tonychen
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The Giants have great talent....its just that they play when they want to...
And when they want to they just win Superbowls...
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Should bring this up once any of them win a Superbowl. But at least better than the past few yrs.
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I would rather put my money on Harbaugh or the Packers before the Giants, cause they often start out hot, and then they do their usual medicore streak and prove to the world that they are not that good. Start out something like 5-0, watch them finish 9-7 or 8-8.
if for this sports the most important thing is the SB then none of these teams have done it better than the Giants.
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its ok , Harper isnt on team even if wife stabs his quad and he cant get around big ben & no vanderjerk though prater missed another 45 yarder yesterday & hes was franchised, fas been iffy some games
Prater and vanderjerk are both strugling kickers who are awfully accurate at mile high stadium ~~~
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Eerie that you mention that because the Steelers are knocking on the door as a #6 seed and an AFC South team could be #1 seed (Texans) and you could have the road warriors Steelers going to Denver for the AFCCG like in 2005??? DEJA VU, it would be!!!
But that is still a while away. Since you mentioned 2005, I thought I'd bring it up. At least let me be the first one to predict that wacky DEJA VU scenario
Dont forget the 05 Colts also handled the Steelers pretty well in the regular season, just like Broncos did in this season's opener...
Broncos should root for Colts and Bengals to block the Steelers outside the playoff!
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I guess Caldwell and Polians are regretting for not pulling Freeney out of the AFCCG in 09.
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The next week in Buffalo, throwing to Clark & Wayne just to get 100 catches added insult to the situation. If the game is so unimportant why are #'s like that. It reeked of hypocrisy.
These are personal stats that also have impact on their compensations. Teams generally should give them as far as there is no major risk.
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Peyton being Peyton. He did this once before-
From Elias: The Broncos extended their winning streak to nine games with a 34-17 victory at Baltimore. All nine of Denver's wins have been by a margin of at least seven points. Over the last 10 years, only one other team posted at least nine straight wins by seven or more points in the same season. The common element between Denver and that team is the quarterback. Peyton Manning and the Colts won each of their first 13 games by at least seven points in 2005.
Exactly, but hope they don't make the same mistake as the 05 Colts folding completely in the playoff.
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The thing with the playoffs is each game writes its own story. One can argue for/against sitting/resting players, and each side can have valid points. There have been examples of the Colts winning after resting and winning after playing. So in the end, and i hate the cliche, but on any given sunday you never know how the story is to be told until the clock ticks zero.
If they had their seeding locked, up, I would vote to play game 17 whether they were 2 or 3.. or 1 for that matter. Too much time off can be a negative thing, just like I think it would be a mistake for the Colts to have wholesale substitutions if the seeding is locked up entering week 17. Some teams need every down they can have available to them to work. I think the Colts & Broncos both fit that bill this year.
Totally agree. My thought is as far as the teams are mostly healthy they should keep playing on a weekly basis and try not to interupt the good rythm, especially when they have young players that are still confused when the QB audibles.
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The Giants AND Jets are the New York Cockroaches. They just don't die, some how they are still alive every year. The Giants squeezed in 9-7 by the grace of God, they also were close to not reaching it back in 2007. The Jets some how survived the apocalypse in 2009, and some how they are still alive today.
The Giants Cockroach beat the red hot Pats twice in SB, I would take this "overrated" team any day over any other NFL teams. Actually another successful franchise is almost the same: Steelers have some bad years as well.
Sometimes it is a healthy stretch to have a bad year here or there. Players should know how to deal with failures or they will stress out. Not to mention a better draft position to get some talents.
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And I don't think they'll forget. That's the beauty of this team. They somehow seem to have a different mentality. They are all so about business and I couldn't be happier.
I cannot believe the Niners pulled it off last night. I would really like a rematch against NE and/or Houston. They did not seen this team earlier. And it's huge if we don't have to go to Foxboro.
It is for sure an advantage to play Brady in Denver, while it might not be a bad idea to go to Houston's indoor stadium in winter, where Manning has registered many wins.
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It is hard to say because the whole set up is new though.
John Fox did make a SB and the playoffs less than a handful of times with Jake Delhomme as QB, so it is hard to extrapolate. Different QB, different coaches around him.
Here is his playoff record (6-4):
- Went to SB in 2003 as a wild card, lost to Belichick (3-1)
- Went to NFCCG in 2005 as a wild card, lost to Holmgren and Seahawks (2-1)
- Lost in divisional round with a bye week in 2008 to Cardinals and Kurt Warner at home (0-1)
- Went to divisional round as a wild card with Tebow in 2011, lost to Belichick and the Pats (1-1)
So, he knows how to win on the road. He won 2 road games to get to the SB in 2003 and 2 road games in 2005 but he has had the bye week only once and lost to a hot Cardinals team with Warner and Fitzgerald.
Kinda remember that game and their team did look very flat and unprepared. Never was a game from the beginning to the end.
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A lot of times the biggest part of the problem with a bye week was using either weeks 16 & 17 and sometimes both as partial bye weeks.
I can see the benefits to some players, but I think in Manning's case he's wanting as many opportunities as he can get to play with his new 88&87. The more time they have together the better off they will be.
I don't think they will try to avoid the bye week, because they do have some players that are banged up a little bit, so I can see it doing some good, but I do believe it is good that they will have to continue to fight for the #2 seed.
Good thing they need to keep playing for the 2nd seed but that kind of pressure is different from the pressure of elimination against a quality opponent. They just haven't had any quality opponent for a long time and their passing game and redzone offense look kinda rusty.
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He has an uncanny ability to avoid the rush and keep plays alive. He's proven to be strong and durable. He's made some incredible throws, while under intense pressure. He's a winner and has led our team to an incedible 9-5 record behind our terrible O-line. I look forward to the playoffs, mainly due to Luck's play.
Cannot wait to see how Colts address the OL problems in the off season. The OL has been declining constantly since 2006. If they don't solve the problem I don't see Luck can last for a couple of years.
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I disagree.
Teams like the Eagles under Andy Reid and Patriots under Belichick always came out firing in the divisional round. Very rarely did they lose in the divisional round when they had a bye week.
The reason it happened with the Colts has enough to do with coaching and matchups.
2005 - the month long layoff, self explanatory since it took them 3 quarters just to start any kind of rhythm and they were down 0-14 before you knew it
2007 - we started well but did not finish well because we could not stop Michael Turner and Billy Volek, and could not run in the red zone. We had lost Freeney for the season, we could get by the weaker teams but not the good ones that had some passing game in their arsenal.
2009 - Caldwell had the first practice in pads that I heard of for the Colts during the bye week, and it paid off for these guys
When 9 out of 11 AFC teams that made the SB in the last 11 years had a top 2 seeding, you have to pursue the bye week. One less game to get to the SB. Besides, guys like Champ and Peyton are up there in age, it would actually help them more, IMO, if the coaches get their preparation right.
Good coaching should really help the young plays keep focused. I just don't know how good John Fox is. Any idea?
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Heck yeah, no doubt. Lloyd has some size but he isn't a physical guy.
They miss Gronk as much in the run game as they do in the passing game. He's a devastating blocker for a tight end.
With a healthy Gronk u guys could have won the last SB. Your coach really needs to learn from his mistakes of playing key players in meaningless games or situations. This year it made no sense to run up the score against the Colts and break Gronks arm. The 2009 team was doomed in the playoff by the Ravens since Welker teared ACL in a meaningless game at Texans. Not smart football. May be due to his arrogance.
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Lets state some Positive things about our young Qb.
Here's to start.
Playing behind this O-line he is still alive and not Injured thank GOD...And he didnt throw any INT's this past game..
Ok everybody GO!!!
This is why we can expect more from him in the future and why he is called a franchise QB.
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2007 Colts held the 2nd seed in AFC and lost to the Chargers in the divisional round.
2005 Colts had the top seed and run flat in the game against Steelers.
2009 Colts gave up a perfect season but went to the Superbowl as the top seed and benefited from resting the injured starters.
My thought is a bye week is only useful for a veteran team knowing how to take advantage of the one week off. For a red-hot team it could become a disruption to the winning rythm can backfire. Also when the team is older they would generally have more key veteran players needing the bye week for healing and resting. This year's Broncos team is a young and healthy team. What they need are more reps and big-game experience. If they play Colts or Bengals in the 1st round they could use it to tune into the playoff mode and learn how to deal with pressure. They just haven't played any game with pressure in over 2 months, which could be a bad thing. Plus the weather in Denver may not make their homefield an advantage when it comes to passing.
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Colts are going to the * after the beatdown on the chiefs next week. Better be a complete game, cause right now we are not looking like a PO caliber team. I am excited for them that they made it, I just don't want to see an embarrassment in the first round.
Maybe we are not playoff caliber indeed but at least we have beaten most of the mediocre opponents so far. Just cannot stop thinking had we won the 1st meeting with the Jags we'd be relaxed now.
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No harm in losing to a 9-5 team on the road.
It is not who you play, it is when you play them. Packers are in better rhythm offensively now and are protecting Rodgers a bit better as well. Biggest difference from before, IMO.
Same with Broncos - if they played the Texans or Falcons later in the year, chances are, the game outcome could have been different.
But for any top-4 teams if they can select a wildcard team to play they will select Colts without thinking. Colts beat only one team with winning record, which was the Packers. Colts got blown out by Patriots and got manhandled by the Bears and Texans. We are certainly the worse playoff team this year.
On the other hand, if Colts could choose to play any of the top4 teams (both conferences), I believe we have the best chance to beat the Packers. Colts most significant weaknesses are the inside of OL and DL. Quality opponents can over-power us at these positions and win easily. Ironically Packers have the same problems and Colts could match up just fine against them.
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I also apparently watched a completely different game last night, as I did not see the 49ers playing any recognizable form of the "prevent." They went from playing man to a softer zone, but that's not the same thing, and that's pretty much what any team would do with a four-TD lead (avoid giving up the big play, and allow your opponent to move the ball but make them do it slowly, in multi-play drives).
Agree with you on the man-coverage part. Without Gronk it is going to be very effective against pats offense as you guys just dont have a physicial WR that can beat his coverage.
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Greebay lost to Colts. Real Superbowl contenders don't lose to teams like this Colts team.
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While Lloyd may not be a Fitz per say, he's pretty darn good and makes plenty of circus catches.
Throw in the combination of two crazy good TE's plus Welker and the sky is the limit for that offense. That's not even counting the (usually) outstanding pass protection and good run game.
The pass protection didn't hold up for the first half last night. When San Fran began rushing 3 and giving Brady all day to throw per the norm in the third I about wanted to rip my hair out. San Fran started getting to Brady again in the end, though. Thank god.
Most teams can't (or don't gameplan to) beat NE's line. They try to sit back and cover all of those weapons like a bunch of fools and get torched all game long. I understand you can't blitz on every down as screens and whatnot can kill you with someone like Welker. Still, why more teams don't go for the head of the serpent so to speak is beyond me.
Beat that line, get to Brady, you beat the Patriots. Period. (Assuming one's own offense/QB is not a complete Sanchez)
Agreed 100% their OL is perhaps the best of the NFL and has been the best for a decade. San Fran pretty much gave Pats the chance to come back by playing conservatively in the 2nd half and not press Brady as much. Brady can be hurried and he looks like a deer in the headlight when facing elite pass rush. Good defense all know they need to play blitz against Brady and rush 3 or 4 and play coverage against Manning.
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Looked at the record, seems we will have exactly the same record as the Steelers if we lose out and they win out. But we won Browns and they could split 1-1 against Browns, does it win us the tie break?
No one is talking about Brady for MVP
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I will vote for AP since MVP mean most valuable. With AP their team is competing for the playoff. Without him it should compete for the #1 overall pick. Broncos and Pats should all make the playoff even without Manning and Brady. At least they can give a co-MVP.
Manning really doesnt need an addional MVP. He needs Superbowl rings.