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The NFL Playoffs Thread
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I was surprised by that too. Most steelers fans I know talked crap about the eagles all year. Pat Kirwan is my new hero, I have been saying this for years.
http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/8138233
http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/8138233
TheDuce22 said:
Remember the Steelers did spank the Eagles earlier in the year, so just like you they wanted to have more "respect". That respect didn't prevent us from getting spanked by the Pats last week. Now Steelers fans are doing the noble thing and cheering for the one PA team left to slay the evil beast Brady.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=drehs/050126
Looks like the streaker from last year is looking to do an encore. :lol
Looks like the streaker from last year is looking to do an encore. :lol
Five years? $35 mil + $10 mil signing bonus? I love Muhammad, but I think that's just too much for the Panthers to stomach. Plus, I doubt Muhammad will be in the league for more than three more years. I say let him go and get another reciever either in the first or second round of the draft.
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FrenchMovieTheme said:
I would have laugh at this, but the guy who named Taco Bell's hottest sauce, FIRE!, got a 7 figure raise
FrenchMovieTheme
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um no way does mohammed deserve that kind of cash. the fact is that colbert + steve smith is going to be a deadly combo, no need for mohammed as i see it.
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levious said:
I believe in it, it never seems to touch my Lions though
andthebeatgoeson
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And when you compare it to baseball and the Yankees continual playoff runs, parity looks a lot better than any other setup. Atlanta, San Diego and Steeler fans can attest to parity being a great thing. It kills to have a team slowly progress towards a championship. Now, everybody is just a season or two away from 'possibly' making it to the Super Bowl. Imagine how much life would fuckin suck if the Cowboys had made the playoffs for the last 10 years. Dynasties are only fun to watch when it's your team. Ask Karl Malone and Charles Barkley if they like dynasties. One good player and one great player that never have one a championship because of a fuckin dynasty. And I'm just kidding, Karl Malone is great player. But personally, he's a fuckin douche.
Ninja Scooter
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skinnyrattler said:
football was never like that though, not even in the earlier days. No team has ever even won 3 straight Super Bowls. IMO, the NFL hasn't changed that much in terms of parity, its just that now the focus is much more on the orgainization. If you have a good set of coaches and GMs in place (like Beliechek or Andy Reid) you will have a team that is competitive on a yearly basis, despite losing players to free agency or injury.
Spectral Glider
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skinnyrattler said:
Not sure what you're getting at there. Steelers have made the playoffs 3 out of the last 4 years, Atlanta two out of the last three. Chargers had their first in 9 years, which is what I suppose you're getting at. But if parity was so dominant in the league, you would think that the Chargers would have made it more than once in 9 years, right?
Let me try and debunk this parity jibba jabba.
There have been 9 super bowls since the Dallas dynasty (counting this one coming), featuring 18 teams. Of those 18 teams, 10 have been repeat contestants.....Packers two in a row, Broncos two in a row, Rams, two out of three years, and Patriots, 4, the last two in a row. That leaves the Falcons, Titans, Ravens, Giants, Bucs, Raiders, Panthers and Eagles as the "fresh" contestants. Out of those, you have/had 5 regular playoff contenders. The Titans, after losing the Super Bowl, made the playoffs three out of the next 4 years. The Ravens won the Super Bowl and made the playoffs two out of the next three. The Bucs, before finally winning it all, had made the playoffs for 4 straight seasons, and 5 out of 6. The Raiders SB appearance capped 3 playoff seasons in a row. And we all know about the Eagles, they're finally getting to the show in this, their fifth straight postseason year.
So that leaves us with the 98 Falcons, 00 Giants, and last year's Panthers. Falcons had a two year drought before their trip to the show and a three year one afterwards. Giants also had a two year drought before their SB appearance, one year after. They have missed the last two seasons though. That leaves the Panthers as the lone rebel. After making it to the conference title game in just their second year of existence, they then missed the playoffs for 6 years before their big run last year. Here's the interesting note, all three of these teams were 7-9 in the season before their Super Bowl year.....and all three lost the big game.
Which brings me to all this "worst to first" talk the media likes to dish out. There were only two teams that had worse records than the above three's (7-9) in the year before they made it to the big dance. The Patriots were 6-10 in 1995 before making it in 96 and the Rams were 4-12 in 98 before their SB in 99. Only the Rams brought home the Lombardi.
The nfc south hates philly and we hate them. Its a mutual agreement. Every idiot panthers or bucs player they could find had a segment on the nfl network where they picked against us and trashed our defense before these playoff games. So many haters are going to be dissapointed after this game.
wow smith got his panties in a bunch. anyone who takes mitchell seriously is seriously retarded...he is just a comedian and what the media is missing with TO gone for now.
we all know he is a bust considering where he was drafted but he stepped up in that minn game and he will go across the middle to make tough catches.....and with TO as our starter we dont need much and we dont ask much else of Freddie.
we all know he is a bust considering where he was drafted but he stepped up in that minn game and he will go across the middle to make tough catches.....and with TO as our starter we dont need much and we dont ask much else of Freddie.
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That's great. Freddie Mitchell is going to get his neck snapped during the Super Bowl, by the way. You don't call out Rodney Harrison. You don't call out anybody on the Patriots, but you sure as fuck don't call out the best player in their secondary, a guy who should get a fricking medal with all of the charity donations coming from his fines.
By the way, it's taken a full week but I can finally discuss football again. It's a good thing this bye week exists before the Super Bowl, otherwise I wouldn't even watch the game.
And put me on the side of Steelers fans rooting for the Patriots. Not only would I like the Patriots absent the Steelers ass-kicking they just laid down, but I very much want Eagles fans to shut the fuck up. I hope this game goes down as one of the most spectacular Super Bowl beat-downs in history. I'm talking San Fran-San Diego spectacular.
That's great. Freddie Mitchell is going to get his neck snapped during the Super Bowl, by the way. You don't call out Rodney Harrison. You don't call out anybody on the Patriots, but you sure as fuck don't call out the best player in their secondary, a guy who should get a fricking medal with all of the charity donations coming from his fines.
By the way, it's taken a full week but I can finally discuss football again. It's a good thing this bye week exists before the Super Bowl, otherwise I wouldn't even watch the game.
And put me on the side of Steelers fans rooting for the Patriots. Not only would I like the Patriots absent the Steelers ass-kicking they just laid down, but I very much want Eagles fans to shut the fuck up. I hope this game goes down as one of the most spectacular Super Bowl beat-downs in history. I'm talking San Fran-San Diego spectacular.
wow this seems to be the superbowl of the two most hated teams....i dont get it but oh well.
i for one like the patriots and just marvel them and thier system. not only cause it works but the eagles pretty much are the mirror image in terms of how the team is build and structured from the FO.
eagles arrive in jax today at 6 i think...espn should have a live press conference....ill be on the road but man it begins....7 days...quite possibly the longest 7 days of my life.
i for one like the patriots and just marvel them and thier system. not only cause it works but the eagles pretty much are the mirror image in terms of how the team is build and structured from the FO.
eagles arrive in jax today at 6 i think...espn should have a live press conference....ill be on the road but man it begins....7 days...quite possibly the longest 7 days of my life.
Ninja Scooter
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you have to give Freddie Mitchell credit. How else would a guy with pathetic numbers like his this season be getting so much publicity and air time? He's doing a good job of playing the media. Rodney Harrison is the last guy i'd be calling out though, especially if im a 3rd or 4th string type reciever. Harrison might just decapitate Freddie.
Ninja Scooter
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AstroLad said:
Smith's team WAS in the superbowl last year, and unlike Freddie, he actually contributed a lot to that appearance. Freddie Mitchell talking trash is akin to when Mike Vanderjagt opens his mouth.
Ninja Scooter said:
What I'm saying is it's easy to talk shit when you don't have to back it up (e.g. you've been sitting on your ass for months and will continue to do so). I thought it was funny as hell, and I'm not defending Mitchell, but I don't quite give Smith's words that much weight either.
Spectral Glider
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I was starting to think of rooting for the Eagles, but then my gonad of a brother-in-law, who lives 20 minutes out of Philly and knows spit about football, had to open his mouth about the Steelers losing. So let's go Pats. I don't mind some trash talking from real fans, but when these fly by night people who watch only one game a year start talking crap, it ticks me off to no end. For instance, I never said a word to him after the Steelers pounded the snot out of the Eagles this year....and it's because I'm pretty sure he had no clue they were even playing that week.
Fixed2BeBroken
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Ramirez said:I wish there was a way both teams could lose
:lol :lol :lol :lol
I am with you 100 Percent!
Spectral Glider said:
Dude what is it with fucking Eagles fans? They just can't keep their mouths shut. I grew up about an hour from Philly, so everyone I grew up is an Eagles fan and they just talk more trash then any other 3 fans combined. And as much as I hate the Pats, it seems like all their fans( that I know) acted in a classy manner after they raped the Steelers.
I was real close to punching a friend of mine in the mouth (an Eagles fan) who started talking trash about the Steelers after the AFC Championship.
I still want the Eagles to win because my hatred for Tom Brady knows no bounds, but really I am starting to hope that somehow there is some way for both of them to lose and be humiliated. I am sure there is some crazy rule in the NFL rulebook where both teams lose the SuperBowl and John Madden somehow walks home with the Lombardi trophy.
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bionic77 said:
Well, let's see, short of a catastrophic, natural disaster the odds of both teams losing are pretty slim. How about this though, Brady gets crushed in the first half and Jim Miller (a former Steeler) has to come in and lead an improbable victory. The only crazier thing that could happen would be for Hank Poteat to pick off McNabb and return it for the game winning TD. :lol
TheDuce22 said:Give me a break, Eagles fans have taken more crap over the past 4 years than you can imagine. Let us have our fun.
I think a lot of that is self inflicted.....
It could just be that every Eagles fan I know (hundreds of them) could just be the only bad apples and the rest never talk up a tremendous amount of shit on every team each year. I really doubt that though. And I am from PA not from South Jersey so don't try and blame them for Eagles fan behavior Though I am convinced that the Philly fans from South Jersey are mutants, but that is off topic.....
Still, asshole fans or not, McNabb at least deserves to win the Superbowl once. He is too good not to. Even if the fans may not deserve it, he sure does.
I think south jersey is some kind of bizarre experiment in cloning gone wrong. I swear they almost all look and act exactly the same. Eagles fans are probably more in your face because we have had a very good team year after year. If cleveland had been to 4 straight afc championships you would be wishing for the days of shit talking philly fans.
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Ironic isn't it? The defense and special teams that was the most important proponent of our Super Bowl run failed to show up during the most important game of the season
Ironic isn't it? The defense and special teams that was the most important proponent of our Super Bowl run failed to show up during the most important game of the season
Have other people heard this story?
Back when the Pats cut Lawyer Milloy and lost to Buffalo 31-0 en route to another Super Bowl victory, tons of sportswriters were ripping Belichick a new one. On Sunday Countdown Tom Jackson looked right in the camera and said "Let me get one thing striaght, the players on this team HATE their coach."
However, Jackson had not personally spoken with a single player on the Pats for this info.
Well, Belichick and a bunch of players watched this from their hotel where they were in Philadelphia. Belichick was enraged, and never forgave Jackson for it.
Jackson later in the season once the Pats were playing great said numerous times "These guys LOVE their coach" and laughed about it, but never apologized for anything he said before.
Belichick boycotted ESPN the rest of the season, except for an interview he did with Chris Berman the night the Pats beat the Panthers because he was close friends with Berman outside of their coach/journalist relationship.
Right before the interview, Tom Jackson walked up to Belichick to offer his congratulations and extended his arm for a handshake. Belichick stared him down, and said two words: "Fuck you." and then he walked away.
Back when the Pats cut Lawyer Milloy and lost to Buffalo 31-0 en route to another Super Bowl victory, tons of sportswriters were ripping Belichick a new one. On Sunday Countdown Tom Jackson looked right in the camera and said "Let me get one thing striaght, the players on this team HATE their coach."
However, Jackson had not personally spoken with a single player on the Pats for this info.
Well, Belichick and a bunch of players watched this from their hotel where they were in Philadelphia. Belichick was enraged, and never forgave Jackson for it.
Jackson later in the season once the Pats were playing great said numerous times "These guys LOVE their coach" and laughed about it, but never apologized for anything he said before.
Belichick boycotted ESPN the rest of the season, except for an interview he did with Chris Berman the night the Pats beat the Panthers because he was close friends with Berman outside of their coach/journalist relationship.
Right before the interview, Tom Jackson walked up to Belichick to offer his congratulations and extended his arm for a handshake. Belichick stared him down, and said two words: "Fuck you." and then he walked away.
TheDuce22 said:
You know everytime the Eagles fans do something atrocious they always blame the South Jersey fans. And obviously South Jersey mutants can't be responsible for 100% of the actions, so that always amuses me.
However, I must admit there is something seriously fucking wrong with South Jersey. Anyone from Philly knows exactly what we are talking about.
Hopefully there are no problems in Jacksonville. I still think philly fans got a bad rap. We didnt riot or anything after the championship, it was just one huge love fest. If we win the superbowl I expect more of the same. I know one thing, that city will belong to philly come saturday, its gonna be crazy. Soo many people are making the trip down.
http://kyw.dayport.com/viewer/viewe...ct_DefID=2&tf=video_player.tpl&Category_ID=5#
http://kyw.dayport.com/viewer/viewe...ct_DefID=2&tf=video_player.tpl&Category_ID=5#
I'm in Jacksonville and this is obviously the first time we've hosted a Superbowl. Can anybody from previous host cities tell me.....exactly how much should I expect the town to shut down? Will I be okay if I just avoid downtown or will it bring traffic/service everywhere to a halt?
border said:
I was in Phx (well, Tempe actually, where it was hosted) for SB XXX and it wasn't that bad but you have to make sure to avoid all roads even remotely tied to the stadium and other event areas. Also I know it's become much more of an event beyond the SB & NFL Experience since even then, so look out for where all the crap is going down, and stay the fuck away from hotel areas. If you're a decent ways away you should be OK but then again Jax is pretty small so you may feel the impact more (e.g. "take over the whole town" kind of feeling more).
I cant think of a more ignorant statement than this... wait, yes I can. The patroits will lose because they lost to miami and got dominated by the steelers. You cant pick out one specific game and act as if it backs up your argument somehow. On top of that, the most points you allowed all year was 28. I bet you can guess who your opponent was.
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Super Bowl to feature tiny 'Turf Cam'
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/01/superbowl.camera.reut/index.html
Could be interesting, but I remember how Super Bowl XXXV (Ravens/Giants) featured a Matrix-style replay courtesy of twenty or forty (or a hundred?) cameras that ringed the upper deck of the stadium. It didn't really add that much, and I don't remember it ever being used again.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/02/01/superbowl.camera.reut/index.html
Could be interesting, but I remember how Super Bowl XXXV (Ravens/Giants) featured a Matrix-style replay courtesy of twenty or forty (or a hundred?) cameras that ringed the upper deck of the stadium. It didn't really add that much, and I don't remember it ever being used again.
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