American Football

[Tom_CUFC]

Fuck off Rodgers, just fuck off.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

What the shit was that, Rainey.

 

[Renegade]

Don't really think the Packers have a chance next week if they are missing Nelson (and now Montgomery). Cowboys should run right through them and they'll need all of their play makers to keep up. Revenge for the Dez catch game methinks.

The Giants were the antidote to the Cowboys run game, but they've thrown this one away. Two dropped touchdowns, failing to cover the Packers' second best receiver on a hail mary and punt returner losing his head. Of course, it will all be Bieber's fault to the New York media tomorrow.

...and that's all she wrote.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

In my expert opinion, the Giants have done a poo in their hand and ate it.

 

[Camborne Gills]

In my expert opinion, the Giants have done a poo in their hand and ate it.

Which is what the 'Fins did earlier, ie Sod all on the ground, running in to your RB and fumbling. going 14 zip down after about 7 minutes etc etc.

Apart from that Moore had a half decent game at QB (only 4 incompletions I think).

Way too cold for the Dolphins as well, 18 degrees with a wind chill of 5 (-8 to -15 in other words)

 

[Ciderhead]

That was beautiful. 40 odd points against that Giants defence (minus Jordy Nelson too) that's a statement. Ran riot after that 1st quarter.

Just hope his injury isn't too serious, but it didn't look good

 

[Renegade]

Worst weekend of playoff football since I started watching (2011). Really looking forward to next weekend though, three stellar match ups and the schedule makers have done UK viewers a solid by putting the dud on for late Saturday game. Yay!

"The 4 Wild Card games had a total margin of victory of 76 points. That 19.0 average makes it the most lopsided Wild Card weekend since 1981."

 

[Ciderhead]

Don't really think the Packers have a chance next week if they are missing Nelson (and now Montgomery). Cowboys should run right through them and they'll need all of their play makers to keep up. Revenge for the Dez catch game methinks.

Be a much tougher test for our defense but even Nelson aside I reckon they'll be just as scared of us as we are of them right now.

Be a great game to watch, that's for sure.

 

[Anon]

Would rather face Dallas than the Falcons, and while no one will give us a chance, we'll try to invoke the spirit of 2010. Write us off at your peril!

Tense first half, the Giants drops should have put us behind early, and the revenge just-before-half-time hail mary for when Eli last played us in a playoff game was a story in itself.

Weathered the storm, found some connections, and for all the talk of the usual suspects and how we were back to the 2015 set of WRs, Cobb Adams and Cook stepped up massively against the seasons best secondary, so shoudlldnt be overlooked.

Will wait on Martinez and Nelson, hope Rollins is back, but we've got a real shot next week vs the Prescott/Elliott jizzfest.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Don't think there will be much writing off. I would make the good guys faves by 2 or 3 points, ie just the standard home field bump. On today's evidence it is well within the compass of Rodgers and co to toast the Dallas D to the tune of 350+ yards or summat.

 

[Anon]

Crackin' game nonetheless. Surely a lot of points, just got to hope our passing game can keep pace with the Elliott gashing.

 

[kieran_vale]

Line for the Pats game has opened with us being a 16 point favourite against the Texans. That is ridiculous for a divisional round playoff game. I am pretty confident we will win especially at home but it'll be closer than that I expect. Certainly gives the Texans license to play the disrespect card anyway.

The most intriguing game to me is the Falcons and Seahawks. Not wavering from my pre-season prediction of Pats and Seahawks in a rematch in the Super Bowl but with no Earl Thomas back there now that D can be exploited and there is no better team than the Falcons to do it.

 

[Camborne Gills]

I don't care who wins the SB, as long as it is NOT the Patriots.

 

[.V.]

Pats Cowboys Super Bowl would be a nightmare.

 

[Renegade]

I thought that the Giants defence was rattled after the Hail Mary and then again after the Rainey punt return which led to two easy touchdowns. I didn't put the Packers' wide receiver performances in the second half last night solely down to Rodgers' brilliance and their receivers turning a corner, the Giants defence looked like they had given up by the 4th.

If the Packers have Nelson I rank the Cowboys as slight favourites, without I think they'll win relatively comfortably. He's a phenomenal player - if you lose him mid-game you might get away with it because the defence didn't prepare for the Packers minus Nelson. A full week of preparation to defend Adams and Cobb? Big advantage to the Cowboys.

As for the Superbowl:

Steelers/Chiefs vs Cowboys/Falcons/Packers

I would be really happy with any of the above combinations. Just please not the Seahawks or the Patriots.

 

[Bobbin']

Line for the Pats game has opened with us being a 16 point favourite against the Texans. That is ridiculous for a divisional round playoff game. I am pretty confident we will win especially at home but it'll be closer than that I expect. Certainly gives the Texans license to play the disrespect card anyway.

The most intriguing game to me is the Falcons and Seahawks. Not wavering from my pre-season prediction of Pats and Seahawks in a rematch in the Super Bowl but with no Earl Thomas back there now that D can be exploited and there is no better team than the Falcons to do it.

I think 16 points is about accurate especially after Brock's master show at Foxboro earlier in the season.

 

[kieran_vale]

I think 16 points is about accurate especially after Brock's master show at Foxboro earlier in the season.

Don't think that game has any bearing on this one to be honest. For a start I don't see TFB breaking off any big TD runs like Brissett did that night. I think the Texans D has really developed this year, love watching Mercilus play especially and it will be close for about 3 quarters before the Pats up their level a bit and win by say 10 points.

Problem for the Texans outside of Osweiler is they can't run between the tackles and BB will gameplan on that basis. If you do win though I will happily join the Texans bandwagon for the rest of the year especially if you come up against the Steelers.

 

[Bobbin']

Don't think that game has any bearing on this one to be honest. For a start I don't see TFB breaking off any big TD runs like Brissett did that night. I think the Texans D has really developed this year, love watching Mercilus play especially and it will be close for about 3 quarters before the Pats up their level a bit and win by say 10 points.

Problem for the Texans outside of Osweiler is they can't run between the tackles and BB will gameplan on that basis. If you do win though I will happily join the Texans bandwagon for the rest of the year especially if you come up against the Steelers.

Yeah, I don't think it will be the blow-out it was in week three but still think it will be comfortable for the Pats.

If we somehow win this, I genuinely believe we'll be destined to win the SB at home but realistically, as long as we make the Pats work hard for their win I'll be pretty happy.

 

[Anon]

Doug Marrone the new Jags HC, Coughlin returning in some sort of in-effect advisory role.

Thought Marrone did a solid job with the Bills last time, before quitting for the payoff upon the new owner coming in. Did much better that Ryan anyway, with a worse QB, worse RB and arguably worse/less seasoned WR options too.

Bill Musgrave, Raiders OC, not having his contract renewed. Intriguing.

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

Chargers off to LA then, sounds like.

Is this really gonna work, fanbase-wise, parachuting a second team in there? Colour me sceptical.

So long as the owners get paid and the TV numbers look good, I guess...

 

[kieran_vale]

I'm inclined to agree with your scepticism here Carel.

Read somewhere the TV ratings for the Rams have not been a roaring success and we've all seen the empty seats in the stadium. Admittedly that may be due to being exposed to nearly a season of Fisher-ball. Just my humble opinion but I would have thought LA should show they want one NFL franchise there before they have two. At least with the Rams history they have the advantage of being the legacy team in that city.

Note the Chargers are going to play in a 30000 capacity stadium until the new one is built as well.

 

[.V.]

I don't think LA will embrace the Chargers now the Rams are there and there's still a lot of Raiders fans in LA too. Spanos has burnt his bridges in SD though, and the fans just want it over and done with now, from what I can tell.

I hope they go for a full rebrand, so I can leave my San Diego Chargers behind, and support someone else.

 

[Anon]

Just seems like a mess. Unlike the modern NFL to make/approve a move this risky too - we see how careful theyve been in exposing London to more games, and yet here they are dipping another team into a lucrative but evidently transitory and risky market when the 1st team going there is already against the wall in terms of ticket sales and wavering interest. Teams moving cities is always a big knock/laughing point for non-US potential as well.

I'm surprised that Kroenke wasnt able to use his weight (money) to stop the move too, unless it was a condition he had to agree to when the owners allowed his move to LA.

Really disliked the Rams move at the time and i dislike the Chargers move even more. These owners all plead the begging bowl for new stadiums, yet St Louis state council approved some sort of finance for the Rams by the end, and the Chargers want to leave their home. Why isnt there the public outcry in american sports that these rich owners and teams pay for their own f'in stadium? Utterly bizarre.

Raiders stepping closer to Vegas too, another unproven, transitory market and one that's a heck of a lot smaller. Pfft, i thought the NFL had left this sort of nonsense behind.

 

[Renegade]

Just seems like a mess. Unlike the modern NFL to make/approve a move this risky too - we see how careful theyve been in exposing London to more games, and yet here they are dipping another team into a lucrative but evidently transitory and risky market when the 1st team going there is already against the wall in terms of ticket sales and wavering interest. Teams moving cities is always a big knock/laughing point for non-US potential as well.

I'm surprised that Kroenke wasnt able to use his weight (money) to stop the move too, unless it was a condition he had to agree to when the owners allowed his move to LA.

Really disliked the Rams move at the time and i dislike the Chargers move even more. These owners all plead the begging bowl for new stadiums, yet St Louis state council approved some sort of finance for the Rams by the end, and the Chargers want to leave their home. Why isnt there the public outcry in american sports that these rich owners and teams pay for their own f'in stadium? Utterly bizarre.

Raiders stepping closer to Vegas too, another unproven, transitory market and one that's a heck of a lot smaller. Pfft, i thought the NFL had left this sort of nonsense behind.

Think this clip was linked at the time of the Rams move too:

Agree with everything that's been said. Not only is it a risky move for the Chargers, but they will probably siphon potential support from the Rams and hurt both franchises. What is the status of Phil Rivers in this move? There were a lot of rumours of him trying to force a trade if the Chargers left San Diego during the Mariota draft - a couple of years on, with his career nearing the end and coming off a pretty terrible second half of the season, what is his mindset?

 

[.V.]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.la...laschke-20170111-story,amp.html?client=safari

 

[epic73]

Chargers off to LA then, sounds like.

Is this really gonna work, fanbase-wise, parachuting a second team in there? Colour me sceptical.

So long as the owners get paid and the TV numbers look good, I guess...

Blehhhhhh. Why move a team from a major city into another city with a team already in it?

 

[.V.]

https://twitter.com/ericstangel/status/819568768976355328

 

[.V.]

They've already changed their Twitter handle to LA Chargers!

 

[Martino Knockavelli]

TRASH LOGO

 

[kieran_vale]

Looks like a cheap ripoff of the Dodgers logo.

Always quite liked them previously but I really want Phil to either demand a trade or retire now and it to blow up in their faces.