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[Vincent Alexander]

So is it true the Bears brought up wanting the OT rules changed in last owners meeting and only 3 other teams supported?

 

[RellyRell28]

SMH at ANYONE who thinks Green Bay should of went for two. That's the most ignorant shit I ever heard.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

It was snowing two hours ago

 

[Alligatorjandro]

That's what dink and dunk and underneath rubs

Spoiler

i.e., pass interference

will do for you. Now tell me what Brady's percentage is on throws beyond 20 yards.

There's no doubt the Pats' offense is a well-oiled machine. They're methodic. They'll wear down defenses with all the underneath crap. Brady only has to be accurate between 1 and 10 yards out.

It's also boring as fuck to watch. It's like watching the gears of a clock tick. I'd rather see the mad scrambling, take shots downfield on almost every drive kind of offense, but those are getting rarer in the NFL.

It's not boring at all. It's like watching an artist work.

 

[BlackGhost]

Didn't Ditka wear that ugly ass red suit yesterday?

 

[Goro Majima]

Didn't Pats fans call the Manning dink and dunk offense with the Colts boring for so many years?

 

[ampere]

The better team won and you're crazy if you think McCarthy wouldn't have been roasted for going for two.

You pretty much have to go for the tie there since it's a gimme, but in terms of win probability I wonder if it would have been better to go for two. Obviously it's easy to say "yes" if you know the Cards win the toss, but hindsight ofc

 

[AngmarsKing701]

It's not boring at all. It's like watching an artist work.

:jnc Bob Ross artistry

 

[Tom Penny]

That's what dink and dunk and underneath rubs

Spoiler

i.e., pass interference

will do for you. Now tell me what Brady's percentage is on throws beyond 20 yards.

There's no doubt the Pats' offense is a well-oiled machine. They're methodic. They'll wear down defenses with all the underneath crap. Brady only has to be accurate between 1 and 10 yards out.

It's also boring as fuck to watch. It's like watching the gears of a clock tick. I'd rather see the mad scrambling, take shots downfield on almost every drive kind of offense, but those are getting rarer in the NFL.

Cool. I like seeing them score points and they do that with the best of them year in and year out. Imagine if every team just ran their offense and scored 25+ a game. I guess there are just a ton of dumb coaches..or maybe there is just one Brady.

 

[Goro Majima]

You pretty much have to go for the tie there since it's a gimme, but in terms of win probability I wonder if it would have been better to go for two. Obviously it's easy to say "yes" if you know the Cards win the toss, but hindsight ofc

So if the Packers go for it and don't convert, we're all talking about how they should have gone to overtime, maybe win the coin toss, and then take a more measured approach at scoring a touchdown...OR their really good defense makes a stop if they lose the toss.

Either way we're playing the hindsight game and it's bullshit.

Defense shit the bed on that Fitzgerald play and then laid down at 1st and goal. Simple as that.

 

[TheFatOne]

That's what dink and dunk and underneath rubs

Spoiler

i.e., pass interference

will do for you. Now tell me what Brady's percentage is on throws beyond 20 yards.

There's no doubt the Pats' offense is a well-oiled machine. They're methodic. They'll wear down defenses with all the underneath crap. Brady only has to be accurate between 1 and 10 yards out.

It's also boring as fuck to watch. It's like watching the gears of a clock tick. I'd rather see the mad scrambling, take shots downfield on almost every drive kind of offense, but those are getting rarer in the NFL.

Going to disagree. Not as easy as you make it out. Beating teams 5-6 yards at a time is hard as fuck. Pats just make it look easy because Brady is pretty damn insane presnap. Not much you can throw at him now that's going to confuse him. You can still do it, but it's much much harder now. The deep passing game is hard to sustain come playoff time. Weather, better teams, the officials letting players play and calling less penalties all work against those offenses.

Didn't Pats fans call the Manning dink and dunk offense with the Colts boring for so many years?

I don't remember many calling it boring, but I do remember people saying it was overrated. Was in high school at the time so might be different for the older guys.

 

[Jarate]

I think the rules should be you start at the 50 and go from there

Gotta feel bad for Rodgers, didn't get anotger chance

Last nights game should show you the gulf between Rodgers and Palmer though. Imagine Rodgers with Fitz

 

[Beach]

That's what dink and dunk and underneath rubs

Spoiler

i.e., pass interference

will do for you. Now tell me what Brady's percentage is on throws beyond 20 yards.

I could be wrong but aren't the Steelers notoriously one of the teams that do the illegal rubs the most? Every team in the league does it since the league has no care of enforcing it fairly.

 

[Nemesis121]

Gotta go fast..

 

[rando14]

https://vine.co/v/iOI1iEuu0Kt

This is how me and Grova are irl, we are boys

EDIT: This is kinda nice, Ditka interviews his former player:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14580874&sf19018907=1

 

[Goro Majima]

Rodgers played a better game than Palmer but it wasn't an inspired performance for the ages or anything. The Hail Mary was a fluke as fuck play (by design).

Still an overall mediocre game from our offense (which is a big improvement from most of this year!)

 

[Tom Penny]

Packers should have made Lacy the focal point if the offense if they wanted to score more this year.

 

[RellyRell28]

Rodgers played a better game than Palmer but it wasn't an inspired performance for the ages or anything. The Hail Mary was a fluke as fuck play (by design).

Still an overall mediocre game from our offense (which is a big improvement from most of this year!)

I never give credit for a hail mary to the QB cause of how random and fluky it is. I usually give more credit to the player who catches it.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Glad you could join the festivities President RBH

 

[Goro Majima]

Glad you could join the festivities President RBH

Like the Viking fan at the Cards-Packers game.

Pretty much showing up for the schadenfreude!

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

The throw on the Hail Mary was fucking great and just shows how strong Rodgers arm is, throwing off his back foot with a guy right in his face. The 4th and 20 throw was insane too. Janis came up huge on that drive. You can bet your ass he's earned Rodgers trust now.

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

Good morning everybody

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Is this Mike Silver Peyton Manning piece a stealth Nationwide commercial?

 

[Goro Majima]

The throw on the Hail Mary was fucking great and just shows how strong Rodgers are is, throwing off his back foot with a guy right in his face. The 4th and 20 throw was insane too. Janis came up huge on that drive. You can bet your ass he's earned Rodgers trust now.

Oh it's always amazing to see his cannon arm on display...not taking away from that. He threw several deep passes yesterday, like the one to Cobb, that were incredible.

Yeah glad Janis finally became what people hoped he would be. Packer fans have been calling for more Janis for months now ever since Adams started stinking up the place.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

I am picking the Seahawks to win this game. Unless they beat themselves like they do in the playoffs for some reason (against the Falcons, and Pats).

 

[MRSA]

hello cajun

 

[Tom Penny]

I think the Panthers win unless the Seahawks find a way to outscore them.

 

[RellyRell28]

What's crazy is that last three time Green Bay got eliminated, it was by three different NFC West teams. Maybe the Rams can make it and eliminate them next year.

 

[crimzonflame]

my boy Cam changin the game. So proud

 

[Slo]

What's crazy is that last three time Green Bay got eliminated, it was by three different NFC West teams. Maybe the Rams can make it and eliminate them next year.

I'm not sure they'll be in the playoffs. They need to rebuild.

 

[Syf]

Should be a hell of a game, go Panthers.

 

[MRSA]

I think the team that wins will be the team with the most points on the board

 

[Violence Jack]

I see that Fox's pregame show is still awful.

 

[Chris R]

What is Jeff Gordon doing there?

 

[B.O.O.M]

So Excited...So Nervous...but still so Excited! GO HAWKS!

 

[zroid]

this coin flip drama is some of the stupidest shit I've ever heard

 

[Slo]

I forgot about all the bandwagoneers. Tis the season.

 

[Greg]

FOOTBALL

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

Pls panthers..... pls!!

 

[Cyber Caesar]

I hope Panthers #28 and # 1 each get 100 yards today. I think we will need to spread the love around on this Seahawks defense. I think Seattle's thirsty for a payback game with the Patriots. The running game needs to be big today. Let's go Carolina.

 

[Syf]

this coin flip drama is some of the stupidest shit I've ever heard

The lunacy of it just added to the game for me lol

 

[FloydtheFathead]

I forgot about all the bandwagoneers. Tis the season.

The term is life longs I thought

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Broncos vs Steelers, lets hope both teams somehow lose.

 

[jbug617]

About the coin toss.
http://espn.go.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0480416733283225848-4

Kevin Seifert
NFL Nation
The NFL confirmed this morning that its rules do not require a coin to actually flip during the coin toss. But it said referee Clete Blakeman made a judgment call out of fairness Saturday night in overtime at University of Phoenix Stadium. The league's statement: "There is nothing in the rule book that specifies this. But the referee used his judgment to determine that basic fairness dictated that the coin should flip for the toss to be valid. That is why he re-tossed the coin."

 

[Goro Majima]

I forgot about all the bandwagoneers. Tis the season.

Remember 2009 when you had those and there were like 7 or 8 Vikings fans instead of two?

Fun times.

I think the team that wins will be the team with the most points on the board

This was literally posted several times last night but I couldn't post the Trent Dilfer pic fast enough

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Why not just be an LA Rams fan?

The what now?

It's not boring at all. It's like watching an artist work.

Gata is right, the Pats offence really is like watching paint dry.

 

[Goro Majima]

We are all Panthers fans today

Spoiler

except RBH

 

[B.O.O.M]

Let's go Boss!

 

[CrispyBoar]

Please, no Joe Buck announcing this game. He sucks!

 

[WanderingWind]

The term is life longs I thought

In academia these are two distinct things. "Bandwagoners" or fanus noballes, are people who start following a sport and pick a team from among the most successful. "Lifelongs" or invisibilius noshowums are more closely related to fairweather fans. But lifelongers are the ones during the season who say not a word about the sport, but should their team get to the playoffs, will show up in a jersey 3 generations too old, talking about how "they've been a fan since Crappy Player was at the helm.

It's a subtle, but important distinction.