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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: SwifDi on January 11, 2002, 06:51:51 PM
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Here we go, the big games are on now. Just to refresh you ignorant folks on the playoff picture here it is, with my predictions:
Saturday, Jan. 12:
Tampa Bay @ Philadelphia
Okay, we\'ve seen these teams play each other before, but the playoffs is a whole different story. Personally, I think these teams are very evenly matched. Tampa Bay has proved to the world once again that it is unstoppable in December. Keyshawn Johnson has finally reached the endzone, and the Bucs have a dangerous corner in Ronde Barber. However the if we look at the Eagles, we see a young and talented Donovan McNabb. McNabb has the feet and the long ball that can be punishing. And the Eagles defense has the best linebackers in the league. Overall, 2 low scoring teams. But I give the win to the Eagles because Warrick Dunn is facing an injury and Alstott will be stopped.
For last year\'s playoff game, the Bucs arrived early in Philadelphia because of an advancing snowstorm. This time, the Bucs might come early again -- but to test the new Veterans Stadium turf. -NFL.com
Eagles = 13 v. Bucs = 7
Saturday, Jan. 12:
NY Jets @ Oakland
Interesting thing about this game, is that these teams just played each other last week. In which the Jets pulled out a major upset. Proving that the Jets can win in the "Black Hole". These certain times where teams, just "own" teams, well I think that the Jets own Oakland. Jets win, in large part to Curtis Martin.
Jets = 20 v. Raiders = 17 OT
The two coaches in Saturday\'s game, the Jets\' Herman Edwards and Oakland\'s Jon Gruden, both share a fiery passion for the game. But it\'s their ability to stay on an even keel that has also helped their teams advance this far. -NFL.com
Sunday, Jan.13:
San Francisco @ Green Bay
Niners, my favorite team are heading to Lambeau. Last time these two teams faced each other in the playoffs the game was decided by a Steve Young pass in the final seconds of the game to Terrell Owens, and the Niners won. This time, the game is at Lambeau. The Packers are 12-0 at Lambeau in the playoffs. Brett Favre\'s statistics on a bar graph from November are slowly getting smaller. And the Niners are coming off a huge win by skunking the Saints 35-0 at New Orleans. Gonna be a good and close one, but the Niners are gonna melt some cheese.
Niners = 34 v. Packers = 24
Three years ago, the Packers and 49ers engaged in a classic playoff duel in San Francisco. This time, while some of the faces have changed, quite a few key players from that game remain, most notably Pro Bowlers Brett Favre and Terrell Owens. -NFL.com
Sunday, Jan.13:
Baltimore @ Miami
This is gonna be a boring game. Miami and Baltimmore are some boring teams. Win or lose, these teams aren\'t going anywhere in the playoffs because they both lack offense. These are the lousiest offensive teams in the league. However Miami\'s offense plays surprisingly well sometimes at home. And Baltimore barely even got to the playoffs in which they almost lost one to the Vikings (Yeah, the VIkings who lost to the Lions and Panthers). No superbowl repeat for the Ravens.
Dolphins = 21 v. Ravens = 9
It\'s a classic duel of defenses -- and similar styles -- between the Ravens and Dolphins. "When I look at them on film I see us, in teal and orange, because that is what they hang their hat on, on defense," Ravens TE Shannon Sharpe says. -NFL.com
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I\'m good. :)
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well I hope your right about the niners, since I\'m a life long niner fan, but it\'ll be a tuff game, I just hope Jeff Garcia can step up to the plate in a prime time game, un-like what he did against the rams.
BTW have you ever heard Jeff in an interview? He sounds a bit.....festive....but as long as he can sling the ball as well as he\'s been doing he can make sweet love to squirrels and other small woodland creatures, as far as I care.
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Eagles = 29 v. Bucs = 13
Jets = 20 v. Raiders = 23
Niners = 24 v. Packers = 27
Dolphins = 17 v. Ravens = 19
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i got a feeling! pittsburgh\'s going to the superbowl!
[local song here]
pgh all the way, no need to argue
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Don\'t know jack about football, but I say St. Louis takes the Super Bowl.
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Garcia only has bad games against St. Louis. And he doesn\'t sound festive. Why do people say that? He just sounds like a normal QB in the NFL.
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Niners are going to get spanked at Lambeu. I\'m sorry, but when it comes to Garcia, he chokes at big games. As for his festive voice, well, he has a strong right arm it seems ;)
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Garcia chokes in the big games? I don\'t think so. He only chokes against the Rams.
Garcia had all-star performances against: Saints (twice), Eagles, Dolphins and Bears which were all very good games.
Packers are so overrated.
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Looks like my prediction is looking good with the Eagles beating the Bucanners right now 10-6.
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Originally posted by mm
i got a feeling! pittsburgh\'s going to the superbowl!
[local song here]
pgh all the way, no need to argue
I wholeheartedly agree!:bounce:
Gonna be one for the thumb this year!
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Playoff predictions- thru Superbowl
Wildcard
Eagles 24 - Bucs 9 (NFC)
Oakland 17 - Jets 14 (AFC)
49\'ers 24 - Packers 33(NFC)
Dolphins 13 - Ravens 6(AFC)
Divisional
Eagles 17 - Bears 24(NFC)
Oakland 10 - New England 24(AFC)
Packers 27 - Rams 24(OT)(NFC)
Dolphins 16 - Steelers 27(AFC)
Conference
Packers 34 - Bears 27 (NFC)
Steelers 23 - New England 26(OT) (AFC)
Superbowl
New England 33 - Packers 27
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I\'m just gonna make predictions as the playoffs continue each week.
So far I\'m 1-1, with the Jets losin\' a close one to the Raiders. I hate the Raiders. Raiders fans are idiots. They don\'t realize that the Raiders are like the Yankees, just bought their entire team. They wouldn\'t be jack without former NINERS Rice and Garner.
Billy I don\'t like your predictions, to uh, predictable. :laughing:
If the Niners don\'t win the big game though, I wanna see the Patriots or Steelers win it.
TEAMS I DON\'T WANT TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL: Rams and Raiders
I hate those teams. :)
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here are the results from Saturday....if noone has seen them:
Eagles 31-Bucs 9
Raiders 38-Jets 24
Jerry Rice is STILL the man!
Edit: Sundays Results:
Packers 25- Niners 15
Jerry Rice is STILL the man!
so Next week it will be Philidelphia at Chicago, Oakland at New England,
Green Bay at St Louis, and Baltimore or OR Miami at Pittsburg
:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
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Niners lose...... :(
Damn. Good game though, I\'m gonna be rootin\' for the Packers in the NFC though.
It was all about home field though. Packers had momentum the entire game because they were at home. If the they were at 3com, the Niners woulda won cuz\' they would get the momentum.
.....better luck next year. :(
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Damn my Niners lost, nooooooooo..........
Oh well it looks like I have to find some other team to root for now, so I\'m gonna go with the Raiders in the AFC because they\'re from the Bay Area, and I\'m gonna take the guys that bumped my guys outta the playoffs, the Packers. Too bad next week they have to play St.Louis, that is gonna be one helluva game, the Pack defence better play their best ball of the year, and hopefully A.Green can run the ball well and keep the Rams Offense off the field. Everything will have to go just right, if the Packers are gonna walk out of St.Louis with a win.
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I could care ess since the Bills aren\'t in it, but Mymammy getting their asses handed to them was awesome
Mymammy blows chunks
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I\'m not gonna trash talk Green Bay cuz\' they are a good team.
I hope that they can beat the Rams though.
My dream superbowl: Green Bay vs. New England :)
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What? I\'m just going to pop up here and say I told you so. Interception, bad face mask penalty, 40-yard down field pass, fumble on the kickoff. Talk about your classic choke moments and with all of them being in the 4th quarter. They only choke on the Rams? Feh. If me and you were betting, like I did with my uncle, I would have won 100 bucks from you just like I did from him. Sucker.
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Okay, Packers had their share of mistakes as well, interception, 15 yard face mask, blocked xtra-point, failing to convert on 3rd and 1.
1. That interception wasn\'t a clean pick. The ball hung, as the ball was falling into Owens\' hands, it was tipped, and Mckenzie caught it. Nothing special. Favre was picked too.
2. Face mask penalty was 15-yards and the packers had one of them as well.
3. 40 yard bomb was because I think it was Jamie Winborn who didn\'t play for the ball. That 40 yard bomb, coulda easily been picked, just lousy defense.
4. The fumble on the kickoff wasn\'t even important, cuz\' there was less that a minute left in the game and the Niners were down by 10. Not very significant.
What if we factor in the lousy officialing? Like when Bubba Franks obviously fumbled it on the Packer 15 and they ruled it incomplete? Or when the Packers fumbled on the kick return on the Packers 20, and they ruled it down by contact?
The game easily coulda been won by the Niners as well. Like I said if the game was @ 3com, the Niners woulda won. And what you stated was that Jeff Garcia chokes. Not the team. Garcia didn\'t choke at all. He was laying out 80 yard drives, if anyone choked it was Hearst and Owens with 2 back to back dropped passes that coulda placed them in scoring position.
Oh well, it was a good game, but it\'s a shame the Niners lost because I feel personally that they\'re the better team.
I bet you, they\'ll be back next year.
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YOu see, you can excuse every one of the faults by some little pidley thing all you want, but the fact of the matter is, when it really counted, and when the niners really needed to score, they didn\'t do anything. The score at the end of the game is proof enough. Sure, they may be back next year as a better team, but they first need to retune their defensive line and get a couple of guys in there that average 1 or 2 sacks per game and pressure the QB enough to screw up passes and toss them into our defenses hands. The second thing we need is a faster wide reciever who really bolts down field and takes the hits. Our recievers, I won\'t mention any names, really don\'t do that and they screw up and drop passes on plenty of occasions.
That\'s my 2 cents.
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Sorry Vapor, but I have to throw it in your face....
[size=20]Niners LOST!!!!!![/size]
..and are now at home where they belong.
mwahahahahaha.
no hard feelings Vapor...
hahahahahahaha ;)
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Ouch. It\'s okay Proud to Be, I deserve it.
Ryu,
I don\'t think the Niners need to work on their defensive line. Bryant Young and Dana Stubblefield are a hell of a pair. They stopped the run very well. And Stubblefield blocked the extra point. I think we need some new linebackers. I\'m not too hot about Derek Smith and Julian Peterson. They never really make big plays. Yeah Derek Smith was responible for that huge goal line stop against the Eagles but he\'s way too inconsistent. I like our secondary too. I mean, they are young guys that just get better every year. Ahmed Plummer is going to the pro bowl next year with Lance Schulters, I bet on it.
Right now I\'m kinda excited about the offseason and the adjustments that will come.
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1 out of 4 vapour!
Not bad. Not bad at all!
*crap*
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Vapor I agree with about the D-line of the niners, in my mind when Engleberger, and Carter are healthy the niners will have one of the most formidable lines in the league. But the LB crew is somewhat of a week point, but I do think they have potential, look at D.Smith he was leading the league in tackles before he got injured, and Peterson has shown some good heart at times, but he may lack the raw athletic prowess to be a pro bowler. In my mind the only thing the front office has to do to win a super bowl in the near future is keep this team together, and if that doesn\'t work they could always shoot Marshal Faulk.
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Originally posted by theomen
Vapor I agree with about the D-line of the niners, in my mind when Engleberger, and Carter are healthy the niners will have one of the most formidable lines in the league. But the LB crew is somewhat of a week point, but I do think they have potential, look at D.Smith he was leading the league in tackles before he got injured, and Peterson has shown some good heart at times, but he may lack the raw athletic prowess to be a pro bowler. In my mind the only thing the front office has to do to win a super bowl in the near future is keep this team together, and if that doesn\'t work they could always shoot Marshal Faulk.
:laughing: Shooting Faulk would be sweet.
I have a bad feeling in my gut that Terrell Owens will be traded... That will suck major apples.
And leathers, don\'t open your craphole if you didn\'t make predictions yourself. I called em\' aggressively not all conservative like a queer.
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if owens gets traded I will have quite a large problem with the Niner front office, seeing as how he\'s my favorite player(a$$hole or not, he\'s the best wideout in the game)
Ok, not here\'s my predicitions for the playoffs-
GB vs. STL- STL
CHI vs PHI-CHI
NFC Champ game-CHI vs STL-winner CHI
OAK VS NE-OAK
PIT vs BAL-PIT
AFC Champ game-OAK vs PIT-winner PIT
SUperbowl PIT vs CHI=PIT
This will be a blue collar superbowl
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STEELERS
STEELERS
STEELERS
STEELERS
STEELERS
if its against the Patriots, since their the home team Im gonna have to root for them, but till then STEELERS!!!!!!
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hmmmmm.... what can i say besides... The Rams.
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How can anyone doubt the Patriots chances of going to the superbowl? Come on, they have played extremely well heading into the post season. Currently they are winners of six straight games, no injuries, with the exception of terry glenn\'s billionth suspension, and they have a defense that would screw up even the best offensive coordinator. Oakland is not playing that well, they just decided to wake up last week. I hope they are ready to play in sub-freezing tempatures.
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Originally posted by "The One" Billy Gunn
How can anyone doubt the Patriots chances of going to the superbowl? Come on, they have played extremely well heading into the post season. Currently they are winners of six straight games, no injuries, with the exception of terry glenn\'s billionth suspension, and they have a defense that would screw up even the best offensive coordinator. Oakland is not playing that well, they just decided to wake up last week. I hope they are ready to play in sub-freezing tempatures.
I\'m a fan of the Pats goin\' to the big game.... but they won\'t get by the Steelers.
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Originally posted by "The One" Billy Gunn
and they have a defense that would screw up even the best offensive coordinator.
That\'s because they mix in the 3-4 defense. There is one team who plays the 3-4 exclusively and knows all about it... The Steelers:D
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Originally posted by "The One" Billy Gunn
they have a defense that would screw up even the best offensive coordinator
Didn\'t screw up the Rams offensive coordinator too much.....
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bears will own the eagles 2morrow...err..today...
Nuff said
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Originally posted by Vapor Snake
Didn\'t screw up the Rams offensive coordinator too much.....
It certainly put a hold on their dominant 30/40 point games!
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Superbowl Winner = Raiders
( off topic )
Rumble winner = Taker
Wrestlmania = Taker vs. Jericho vs. HHH
yes i threw some wrestling in there sorry..
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Steelers already had a break out year, I don\'t see anything stopping them now
oh and Jerry Rice is a 39-year-old god
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only a couple hours left till the bears game, i just got back from chicago and the traffic there was stupid.
man im so exited. i got a woody the size of rhode island.
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Im quite disapointed with the beqars offense so far. The D seems the same as usual. Still early thou, so we shall see.
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poor Bears....
For the royal rumble I\'m gonna take my boy Triple H.
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god that was horrible.
im so ashamed.
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Originally posted by theomen
poor Bears....
yup and I can sum it up in 5 words....
McNabb was hot
Matthews sucked
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on a brighter note, my Raiders are on top of the Pats! too bad i don\'t think they can beat Pittsburg or Baltimore, but if they have a good day, they\'re very impressive on offense, with multiple 10+ play drives.
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Well holy ****, the Raiders lost. Although, it was due to a call that was kind of bogus, but still, facts are the facts. Patriots advance, Raiders do not.
16-13 (OT) Patriots
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Yea, that call was complete BS! It really doesnt matter now cause the Patriots wont make it to the SuperBowl anyhow.
Like Ive said..Rams.
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Everyone doubts the Patriots yet they\'ve won 7 straight... its always "they\'ll lose next week" or something like that, they\'ve yet to be proven wrong. Name another team that hasn\'t lost since October, besides the Rams.
On another note, the Bengals beat the Steelers so I don\'t want to hear any garbage about the Patriots not being able to.
The Patriots ARE going to the superbowl. :D
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Perhaps Billy... they may goto the Superbowl, now that they have gotten extremely lucky with the Raiders.
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god i hope the bears get bledsoe... but i know they wont.
stupid chicago "we dont need a good qb" bears.
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Bledsoe wasnt anything special anyway.
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better than jim miller and shane matthews combined.
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Thats true.
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I\'m no fan of any team in the playoffs, but the Pats got very lucky. I mean it was a fumble, clear as day he was tucking the ball. But when your on a hot streak things tend to go your way. I don\'t care who wins the Super Bowl as long as the Rams don\'t. But when you have 2 MVP\'s on your team and can\'t win the Super Bowl, I\'d be ashamed to call myself a Rams fan. I hate the Rams, but I like Faulk. I\'d like to see the eagles win it, I love it when the team that nobody is talking about wins. So GO EAGLES!!
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well since the niners are out, and the Raiders are out all i can say is, "Let\'s go Sactown Kings!!!!"
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After reviewing the footage for over 15 minutes they overuled the call, it was very clear what happened. If there is enough footage to overule a call, then it damn well is a good call. Anyone can see that his arm was moving foward... ANYONE...
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BOOYAH! Steelers beat the Ravens! Take that Fart Modell!
:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
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So we now have the eagles, patriots, steelers, and rams. Sounds good to me. I do not want to see the Eagles to go to the super bowl and I would love it if the Patriots did go to the super bowl primarily because their QB is from San Mateo California, about 5 miles from me. :)
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The Superbowl will consist of the Rams and Steelers. Winner = Rams. Although it will be one hell of a game.
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Originally posted by Proud To Be
The Superbowl will consist of the Rams and Steelers. Winner = Rams. Although it will be one hell of a game.
thats what I think as well. I thought the Bears would beat the eagles..but no. I also think the bears AND eagles deserve a ton of credit for this years current season. Same goes tot he browns.
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Originally posted by luckee
I also think the bears AND eagles deserve a ton of credit for this years current season. Same goes tot he browns.
I hear ya... The Browns were legit this year. They deserved a playoff berth but, they got screwed also. Seems the NFL officials dont know their **** this year. Everyone is getting screwed.
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Whether you guys think the Raiders game was a screwjob or not, The Patriots deserve a lot of credit. Losing your 103 million dollar QB in week two would have destroyed most franchises, but the Patriots overcame that and look how far they\'ve come. Not to mention the problems with Terry Glenn, this is a team that has really come a long way. A lot of credit goes to the Eagles as well. The Steelers were a suprise, but soon developed consistency. The Rams are just were I thought they would be. I just hope they lose one of the next two...