Are You Ready for Some Football - Play Offs

[Frozzy]

Wow, Seattle were huge pretenders. The teams they beat had an average record of 6-10, and the average team they faced was 7-9... Any team can win those games.

[Ned]

There is one thing about Brent Farve in clutch games recently -- he is guaranteed to throw a lot of interceptions. When they won the Superbowl with Farve, Green Bay had the best defense in football and Brent didn't have to win the game all by himself. Now he presses and simply gives the games away. Perhaps his ego is too big today to control his wildness. But unless he gets it under control, the Pack has no future with Farve at QB. It is time for the Pack to move on, IMHO.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
If you fear the other team then you are setting yourself up for losing. You cannot fear your opponent and win. You can recognize that he is dangerous, but to fear him means you've already lost.

In football, fear is motivation. Motivation wins games. I think it's more likely than not that the Falcons will overlook the Rams, because they lack big game experience.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Kalius
Wow, Seattle were huge pretenders. The teams they beat had an average record of 6-10, and the average team they faced was 7-9... Any team can win those games.

I'm not sure what happened to their defense or their recievers. They really played ****ty this year.

[-Jrabbit]

Favre is totally on the ledge. After the game, he reportedly told Mike Sherman he was retiring, with Sherman spending a half-hour talking him down, telling him not to make any announcement until he had cooled off.

So Brett is going home to Mississippi for a couple weeks before saying anything. But it does look like it could happen this time...

[SpencerH]

It looked like the receivers screwed up on those interceptions, but you have to wonder whether in previous years Favre would have recognized their changed routes (improvisations) and thrown to the new spot? On the other hand, maybe the receivers just ****ed-up and Favre needs to recognize that. IMO he's still a dangerous quarterback to be facing in the 4th quarter.

[Brundlefly]

Favre had a lot to deal with in his personal life this year. It was commendable that he was able to get GB to the playoffs alone while having to deal with such distractions. GB was the team I was least looking forward to having the Eagles play this postseason.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Kidicious
The Packers beat themselves, but Minn did play well. I think they have a decent chance against the Eagles.

3/4 of NFC Pro Bowl D-backs are Eagles. Eagles D-Line will have Daunte on his back all day.

Westbrook/McNAbb/TightEnds have huge games in an Eagles blowout. I dont expect anything big from Eagles receiving corps, though..

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by bfg9000


3/4 of NFC Pro Bowl D-backs are Eagles. Eagles D-Line will have Daunte on his back all day.

Westbrook/McNAbb/TightEnds have huge games in an Eagles blowout. I dont expect anything big from Eagles receiving corps, though..

Philly was only 11th on pass defense, and Minn was 2nd in passing offense.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Kidicious


Philly was only 11th on pass defense, and Minn was 2nd in passing offense.

But where did Philly rank in points allowed after week 15? 2nd. (weeks 16 & 17 dont count because they rested their starters).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Kalius
They go to New England again in 2005 and again in 2006 before they (probably) play the Pats at the RCA Dome in 2007.

That's not what I meant. I meant it was amusing they had to play that team, not that they had to go to New England. The game could be in Indy and I'd find it amusing as well. Kind of like the Football Gods have said the showdown will continue until the monkey is off the back of the Colts.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I think it's more likely than not that the Falcons will overlook the Rams, because they lack big game experience.

You mean like Carolina overlooked teams because of a lack of big game experience last year?

Care to continue talking out of your ass, Mr. one is plenty .

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SpencerH
It looked like the receivers screwed up on those interceptions, but you have to wonder whether in previous years Favre would have recognized their changed routes (improvisations) and thrown to the new spot? On the other hand, maybe the receivers just ****ed-up and Favre needs to recognize that. IMO he's still a dangerous quarterback to be facing in the 4th quarter.

I think that is one of the problems, that it seems while he completed a lot of passes to them, Farve isn't comfortable with his recievers as he was in the 90s. With Freeman, it was almost like they shared a mind and they both knew where to go and where the throw. With Walker and Driver, the same familiarity isn't there at all.

And the defense being so horrible, I feel that Favre feels like he has to win games by himself, thus forcing a lot of balls... though he's always been known for forcing passes where he shouldn't. However, in his MVP years, they found the target a lot more.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Btw, in the least suprising news of the year, Peyton Manning wins the MVP award, with 47 out of 48 votes.

[Frozzy]

Guess who got the other vote...

Michael Vick...