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Enjoyed Heinicke's dive for the pylon. Reminds me of the Rams backup Wolford, but maybe more skilled. Wolford started yesterday but went down in 1st with a scary neck injury. They had only gimpy thumbed Goff on bench, the third qb woulld have been Bortles anyway. Goff did not turn it over so did as well as one could hope I suppose. He did struggle mightily at first, but that may have helped him in the end, because SEA overplayed the run and he connected on a couple of easy play actions that helped seal the win. The D's performance was not a surprise as they have long been successful at getting to Wilson. DC Staley will probably be sniped for a HC job soon. :( Of more immediate concern is Donald's rib injury which kept him out of the 4th. There has been no update on him which does not bode well. Maybe the bigger problem is they play GB next if NO wins, TB otherwise. Brady looked like old young Brady Saturday. Either team will be difficult.

My biggest hope for today is that the Browns DESTROY the Steelers, next that the Ravens vanquish their Titan demons, and that CHI sends Payton home. Apologies to fans of those teams for the jinx.
 
Steelers looking like the Keystone Kops. What a horrendous start.

But the Ravens also started poorly, and throttled the Titans after that. As good as Lamar Jackson was today, the Ravens' defense was even better. Holding Derrick Henry to 40 yards on 18 carries, when he averages over 140/game, and giving up only 209 total yards, was an awesome performance.
 
Browns scored a lot because Steelers looked like some Peewee Squad. Steelers had some sense knocked into them at Halftime, Browns look like they are in danger.

ESPN pct calculator has Browns chance of winning about 93% at the end of the 3rd quarter. I'd put it more like 33%.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Browns scored a lot because Steelers looked like some Peewee Squad. Steelers had some sense knocked into them at Halftime, Browns look like they are in danger.

ESPN pct calculator has Browns chance of winning about 93% at the end of the 3rd quarter. I'd put it more like 33%.
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Glad to see that my post lit a fire under their asses. ;)
 
That is the worst beatdown for a quarter at least I'm sure I have ever seen. If I had known my wish would come true, I wouldn't have wasted it on the Browns.

Good to see Jackson finally win a playoff game and come from 10 points down. I can see he's learned a lot from Brady -- don't shake hands after the game.

Also, I want my pony dammit.

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/CoachGioo/status/1348484741759197184[/TWEET]
 
blastula said:
Good to see Jackson finally win a playoff game and come from 10 points down. I can see he's learned a lot from Brady -- don't shake hands after the game.
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That didn't come from Brady. Lamar always pays respects to the opponent, unless they're a bunch of classless a-holes like the Titans, including their coach. There's some history behind that non-handshake.

As for Brady, it seems to depend on which way the wind is blowing:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-shake-hands-with-certain-people-after-games/
 
hurtinbuckaroo said:
blastula said:
Good to see Jackson finally win a playoff game and come from 10 points down. I can see he's learned a lot from Brady -- don't shake hands after the game.
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That didn't come from Brady. Lamar always pays respects to the opponent, unless they're a bunch of classless a-holes like the Titans, including their coach. There's some history behind that non-handshake.

As for Brady, it seems to depend on which way the wind is blowing:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-shake-hands-with-certain-people-after-games/
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Yeah I saw him talk about it after, didn't see the Titans initial desecration of the logo but I did see this one, it was quite exuberant.

And I'm not really down with all that handshaking afterwards anyway, even in the before times, too much camaraderie with the enemy.

:soapbox:
 
Wow, Steelers shit the bed. How does a five time pro-bowl center like Pouncey manage to hike the ball five feet over his 6ft 4 inch quarterback? And on the goal line no less. Ummm..Vegas odd makers took a beating last night.
 
blastula said:
That is the worst beatdown for a quarter at least I'm sure I have ever seen. If I had known my wish would come true, I wouldn't have wasted it on the Browns.

Good to see Jackson finally win a playoff game and come from 10 points down. I can see he's learned a lot from Brady -- don't shake hands after the game.

Also, I want my pony dammit.

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/CoachGioo/status/1348484741759197184[/TWEET]
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Not as bad, but I recall the Ravens got up 21-0 against the Patriots, in New England, a number of years ago in the playoffs.

*google*

It was 2009, they were up 24-0 at the end of the first quarter. If you ignore that, the Patriots won 14-9 with the remaining points to be scored. So technically, the Patriots won 3/4's of the game. Heck, the Ravens only threw for 34 yards in that cold game.
 
OLDMAN said:
Wow, Steelers shit the bed. How does a five time pro-bowl center like Pouncey manage to hike the ball five feet over his 6ft 4 inch quarterback? And on the goal line no less. Ummm..Vegas odd makers took a beating last night.
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They were on the 22 yard line, not the goal line. He really launched it.

Vegas doesn’t care who wins, as long as the wagers are relatively equal.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Not as bad, but I recall the Ravens got up 21-0 ngland, a number of years ago in the playoffs.
against the Patriots, in New E
*google*

It was 2009, they were up 24-0 at the end of the first quarter. If you ignore that, the Patriots won 14-9 with the remaining points to be scored. So technically, the Patriots won 3/4's of the game. Heck, the Ravens only threw for 34 yards in that cold game.
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I wouldn't doubt there's been worse drubbings, just mean what I remember watching myself. I also didn't see Ravens beat the Rams 45-6 last year. I figured it would be over by halftime, and couldn't bear to watch, still haven't watched any of it.

Unrelated, I have some good news for you, Jimmy. Belichick has finally joined the Antifa Deep State. Hoping he starts a trend.

Bill Belichick spurns Presidential Medal of Freedom offer from Trump - CNNPolitics
 
blastula said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
Not as bad, but I recall the Ravens got up 21-0 ngland, a number of years ago in the playoffs.
against the Patriots, in New E
*google*

It was 2009, they were up 24-0 at the end of the first quarter. If you ignore that, the Patriots won 14-9 with the remaining points to be scored. So technically, the Patriots won 3/4's of the game. Heck, the Ravens only threw for 34 yards in that cold game.
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I wouldn't doubt there's been worse drubbings, just mean what I remember watching myself. I also didn't see Ravens beat the Rams 45-6 last year. I figured it would be over by halftime, and couldn't bear to watch, still haven't watched any of it.

Unrelated, I have some good news for you, Jimmy. Belichick has finally joined the Antifa Deep State. Hoping he starts a trend.

Bill Belichick spurns Presidential Medal of Freedom offer from Trump - CNNPolitics
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Yeah, I did get to see the Ravens manhandle the Patriots on the running game. So unfair. :(

But yeah, I was impressed that the Son of Satan himself refused the award from Trump. In Bill I trust. :)
 
Outlook not good for Rams. Donald is hurting, only had one light practice day. Hard to push the OL without using your rib muscles. Will affect the whole D as he takes special attention. Their best wr Kupp may not even play. Goff has a screwed together thumb, and he has a horrid record in cold weather to boot. It would take a near perfect effort for a healthy Rams team to beat GB anyway. Best chance is some turnovers, but Rodgers doesn't turn it over. Yet, last time they played GB in playoffs they got 8 takeaways, so there is precedent. :)

Going with the underdog Bal later, the running game will be too much for Buf.

Cle will not outscore KC.

NO over TB, despite every announcer's favorite old wives tale that it's hard to beat a team a third time. Would love to see NO lose though, hopefully on a blown pi call.
 
I can't blame Goff for the Rams loss, no turnovers, and he played legitimately good, except maybe in the 4th taking some sacks instead of finding someone. I blame Donald's untimely injury, he hardly played, but mostly blame Roders's freakish ability to make accurate throws while under pressure.

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1350577309074350080?s=20[/TWEET]

This is a nice hook and ladder for a 2 pt converson by the Rams but also their last sniff at the game at the end of third to pull within 7,

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1350590553319120898?s=20[/TWEET]

Was feeling okay until 9 game minutes later when GB scored again. Next year will have an uncertain qb sitch, and we just lost our DC to LAC of all teams, damn traitors. Oh well.

Thought the Ravens should have kept to the run more, but that pick 6 killer was a bad choice by Jackson. Huntley played well, like Jackson's twin. He made a good throw to Andrews in the end zone who just missed it.

Chad Henie played well too, but what a ballsy call by Reid though on 4th down. Not sure if it was right. They did show that they successfully made that same play on a 4th down against Miami.

If TB can pick off as many against Rodgers as they did on Brees, who's also int-stingy, they will win. Otherwise, no.

With Mahomes questionable, Bills have a great opportunity to finally exorcise all their SB demons.
 
I saw it coming, but thought you'd try to hard bark a first down, and with 2 to 5 seconds left, act to turn as if to start calling a time out, and hike the ball.

Buffalo v Kansas City should be interesting with Mahomes as major question mark both with a concussion and a bad ankle. Browns have a good defense... Bills have a better one.
 
Homage paid by Brady to Green Bay great Favre was definitely bringing tears to fans' eyes while watching Brady recklessly tossing the ball up in the air with a sack incoming and being an interception.

Chiefs handled Bills easily. Tampa overcomes second half collapse and one of the worst coach calls in the history of football with the very late and useless, unless they score a touchdown in the final 15 seconds, field goal.

The holding penalty was a dive, but the guy clearly grabbed the jersey and the ref had to be thinking, I can't be the one to end the game... but he blatantly grabbed the jersey... but they should settle it on the field... but the player sailed off into the air because the defender grabbed so much of the jersey that it caught the wind like a sail!

Brady in the Super Bowl again led to nation wide suicide alert.
 
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