NFL 2015 Season (2 Viewers)

[sammy719]

Congrats Sammy!

Now....on to 2016!!!!!! Only 6 months til Camp!!!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Congrats John! It just goes to show you, the experts and Vegas can predict until doomsday, but they play the games out anyway! I'm am glad Peyton ends his career with a second Super Bowl and a winning record in the playoffs. It really changes his legacy quite a bit.

 

[Warrior]

All,

Hubris, goeth before a fall...

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John from Texas

Watching him prancing around on the field during warm ups with his Superman tee shirt on and gold "MVP" cleats was a bit much, looked like he was trying to throw his passes through a brick wall tonight, way too fired up. Him not diving into the pile to try to recover his fumble towards the end of the game speaks volumes.

Meanwhile, Denver finished with the fewest first downs (11), and fewest yards of total offense (184) of any previous Super Bowl winner.

Their defense played great all playoffs long, as well as today, forcing four turnovers, converting them to 15 points.

Von Miller is going to get P-A-I-D.

Yup, defense wins championships ladies and gentlemen.

Ok, the season is over, it's on to baseball, pitchers and catchers report February 18th.............................adios for now.

Overall, another fun season of football talk here on the TFT forum..............................

 

[jazzeum]

Good God, that was pathetic.

Just like this ****show of a game.

This ranks up there with the 2005 Steelers/Seahawks and 1999 Ravens/Giants as the worst Super Bowl I've ever seen.

What a fraud 15-1 Carolina team, laying a gigantic egg in the Super Bowl.

Congrats to Denver.

Congrats to Manning; now please for the love of God RETIRE ALREADY, JUST GO AWAY.

You probably should have stuck to your earlier decision ^&grin

 

[hotel3alpha]

Gents,

I cannot believe that Mr. Cam "Dab" Newton did not recover that fumble and hesitated to fall on the ball. He literally stopped in his tracks and decided not to "mix it up" on the ground. What was he thinking? What was he scared of? What could he possibly fear NOT recovering his own fumble? I don't understand how such an elite player would not drop, flop, lay, grab, fight, scrap for his ball that is literally at his feet. He BACKED away and watched the ball roll away and by the time he decided to react it was waaaaay to late.

Would that recovery changed the game? Ab-so-freaking-lutely! Possession is key to football...plain and simple. Even though he was the enemy, I respected the kid, but after that play it proved to me that he would not do everything he needed to do as a leader to win the game. Therefore, he is not the legend he makes himself out to be, he is not a superhero (maybe a yogurt one), and he is not the Quarter Back I think everyone thought he was. When he backed off and did not dive in to recover the fumble, he showed us his true mettle as a player and as a man. Maybe he was afraid of getting hurt? The Bottomline: When the time came to jump on the grenade he chickend out and choose self preservation over selflessness.

YES, it is time for Mr. PM to retire and he better! Please, please, PLEASE do not tell us your coming back "for one more year". NOOOOO!
Take the Championship and retire while you are on top and allow a new QB to come in the game and keep the Elway, Manning going. I am so happy for the Broncos, but good god was it a slow syrupy game. For heavens sakes was PM ever going to get a ball in the end zone? Good lord! And for that matter could CN connect a pass and get a rhythm going? I actually wanted to see the stupid "Dab" dance. But, I was kinda of glad that I did not have to endure the silly *** dance.

Can we let the kids play? Good lord the refs arms must be tired from throwing the flag over and over. I cannot believe that this was Head Ref's first Super Bowl! These guys certainly did not have it together and there calls definitely changed the game...they always do. But, for the most part I agreed with all of them. That Tajib kid is lucky he was not thrown out of the game for that face mask call. That was dirty and out right dangerous and shows no respect for his fellow man. Didn't like it one bit. He did that on purpose and he knows it. Don't get me wrong some face masks are unintentional, but that one was clearly done with malice. I think you should be ejected.

How some of you guys predict with game scores and spreads is beyond me. This game is testament that none of those calls can be predicated, calculated or even figured. It is all whoey and I am sure there was a lot of money won and lost on this game. I don't gamble, but if I did I would have bet on Denver just cause. Not because of stats, the weather, how many popcorns are sold, but because of just genuine faith and belief that they can do it. They CAN DO IT and they did.

I mentioned in an earlier thread that the Defense will be out for blood and they were. They stuck it to CM like he's never received it before. They punished that man to the point where he wished he was not at the Super Bowl and kinda of proved it by not recovering said fumble in the 4th quarter. By the end of the game he was finished physically, psychologically and finally lost his cool. That Denver defense gave him his lunch, his cookies and left his with the recipe of humble pie. I wonder if he will wear those pants on the way home? Probably not.

It was nice visiting with you gents on this NFL thread. I hope you enjoyed the season, games, play-offs, and championships this past year. I hope your Super Bowl eats were as good as mine and this year it was great to see the team I rooted for win the Super Bowl. It all starts again in the fall. Until then...

GO BRONCOS!

John from Texas

 

[mikemiller1955]

congratulations...kudos....and props to Denver, their fans and the Manning family...

Phil Simms said in the broadcast...

"good pitching beats good hitting"...

and he was right...

the game was won on defense...

with special teams and turnovers making a large contribution...

not the most exciting SB ever...but a win is a win...

Cam Newton and the Panthers were not quite ready for prime time...maybe next year...

maybe the two lowest QB rating in SB history...
Newton 55.4 rating...
and Manning 56 rating...
hard to win a game with those stats...
but Denver's defense did it in dominating fashion...

did anybody happen to catch the shot of the Manning family...
once the last possession changed and a Denver win was 100% sure thing...

Eli looked sick to his stomach...
not even a trace of a smile on his face as his older brother tied his SB victories...
almost a look of jealousy...

congrats to Denver...
even though I lost my bet...
was glad to see them win and to see Peyton get another trophy...

 

[Combat]

I guess the old saying that defense wins championships was on full display this year. It was all about how Denver's D made Cam and Brady look ordinary. Maybe the ugliest SB I can remember. I actually fell asleep at the end of the third Q and didn't know who won until this morning. Very appropriate that the most important play of the game was set up when the refs missed the pass completion and the replay refs doubled down by confirming that call. That set up the fumble into the end zone. This whole NFL circus has hit the ceiling. It has become more entertainment than sports. The silly rules, the refs making awful calls, the criminal players (at least the fans booed Ray Lewis), the whole act is getting old they just don't know it yet. They even did a terrible job with the 50th anniversary. Why not have the game in LA where they played the first game? Instead they play on some fancy field so the wealthy can have their luxury boxes but the players can't stand up on the turf. LOL. The age of idiocrary is upon us. Good to see Manning go out on top. Hopefully he is smart enough to pack it in and ride off into the sunset instead of giving it another go next season.

 

[lancer]

congratulations...kudos....and props to Denver, their fans and the Manning family...

Phil Simms said in the broadcast...

"good pitching beats good hitting"...

and he was right...

the game was won on defense...

with special teams and turnovers making a large contribution...

not the most exciting SB ever...but a win is a win...

Cam Newton and the Panthers were not quite ready for prime time...maybe next year...

maybe the two lowest QB rating in SB history...
Newton 55.4 rating...
and Manning 56 rating...
hard to win a game with those stats...
but Denver's defense did it in dominating fashion...

did anybody happen to catch the shot of the Manning family...
once the last possession changed and a Denver win was 100% sure thing...

Eli looked sick to his stomach...
not even a trace of a smile on his face as his older brother tied his SB victories...
almost a look of jealousy...

congrats to Denver...
even though I lost my bet...
was glad to see them win and to see Peyton get another trophy...

Michael, in reference to the family shot with Eli, I had the exact same reaction. I thought Eli looked very upset. I'll bet he was thinking about how he was now going to have to go back to 'little brother' status as Peyton and him now had the same number of SB wins. I'll bet he enjoyed his time on top in the family dynamics and he just couldn't hide his feelings when Denver crossed the goal line.:wink2: -- Al

 

[mikemiller1955]

Michael, in reference to the family shot with Eli, I had the exact same reaction. I thought Eli looked very upset. I'll bet he was thinking about how he was now going to have to go back to 'little brother' status as Peyton and him now had the same number of SB wins. I'll bet he enjoyed his time on top in the family dynamics and he just couldn't hide his feelings when Denver crossed the goal line.:wink2: -- Al

Al...I like Eli...I actually admire him...but when they panned in on the Manning family...Eli looked positively jealous...the whole Manning clan was celebrating and Eli looked upset...I'm glad you saw it that way too and my imagination wasn't running away with itself...as did the guy who posted this pic on the Internet...

 

[mikemiller1955]

Michael, in reference to the family shot with Eli, I had the exact same reaction. I thought Eli looked very upset. I'll bet he was thinking about how he was now going to have to go back to 'little brother' status as Peyton and him now had the same number of SB wins. I'll bet he enjoyed his time on top in the family dynamics and he just couldn't hide his feelings when Denver crossed the goal line.:wink2: -- Al

Eli upset???

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-about-brother-peyton-winning-the-super-bowl/

 

[lancer]

Eli upset???

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-about-brother-peyton-winning-the-super-bowl/

Too funny, and all too true. -- Al

 

[jazzeum]

You're reading way too much in that photo. For those of you who don't live in the New York area or watch the Giants games, that is a typical Eli expression. He's very deadpan and doesn't display a lot of emotion. That's just the way he is. From having listened to him when interviewed (he's on WFAN every Monday) or his father, the brothers are very close.

Eli can still one up Peyton: he has two SB MVPs. There are only five or six players (including Eli) who have achieved that.

Probably the only brother combination that will make the HOF.

 

[lancer]

You're reading way too much in that photo. For those of you who don't live in the New York area or watch the Giants games, that is a typical Eli expression. He's very deadpan and doesn't display a lot of emotion. That's just the way he is. From having listened to him when interviewed (he's on WFAN every Monday) or his father, the brothers are very close.

Eli can still one up Peyton: he has two SB MVPs. There are only five or six players (including Eli) who have achieved that.

Probably the only brother combination that will make the HOF.

Eli is young enough that he still has a chance to get back to another SB, as well. Realistic or not, he could win that 3rd SB and regain bragging rights within the family.:wink2:^&grin -- Al

 

[Warrior]

I guess the old saying that defense wins championships was on full display this year. It was all about how Denver's D made Cam and Brady look ordinary. Maybe the ugliest SB I can remember. I actually fell asleep at the end of the third Q and didn't know who won until this morning. Very appropriate that the most important play of the game was set up when the refs missed the pass completion and the replay refs doubled down by confirming that call. That set up the fumble into the end zone. This whole NFL circus has hit the ceiling. It has become more entertainment than sports. The silly rules, the refs making awful calls, the criminal players (at least the fans booed Ray Lewis), the whole act is getting old they just don't know it yet. They even did a terrible job with the 50th anniversary. Why not have the game in LA where they played the first game? Instead they play on some fancy field so the wealthy can have their luxury boxes but the players can't stand up on the turf. LOL. The age of idiocrary is upon us. Good to see Manning go out on top. Hopefully he is smart enough to pack it in and ride off into the sunset instead of giving it another go next season.

Man oh man, this post knocks it out of the park, on point with everything.

That was a horrible, pathetic Super Bowl; imagine trying to explain to someone in a foreign country that the Super Bowl pits the two best teams in the NFL against each other, then make them watch that ****show?

That looked more like one of those God awful Thursday night games more than anything else.

And yes, the refs blew the Cotchery catch both on the field, then they double downed and missed it again in the review process; I knew Carolina was doomed when Mike Carey said it was a catch. That was one million percent a catch; the non reversal set up the play of the game, the strip sack for a TD.

For all intents and purposes, the game ended right there, it was 10-0, it felt like 110-0 to be honest.

And I thought the same thing, the NFL blew the 50th Super Bowl for sure; it 100% should have been played at the original stadium where the first one was played.

And the 50 MVP's thing was awkward too; they came out from behind some phoney baloney Wizzard of Oz curtain then climbed onto some sort of platform, there was never a wide shot of the whole group. Why not have them come out to the 50 yard line and line up there; probably too far to walk, it was sad to see how old some of those guys looked and how banged up they were, most of them limped out onto the field.

Enjoy your win Denver, the perfect storm of a season where everything possible went right for you, you caught every break under the sun, sometimes the stars align and you win a trophy,the pizza peddler walks off into the sunset with another Lombardi under his arm.

 

[Combat]

Man oh man, this post knocks it out of the park, on point with everything.

That was a horrible, pathetic Super Bowl; imagine trying to explain to someone in a foreign country that the Super Bowl pits the two best teams in the NFL against each other, then make them watch that ****show?

That looked more like one of those God awful Thursday night games more than anything else.

And yes, the refs blew the Cotchery catch both on the field, then they double downed and missed it again in the review process; I knew Carolina was doomed when Mike Carey said it was a catch. That was one million percent a catch; the non reversal set up the play of the game, the strip sack for a TD.

For all intents and purposes, the game ended right there, it was 10-0, it felt like 110-0 to be honest.

And I thought the same thing, the NFL blew the 50th Super Bowl for sure; it 100% should have been played at the original stadium where the first one was played.

And the 50 MVP's thing was awkward too; they came out from behind some phoney baloney Wizzard of Oz curtain then climbed onto some sort of platform, there was never a wide shot of the whole group. Why not have them come out to the 50 yard line and line up there; probably too far to walk, it was sad to see how old some of those guys looked and how banged up they were, most of them limped out onto the field.

Enjoy your win Denver, the perfect storm of a season where everything possible went right for you, you caught every break under the sun, sometimes the stars align and you win a trophy,the pizza peddler walks off into the sunset with another Lombardi under his arm.

My favorite part of the MVP thing was the yellow dot they were supposed to stand on. They even had some lackey on his knees pointing to it as each one walked out. The lackey was on screen more than Peyton Manning beseeching 50 knuckleheads to "stand on the dot for the love of God." Of course most of them ignored him or were smart enough to move along or it would have taken an hour to get through that. The other thing that bugged me is that "Carolina" is not really a place - right? There is North and South Carolina but no "Carolina." When I saw their boss Hogg president in his luxury booth I could just imagine him trying to sell a few more jerseys by making the folks in South Carolina think they had some type of vested interest in a team that plays in another state. Maybe they learned that trick from "New England." Does Cam pray between each play? What was with him closing his eyes and kneeling on the ground after the huddle broke? I would have been praying too the way his O-line was getting torched. The praying business worked better for him in college when so many Auburn boosters suddenly got religion and donated tens of thousands to his dad's church. Very considerate of them and surely had nothing to do with his ability to play football. Or so said the NCAA. Just pennies from heaven. Like Johnny Halftime's fists full of cash at those autograph shows.

 

[tdubel]

Hats off to the Broncos, manning and Miller, they played a well strategized game. Thumbs down to the nfl and the refs, terrible replay work as well as no consistency in a lot of calls on the field both ways.

Td

 

[Warrior]

My favorite part of the MVP thing was the yellow dot they were supposed to stand on. They even had some lackey on his knees pointing to it as each one walked out. The lackey was on screen more than Peyton Manning beseeching 50 knuckleheads to "stand on the dot for the love of God." Of course most of them ignored him or were smart enough to move along or it would have taken an hour to get through that. The other thing that bugged me is that "Carolina" is not really a place - right? There is North and South Carolina but no "Carolina." When I saw their boss Hogg president in his luxury booth I could just imagine him trying to sell a few more jerseys by making the folks in South Carolina think they had some type of vested interest in a team that plays in another state. Maybe they learned that trick from "New England." Does Cam pray between each play? What was with him closing his eyes and kneeling on the ground after the huddle broke? I would have been praying too the way his O-line was getting torched. The praying business worked better for him in college when so many Auburn boosters suddenly got religion and donated tens of thousands to his dad's church. Very considerate of them and surely had nothing to do with his ability to play football. Or so said the NCAA. Just pennies from heaven. Like Johnny Halftime's fists full of cash at those autograph shows.

Man oh man, you're on fire today.........I was trying to figure out when the players were coming out, some looked to the left, the right, strait ahead, what is going on, then I saw the wide camera angle with the yellow dot. Ok, how hard is that to stand on the dot, but they kept missing the mark.

Brady came out and tried to slink by, but the boos rained down on him, he got the loudest amount of boos, then Dion Branch, the MVP of the Super Bowl where the Patriots beat Carolina, then Ray Lewis the murderer was boo target #3.

And the owner of the Panthers had a look on his face like he was in the middle of a colonoscopy, he looked thrilled to death with that no show by his team. 17-1 and they laid a gigantic egg, they were never in that game.

And I love the talking heads babbling about how Cam will be better the next Super Bowl he gets to; they said the same thing about Mr Isitoner Gloves Dan Marino, who got smoked by San Francisco in the Super Bowl his rookie year and never made it back. I think Carolina circles the drain now and is a train wreck after that game, Super Bowl losers have a tough go the following year, just ask any of them.

The lines must be long in Carolina today at The Sports Authority, Dicks Sporting Goods and Billy Bobs Bait and Tackle as fans return those Cam Newton Jerseys with the price tags still on them that they bought on Friday.

And just so you know Doug; the original owner of the Patriots, the clown known as Billy Sullivan, tried for years to get the City of Boston to build him a stadium, he floated from college stadiums to Fenway Park, back to college stadiums before he settled out in the suburbs of Foxboro and built the dump known as Sullivan Stadium; there are high school teams in Texas and Florida with better stadiums than that dump was.

To stick it to Boston, he renamed the team the "New England" Patriots as they were no longer in Boston.

Back then, nobody cared about the Patriots, this was a baseball and hockey town at the time.

Things sure have changed, all the pink hats have piled aboard the Patriots bandwagon since 2001.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Man oh man, this post knocks it out of the park, on point with everything.

That was a horrible, pathetic Super Bowl; imagine trying to explain to someone in a foreign country that the Super Bowl pits the two best teams in the NFL against each other, then make them watch that ****show?

That looked more like one of those God awful Thursday night games more than anything else.

And yes, the refs blew the Cotchery catch both on the field, then they double downed and missed it again in the review process; I knew Carolina was doomed when Mike Carey said it was a catch. That was one million percent a catch; the non reversal set up the play of the game, the strip sack for a TD.

For all intents and purposes, the game ended right there, it was 10-0, it felt like 110-0 to be honest.

And I thought the same thing, the NFL blew the 50th Super Bowl for sure; it 100% should have been played at the original stadium where the first one was played.

And the 50 MVP's thing was awkward too; they came out from behind some phoney baloney Wizzard of Oz curtain then climbed onto some sort of platform, there was never a wide shot of the whole group. Why not have them come out to the 50 yard line and line up there; probably too far to walk, it was sad to see how old some of those guys looked and how banged up they were, most of them limped out onto the field.

Enjoy your win Denver, the perfect storm of a season where everything possible went right for you, you caught every break under the sun, sometimes the stars align and you win a trophy,the pizza peddler walks off into the sunset with another Lombardi under his arm.

When nobody in the **** league can figure out what a catch is, the rules have gotten too complicated. Whatever happened to possession with two feet down in bounds? All this subjective B.S. about "football moves" and "continuation" and "maintaining possession to the ground" need to go. And how about if the ball touches the ground at all, its not a catch, like it was for the first 75 years of the NFL.

 

[Warrior]

When nobody in the **** league can figure out what a catch is, the rules have gotten too complicated. Whatever happened to possession with two feet down in bounds? All this subjective B.S. about "football moves" and "continuation" and "maintaining possession to the ground" need to go. And how about if the ball touches the ground at all, its not a catch, like it was for the first 75 years of the NFL.

So spot on; they've taken a simple thing like catching a football and turning into rocket science.

It's maddening.

 

[Rutledge]

My favorite part of the MVP thing was the yellow dot they were supposed to stand on. They even had some lackey on his knees pointing to it as each one walked out. The lackey was on screen more than Peyton Manning beseeching 50 knuckleheads to "stand on the dot for the love of God." Of course most of them ignored him or were smart enough to move along or it would have taken an hour to get through that. The other thing that bugged me is that "Carolina" is not really a place - right? There is North and South Carolina but no "Carolina." When I saw their boss Hogg president in his luxury booth I could just imagine him trying to sell a few more jerseys by making the folks in South Carolina think they had some type of vested interest in a team that plays in another state. Maybe they learned that trick from "New England." Does Cam pray between each play? What was with him closing his eyes and kneeling on the ground after the huddle broke? I would have been praying too the way his O-line was getting torched. The praying business worked better for him in college when so many Auburn boosters suddenly got religion and donated tens of thousands to his dad's church. Very considerate of them and surely had nothing to do with his ability to play football. Or so said the NCAA. Just pennies from heaven. Like Johnny Halftime's fists full of cash at those autograph shows.

You should do some research on the owner of the Panthers before spouting more anti southern class nonsense. He was a stud football player at tiny Wofford and played in the NFL himself. He parlayed his NFL money into the Hardee's franchise, building it from almost nothing. He later became CEO of a large food service company. Essentially though he built his wealth from scratch.

He was instrumental in locking out the Players in the 2011 lockout, which admittedly is one reason I admire him. Bust them Unions! Lol

He refused to sign Greg Hardy due to domestic violence charges, saying " we do the right thing".

Who are South Carolina fans going to cheer for? The $&#^%} Falcons?? I live in Atlanta and I struggle with that. Get real. Most of the South is focused on college football regardless. See Clemson vs Alabama in the championship game, for why. The South absolutely and utterly dominates college football.