NFL 2009

[M.C. McMic]

Originally Posted by Clonefan94

Sorry, I didn't want to sound like I supported his decision. I was saying his ego got the better of him. He went from being a football coach to a greedy gambler. Betting his money on something he knew, statistically, was a bad move.

Yeah, I know. I was agreeing with you. I'm just really bad at it apparently.

[Clonefan94]

Originally Posted by M.C. McMic

Yeah, I know. I was agreeing with you. I'm just really bad at it apparently.

Nah, my fault really./ I just got long winded and figured I lost people in my ramblings of coaches that had nothing to do with Bill Belichick. So I figured no one could follow what the hell I was trying to say.

[sir sExile]

Originally Posted by Clonefan94

The call goes against any logical coaching disciplines there are. It was a terrible call either way. You were leaving the Colts way too short of a field to work with. It's easy to move that ball 70 yards, it's another thing to actually put it in the endzone with as little time as was left.

This.

Didn't get a chance to see the game, but Around the Horn and PTI were all over it today. After looking at it 9 times over again, all I wound up doing was scratching my head.

Going for it on 4th and short is a play that the Pats have been known to do for some time now, and it's no surprise that they continue to do it. There is no doubt that they are an exceptional team with outstanding abilities, and more times than not they would have succeeded in getting the 1st down. But in this particular situation, WITH THE LEAD ALREADY and in your own endzone against the Indianapolis Colts you decide to call this play? Not a sound coaching decision.

[D-Railer]

sweet cardinals/pats game last night, holy shit... if football was that exciting all the time I wouldn't miss a game. I was rooting for the cardinals the whole time, so it was good stuff there at the end.

The cardinals were up by a whole bunch of points in the first half, and then the pats slowly caught up... eventually tied in the last minutes. The kicker for the cards missed what should have been the game winning field goal, sent the game to OT.

What was kind of cool about it was that the Pats QB worked so hard for everything, and then won the coin toss for OT... but ultimately, he fucked up and lost the whole game. On the final play of OT, he got sacked, dropped the ball, and then kicked it in mid-air, right to a Cardinal, who caught it and pretty much walked it in for a TD.

[Clonefan94]

Originally Posted by D-Railer

sweet cardinals/pats game last night, holy shit... if football was that exciting all the time I wouldn't miss a game. I was rooting for the cardinals the whole time, so it was good stuff there at the end.

The cardinals were up by a whole bunch of points in the first half, and then the pats slowly caught up... eventually tied in the last minutes. The kicker for the cards missed what should have been the game winning field goal, sent the game to OT.

What was kind of cool about it was that the Pats QB worked so hard for everything, and then won the coin toss for OT... but ultimately, he fucked up and lost the whole game. On the final play of OT, he got sacked, dropped the ball, and then kicked it in mid-air, right to a Cardinal, who caught it and pretty much walked it in for a TD.

I think you mean Pack's QB, right?

I'm really surprised that game was as wide open as it was. IT was funny to see a great Defensive play win a game that was so devoid of Defense all afternoon. I can't wait to see next weeks game between the Cards and the Saints. If they forget to play Defense in that one, this past one could look like a defensive juggernaut.

[D-Railer]

Holy shit cowboy fail

[Clonefan94]

Originally Posted by D-Railer

Holy shit cowboy fail

Yeah, to those who said they had the monkey off their back. I think he was just drunk last week.

Childress tried to blow it though, with that sweet clock management at the end of the first half. Take the lead into the locker room dick. I really think that the Vikings stopping their early drives and the missed field goals really put them in an unrecoverable situation. They were both good teams imo, and that's what killed the cowboys, I think either team that got into catch up mode would have been done for.

[D-Railer]

Vikings fail.

I was rooting for them from the beginning of the game, but to be honest by the end of it I was thinking "Even if they pull this off, they don't deserve it."

[Clonefan94]

Originally Posted by D-Railer

Vikings fail.

I was rooting for them from the beginning of the game, but to be honest by the end of it I was thinking "Even if they pull this off, they don't deserve it."

Well, the turnovers definitely killed them. Without those, they win easily imo. They did a good job of keeping NO off the field offensively. I didn't see any NO games this year, but it sounds like that is their defensive strategy. Bend, don't break and get takeaways.

I thought it was a great game. Do I belive in fate? I almost have to some times. It just seemed, with the turnovers, something the Vikings don't do often, that it was going to be NO's night. Even with Peterson's buttery super grip, the Vikings had a pretty low turnover # this year.

After watching the Vikings all these years, it seems if you are a team on a Cinderella season, the Vikings are the team you want to meet in the NFC championship game. That's 5 NFC Cs they've played in since '78 I believe, and not won.