from stud.

A.

Ask Reismark, the resident Tampa fan here. As he'll tell you the Bucs started being championship material when their running game was working. And it ain't just Pittman, Alstott had some big games as well.

I'm not on the New England bandwagon. Unless they can run in January (with either Smith and/or Faulk), I don't think they even get to the big game.

And of course NEITHER Tampa last year nor New England this year has a stud WR.

B.

Once again you misconstrue my statements. I said made a general statement which specific examples aren't going to counter. It's like saying that Oakland and Florida prove that money doesn't mean to success in baseball. Also I said nothing about studs in the playoffs, but just a good running game.

I CERTAINLY dont advocate not having a running game. and tampa is a perfect example of a team that produced a running game w/o a stud back. so is new england sorta. well they have the infancy of a running game (100 yards last 2 weeks).

u sed u'd take the stud rb over the stud wr(which a lot of other ppl would too). I said that I would take the wr. so u respond to that saying I dont want to be able to run the ball?!?!?! what kind of bull**** is this?!

[-Jrabbit]

Get a room, you two.