February 22, 2012

Open Thread: NFL Playoffs Divisional Round

January 14, 2012 By 24 Comments

 

So who are we rooting for… or against?

Our first game today is the New Orleans Saints at San Francisco 49ers. This is one of the more intriguing games of the weekend, a classic Offensive Team vs Defensive Team match-up. Drew Brees and the Saints have been pretty ridiculous lately but they haven’t had to face a defensive unit like the 49ers (and vice versa, the Niners haven’t faced an offense like this). I think I’m rooting for the Niners (they haven’t been relevant for a while) but I really don’t know. Sometimes I don’t pick a team until I see which team the announcers are pimping (and then go the other way, naturally).

Saturday night’s game is the Big One. Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos vs Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Again, I don’t have a team in this matchup. Thanks to my personal SportsCenter boycott (it started LeBron’s last season.. “Future Knick LeBron James and the Cavaliers in New York tonight…”), I don’t have as much Tebow-fatigue as others seem to. I don’t mind Tebow’s outspoken beliefs (I’m all for athletes, or anyone really, speaking their mind) but I’m more apathetic than moved by his play (but hey, thanks for beating Pittsburgh, that was fun). I fully expect Bill Belichick and the Patriots to win.

This is an open thread.

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A few thoughts on Sunday’s Jets – Steelers game…

January 22, 2011 By 27 Comments

The first of those being the fact that if Pittsburgh loses, Braylon wins.  This might be a tough spot for some Browns fans to root from - assuming you’re looking for a rooting interest in Sunday’s AFC title game - but not for me. 

I don’t want Pittsburgh to go to the Superbowl.  I don’t want to hear what a great guy Big Ben has matured into becoming for the next month leading into that game down in Dallas because of the fact he helped his team string together enough wins to get after his suspension, and I don’t want to hear or see the bursting from the seams joy from Stiller Nation.

I don’t really care about Braylon either.  I’m not a fan of his, but in truth he has rendered himself irrelevant to me.  I could care less.  He’s not the best receiver on his team, and I really can’t see a scenario in which the Jets advance because of Braylon Edwards.  I suppose I hope he gets shut out by Pittsburgh’s secondary, drops six balls, catches none, and the Jets advance despite of him. [Read more...]

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