It may be me but I don't ever recall seeing receivers drop so many passes, game after game, as I have seen the last few weeks. Carolina has already dropped 2 perfect passes (one would have been a TD) in the game today. What's up? Is it the weather (not probable) or is it a true lack of talent? It really is sad. After watching the likes of Bortles and Taylor, it is a pleasure to watch a real Qb like Brees. -- Al
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My God, I'm not believing I'm even typing this..But!!!! I'm hoping the Steelers win it all, Big Ben gets another ring and calls it a day and retires!! he has been waffling the last 2 off seasons about retirement so maybe a Superbowl ring and walking out on top would do it??? sooooo, let's go Steelers
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Yeah I can't either; my advice is get off that diet pronto, your brain is starting to misfire due to lack of real food; steak, ribs, burgers, fries, beer, also know as the 5 basic food groups.
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Parity sucks!!the NFL is so boring to watch today! There should be maybe 2-4 teams who dominate, and kick the heck out of each other in the playoffs. I’ll take the Steelers/Oilers/Cowboys/Raiders of the mid-70’s or the 49ers/ Giants/Redskins/Bears of the mid-80’s. Dominant teams meant for good competitive hard-nosed playoff football. With parity, the playoffs are painful to watch. If I could just turn back the clock to the mid-80’s, I would in a heartbeat!
Football is NOT boring to watch for a Falcon and/or Dawg fan! Lots to be excited about. Too much even, hard on the heart!
The Falcons seek redemption after last year’s SB. The Dawgs crave a long overdue title. They may get neither, or both. Either way, helluva year in football for folks in Ga.
This has turned into a very entertaining game. Saints lead 31-26 with 4 minutes left. Lots of passing but at least it isn't that wimpy 3 yards and a cloud of dust passing crap, it is an honest to gosh vertical passing game. -- Al
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Looking forward to next weekend, should be a good one, hopefully we play our game and get to the next step. You never know, just hoping we put it together as I think we gotta a special team with a shot. Thanks Sammy for the well wishes, hopefully we can make the next round
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For the life of me I don't get why the Vikings twice now have gone with and indoor stadium since the left the Met in Bloomington, they are an outdoor team and should play outdoors, using the weather to their advantage, those good but not Super Bowl Champion good teams of the late 1960's/early to mid 1970's used it to their advantage. When the Rams or whoever traveled to Minnesota for a playoff game, it was over before they got off the team bus. Does anyone think the Falcons in 1999 win the NFCCG if that game is played outdoors (and sorry Rutledge, didn't mean to ruin your tremendous football high you've been on the past week with the "RISE UP!" Falcons and "the DAWGS" on such a Georgia kind of roll)?
Now the Saints are right in their wheelhouse playing indoors next week, we'll see how it plays out..................and if Carolina had a kicker who could make a chip shot gimme field goal early in the game, all they needed to win the game at the end was another field goal, he wears the goat horns for that one.............................
Now the Saints are right in their wheelhouse playing indoors next week, we'll see how it plays out..................and if Carolina had a kicker who could make a chip shot gimme field goal early in the game, all they needed to win the game at the end was another field goal, he wears the goat horns for that one.............................
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Parity sucks!!
Back in the 80s if you weren’t the 1st or 2nd team in your conference, you didn’t have a chance. In addition, the SBs tended to be blowouts. While we may get some poor games like the Jags Bills game today, parity overall has made the game more interesting for more fans.
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I think those days of an open air stadium in Minnesota are long past. When they were planning the stadium they considered a retractable roof but it was deemed to expensive.
Instead they have most of the roof covered in a material similar to Teflon that permits natural light to flood the stadium. It makes the stadium feel like it's open to the outdoors, the next best thing to an open roof.
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No problem Warrior. My football high is intact. Stress will arrive tonight. I think the Dawgs will get it done. But the game must be played.
I lived in Minneapolis in the early 2000s. Cold @#$**$# place. I thought the Metrodome was a crappy venue.
Woulda Shoulda Coulda regards the ‘99 Falcons. For the SB i won $500 on a $10 Square so I was actually fine with their loss
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I remember those old school days when they played outdoors in Minnesota. My Rams looked like Italian soldiers on the eastern front in those horrible playoff games against the likes of Fran Tarkenton and Alan Page. Fun to watch on TV from the comfort of home but probably dangerous for fans, many of whom don't have the common sense to leave their kids at home, to sit in subzero temps for several hours. Brutal conditions.
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This murdered me..............
..............If the Packers can play in the cold, so can the Vikings; they're Vikings afterall.
I remember in a playoff game in MN after a bad call, a ref got drilled off the coconut by a nip bottle thrown from the stands, he went down like a bag of cement, I think it was the Dallas game when Staubach heaved a prayer downfield, Drew Pearson pushed off, clearly OPI, but they threw the flag on MN, it resulted in the game winning TD, the fans went nuts.
Those poor Vikings teams of the late 1960's/early to mid 1970's, they were loaded but got smoked in every Super Bowl, 0-4 and none of them were close.
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This murdered me..............
If the Packers can play in the cold, so can the Vikings; they're Vikings afterall.
I remember in a playoff game in MN after a bad call, a ref got drilled off the coconut by a nip bottle thrown from the stands, he went down like a bag of cement, I think it was the Dallas game when Staubach heaved a prayer downfield, Drew Pearson pushed off, clearly OPI, but they threw the flag on MN, it resulted in the game winning TD, the fans went nuts.
Those poor Vikings teams of the late 1960's/early to mid 1970's, they were loaded but got smoked in every Super Bowl, 0-4 and none of them were close.
The Vikes had the misfortune of drawing some pretty great teams in those Super Bowls. The Steelers, Raiders, Chiefs etc. No cupcake teams in those days. Guys like Jack Lambert with all his teeth knocked out. Or Deacon Jones with his head slap to the ear hole of the opposing o-lineman that must have sounded like the wrath of God with the avowed intent of sending them to the hospital. Those were the days. The dirtiest player I can remember was some o-lineman for the St. Louis Cards whose name I forget but whose reputation lives on.
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Conrad Dobler.............he was certified.............and Lambert was literally trying to kill people out there.............loved the line from Dick Butkus.........."I always imagined what it would be like to hit a guy so hard he head went flying off, just his head and his helmet rolling on the ground".........remember when Joe "Turkey" Jones picked Bradshaw up and slammed him head first onto the ground, he bounced up in the air like a pogo stick.
Those guys were loons.
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Yes, Conrad Dobler. What a vicious B-tard. He bit, gouged eyes, and groin punched anyone. Like one of the Three Stooges in a roids rage. My favorite nickname was Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds who once supposedly cut a car in half with a hacksaw after a loss. Imagine dropping back for a pass and have that guy coming after you. I remember Jim Youngblood once pile driving a Vikings QB (maybe Kramer) head first into the ground in such a way that it appeared to break his skull and spine. He contorted around like a dying man. The most vicious tackle that I can remember. I wish that I could find that one on You Tube.
Ahh, the good ol' NFL. Unitas once had his lip split by a vicious hit by a Chicago Bear (I think), blood everywhere but no time to come out of the game. One of his O-guards reached down, grabbed a handful of muddy dirt, and crammed into the injury to stop the bleeding. Unitas then proceeded to throw a TD pass to win the game. Great memories of a great NFL. A long time ago and a different game. -- Al
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Not to belittle an injury, but I'm killing myself laughing over this post................yeah, just wonderful dropping back to pass and seeing some lunatic charging at you trying to end your life. No "Brady rule" bullshit in those days, killing the QB was allowed and encouraged.