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Make your picks!

  • Bengals

    Votes: 7 31.8%

  • Titans

    Votes: 12 54.5%

  • 49ers

    Votes: 8 36.4%

  • Packers

    Votes: 11 50.0%

  • Rams

    Votes: 9 40.9%

  • Bucs

    Votes: 9 40.9%

  • Bills

    Votes: 12 54.5%

  • Chiefs

    Votes: 8 36.4%
  • Total voters
    22
  • Poll closed .
Torn Mind

Torn Mind

Lifer
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BUTCH1 said:
At the time the Niner's had a SB appearance with Jimmy G and although he was not as experienced or as good as Brady they felt Brady was not a huge upgrade plus he could conceivably just play one season then retire whereas Jimmy G is still 15 years younger.
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All correct, but from the perspective of the individual of Tom Brady, it probably triggered the old "getting slighted again" reflex. His interaction with the 49ers caused me last night to recall and vaguely draw a very loose parallel to Gatsby trying to get Daisy's attention in The Great Gatsby.

He takes things personal. To us the fans, Giovanni Carmazzi is a nobody that literally causes no reaction. But to Tom Brady, he's one of the many on his "Ayra Stark" list to outperform and outdo. And that's just the one he let out on a podcast. Who else draws his ire, we may never know.

The Bucs probably could have easily just won the game against the Pats this year by running Fournette against the Pats all night, but Brady tried to win it with his arm. Almost backfired, but he did get the win.

While society rewards a façade of professionalism and diplomacy, competitive sports like football are basically war games that reward those with the drive to conquer and crush the opponent.

And for the grudge holding, Leopold Mozart sure knew how to hold one and wanted his boy to be his tool of vengeance against all those who slighted him. He also had a habit of thinking people were antagonizing him.
 
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BUTCH1

Lifer
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Torn Mind said:
All correct, but from the perspective of the individual of Tom Brady, it probably triggered the old "getting slighted again" reflex. His interaction with the 49ers caused me last night to recall and vaguely draw a very loose parallel to Gatsby trying to get Daisy's attention in The Great Gatsby.

He takes things personal. To us the fans, Giovanni Carmazzi is a nobody that literally causes no reaction. But to Tom Brady, he's one of the many on his "Ayra Stark" list to outperform and outdo. And that's just the one he let out on a podcast. Who else draws his ire, we may never know.

The Bucs probably could have easily just won the game against the Pats this year by running Fournette against the Pats all night, but Brady tried to win it with his arm. Almost backfired, but he did get the win.

While society rewards a façade of professionalism and diplomacy, competitive sports like football are basically war games that reward those with the drive to conquer and crush the opponent.

And for the grudge holding, Leopold Mozart sure knew how to hold one and wanted his boy to be his tool of vengeance against all those who slighted him. He also had a habit of thinking people were antagonizing him.
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LOL, very true of all hyper-competitive athletes, I read a story about Elway losing a game of pool at his house, he was so pissed he got rid of the table the next day!.
 
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JujuFish

JujuFish

Lifer
Feb 3, 2005
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Muse said:
All these guys were high on the Titan's chances, nobody saw them losing their only playoff game this season. But I was not surprised.
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I wasn't surprised either. I think the two best teams in the AFC haven't played yet. But I wasn't going to discount them like everyone else was.
 
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Saylick

Saylick

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Wow, Bucs are just crapping the bed here. Defense cannot put enough pressure on Stafford and all of the unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.
 
Saylick

Saylick

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LOL, Stafford already has 176 air yards and it's barely the 2nd Quarter.
 
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manly

Lifer
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Captante said:
(that was a joke) ;)


Point was you had a hunch you didn't "know" anything..... the Bengals beating TN was a fairly large upset and was (mainly) the result of inexplicable dumb play calls and piss-poor strategy BY the Titans.

The Bengals couldn't get out of their own way for a lot of the game except on D.
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This is false. The Titans were just 3.5 point home favorites, which is not a large upset at all.
I never predicted the Bengals would win, but I knew some computer models had the Titans as the weakest #1 seed in league history. In short, they were paper tigers.

BUTCH1 said:
At the time the Niner's had a SB appearance with Jimmy G and although he was not as experienced or as good as Brady they felt Brady was not a huge upgrade plus he could conceivably just play one season then retire whereas Jimmy G is still 15 years younger.
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The interesting question is what happens to Jimmy G now? Obviously if they win a Super Bowl, he gets a contract extension.

But in any other year, beating both the Cowboys and Packers in the freaking playoffs would get him a new contract. Strangely, I'm not sure if that's enough. Or if just getting to, and losing, the Super Bowl is enough to keep him. Obviously it depends on how he plays in the NFC champ game, and not just the outcome.
 
Saylick

Saylick

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Lol, yet another unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Bucs... but this time on Brady?!
 
Captante

Captante

Lifer
Oct 20, 2003
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manly said:
This is false. The Titans were just 3.5 point home favorites, which is not a large upset at all.
I never predicted the Bengals would win, but I knew some computer models had the Titans as the weakest #1 seed in league history. In short, they were paper tigers.
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3.5 points in the playoffs over the #1 seed IS a fairly large upset.




Also: ;)

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JujuFish

JujuFish

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Captante said:
3.5 points in the playoffs over the #1 seed IS a fairly large upset.
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A 3.5-point spread in favor of the home team is practically a tossup from a gambling perspective, in terms of how the teams would compare on a neutral field.
 
Captante

Captante

Lifer
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JujuFish said:
A 3.5-point spread in favor of the home team is practically a tossup from a gambling perspective, in terms of how the teams would compare on a neutral field.
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Call it just an "upset" if it makes you feel better.... TN was still supposed to win otherwise the Bengals would have been favored.

I'm not emotionally invested in any of the remaining teams.
 
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BUTCH1

Lifer
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JujuFish said:
Cry more, Brady. Has there ever been a bigger whiner in the league?
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He had a valid point, Von Miller did contact the head BUT..if it's not called it's not called, keep your bitching to a few words to the Ref and move along, looked like he was screaming on and on till the Ref finally got tired of it and threw the flag, not too smart to do in a playoff game.
 
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Captante

Captante

Lifer
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BUTCH1 said:
He had a valid point, Von Miller did contact the head BUT..if it's not called it's not called, keep your bitching to a few words to the Ref and move along, looked like he was screaming on and on till the Ref finally got tired of it and threw the flag, not too smart to do in a playoff game.
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Brady isn't used to another NFL Veteran getting "the nod" on a call over him.... Miller did pop him in the chin right in front of the official but he also pulled off.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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hahahahahahahHhHhhh Covid Boy lost. Too bad.

Maybe The Bears should poach some personnel from SF or any other NFCW team that absolutely owns Rodgers.
 
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BUTCH1

Lifer
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Captante said:
Brady isn't used to another NFL Veteran getting "the nod" on a call over him.... Miller did pop him in the chin right in front of the official but he also pulled off.
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Shit happens, you don't always get the call even if it is legit, kinda childish to annoy the Ref to the point you get a 15yrd penalty and hurt your team. LA would be better off to limit the running against that D, to many big bodies inside for that to work.
 
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BUTCH1

Lifer
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27-3?, think we've got a DUD on our hands fellas!, time to go grab something to eat, guess I can tell the DVR to quit recording this crap game. Call out to JujuFish, GO BILL'S!!!
 
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