N.f.l. 2010 season (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

I am not sure whether the Seahawks should be congratulated, or the Saints should be censured for simply not showing up for a playoff game defensively. The Seahawks had a tough time scoring 16 points against a mediocre Rams defense, and then hung 41 on the Saints, a team that is supposed to have a good defense? The Saints D should be ashamed of itself.

Anyway, I guess it shows that there really is no such thing as a sure thing. I'm glad I didn't have any money on that game.

Imagine if the Packers beat Philly and the Seachickens go to Chicago and beat the Bears; the Seachickens will HOST the NFC Championship game.

Wonderful.

Jets/Colts; what can you say, the Colts blew it at the end leaving time on the clock, their coach is clueless.

Jets/Patriots, round three next Sunday, the hype this week is going to be unreal, what's fatso going to say this week to fan the flames, inquiring minds want to know..................

 

[Louis Badolato]

Imagine if the Packers beat Philly and the Seachickens go to Chicago and beat the Bears; the Seachickens will HOST the NFC Championship game.

Wonderful.

Jets/Colts; what can you say, the Colts blew it at the end leaving time on the clock, their coach is clueless.

Jets/Patriots, round three next Sunday, the hype this week is going to be unreal, what's fatso going to say this week to fan the flames, inquiring minds want to know..................

Yeah, and for Seattle to have a winning record this season, they will have to win the superbowl (if they win the NFC Championship game and lose the superbowl, they finish up .500). Pretty pathetic.

 

[jazzeum]

Don't think the game needs to be hyped. I assume Coach Bell-a-spy will be his usual voluble self .

 

[jazzeum]

Maybe Coach Bell-a-spy could learn a little from Rex by reading this.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Yeah, and for Seattle to have a winning record this season, they will have to win the superbowl (if they win the NFC Championship game and lose the superbowl, they finish up .500). Pretty pathetic.

Not to me really, they played a great game yesterday. The regular season gets you to the playoffs. Once there, what you did before is pretty irrelevent. The best team does not always win any game and the playoffs, championships and superbowl are no exception. The Saints had their chance and fairly lost. Whether they advance further is simply between them and the next team. Home field advantage is pretty conclusively shown to only be worth 2-3 points and since 2004, maybe even less than that. If another team can't beat them by more than that, they didn't deserve to advance IMHO.

 

[Warrior]

Don't think the game needs to be hyped. I assume Coach Bell-a-spy will be his usual voluble self .

Bell-a-spy; wow, that's a new one.

Was that you in the stands sitting next to that clambrain Fireman Ed last night Brad?

What do the Jets do, comp him for all these road games, he goes to all of them, can he afford those tickets?

Foxboro will be invaded by gang green next week, they'll be staying in all the dive hotels around the stadium that rent by the hour and eating at fine dining establishments like MacDonalds and Bowel King, can't wait.

Bell-a-spy vs footfreak Rex, Sunday can't come fast enough................

 

[jazzeum]

Is that the best you can do George? C'mon, you can be more creative than that. If Jets eat at Mickey D's, Patriot fans must be eating at Hardees, assuming they're not drinking their lunch.

Fireman Ed is the man. What do you have? Some guy running around in a Colonials uniform

 

[lancer]

Right now I am supporting the Ravens and whomever is playing against Seattle. If the Ravens get knocked out, I will re-evaluate. Two teams I can't root for, under any circumstances are the Jets (it's a SB III thing) and the Packers (it's a 1960's thing). Two life long hates involved there, or I guess I should say, life long Baltimore Colt supporter. Still like the Patriots in this whole thing even though the last time I rooted for them, their QB was named Babe Parilli. -- Al

 

[Warrior]

Is that the best you can do George? C'mon, you can be more creative than that. If Jets eat at Mickey D's, Patriot fans must be eating at Hardees, assuming they're not drinking their lunch.

Fireman Ed is the man. What do you have? Some guy running around in a Colonials uniform

What do we have?

Three Lombardi trophies, four Super Bowl trips in the past ten years; you're last trip was 40 years ago, back when Christ was in a crib.

Fireman Ed is a self promoting attention hound; saw during the exhibition game in the new stadium (you know, the one if you don't have a parking pass for you have to walk four miles) vs the Giants him pushing and shoving a Giants fan, then he pointed at the usher wanting the Giants fan thrown out, what a brain dead art house goon.

He'll be at the game next Sunday leading gang green in their J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS chant, how old is he, 60? Get a life.

Patriots fans drinking their lunch? Sorry Brad, the Patriots and Mr Kraft have cracked down on that frat house crap at the stadium, they don't allow the drunken buffoonery you see at other stadiums.

Hardees; we don't have dumps like that up here.

Nice try though.

 

[jazzeum]

What do we have?

Three Lombardi trophies, four Super Bowl trips in the past ten years; you're last trip was 40 years ago, back when Christ was in a crib.

George,

You're starting to sound like the Yankee fans, with the 1918 chant. Yup, that's all you guys have become, the NFL version of the Yankees, with the loss to the Giants sort of akin to the Yankess losing to the Sox in 2004.

Guess you and Louis have something in common

George, I used to live up there Guess it's more of a "Friendly's" kind of state

 

[jazzeum]

Ravens have been impressive today, not forgetting that the Chiefs have shot themselves in the foot as well. Speaking of the Chiefs, can't they come up with something other than that stupid chop they stole from the Atlanta Braves' fans.

I could see the Ravens in the Super Bowl and think that, at the very least, they'll be playing the Pats in two weeks.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Not to me really, they played a great game yesterday. The regular season gets you to the playoffs. Once there, what you did before is pretty irrelevent. The best team does not always win any game and the playoffs, championships and superbowl are no exception. The Saints had their chance and fairly lost. Whether they advance further is simply between them and the next team. Home field advantage is pretty conclusively shown to only be worth 2-3 points and since 2004, maybe even less than that. If another team can't beat them by more than that, they didn't deserve to advance IMHO.

I respect your opinion, but mine is very different. I don't think that a 7-9 team should ever be in the playoffs, and the fact that the ridiculous "division" system put one in the playoffs tells me that there is something seriously wrong. It gets even worse when the 7-9 team hosts a game against an 11-5 team. That 11-5 team didn't come to play, and deserved to lose, but they should have lost to a team that a least belonged in the playoffs. There were 5 teams in other Divisions with better records than 7-9, all of whom are sitting home, not to mention the fact that every team hosting a playoff game in the widlcard round had a worse record than the team being hosted (the Packers and Eagles have the same record [10-6], but the Packers beat the Eagles during the regular season,so by NFL tiebreaker rules have the better record).

To me, it is unfair that teams play unbalanced schedules that favor teams in weaker divisions, and penalize teams in the stronger divisions. In a league with 16 teams per conference, that plays a 16 game schedule, there is no reason why every team can't play the same exact schedule. If you want to keep playing teams from the other conference, the planned expansion to an 18 game schedule allows you to do so (2 games per year). The top 6 records in each conference make the playoffs, and are ceded by record from best to worst. To me, that is the only fair system. Rewarding teams with lesser records (whose records are even more suspect because they play unbalanced schedules against the other teams in their weaker divisions) with home games in the playoffs is just plain wrong in my opinion.

The powers that run the NFL feel differently. They believe playing unbalanced schedules inside your own division fosters rivalries, and they want Divisions so that teams from every part of the country make the playoffs, to encourage TV ratings. The NFL is the most successful sports league in the US, which certainly lends credence to the NFL's, and your, position. I, however, respectfully disagree.

 

[lancer]

Ravens have been impressive today, not forgetting that the Chiefs have shot themselves in the foot as well. Speaking of the Chiefs, can't they come up with something other than that stupid chop they stole from the Atlanta Braves' fans.

I could see the Ravens in the Super Bowl and think that, at the very least, they'll be playing the Pats in two weeks.

Ravens just finished off the Chiefs. Ravens looked really good offensively, keeping the Chiefs off the field. Flaco was sharp and seemed to be able to complete passes whenever he wanted. Chiefs played pass defense way too soft underneath and never adjusted. Hope the Ravens can keep it up. -- Al

 

[lancer]

I respect your opinion, but mine is very different. I don't think that a 7-9 team should ever be in the playoffs, and the fact that the ridiculous "division" system put one in the playoffs tells me that there is something seriously wrong. It gets even worse when the 7-9 team hosts a game against an 11-5 team. That 11-5 team didn't come to play, and deserved to lose, but they should have lost to a team that a least belonged in the playoffs. There were 5 teams in other Divisions with better records than 7-9, all of whom are sitting home, not to mention the fact that every team hosting a playoff game in the widlcard round had a worse record than the team being hosted (the Packers and Eagles have the same record [10-6], but the Packers beat the Eagles during the regular season,so by NFL tiebreaker rules have the better record).

To me, it is unfair that teams play unbalanced schedules that favor teams in weaker divisions, and penalize teams in the stronger divisions. In a league with 16 teams per conference, that plays a 16 game schedule, there is no reason why every team can't play the same exact schedule. If you want to keep playing teams from the other conference, the planned expansion to an 18 game schedule allows you to do so (2 games per year). The top 6 records in each conference make the playoffs, and are ceded by record from best to worst. To me, that is the only fair system. Rewarding teams with lesser records (whose records are even more suspect because they play unbalanced schedules against the other teams in their weaker divisions) with home games in the playoffs is just plain wrong in my opinion.

The powers that run the NFL feel differently. They believe playing unbalanced schedules inside your own division fosters rivalries, and they want Divisions so that teams from every part of the country make the playoffs, to encourage TV ratings. The NFL is the most successful sports league in the US, which certainly lends credence to the NFL's, and your, position. I, however, respectfully disagree.

I know I've said this before but I completely agree with this scenario. Two 16 team conferences with the top six records in each conference in the playoffs. Simple and fair. Only way to go. -- Al

 

[tdubel]

Ok, Ravens vs Steelers Round 3, I feel decent as a Steelers fan going in. Big rivalry, but can the Ravens beat the Steelers twice at home? It should be a war.

TD

 

[Louis Badolato]

Ok, Ravens vs Steelers Round 3, I feel decent as a Steelers fan going in. Big rivalry, but can the Ravens beat the Steelers twice at home? It should be a war.

TD

I agree, Ravens at Steelers shapes up to be a great game. I expect it to be a close, smash mouth kind of game.

Jets vs. Patriots not so much. I don't expect another 45 to 3 blowout, but the Patriots should win handily. Then again, I was sure the Saints would destroy the Seahawks, and look how that turned out.

In the AFC at least the teams with the 4 best records advanced to the Divisional Round.

 

[jazzeum]

I think the Pats will win but I don't see it handily. I see a 10 point win but obviously hope it will be closer. Sanchez didn't play that well yesterday but he is also injured so it's a bit of an unknown.

Even if they don't win, they're making progress so as a Jets fan you can't be unhappy about that.

 

[Currahee Chris]

I think the Pats will win but I don't see it handily. I see a 10 point win but obviously hope it will be closer. Sanchez didn't play that well yesterday but he is also injured so it's a bit of an unknown.

Even if they don't win, they're making progress so as a Jets fan you can't be unhappy about that.

I see the Jets as a slight letdown this year- and I think it's Ryan's fault more than anything. I think they had a much better season last year.

Pats 40-13.

 

[jazzeum]

Well, they won 11 games this year and they have won three playoff games since he's been a coach so hardly a step back. They are what they are because of Rex. Tou may not like his personality but he's perfect for NY, has brought the Jets success, and if you don't like him, too bad.

 

[sammy719]

I think the Pats will win but I don't see it handily. I see a 10 point win but obviously hope it will be closer. Sanchez didn't play that well yesterday but he is also injured so it's a bit of an unknown.

Even if they don't win, they're making progress so as a Jets fan you can't be unhappy about that.

Brad don't count your boys out so quick, I think the Jets will win, sometimes that bye week is not a good thing, if the Jets can presure Brady and keep it close...hopefully a rematch in Baltimore as long as we take care of our own game...Sammy