2016 NFC Playoffs

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 11:35 pm

So, watching the Green Bay/Minnesota game... would you rather play Seattle at home, or Washington on the road?

Post by **brian** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:29 am

I wouldn't sleep on Washington. I have no idea how, but they're playing really well right now. And Green Bay has looked like utter dogshit the last half of the season. Something's gotta be wrong with Rodgers, though I couldn't guess what.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:00 am

I just got murdered in a season long confidence pool thanks to my stubborn refusal to see the packers for what they really are.

Have to agree that the Redskins have a really good shot at beating them.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:09 am

Yeah but to answer the question, I still wouldn't play Seattle with Bea Arthur's dick

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:41 am

Ryan wrote:Yeah but to answer the question, I still wouldn't play Seattle with Bea Arthur's dick

Yeah, agree.

I have vague memories of the Islanders during their glory years coasting for most of the season before getting it together at the end of the season and then killing teams in the playoffs. Closest thing I've seen too what goes on in Seattle from mid-november onwards. 36 or more points against three playoff teams. Absolute destructions of the Cards and the Vikings. 9-1 to end 2014, 6-1 to end 2015.

Unless they have to face the Rams in the playoffs, they look terrifying right now.

Is it time to anoint Pete Carroll as one of the great coaches in recent memory?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:42 am

Ryan wrote:Yeah but to answer the question, I still wouldn't play Seattle with Bea Arthur's dick

His name is Pete Carroll, I thought you would know that

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:17 pm

Kinda odd Bea Arthur named her dick Pete Carroll. big USC fan maybe.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:21 pm

It never quite ran when she needed it to

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:11 pm

This board needs a Gold Star/Like feature if only for Ryan.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:36 pm

brian wrote:I wouldn't sleep on Washington. I have no idea how, but they're playing really well right now. And Green Bay has looked like utter dogshit the last half of the season. Something's gotta be wrong with Rodgers, though I couldn't guess what.

You watched the first Lions/Packers game....NOBODY was open. And they kept running the same stupid plays over and over and they just did not work. I read today that Rodgers seems to struggle with a pure timing offense and gets flustered when things don't go well and I was like, yeah...that seems like there might be something to that.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:38 pm

Pruitt wrote:
Ryan wrote:Yeah but to answer the question, I still wouldn't play Seattle with Bea Arthur's dick
Yeah, agree.

I have vague memories of the Islanders during their glory years coasting for most of the season before getting it together at the end of the season and then killing teams in the playoffs. Closest thing I've seen too what goes on in Seattle from mid-november onwards. 36 or more points against three playoff teams. Absolute destructions of the Cards and the Vikings. 9-1 to end 2014, 6-1 to end 2015.

Unless they have to face the Rams in the playoffs, they look terrifying right now.

Is it time to anoint Pete Carroll as one of the great coaches in recent memory?

I think so - he's great at getting the most out of pure athletes. And the draft is full of pure athletes. Whatever their system is seems to maximize their abilities - I love what he does out there. The defense is perhaps the NFL's simplest.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:39 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
brian wrote:I wouldn't sleep on Washington. I have no idea how, but they're playing really well right now. And Green Bay has looked like utter dogshit the last half of the season. Something's gotta be wrong with Rodgers, though I couldn't guess what.

You watched the first Lions/Packers game....NOBODY was open. And they kept running the same stupid plays over and over and they just did not work. I read today that Rodgers seems to struggle with a pure timing offense and gets flustered when things don't go well and I was like, yeah...that seems like there might be something to that.

I thought he is playing terribly because of Olivia Munn.

Post by **brian** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:50 pm

Gunpowder wrote:
brian wrote:I wouldn't sleep on Washington. I have no idea how, but they're playing really well right now. And Green Bay has looked like utter dogshit the last half of the season. Something's gotta be wrong with Rodgers, though I couldn't guess what.

You watched the first Lions/Packers game....NOBODY was open. And they kept running the same stupid plays over and over and they just did not work. I read today that Rodgers seems to struggle with a pure timing offense and gets flustered when things don't go well and I was like, yeah...that seems like there might be something to that.

Thing is it's the same offense they've been running since McCarthy has been there. Only major difference is some injuries at WR, but even that's not a great excuse since they started the season 5-0 without Nelson.

Maybe some of that was smoke and mirrors and some of the dogshit is some bad luck and a tougher second-half schedule, but there's no almost no excuse for Aaron Rodgers to be 31st in the league in YPA.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:12 pm

brian wrote:
Gunpowder wrote:
brian wrote:I wouldn't sleep on Washington. I have no idea how, but they're playing really well right now. And Green Bay has looked like utter dogshit the last half of the season. Something's gotta be wrong with Rodgers, though I couldn't guess what.

You watched the first Lions/Packers game....NOBODY was open. And they kept running the same stupid plays over and over and they just did not work. I read today that Rodgers seems to struggle with a pure timing offense and gets flustered when things don't go well and I was like, yeah...that seems like there might be something to that.
Thing is it's the same offense they've been running since McCarthy has been there. Only major difference is some injuries at WR, but even that's not a great excuse since they started the season 5-0 without Nelson.

Maybe some of that was smoke and mirrors and some of the dogshit is some bad luck and a tougher second-half schedule, but there's no almost no excuse for Aaron Rodgers to be 31st in the league in YPA.

Yeah he fell off a cliff, for sure. But I mean, not a single guy got open in that game (well, maybe a few). It was horrendous.

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:30 pm

brian wrote:Maybe some of that was smoke and mirrors and some of the dogshit is some bad luck and a tougher second-half schedule, but there's no almost no excuse for Aaron Rodgers to be 31st in the league in YPA.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 2:59 pm

Good call, when you're this dirty in the bedroom football takes a back seat to her...uh...back seat.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 3:03 pm

Is that from The Fappening, Johnnie?

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 3:13 pm

No, they're from nearly 4 years ago.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 6:19 pm

Prior to this year, the NFC East has been won by a team with fewer than 10 wins only twice, in 1982 by WAS (strike-shortened year) and 2011 by NYG. Both of those teams won the Super Bowl.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 9:58 pm

Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:45 am

DaveInSeattle wrote:Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.

Wind chill near -20.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weather-b ... 900153.htm

Weather conditions are expected to be so cold that the Vikings are suggesting fans in attendance bringStyrofoam, cardboard, and old newspapers to stand on in place of the freezing cold concrete. Blankets (nonelectric) are not only allowed but encouraged. Free hand-warmers will be distributed upon entry, and free coffee will be provided, too.

I've been to cold games - not quite this bad, but pretty brutal - and I can honestly say that I will never do it again. As exciting as NFL playoffs can be, nothing is worth that kind of agony.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:48 am

I'll never forget that Bengals playoff game in the 80s. For whatever reason, we decided to celebrate the day by snowmobiling on my buddies property. That lasted about 3 minutes.

I think the windchill was something obscene that day, but I want to go try to dig up the number, because my 12 year old brain stored -40 and that seems unlikely.

ETA - Holy shit. I guess my pre-pubescent brain was fairly conservative. 1982 - Bengals v Chargers.. Air temp= -9; Wind chill= -59!!

Geez.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:03 am

I lived at that time three miles from the stadium. I confirm it was unreal cold.

howard · Post by **howard** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:12 am

yeah that '87 NLCS was brutal, in the upper deck of Candlestick. Particularly game 5 - the fog cut right through you.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:31 am

howard wrote:yeah that '87 NLCS was brutal, in the upper deck of Candlestick. Particularly game 5 - the fog cut right through you.

To continue the thread jack... Lots of Candlestick baseball games were horrible weather. I moved out to sunny California in '87, and was excited to go to a game there right after I arrived, with some new work acquaintances. I was a bit shocked at their advice, "bring your parka".

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:53 pm

Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.
Wind chill near -20.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weather-b ... 900153.htm

Weather conditions are expected to be so cold that the Vikings are suggesting fans in attendance bringStyrofoam, cardboard, and old newspapers to stand on in place of the freezing cold concrete. Blankets (nonelectric) are not only allowed but encouraged. Free hand-warmers will be distributed upon entry, and free coffee will be provided, too.
I've been to cold games - not quite this bad, but pretty brutal - and I can honestly say that I will never do it again. As exciting as NFL playoffs can be, nothing is worth that kind of agony.

You know what's more exciting? Staying at home and watching the game on your 60" HiDef TV, for free, and being warm.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:26 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.
Wind chill near -20.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weather-b ... 900153.htm

Weather conditions are expected to be so cold that the Vikings are suggesting fans in attendance bringStyrofoam, cardboard, and old newspapers to stand on in place of the freezing cold concrete. Blankets (nonelectric) are not only allowed but encouraged. Free hand-warmers will be distributed upon entry, and free coffee will be provided, too.
I've been to cold games - not quite this bad, but pretty brutal - and I can honestly say that I will never do it again. As exciting as NFL playoffs can be, nothing is worth that kind of agony.
You know what's more exciting? Staying at home and watching the game on your 60" HiDef TV, for free, and being warm.

Better beer too. A fine local ale for $3 sure beats watery (or icy) Budweiser for $11.

And last time I checked, my washroom doesn't have an inch of frozen piss on the floor.

Post by **brian** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:31 pm

Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.
Wind chill near -20.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weather-b ... 900153.htm

Weather conditions are expected to be so cold that the Vikings are suggesting fans in attendance bringStyrofoam, cardboard, and old newspapers to stand on in place of the freezing cold concrete. Blankets (nonelectric) are not only allowed but encouraged. Free hand-warmers will be distributed upon entry, and free coffee will be provided, too.
I've been to cold games - not quite this bad, but pretty brutal - and I can honestly say that I will never do it again. As exciting as NFL playoffs can be, nothing is worth that kind of agony.
You know what's more exciting? Staying at home and watching the game on your 60" HiDef TV, for free, and being warm.
Better beer too. A fine local ale for $3 sure beats watery (or icy) Budweiser for $11.

And last time I checked, my washroom doesn't have an inch of frozen piss on the floor.

Figured that was maybe why you were frustrated with your wife.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:01 pm

Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:
Pruitt wrote:
DaveInSeattle wrote:Forecast for Sunday's game in Minnesota? Cloudy, with a high of 4 degrees. Yikes.
Wind chill near -20.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/weather-b ... 900153.htm

Weather conditions are expected to be so cold that the Vikings are suggesting fans in attendance bringStyrofoam, cardboard, and old newspapers to stand on in place of the freezing cold concrete. Blankets (nonelectric) are not only allowed but encouraged. Free hand-warmers will be distributed upon entry, and free coffee will be provided, too.
I've been to cold games - not quite this bad, but pretty brutal - and I can honestly say that I will never do it again. As exciting as NFL playoffs can be, nothing is worth that kind of agony.
You know what's more exciting? Staying at home and watching the game on your 60" HiDef TV, for free, and being warm.
Better beer too. A fine local ale for $3 sure beats watery (or icy) Budweiser for $11.

And last time I checked, my washroom doesn't have an inch of frozen piss on the floor.

Not yet!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:32 pm

I may be getting old, but the bathroom floor is heated.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:40 pm

sancarlos wrote:
howard wrote:yeah that '87 NLCS was brutal, in the upper deck of Candlestick. Particularly game 5 - the fog cut right through you.
To continue the thread jack... Lots of Candlestick baseball games were horrible weather. I moved out to sunny California in '87, and was excited to go to a game there right after I arrived, with some new work acquaintances. I was a bit shocked at their advice, "bring your parka".

As a kid, we went to tons of night games at Candlestick. We used to break out the ski gear for them. Somewhere I had a handful of the old "Croix de Candlestick" pins that they gave out after extra-inning night games.

Night games at Oakland Coliseum were much more enjoyable.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 12:42 pm

Marshawn didn't make the flight yesterday. His agent is reporting that he practiced all week, but didn't show "explosiveness".

I'm wondering if they made the decision to hold him out, thinking that a first game back after 3 months in 0 degree weather is a hamstring or groin pull just waiting to happen.

Rams Fanny · Post by **Rams Fanny** » Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:06 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote:I'm wondering if they made the decision to hold him out, thinking that a first game back after 3 months in 0 degree weather is a hamstring or groin pull just waiting to happen.

No, more likely so no one will question Carroll when he wants to throw on 2nd-and-goal from the 1.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:02 pm

It's cooooooooooold!!

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:27 pm

degenerasian wrote:It's cooooooooooold!!

How can you tell? Have Michaels or Collinsworth even mentioned it?

You would think low snaps never happen above freezing.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:53 pm

Something that will bother only me about that Bud Light 50 ad--it appears to show Phil Simms throwing a touchdown pass to Stephen Baker...which never happened. That was two different games against different teams with different quarterbacks. The heck would you do that for?

Post by **brian** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:57 pm

Bennett is great but Matt Kalil looks like a turnstile today.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:00 pm

Bennett's NBC intro should have been included among the Minnesota backfield.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:06 pm

They should have punted. It's not embarrassing to punt from the 30

Post by **brian** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:08 pm

degenerasian wrote:They should have punted. It's not embarrassing to punt from the 30

If the ball would have went into the end zone Minnesota would have gotten it in pretty much the same spot they did anyway. I hope you're joking.