Sunday Open Thread
by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 12:38 PM EST
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This season is NUTS!! Saturday was full of surprises with a nail biter between the Ravens and Titans. Baltimore ended the Titans' hopes of an AFCCG showing and a possible Super Bowl berth by besting them 13-10. I don't hate the Titans as much as our Colts brethren (division rivalries can be deep), but it was cool to see a scrappy Baltimore, not to mention rookie Joe Flacco, come out on top. Baltimore will move on to the AFCCG against the winner of today's Pittsburgh/SD matchup at 4:45 on CBS.
In the NFC, Arizona absolutely obliterated Carolina, 33-13. Jake Delhomme simply fell apart throwing 6 turnovers. Normally introverted Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald was on fire with 166 yards and 1 touchdown. They await the result of a Philly/NY matchup at 1:00 on FOX.
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If Philly can keep up the D, they may have a chance
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 1:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Even better...
…if they win, the Pats move up one spot in the draft because they’ll be assured of a playoff team with a worse regular season record making the Super Bowl.
Go Eagles!
by RSNexile on Jan 11, 2009 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh yes. Always thinkin' !!
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I was distinctly unimpressed by Baltimore
Even with Chris Johnson injured, the Titans didn’t have too many problems moving the ball. If not for their utter failure to protect the ball and the officials inexplicably giving Baltimore two extra seconds on the play clock, the Ravens would be done.
Pittsburgh is going to crush them next week.
by RSNexile on Jan 11, 2009 2:01 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Eli looking weak
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 2:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Definitely PI, that left arm was on the shoulder
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 3:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Giants thought run and McNabb floats it to the corner
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 3:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
was that a smile on Carey when Coughlin didn’t win the challenge?
by cia on Jan 11, 2009 3:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I'll bet these "screaming" caoches drive the refs nuts
by cia on Jan 11, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Coughlin was able to get a flag pulled off the field on that PI, so he's even
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think I see the "Manning Face"
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 4:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It is a beautiful thing
well not in a aesthetic sense
by cia on Jan 11, 2009 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Almost makes up for 18-1
doesn’t it?
"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
by Daniel52 on Jan 11, 2009 5:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm so sad ;-)
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 4:21 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
No repeat for the Giants
It is officially a good day.
by NESilver on Jan 11, 2009 4:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Here we go, the Ravens find out who they're playing in the AFCCG
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 4:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Mighty Mite is on fire of late
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 4:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Dang that little fellar.
I hope this game doesn’t just bring back painful memories of the colts’ loss. oops. Too late.
May the wind be always at your back, and may your placekicker have icewater in his veins.
by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I take it you're rooting for Pitt
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 4:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That's a big 10-4.
What gave me away? ;)
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Already more action than in the earlier game
by bartHML on Jan 11, 2009 5:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yep, good game
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 5:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have these NFL helmet magnets on the basement fridge (ie, the "Bar Fridge")
and we always arrange them into playoff brackets and advance them when the outcomes roll in. I am now staring at it in disbelief.
The NFC championship is being hosted by the CARDINALS? what a trip! And the mighty Colts, Titans, Giants have stopped dead, with the Phins and Falcs a little less surprisingly so, and the Vikes right where I expected them. Any given Sunday (or Sat) indeed!
May the wind be always at your back, and may your placekicker have icewater in his veins.
by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:19 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
It's nuts. The old standby leaders are watching from their living rooms
The Cards are the biggest surprise to me. I mean, NE absolutely slaughtered them, 47-7. I think they were just on auto pilot
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
THey must have been using december to lull everyone into a false sense of security.
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I have to admit I wouldnt mind seeing the Cards at least win a championship game
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I would've enjoyed somehow seeing the Pats v Titans in the playoffs
That would’ve been cool.
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Me too :-(
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 5:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know them's the rules and all, but I hate to see outstanding teams (read: Pats)
with excellent records eliminated from the playoffs, when 8-8 teams stroll in by merit of being the best of their crappy divisions. It’s like being the Tallest Midget. Hooray.
May the wind be always at your back, and may your placekicker have icewater in his veins.
by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This game is going to be won on some key/expensive mistake. It's that close
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 5:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it might even earn its own nickname
like “the Hold” or “the 4th and inches”
or even, “the fake phone call on the sidelines”, lol
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Good grief, I just saw the pats 2009 schedule.
I don’t envy you guys.
What a homecoming for #12!!.
“Welcome back, Tom. Now please play against the toughest teams in the nuffle ALL SEASON, if you don’t mind.”
(with a few exceptions, but not many)
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 5:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Apparently it's payback for this year's schedule
It was supposed to be easy. The NFL gods didn’t count on NY and Miami being so strong.
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 6:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
What a turnaround for the Phins!
They were last year’s Lions. Amazing what a year (and a lot of cash) can do.
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 6:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously you can't help playing your own division twice
but being stuck with a hungry AFC south, PLUS panthers, ravens, falcons, bucs, Saints, and broncos REALLY bites.
How far in advance do they decide this stuff, and why is the AFC East so linked to the AFC South anyway?
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 6:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
nevermind. Google rescued me.
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you can post the link, that'd be cool, thanks.
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by MaPatsFan on Jan 11, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
here it is:
http://football.about.com/cs/football101/a/bl_schedproced.htm
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by juperee on Jan 11, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
watched SD/Pit
with my Charger fan buddy. Boy is he sick of Big Ben getting praised for so little. Willie Parker was the Steelers horse…and bad Charger’s special teams.
And you’d think they’d show that pass interference penalty more than once seeing as it was the nail in the coffin. I couldn’t see any touching.
Though Norv has really got to get the ball into Sproles hands more often in screen pass mode where he has a little room to move.
Oh well, at least the AFC championship is going to be nasty and entertaining.
"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick
by Mainiac on Jan 11, 2009 8:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Norv
Not imaginative enough. Sproles has been the story in SD for the last 2 years (you can now spell overrated with just two letters). If it was a one game thing, like McDaniels v. the NYGs, you might let it go. But San Diego gets bounced in the playoffs routinely because they’re tactically stiff. But it’s even worse w/ Sproles, b/c you’ve got a guy who is obviously exceptional. It’s like Reggie Bush, except he can run out of the backfield. He’s essentially a tiny Westbrook, with more speed. There’s no excuse for not finding more ways to get the ball in his hands.
Not that I mind.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Jan 11, 2009 9:06 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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