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So I guess things are Not always sunnier in Philadelphia.

What a freakin' collapse!
- The returning SB rep from the NFC not only starts out 10-1 but gets those 8th, 9th, and 10th victories over Dallas, KC and Buffalo, three
teams who collectively went 34 - 17 and all wound up winning their division.
- they then follow that up by going 1-5 down the stretch and now one and done in post-season for one win over their final seven games.
[statistical oddity: the only game Philly lost in those opening 11 was to the Jets and their only win in the final six was to the Giants]
- and as if losing your first round game wasn't enough, they did it to Tampa who are in only because someone from that god-awful
division is required to be in every year. Tampa was 9-8 with one win vs a future playoff team.

Good thing the Eagles had the home field advantage this past weekend, eh?

We’ve watched all the games except the one that had to be paid for.

They have all seemed to be quite lopsided.

Since the Steelers have been eliminated I might root for the Texans; CJ Stroud is very impressive

So much for GO BIRDS! as a Philadelphia cure-all.

All my teams are gone
And the sky is grey
(and the sky is grey)

Cleveland Browns a dreamin'...

So at least those Phillies phans are being rational about things.

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:22 pm We’ve watched all the games except the one that had to be paid for.

They have all seemed to be quite lopsided.

Since the Steelers have been eliminated I might root for the Texans; CJ Stroud is very impressive

Yeah, Lions game aside the games weren't close

So during a press conference the Tampa Bucs coach was asked how he was going to prepare his team for the difference in temperatures
between their home town and their upcoming game in Detroit. She even did her homework as far as looking up the expected temps at
game time on Saturday. Unfortunately she didn't do enough homework to know that they play indoors in Detroit. The coach was gracious
enough not gently point that fact out rather than savaging her for the query as I'm sure many would have done.
No word as to whether the embarrassment of her first question led her to skip any follow-ups such as the nature of his intended plans to
prepare his players to take the field against actual lions.

I haven't watched a single snap of the playoffs. Of course, I only watched 15-20 minutes of NFL action all year.

I was once one of those fans that spent they're Sunday afternoons and Monday nights parked in a comfortable chair watching game after game. I slowly drifted away, watching less and less each year. The break is pretty complete now. The strange part, is that it was never a conscious decision on my part to watch less football. In general, I watch far less sports than I did 5-10 years ago. I watch the Mets, the Masters, and some college basketball (ACC basketball and NCAA Tournament) and that's about it. I'm not really sure why I stopped watching sports, it just seemed gradually happen over time.

I didn't see any football over the weekend.

Lunchpail and I like to watch the Jets for laughs but it's anything but appointment viewing; it's more of like, it's Sunday and we're at home. What time does the Jets game start?

I'm still watching the Islanders but it's getting really annoying.

Buying Mets tickets yesterday got me all jazzed for the new season.

Frayed Knot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:10 pm
[statistical oddity: the only game Philly lost in those opening 11 was to the Jets

I chalked that up as a promising win.
Based on watching the Eagles disintegrate over the end of the season, it wasn't a great as I thought.
But I still liked it because my wife is an Eagles fan(snicker).
Later

I remember when the playoff games were only aired by the network that telecast the regular season games for each conference.
But I just noticed that each of the playoff games this weekend will be on a different network - ESPN, FOX, NBC and CBS. Guess they all have to get a piece of the revenue pie.

Later

Well my record is intact.

In every single game so far, the team I was (even halfheartedly) pulling for has lost.

KC is the only team left I care to 'root' for.

As a fan of the old AFL, I still get nightmares of the smirking face of that f**k Vince Lombardi after the first two Super Bowls. We would have been it seeing ad nauseum if they had won.
I hate the Packers, the city they play in and the fans who live there. They looked down on us, and there is no insult worse.
Nobody can imagine how happy I am that they lost.
Now I'm rooting for a Bills- Lions Super Bowl.
Later

As an upstate Jets fan, the annual elimination of Buffalo from the postseason is a pretty good consolation prize for having my own team suck for the last 55 years.

Oh well.
I wonder who is going to write a book "Wide Right - The Story of Buffalo Football".

On to rooting for Baltimore.
Later

Good thing that Buffalo was finally able to secure that home field advantage vs KC
Made all the difference in the wo ... oh wait.

If I had my choice, I would have preferred to have Jayson Kelce keep his shirt on and Brittany Mahomes take hers off.
Later

I’m now rooting for Detroit because if they win my hubby wins $100+ in a poll.

My daughter in law has Chiefs in the same poll.


I absolutely love Tony Romo in the booth!

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:35 am I’m now rooting for Detroit because if they win my hubby wins $100+ in a poll.

My daughter in law has Chiefs in the same poll.


I absolutely love Tony Romo in the booth!

People here are very excited about the Lions. I keep thinking it will all come crashing down with the next game and they will be heartbroken. But, somehow they keep pulling it off.

MFS62 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:07 am If I had my choice, I would have preferred to have Jayson Kelce keep his shirt on…
Later

We were glad to see him leaving off steam because the last time we saw him he was crying

Marshmallowmilkshake wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:39 am

whippoorwill wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:35 am I’m now rooting for Detroit because if they win my hubby wins $100+ in a poll.

My daughter in law has Chiefs in the same poll.


I absolutely love Tony Romo in the booth!

People here are very excited about the Lions. I keep thinking it will all come crashing down with the next game and they will be heartbroken. But, somehow they keep pulling it off.

They looked good! And that blue is awesome! 😎

MFS62 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:31 amI wonder who is going to write a book "Wide Right - The Story of Buffalo Football".

Friend just posted on Facegram about the ghost of Scott Norwide
rearing his ugly head again in Buffalo and it made me think of you.

Can I just say Tony Romo is incredibly annoying, just incessantly talking, often something really insightful, often utter nonsense

Anyway, I have a friend that's a really big Bills. Fan, I was rooting for them, sucks

When I watch football I usually watch with the sound way down or even off because even when the specific announcer(s) doesn't bother me
the whole production of the game is like an assault on the senses: the voices are loud, the background is loud, intros and outros to and from
commercial breaks are loud, and the networks have changed the phrase 'Silence is Golden' into 'Silence if Forbidden' as there is no play, even
one as mundane as a two yard run, that can't be over-analyzed to within a half inch of its life.
Plus I feel like I constantly on the receiving end of a hard sell. Someone is constantly reminding me that You're Watching a Football Game!!!
and that it's a GREAT game because of course ALL football games are GREAT; the players are GREAT, the coaches are GREAT, each play is a
GREAT call by the GREAT (and sure to be a head coach very soon) offensive or defensive coordinators, positions that were rarely mentioned
throughout most of my life but now are often the 3rd or 4th most mentioned names during the course of the game behind only the QB, HC,
and occasionally a secondary (non-QB) star.

btw, Romo referred to Jason Kelce as Taylor Swift's 'brother in law' yesterday. Either he doesn't quite understand the meaning of the term or
he's sitting on a scoop that has eluded the rest of the world's press.