The NFL 2012 Thread!

Woolen_Horde · 2013-01-12T17:19:21.000Z

The officiating in this game is fucking whack

bakka_bakka_bakka · 2013-01-12T17:48:35.000Z

Manning v. Brady has been hyped since week 17, this is the best outcome.

ineffablebob · 2013-01-12T17:53:40.000Z

Well I gotta say, I didn’t see this one coming. The Broncos lost that game more than the Ravens won it: three turnovers, a missed field goal, and at least three blown deep coverages in the secondary that I saw (two resulted in touchdowns). Two special teams touchdowns and they still couldn’t pull it out. Gonna be some soul-searching in Denver after that stinker.

gameoverman · 2013-01-12T17:53:55.000Z

That game will be legendary. Right there with SD/Miami.

Tebow- 1 playoff victory for Denver. Manning- 0.

Mr_Bismarck · 2013-01-12T18:03:25.000Z

That was a ridiculous game of football.

bakka_bakka_bakka · 2013-01-12T18:06:43.000Z

ineffablebob:

Well I gotta say, I didn’t see this one coming. The Broncos lost that game more than the Ravens won it: three turnovers, a missed field goal, and at least three blown deep coverages in the secondary that I saw (two resulted in touchdowns). Two special teams touchdowns and they still couldn’t pull it out. Gonna be some soul-searching in Denver after that stinker.

On the other hand, the Ravens won the game because they forced 3 turnovers and exploited awful safety play. Neither team played a great game and the Broncos couldn’t overcome playoff Manning and awful game management.

BennyProfane · 2013-01-12T18:08:23.000Z

The reffing was dreadful in that game, just dreadful, and almost all the bad calls went Baltimore’s way, especially two in a row during the overtime.

That being said, if I was John Elway, I would have called down to the sideline and fired that safety on the spot. He lost the game for them.

robsam · 2013-01-12T18:12:20.000Z

Somewhere in a clubhouse in Asia, Steve Spurrier is chuckling.

mdowdle · 2013-01-12T18:21:56.000Z

There was blame all around for Denver in that game. The play calling was questionable. Manning’s audibles never seemed to work, and that last interception was all on him. Don’t know what the defense was doing, or whether it was play calling or brain-freeze in the secondary.

gameoverman · 2013-01-12T18:55:19.000Z

I agree. No matter what else happens, you can’t give up a long bomb in the last minute. Then in overtime Manning tosses an interception, c’mon! This is supposed to be comeback player of the year Peyton Manning. He’s the guy who is past this kind of thing isn’t he?

robsam · 2013-01-12T19:04:39.000Z

gameoverman:

I agree. No matter what else happens, you can’t give up a long bomb in the last minute. Then in overtime Manning tosses an interception, c’mon! This is supposed to be comeback player of the year Peyton Manning. He’s the guy who is past this kind of thing isn’t he?

Tennessee vs Florida. It’s his personal Viet Nam, he can’t get over it.

Jason_Levine · 2013-01-12T19:05:37.000Z

BennyProfane:

That being said, if I was John Elway, I would have called down to the sideline and fired that safety on the spot. He lost the game for them.

I’m from Cleveland and seeing Elway up there I somehow got the feeling that The Drive and The Fumble had finally come around to Denver. OK, that’s stupid, but still…

Zuwadza · 2013-01-12T19:37:23.000Z

What the hell was up with the Broncos in that game? Everything seemed totally half-assed, except maybe special teams.

mdowdle · 2013-01-12T19:39:17.000Z

Wow, if you’re missing your RG3 fix this weekend, just watch yourself some Colin Kaepernick.

robsam · 2013-01-12T19:45:49.000Z

Not missing RG3 at all, thank you very much.

TimJames · 2013-01-12T19:46:08.000Z

This is going to turn into the nightmare scenario from last year: weeks of looking at the annoying faces of the Harbaugh brothers.

P.S. Learn to defend zone read

Zuwadza · 2013-01-12T19:55:25.000Z

Kaepernick is a lot better than Smith.

bakka_bakka_bakka · 2013-01-12T20:05:38.000Z

RG3 needs to watch how Kaepernick gets out of bounds. Kaep is ballin’ out of control right now.

Thongsy · 2013-01-12T20:18:39.000Z

Damn I expected the Niners to win, but definitely not by this margin. And Boobie Dixon!

SlainteMhath · 2013-01-12T21:00:13.000Z

Wow, just wow. Manning and Rodgers, out of the playoffs on the same day. All credit to the 49ers for playing a great game, and to Baltimore who played with incredible heart in a game where even the weather and the atmosphere seemed to be against them.

I honestly don’t care who wins the Super Bowl this season (though the Ravens would be cool just for Lewis), this is just some awesome playoff football and I’m enjoying it a lot.