NFL Superbowl picks

[snooch]

Alright, I know a few of you are into the NFL. The AFC has the NY Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers in their championship and the NFC has the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers. I'm thinking it will be Pittsburgh and the Packers in the Superbowl. At mid season I said it was either going to be the Steelers or the Patriots for the AFC and either the Saints or the Packers for the NFC with the AFC taking the Superbowl. So far I'm right. I don't think the Jets can beat the Steelers either offensively or defensively and I'm not sure of any NFC team that can beat the Packers in the playoffs this year. But the Bears are tough as hell and pretty evenly matched with the Packers. Plus there is always the Devin Hester wildcard. You never know when he is going to run a kick back.

[SlavikSvensk]

i'm with you, snooch. packers look unstoppable, so i think they take the bears even if it's at soldier field.

steelers are the most well-rounded team left, and playing at home. the jets could beat them but if they make it to the super bowl i might never stop throwing up, so i'll be rooting for roethlisdouche and company for once in my life.

[teknorich]

I know nothing about sports, but my bro is a big American Football fan, so I asked him, and he said put your house on a Packers – Steelers Super Bowl with GB to win.

:rubiggrin:

[C.O.Prodigy]

Wisconsin is on a role if Reince Priebus is anything to go by.
I also think GB will ride that wave all the way to the superbowl. Packers Steelers final where anything can happen, packers are my sentimental favorites.

They know their football up in Green Bay.

[DarkYoung]

Go Jets!

[eppertheleper]

Friggin Aaron Rogers. Mother****er had me leading my fantasy league for all but 2 weeks of the season, then he went down just long enough to get me out of the playoffs.

The Packers would have to screw up pretty badly to lose this one. Big Ben isn't what he used to be and Jay Cutler can't possibly play two high-level games in a row.

I'd like to see the Jets win just because of Rex Ryan's foot fetish thing, but I don't think that's going to happen.

[SlavikSvensk]

aaron rodgers is ridiculous good. the thing is, if he has an off-day, the packers have nothing to fall back on. okay, sure, their defense is good too. but they can't score without rodgers in good form.

but seeing as how he's carving everyone up, i don't see the bears beating the pack.

on the other side, the steelers are, IMO, too well-rounded for the jets. i hope it's a bloodbath so they have to scrape little pieces of rex ryan's ego off heinz field.

[C.O.Prodigy]

the thing is, if he has an off-day, the packers have nothing to fall back on.


Really?

Also would like to see Jets in the superbowl.

[blistanbul]

I like to see the Jets win it all but it will be the steelers and the packers in the superbowl.

After that, the packers will take the trophy and bring it back to lombeau field.

Does anyone have parties plan?

I'm going to get some booze and party.

I've already taken the next day off as a sick leave.:unibrow:

I'm

[SlavikSvensk]

The Jets are a scumbag organization from top to bottomfeeder, some seriously fake-ass Jersey bullsh*t.

Giants are the real NYC. Don't like them either, but I respect the tradition.

Of the remaining four, I really hope the Packers win. Not just because they're the wildcard, but because it would validate Rodgers after all the sh*t he's been through.

[blistanbul]

The Jets are a scumbag organization from top to bottomfeeder, some seriously fake-ass Jersey bullsh*t.

Giants are the real NYC. Don't like them either, but I respect the tradition.

Of the remaining four, I really hope the Packers win. Not just because they're the wildcard, but because it would validate Rodgers after all the sh*t he's been through.

Well of course you are right about the New York thing, and I hate a fake new jersey new yorker shore types as much as you do.

I just like the fact that the team rallied around their coach Ryan and backed up their big mouths.

It is just interesting to see a team like Jets finally enjoy some success, besides Jets and the Giants play at the same stadium so technically they should both be called Jersey instead of New York.

Furthermore, I don't like Rodgers. Something in me just never liked him. I never want him to win a superbowl and Packer fans to regret letting Favre go.

THe team I would truly hate to see win it all would be the Steelers. Bunch of kunts their fans are.

[SlavikSvensk]

that's true, but i see the giants as the true new york team and the jets as a bunch of fake-asses from jersey.

of course, being a pats fan, that's also pure and simple bias on my part lol.

i hate the steelers and roethlisdouche, but i hate the jets and ryan more, so i'll grudgingly root for the steelers, and then hope they get rodgered by the pack.

[Esox Lucius]

the one with the black guys.

[blistanbul]

that's true, but i see the giants as the true new york team and the jets as a bunch of fake-asses from jersey.

of course, being a pats fan, that's also pure and simple bias on my part lol.

i hate the steelers and roethlisdouche, but i hate the jets and ryan more, so i'll grudgingly root for the steelers, and then hope they get rodgered by the pack.

i am sorry to say but that was well funny when they beat your side.

my mate is a pats fan and he was not laughing the next day. lol:rubiggrin:

i don't like the pats and cheatachick.

good on ryan to send your boys packing early again.

and until the patriots win a championship without reading opponents plays, their three superbowls won't be validated. :dontgothere:

[C.O.Prodigy]

and until the patriots win a championship without reading opponents plays, their three superbowls won't be validated. :dontgothere:

reading opponents plays?

[blistanbul]

read and learn what cheats these patriots are:rurazz:. the spygate curse lives on another year for them:

New England Patriots' SpyGate Curse? Another Empty-Handed Team Enters Offseason | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/575057-spygate-curse-another-empty-handed-patriots-team-enters-the-off-season)

i don't think patriots will ever win another superbowl.

oh yes!:rurazz:

[SlavikSvensk]

everyone tapes opponents. there's already been two other teams caught at it since, and that's just considering that everyone got more subtle about it once the patriots were caught. it's mangini's fault for not switching up their signals like any smart coach would have done. what a joke of a scandal.

can't wait until we win the super bowl next year, and sweep the fake-ass jersey jets. until then i'll be rooting for the pack.

[snooch]

I'll have to agree with Slav here. Why do you think that all coaches use their play sheets to cover their mouths when they are calling plays? That's because teams used to hire lip readers with binoculars to read their lips and call the plays in to the defense. Now we have telephoto lenses that can read them from the coaches box. Plus they can read the play sheets themselves. This is far from a new thing for coaches to do. The Patriots were just dumb enough to get caught. Think about it this way. When that many millions of dollars are at stake per game or season, don't you think Robert Kraft, Jerry Jones or Al Davis are going to use any means necessary to win and guarantee that those ad dollars keep coming in?

BTW, I'm glad the Patriots got booted so soon. Screw them.

[SlavikSvensk]

dumb enough to get caught...EXACTLY. and mangini was pussy enough to report it. just more evidence the jets are fake-ass jersey.

go steelers go! i hope troy palomalu sends mark sanchez back to socal weeping.

[blistanbul]

jerry jones. the cowboys have won one playoff game in twenty years mate.

if he is cheating he sure is doing a wank job of it.

the cowboys need to fire the gm in order to become successful again.

[Esox Lucius]

it's not football

rant over.

[snooch]

jerry jones. the cowboys have won one playoff game in twenty years mate.

if he is cheating he sure is doing a wank job of it.

the cowboys need to fire the gm in order to become successful again.

Dude, Jerry Jones is the owner and GM. He would have to fire himself. Not going to happen. His worst mistake was getting in ego battles with Jimmy Johnson and firing him. Fail.

[blistanbul]

Dude, Jerry Jones is the owner and GM. He would have to fire himself. Not going to happen. His worst mistake was getting in ego battles with Jimmy Johnson and firing him. Fail.

I guess you didn't get the joke. I was fully aware of who the dallas gm is. A lot of people were saying these things on sports forums so i just try to get a cheap laugh.

Secondly there is a big difference between reading lips, and actually sending someone out to videotape opponent's practice.

[SlavikSvensk]

i don't think jerry's GM abilities are the problem...actually the cowboys are pretty consistent in drafting quality guys, many of whom fly under the radar of other teams. sure they make some mistakes (terrell owens), but i think the problem lies elsewhere.

the problem is that jerry can't stand a coach getting too much credit, and likes to micromanage. that's why he prefers yes men like wade philips or dave campo...neither of which were great coaches...over guys who can build winning teams, like jimmie johnson and bill parcells. we'll see with jason garrett, but really dallas will never win until jerry gives his coach autonomy.

[blistanbul]

yeah, hence giving up the gm duties mate.

what about the roy williams trade?

or drafting no offensive linemen, and drafting a tight-end when we already had two pretty decent tight-ends last year?

cornerback, secondary, o-linemen, linebacker areas are must adress areas.

jerry's dumbarse himself admitted overestimating his team.

or bringing in pacman?

and he gave parcel plenty of time and years. thankfully parcel's picks blossomed.

[SlavikSvensk]

yeah the pacman thing was a joke. TO even worse.

but they also have found some guys that other teams didn't rate, like tony romo, had gotten a lot of production out of them. i think the cowboys still have more talent, year in year out, than most other teams. the problem is they rarely live up to it. that's because jerry can't leave the coach alone.

[SlavikSvensk]

btw i'm not a cowboys fan in the slightest. can't stand jerry jones or the fact that they call themselves "america's team." most of america hates them, like the yankees.

sure most of america hates my team too, but we don't pretend to be everyone's favorite haha.

[SlavikSvensk]

of course the cowboys have fans everywhere too. i think i read once they have the most fans outside their local area of any NFL team.

[blistanbul]

btw i'm not a cowboys fan in the slightest. can't stand jerry jones or the fact that they call themselves "america's team." most of america hates them, like the yankees.

sure most of america hates my team too, but we don't pretend to be everyone's favorite haha.

you guys were no-one's team.

was one of the top five laughingstocks of the nfl until the 00's and parcell era.

who can forget steve grogan :unibrow:?

[blistanbul]

yeah the pacman thing was a joke. TO even worse.

but they also have found some guys that other teams didn't rate, like tony romo, had gotten a lot of production out of them. i think the cowboys still have more talent, year in year out, than most other teams. the problem is they rarely live up to it. that's because jerry can't leave the coach alone.

T.O. posted excellent numbers the first two seasons, once the cowboys incurred some loses he started to open up his stupid mouth which led to his release.

1.pacman on the other hand was downright stupid.

2.romo was a parcel pick.

3. yes the cowboys are one of the more talented teams in the league. it was jones move not to sack phillips after the giants game blow-out week 5(the alarm bells should've rung after losing to chicago in the first month), and leave things too late.

it is not about leaving the coach alone. jones doesn't call the plays, but he has say on personnel moves including that of hiring idiotic coaches(chan gailey, campo, phillips two seasons too long, picking up horrible players, drafting unnecessary players,etc).

the day jones realizes that the fans blame him, and only him is when he takes notice.

too bad in america people don't have the balls like they do England to blame the owner like they do in england with man u.

instead the blame goes on the coach, players, etc.

here were some of jones' faults this season:

not addressing the line when you cut adams was problem number one.

relying on stupid wade phillips was two.

weak draft except the draft of bryant three.

the weak secondary four.

these all have to do with the owner yet this clown acts like he has done everything to take the team to championship levels when he simply does not understand football and should stay away from football decisions pronto.


i would've love to cowher coach the boys but it won't happen.

i do however think garrett hiring may work out but the team needs serious addressing in key areas.

jones was very very lucky when miami hurricane players fell on his lap thanks to jimmy johnson and the three hall of famer triplets (aikman, irvin, smith) brought him three superbowls.

he is still riding that success to this day.

[DarkYoung]

Jets are awesome this season.

[SlavikSvensk]

T.O. posted excellent numbers the first two seasons, once the cowboys incurred some loses he started to open up his stupid mouth which led to his release.

1.pacman on the other hand was downright stupid.

2.romo was a parcel pick.

3. yes the cowboys are one of the more talented teams in the league. it was jones move not to sack phillips after the giants game blow-out week 5(the alarm bells should've rung after losing to chicago in the first month), and leave things too late.

it is not about leaving the coach alone. jones doesn't call the plays, but he has say on personnel moves including that of hiring idiotic coaches(chan gailey, campo, phillips two seasons too long, picking up horrible players, drafting unnecessary players,etc).

the day jones realizes that the fans blame him, and only him is when he takes notice.

too bad in america people don't have the balls like they do England to blame the owner like they do in england with man u.

instead the blame goes on the coach, players, etc.

here were some of jones' faults this season:

not addressing the line when you cut adams was problem number one.

relying on stupid wade phillips was two.

weak draft except the draft of bryant three.

the weak secondary four.

these all have to do with the owner yet this clown acts like he has done everything to take the team to championship levels when he simply does not understand football and should stay away from football decisions pronto.


i would've love to cowher coach the boys but it won't happen.

i do however think garrett hiring may work out but the team needs serious addressing in key areas.

jones was very very lucky when miami hurricane players fell on his lap thanks to jimmy johnson and the three hall of famer triplets (aikman, irvin, smith) brought him three superbowls.

he is still riding that success to this day.

To be fair, EVERYONE blames Jerry. And yes he does make some bonehead moves. TO might have put up numbers, but it should have been he's a lockerroom cancer. The problem IMO is Jerry's meddling. The coach is never boss of his own team, like Belichick or Tomlin are. And Jerry likes coaches he can boss around, which is another part of the problem.

[C.O.Prodigy]

The superbowl is about who's best at football not stealing plays.
I guess Slavik supporting this doesn't surprise mi because he rationalized the awful umpire call that robbed the pitcher of a perfect game.

The sport in "sport" is gone, only business left, and cheaters. :)

[blistanbul]

To be fair, EVERYONE blames Jerry. And yes he does make some bonehead moves. TO might have put up numbers, but it should have been he's a lockerroom cancer. The problem IMO is Jerry's meddling. The coach is never boss of his own team, like Belichick or Tomlin are. And Jerry likes coaches he can boss around, which is another part of the problem.

i am sorry mate lets look at to's numbers:

2006 Dallas Cowboys 85 1180 73.8 13.9 56 13 62 400 152
2007 Dallas Cowboys 81 1355 90.3 16.7 52 15 69 358 141
2008 Dallas Cowboys 69 1052 65.8 15.2 75 10 38 291 140


Read more: Terrell Owens - Stats, Bio – Cincinnati Bengals – NFL Football – SI.com (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/3664/index.html#ixzz1BoVnF0rL)

records
2009 11-5-0 22.6 15.6 0.688 WP TR MB MA W PHI 34-14 L MIN 3-34
2008 9-7-0 22.6 22.8 0.562 WP TR MB TO
2007 13-3-0 28.4 20.3 0.813 WP TR MB TO x xxx xxxxx L NYG 17-21
2006 9-7-0 26.6 21.9 0.563 BP TR JJ TO L SEA 20-21


as you could see to was very productive first two seasons and the last year he became a cancer.

so i don't think he was a bad cop.


Secondly you are absolutely right that jerry doesn't give the total control to his head coach by undermining them in football decisions and making the draft picks which in turn is what a gm does.

so as soon as we have a good gm, a good head coach and an owner who just writes cheques as we will become great again.

that will never happens, because jerry is a power freak.

[SlavikSvensk]

the problem with TO is that he will inevitably become a cancer. pacman may be an even bigger fool, but he didn't damage the locker room dynamic like TO. no one really gave a f*ck about pacman. but TO tore that offense in two. sure they got some production out of him--philadelphia and SF got even more--but it was always bound to happen, just like it will happen in cincy if they keep him around long enough. the guy is an internet troll come to life.

as for jerry, i guess my point is that it goes beyond being a GM...he just can't not get involved, and his involvement is usually self-destructive for the team.

[blistanbul]

to was a great a player, hof, and asshole for life but no one can deny what he did to the cowboys in 07. he was integral part of that and to compare him to pacman is really puzzling mate.

there is no comparison.

one is past his prime but contributed hall of famer while the other had one or two good season and a lowlife.

so even though i hate people like to there is no denying the fact he contributed to our success or even our expection.

i think dallas area fans should boycott jerry i really do.

[snooch]

Yeah, but if we boycott Jerry, he takes his shiny new and thoroughly kick ass stadium with him.

[SlavikSvensk]

haha. can't boycott the owner, of course. but i think cowboys would be better off if he was more business and less football operations oriented.

comparing pacman to TO is simple: one hurt the team more than the other. doesn't matter if he helped them first...he didn't help them to a super bowl, so his help was limited. his destructive path was not, and the cowboys should have cut him at the first sign of trouble, like the pats did with randy moss. pacman was a distraction but i don't think anyone gave a f*ck in the end. except the media.

[snooch]

The Pats did well by dropping Moss after seeing all the turds T.O. laid across the league and will undoubtedly lay where he is. I think Jerry and the Cowboys are like Al Davis and the Raiders in that they like the misfit attitudes and behaviors as long as they win games. Davis tends to like the biker and missing tooth style of asshole where Jones tends to like the bottle service type of asshole. Look at Michael Irvin and Deion Sanders. Both assholes of the highest order, but tolerable because of the sheer talent and game changing abilities that they brought to the table. I think Jerry thought he was getting someone like that but got the talent and the cancer that comes with an asshole like T.O. He's an asshole, but he's not Jerry's type of asshole.

Pacman Jones was doomed from the get go. He was a dumbass thug who had no future. When the Cowboys picked him up from the Titans, his contract was so loaded in the Cowboys favor that it really didn't make sense. The Titans wanted him out of their organization so badly that they were willing to take almost anything. The Cowboys ended up getting the draft picks they gave to the Titans back plus another one. Check his wikipedia page. Slav, I know Jerry Jones didn't give a crap about it because it didn't cost him more than a drop in the barrel and he didn't loose any draft picks. Any publicity is good publicity right? They made it to the playoffs that year if I recall correctly.



Once again, Steelers and the Pack in the 'Bowl with the Steelers taking it.

[blistanbul]

i say same match-up but the packers winning it.

and slav to pick-up was decent move, he just didn't work out at the end.

[SlavikSvensk]

no, it was a bad move to keep him more than one year. with a guy like that, you get something and then let go before the cell grows cancerous and starts spreading.

after a year, his self-destruct sequence begins counting down, and it's only a matter of time before he blows the whole place up. cowboys should have done what the pats did with moss: EJECT at first sign of trouble, and while they could still get something for him. but the only team as merciless with their roster as the pats are the eagles, and there's a reason both teams have been so successful over time. sure indy and pittsburgh have been just as successful, but they succeed in part by not taking on problem projects and drafting in part on personality. okay, roethlisburger's had legal problems, and apparently so has marvin harrison, but neither of them f*cked with the team's collective psychology.

[SlavikSvensk]

oh, and it's officially pittsburgh and green bay. GO PACK!

[snooch]

http://detroitlions1957.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/terrible-towel2.jpg

[SlavikSvensk]

as awesome as rodgers, matthews, etc. have been the past 5 weeks, i think pittsburgh have got to be the favorites at this point. more well-rounded, more experience, etc.

of course, that didn't help the colts last year, so...

[snooch]

Yeah, I have to agree that sentimentally I would like Green Bay to win, but realistically I think Pittsburgh will take it. Look at todays game. Like them or not, anyone who can shut down the Jets like that for the entire first half has more than a fair chance at taking the Packers in the Superbowl.

BTW, I've got a few Steelers fans as friends on facebook. I'm starting to see crap like this on their updates.


"I pledge allegiance to the Terrible Towel of the United Steeler nation.And to the franchise for which it stands. One nation, of domination. With the ability to crush you all"

It's going to be lame as shit if they win and I have to put up with that crap for the next year.

[C.O.Prodigy]

I like when my teams do well. Go green bay.

I will be cheering for them in the final.

[SlavikSvensk]

Yeah, I have to agree that sentimentally I would like Green Bay to win, but realistically I think Pittsburgh will take it. Look at todays game. Like them or not, anyone who can shut down the Jets like that for the entire first half has more than a fair chance at taking the Packers in the Superbowl.

BTW, I've got a few Steelers fans as friends on facebook. I'm starting to see crap like this on their updates.

It's going to be lame as shit if they win and I have to put up with that crap for the next year.

yep. it would be the 7th super bowl win for the franchise too, which would kinda put them in a class of their own. hard to see them losing.

but hey...it was hard to see us losing to the giants, and hard to see the colts losing to the saints last year. rodgers has been the best player in the league since he came back from injury and they've got enough guys on defense to make a game of it. my only concern is they have no running game.

[blistanbul]

rooting for the packers but me thinks steelers will win it.

packers are 3.5 favourites.

[SlavikSvensk]

wow...that's just, well, not smart money. i think steelers will take it by under 7 pts, but if the pack win i bet it's even tighter. sounds like a great time to put a bet down on the steelers.

[blistanbul]

you should never bet on superbowl, don't you remember buffalo '66?

[SlavikSvensk]

Awesome movie.

[Will]

Anyone who like American football is gay.

[C.O.Prodigy]

Pennsylvania county expected to change name to 'Black and Gold' - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Pennsylvania-county-expected-to-change-name-to-?urn=nfl-314730)


It's a wonder the city council isn't proposing bans on leaping, expelling all people named "Aaron" or "Roger," and blacking out HBO every time that Vince Lombardi documentary airs.

Radical indeed. ;)

[SlavikSvensk]

and that's NOT from the onion...LOL!

C.O. are you rooting for the Packers too?

[C.O.Prodigy]

I sure am.

[SlavikSvensk]

Nice. I definitely am. I respect the Steelers but do not like them. At all.

[drift9]

Anyone who like American football is gay.
the rapier wit of Will, ladies and gentleman.
and go Pack!

[C.O.Prodigy]

Informal use of broadcast rights that others are paying , with greater or lesser extent was tolerated, but before the 45th Superbowl the U.S. authorities have decided to "turn the other cheek. "

http://firstrow.net/IPRC_Seized_2011_02_NY.gif


Thanks NFL, thanks superbowl, thanks Homeland security.
I guess they are showing me what the greatest spectacle in the world is all about.

I guess I find it funny that there will be fighter jets flying over the stadium in Arlington, as the anthem is sung, and yet when you really need them they are nowhere to be found.


I actually hope this game goes to overtime.

[snooch]

Screw the Packers. The Steelers will take it.

[Will]

You have to admit at the very least that some of the team names sound a bit gay. I think I found a picture of the Chicago Bears...

http://www.siffblog.com/bears.jpg

[snooch]

You have to admit at the very least that some of the team names sound a bit gay. I think I found a picture of the Chicago Bears...



http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/files/original/Douche.jpg

[C.O.Prodigy]

http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/new-zealand-all-blacks-celebrate-mozart-instead-of-barry-manilow.jpg
http://www.rugbystore.com/thumbnail.asp?file=assets/images/tees/newzealand.gif&maxx=300&maxy=0

The New Zealand All Blacks - I bet they could win the superbowl.

edit: They got as many votes as the Jets, yet are much stronger. :)

[blistanbul]

hehehe.

ok guys the day is nearing by, what do you have planned for the big day?

i have the next day off, with a root canal appointment.

going to get thirty wings, chili fries, and shitt load of import beer.

get in!

also do you guys know trustworthy online betting sites???

[DarkYoung]

hehehe.

ok guys the day is nearing by, what do you have planned for the big day?

i have the next day off, with a root canal appointment.

going to get thirty wings, chili fries, and shitt load of import beer.

get in!

also do you guys know trustworthy online betting sites???
blue square

[blistanbul]

wtf mate?

elaborate?

i have a square, if the packers have 5 and steelers 0 after a quarter, i win 140 dollars.

[SlavikSvensk]

It's on at 8am here, so I'll be having some orange juice and cereal.

[C.O.Prodigy]

Funniest thing about NFL and football in europe is that its actually the same sport.

One played with hands, one played with feet. Slightly different rules but the goal is the same, stuff it into the opponents zone and dominate if you can.

Anyone who hates on either sport hates on both imo.


I tend to like them both. :)

[C.O.Prodigy]

Doesn't really matter who wins.

Rarely has there been such an even match up in the superbowl.
Rarely have there been teams that have this much firepower throwing TD's.
It's going to be high scoring affair which is a a credit to both teams.

It doesn't really matter who wins on sunday, NFL is a sure winner, along with all the football fans, and that's a rarity.

[SlavikSvensk]

21-10 packers at the half...looking strong, but steelers got that TD at the end. if they score again quickly it's a game again.

[C.O.Prodigy]

The Green Bay Packers are threatening to turn Super Bowl XLV into a blowout. ... this one a 21-yard strike to Greg Jennings – giving the Packers a 21-3 lead

Green Bay controlled the scoreboard and the ball when they wanted to, they displayed a very modern game with intense defense and passing. Worthy champs.

[SlavikSvensk]

They were better, and deserve the win. Was glad the Steelers made a game of it though...

[blistanbul]

no it could've gone either way.

i am glad it went that way.


steelers were shite.

[C.O.Prodigy]

Steelers were a half a step behind on most plays, but that half of a half step was just enough for those interceptions and those TD's. Some sweet playcalling and shotgun plays from both QB's and from the GB coach.

GB did nothing special but what they did do they did better, stronger, faster.
They're younger and hungrier and a bit luckier today but they earned it.

Defensive line doing the business, great protection, Rodgers untroubled whole afternoon.

I'm a Rodgers fan. Did he look cool or what, snapping off those plays.

[SlavikSvensk]

Uh, yeah it coulf have gone the other way. Pack up by 6 with 2:10 left, Steelers had managed a TD and 2pt conversion on their last drive, and captained by a QB who has already won 2 tight super bowls. Pack without its star defensive back. How many times have we seen a QB win in this situation? 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2008 come to mind. So it COULD have gone the other way. It just didn't. Pack were better...6 pts better.

[SlavikSvensk]

Btw agree on Rodgers, C.O.

Nice to see him pull it off after all the sh*t he had to put up with during the Favre retirement/unretirement saga.

[C.O.Prodigy]

i hate the steelers and roethlisdouche, but i hate the jets and ryan more, so i'll grudgingly root for the steelers, and then hope they get rodgered by the pack.

First you're calling him roethlisdouche, and now you arguing that he could have saved them with his 2 minute drill? What's this all about?


aaron rodgers is ridiculous good. the thing is, if he has an off-day, the packers have nothing to fall back on.


You're calling on packers to have an off day as the only way for the other team to beat them in the final. You knew they were good.

You didn't know they were this good.

The other point is that the superbowl is a show above all, and no show is complete without drama. 21-3 isn't very dramatic. It had to look good is my point. (same game, without an audience and cameras, GB wins by double digits)
Again saying that, the steelers used all their experience to get back into it but it could not have gone either way. The pack took it away with three answered TD's in the first half.

I didn't like GB players getting injured, I guess it implies bad luck or bad tackles, but I did like how the pack tackled and subsequently got TO's.

They know their football up in Green Bay.

[SlavikSvensk]

You're making some strange arguments there, C.O.

1. I call him Roethlisdouche because he's a jerk and I hate the Steelers, not because he's a bad QB. He's an elite QB who has already won 2 Super Bowls, has like a 15-3 postseason record and an unreal overall winning pct. He's good, and probably Hall of Fame bound. He's just also a douche.

2. I did say Rodgers was amazing, but has off days. He is, and does. Against the Bears, for example. The Steelers are also much better than the Bears, so what I was saying was that he had to play much more like he did against the Eagles to beat them. Thankfully he did, only had 1 off quarter (the 3rd), and was great the rest of the day. Was especially impressive that they won despite losing Woodson (best CB in the league this year) and Driver.

[C.O.Prodigy]

Sorry about that. I'm feeling pretty strange.

Yes I agree. 2 players down and still strong enough.
I should have said that the 6 point margin is misleading because of that reason.

Great football game.

Funny stuff about big ben being a douche. :)

[SlavikSvensk]

I think the Packers are a great team that beat another great team. I thought the scoreboard accurately reflected the difference between them.

CO the injuries are a good topic. I think the uptick in injuries is partially because the season keeps getting longer every few years, partially because doctors are just beginning to realize how dangerous this game is, and partially because improvements in conditioning make the hits ever harder.

Personally, I think the proposed extention to 18 games a season would be disastrous.

[snooch]

Personally, I think the proposed extention to 18 games a season would be disastrous.
The players are ambivalent about this. I have heard grumbles that are kind of quiet. They have to play two additional games in an already long season but they get two extra weeks pay. For someone who makes 2-3 million over 16 weeks, that's a nice chunk of change. It's almost justifiable if they don't think about the wear and tear that a physical sport like this takes on the body. Fatigue will do funny things.

[Esox Lucius]

is it true its a national holiday? sure I heard that on the radio yesterday.

[emblem]

I have no enough experience but i think THE NEW ZEALAND is that right.

[blistanbul]

i am considering doing the under and picking the ravens to win it this year.