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NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot Jan 10 2016 03:51 PM

"Laces out, Dan!"

cooby classic Jan 18 2016 11:33 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Disappointed that the Steelers lost, but I like Payton Manning and I don't like the Patriots, so that'll be an easy game to choose sides.

Frayed Knot Jan 24 2016 07:34 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Are you aware that Brady & Manning are playing against each other today? Not sure if anyone else is playing, but I've heard that those two are so it could be just a game of marbles or something.

d'Kong76 Jan 24 2016 07:52 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Omaha!

Ceetar Jan 24 2016 12:54 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: Are you aware that Brady & Manning are playing against each other today? Not sure if anyone else is playing, but I've heard that those two are so it could be just a game of marbles or something. actually I'd mostly forgotten about the NFL.

Frayed Knot Jan 24 2016 04:05 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I think if the ________ have a good chance to win the game as long as they win the turnover battle, stay out of 3rd and long situations, and don't commit any costly penalties. Repeat for every game ever played.

d'Kong76 Jan 24 2016 04:13 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Same as baseball, only different. Don't run yourself out of an inning, don't give your opponent an extra out, "Oh those bases on balls," etc.

MFS62 Jan 24 2016 05:08 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

The Microsoft computers (yes, the announcers said the name proudly) being used on the sideline by the Patriots crapped out in the first half. The ones being used by Denver (the home team) were working ok. And Brady seemed confused by the Bronco coverages, leading to two first half interceptions. That kind of stuff usually happens to the Patriots' opponents. Nobody is feeling sorry for them. They're losing in the second half as I post this, and Brady isn't throwing well. He's underthrowing his receivers, as though his arm is injured. Later

Frayed Knot Jan 24 2016 07:00 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

d'Kong76 wrote: Same as baseball, only different. Don't run yourself out of an inning, don't give your opponent an extra out, "Oh those bases on balls," etc. The difference is that baseball fans are spared the onslaught from hours-long pre-game and half-time shows which trot out 5 ex-players, 4 out of work coaches, 3 celebrities, 2 sideline reporters plus a former ref and some homeless guy they just dragged in off the street to repeat the same crap over and over again while passing it off as insight. Just once I'd like to hear someone say that the key to the upcoming game is to outscore the other team.

Nymr83 Jan 24 2016 07:23 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

MFS62 wrote: He's underthrowing his receivers, as though his arm is injured. Or....

Rockin' Doc Jan 25 2016 09:22 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

[fimg=200]http://blog.betdsi.com/wp-content/uploads/Arizona-Cardinals.jpg[/fimg] Cat Food!

d'Kong76 Jan 25 2016 09:35 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: The difference is that baseball fans are spared the onslaught from hours-long pre-game and half-time shows which trot out 5 ex-players, 4 out of work coaches, 3 celebrities, 2 sideline reporters plus a former ref and some homeless guy they just dragged in off the street to repeat the same crap over and over again while passing it off as insight. Just once I'd like to hear someone say that the key to the upcoming game is to outscore the other team. I know, I watch a lot of my football with headphones on listening to music instead the announcers and mute most of the of pre-game/ halftime stuff unless I'm interested in something Jets' related. I miss the old WWF, when sports were real.

Lefty Specialist Jan 26 2016 06:54 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I get the feeling this is going to be one of those Super Bowls where people watch the 4th quarter just to see the commercials.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2016 04:57 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

btw, have you noticed that they've ditched their long association with Roman numerals and have instead labeled this year's tilt as 'Super Bowl 50' ? I guess they thought 'Super Bowl L' looked goofy or something. In other news: apparently there was another "domestic incident" involving Johnny Manziel overnight; some NY Giant is being accused of attempted rape; and remember when they told us concussions were down? ... well now they're up again, even according to the league's own reporting. So that's probably enough for one weekend, unless one wants to count the O.J. mini-series starting Tuesday.

dgwphotography Feb 01 2016 10:55 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

d'Kong76 wrote: I miss the old WWF, when sports were real. Has John Stossel ever regained all of his hearing?

d'Kong76 Feb 01 2016 11:42 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I don't get it?

dgwphotography Feb 01 2016 11:53 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

d'Kong76 wrote: I don't get it? Infamous moment in 20/20 when Stossel asked Doctor D David Shultz if wrestling was fake. Shultz slapped him upside the head, screaming, "Is this Fake?!?" Stossel sued WWF for hearing loss and constant ringing in his ears.

d'Kong76 Feb 01 2016 11:59 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Now explained, that sounds a vaguely familiar story.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 01 2016 12:10 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

There's no excuse for clubbing the guy like that but I can't imagine he's the only guy who's ever wanted to smack him. As I recall Schultz got whacked and blacklisted for the incident even though he later said he was encouraged to take care of the pesky Stossel by Vince himself. That's a very WWF thing to do.

MFS62 Feb 02 2016 10:12 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

The People VS O J Simpson series starting tonight, the Super Bowl on Sunday. We can't get away from thinking about a slow white Bronco. Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 05 2016 09:30 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: btw, have you noticed that they've ditched their long association with Roman numerals and have instead labeled this year's tilt as 'Super Bowl 50' ? I guess they thought 'Super Bowl L' looked goofy or something. Well, this is pretty funny.... San Franciscans Have Declared War On Super Bowl Sculptures The NFL sure is mighty excited to be holding the Super Bowl in the Bay Area. San Francisco residents appear less than excited to have them. As part of the festivities, 10 one-ton sculptures hyping Super Bowl 50 have been set up around town, and, were almost immediately set upon as symbols of the NFL as occupying force.

Frayed Knot Feb 05 2016 09:43 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I like how the story is perpetuated about the SB being 'in San Francisco' even though the game is in fact close to 50 miles out of town (or, if you prefer, 'L' miles away). Which all just serves as a reminder that neither NY team actually plays in NYC, and the Patriots are nowhere near Boston, and the Redskins don't actually play in D.C., nor are the Cowboys in Dallas, etc. - although at least the Lions did move back to Detroit after a few decades out in the exurbs.

MFS62 Feb 05 2016 10:45 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

And the Oakland Raiders will play in ..... um .... better wait to find out. They would be perfect in Vegas. Later

Ceetar Feb 05 2016 11:25 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

+1500 YES there will be an earthquake.

Frayed Knot Feb 05 2016 11:37 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I was actually rooting for one of those nasty coastal storms they sometimes get on the west coast at this time of year (one absolutely destroyed last weekend's golf tourney in La Jolla, CA) but, alas, it looks like low-70s and sunny for Sunday.

Lefty Specialist Feb 07 2016 07:33 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Newsflash: Coldplay sucks.

Frayed Knot Feb 07 2016 07:44 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I'll just repeat my observations of the last couple of years, as in why an artist/group who is supposedly big enough to get the SB halftime gig needs a backup act (or, in this case, two) just to get through a 15-minute set.

Ceetar Feb 07 2016 08:20 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll just repeat my observations of the last couple of years, as in why an artist/group who is supposedly big enough to get the SB halftime gig needs a backup act (or, in this case, two) just to get through a 15-minute set. i imagine it's not really about that. Nor is it even about the show. It's the NFL being able to say "look at all the stars we have!" and the stars getting the opportunity to promote themselves via the Super Bowl. Hell, the hallftime show went RIGHT into a Beyonce ad followed shortly by a Missy Elliot promotion/Amazon thing. In fact, I'm not even sure any of this content matters. It's just one big name-droppinggasm. Even the non-'sponsored' commercials are getting coverage in the weeks leading up to and after the Super Bowl. It's all just a contest to see who can shout into the void the loudest and make themselves known. And look at the #Brands falling all over themselves to tweet/make content while the game is going on. Some of it's amusing, sure, but it's all just a money grab at the piece of the pie that is group-watch television. One of the few events we really have like that. I did enjoy MLB tweeting about the field goal that hit the upright "Home Run"! though.

Frayed Knot Feb 07 2016 09:24 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

As I've said before: nobody does excess like the NFL.

Ceetar Feb 07 2016 09:32 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Mets quick with the press release in the second half to let everyone know Beyonce is having a concert at Citi Field.

MFS62 Feb 07 2016 09:36 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Three cheers for one of the original AFL teams. Newton may have his chance in the future. But it was nice to see Peyton Manning cap his Hall of Fame career with this win. Later

Lefty Specialist Feb 08 2016 07:16 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

If that field goal doesn't hit the upright, I win $400 in my Super Bowl pool. But noooooooo. Super Snooze. Even the commercials were mostly lame. 10 days til Pitchers and Catchers.

Frayed Knot Feb 08 2016 07:45 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be.

MFS62 Feb 08 2016 08:18 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. On that issue, there's a fine line between being a cynic and being a realist. Later

Fman99 Feb 08 2016 08:29 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Lefty Specialist wrote: Super Snooze. Even the commercials were mostly lame. 10 days til Pitchers and Catchers. Thought this too. Not much in the way of game excitement. Bring on the baseball.

Ceetar Feb 08 2016 08:39 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Fman99 wrote: Lefty Specialist wrote: Super Snooze. Even the commercials were mostly lame. 10 days til Pitchers and Catchers. Thought this too. Not much in the way of game excitement. Bring on the baseball. Pitches and Catchers ain't what it used to be. We should count down to the first fake game instead.

cooby classic Feb 08 2016 08:39 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

So, who won? We went to bed after the first half because I remarked to my husband that they were playing like it was an exhibition game, we had zero interest in halftime (I can't even remember who the acts were) and the commercials were stupid. There was one that made me laugh but I forget what it was. So, who won?

MFS62 Feb 08 2016 08:54 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Denver 24-10. Later

d'Kong76 Feb 08 2016 09:30 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I'm just glad they gave the MVP to Miller (I predicted they'd give a co-MVP to him and Ware) and not to Grandpa Paypey who had a rough game. I for- get the number but they broke the Super Bowl record for consecutive failure to convert on third down... 12-13 times!? Won a $100 in one of the pools. Torn between the Heinz/Sheep commercial, so they get co-SBC.

TransMonk Feb 08 2016 09:40 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Snoozefest...yes. But I did enjoy watching Newton get his ass kicked for three hours.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 08 2016 10:24 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. I was really shocked (REALLY) to read that Stabler was inducted into the NFL HOF. Shocked because I figured he'd gotten in decades ago. Personally, I think Stabler was the best quarterback of his generation -- better than Bradshaw and Staubach.

SteveJRogers Feb 08 2016 10:29 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. The flip of that though is, how long was Stabler out of the public spotlight? And what were the reasons for keeping him out prior to his public seclusion? Certainly old guard "he doesn't have the stats" voters still had a strong enough sway over the years.

Frayed Knot Feb 08 2016 10:44 AM Re: NFL PLayoffs

I didn't realize he wasn't in either until the stories of his death circulated last week. I also don't claim to have enough football knowledge to argue about it one way of the other, but I was struck by the timing of his induction coming right on the heels of his passing. One on hand the fact that he was kept out despite all the years of eligibility indicates that at least some portion of the voting bloc considered him to be, at best, borderline for whatever reason. But the suspicious side of me also wondered if he may have been shunted aside in more recent years due to fears about how he would look and sound at his own induction. Family statements referred to the standard 'he had good days and bad' in describing his later years and when you combine that with the very [u:3fawq1uf]Un[/u:3fawq1uf]-transparent nature of their HoF process, one could see league insiders being concerned that parading him in front of cameras and the world might serve as a (barely) walking advertisement for the sport causing body & brain damage right as Goodell is trying to sell the country on the idea that football is risky the same way sitting on your coach is.

Lefty Specialist Feb 08 2016 12:37 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Only tangentially related to football but symptomatic of the craziness. At the beginning, where the NFL has to show that they are so SuperAwesomePatriotic beyond all belief and don't criticize them because this game is being played for the Troops in Afghanistan, dammit, they had 'America the Beautiful' sung by Every Person in the Armed Forces with a Singing Voice. And they announced that 'America the Beautiful' and the 'Star Spangled Banner' were going to be 'signed' by Marlee Matlin. (Why have just one National Anthem when you can have two?) And there's Marlee, the most beautiful deaf person in the world, apparently, because she's the go-to gal for these sort of things. But instead of putting Marlee in the 'sign-language box' which is what they do for speeches and such, you never saw her from the front again. Saw her from the side, and back, and just in brief glimpses because they had to show Every Person in the Armed Forces with a Singing Voice. After which we had to focus on Lady Gaga (no complaint about her, she did a good job and her dress was meatless). Of course, signing is useless if you can't see the person directly. So who was Marlee signing to exactly? A person or two in the stadium who could see her on one sideline? A small point that got drowned out by the Blue Angels flying overhead in bone-rattling fashion, so that everyone is reminded that we're Keeping the World Safe for Stunt Flying. Marlee probably didn't flinch.

Edgy MD Feb 08 2016 12:50 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Lending credence to the Stabler-was-ignored-until-he-died conspiracy theory is the prior restraint gag they attempted put on Junior Seau's family when he was inducted.

dgwphotography Feb 08 2016 01:38 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. I was really shocked (REALLY) to read that Stabler was inducted into the NFL HOF. Shocked because I figured he'd gotten in decades ago. Personally, I think Stabler was the best quarterback of his generation -- better than Bradshaw and Staubach. I was surprised to hear that Stabler wasn't in the HoF before now, but better than Staubach? No way.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 08 2016 02:31 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

dgwphotography wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. I was really shocked (REALLY) to read that Stabler was inducted into the NFL HOF. Shocked because I figured he'd gotten in decades ago. Personally, I think Stabler was the best quarterback of his generation -- better than Bradshaw and Staubach. I was surprised to hear that Stabler wasn't in the HoF before now, but better than Staubach? No way. Staubach wasn't even better than Griese. Rog simply had a better surrounding cast. So did Bradshaw. Especially Bradshaw.

dgwphotography Feb 08 2016 03:14 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: So should I be cynical enough to think that the NFL insiders and their secretive HoF selection process worked to keep Kenny Stabler out of Canton until after the effects of CTE could no longer be seen in public? Yes, I think I might be. I was really shocked (REALLY) to read that Stabler was inducted into the NFL HOF. Shocked because I figured he'd gotten in decades ago. Personally, I think Stabler was the best quarterback of his generation -- better than Bradshaw and Staubach. I was surprised to hear that Stabler wasn't in the HoF before now, but better than Staubach? No way. Staubach wasn't even better than Griese. Rog simply had a better surrounding cast. So did Bradshaw. Especially Bradshaw. Griese?!? Oh boy. Take a look at the surrounding cast Staubach had in 75 when he took them to the Super Bowl, and get back to me.

cooby classic Feb 08 2016 03:36 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

and her dress was meatless Definitely a plus

Ashie62 Feb 08 2016 07:19 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

MFS62 wrote: Three cheers for one of the original AFL teams. Newton may have his chance in the future. But it was nice to see Peyton Manning cap his Hall of Fame career with this win. Later Hail Marlin Briscoe 60's Denver QB

MFS62 Feb 08 2016 10:35 PM Re: NFL PLayoffs

Ashie62 wrote: Three cheers for one of the original AFL teams. Later Hail Marlin Briscoe 60's Denver QB Huh? He was only the Denver QB for one year. Most of his career was with Buffalo and Miami. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... isMa00.htm If I'm going to remember a Bronco quarterback from those vertical striped sox early days, it's their first one -Frank Tripucka. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/p ... ipFr00.htm He is one of only three Bronco players who has had his number retired (the other two are John Elway and Floyd Little) Later