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circusslaughter

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Umm yeah manning basically said in a interview we lost because we couldn't hear or communicate.

Is this the poorest excuse ever for losing 43-8?
 
Linflas

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circusslaughter said:
Umm yeah manning basically said in a interview we lost because we couldn't hear or communicate.

Is this the poorest excuse ever for losing 43-8?
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No he said the first snap was muffed because of the noise but I suspect that fact doesn't square with your agenda.

Peyton Manning said after the 43-8 loss to the Seahawks that the noise inside MetLife Stadium led to the bungled snap that ended up in a safety for the Seahawks. It made history Sunday as the fastest scoring play in Super Bowl history for any team.
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Dari

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rudeguy said:
we don't need a thread just on this
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TBH, I was waiting on an indepth article on what happened to Denver. I mean, I'm sure I wasn't the only person that knew that Seattle fans were known for being loud. You'd think Denver would've been prepared for that. Also, when I was walking around the NLF-theme park on Broadway last weekend, the Seahawk fans were a lot more boisterous than Broncos fan. Common sense would say to prepare for that.
 
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Dari said:
TBH, I was waiting on an indepth article on what happened to Denver. I mean, I'm sure I wasn't the only person that knew that Seattle fans were known for being loud. You'd think Denver would've been prepared for that. Also, when I was walking around the NLF-theme park on Broadway last weekend, the Seahawk fans were a lot more boisterous than Broncos fan. Common sense would say to prepare for that.
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San Fran was using hand signals and physically moving their players to the right spot in the championship game because they couldn't hear, Denver should have followed that. I am a Seahawks fan so I'm glad they won but I was absolutely disappointed in Denver's performance because it made for a poor Superbowl.

Everyone should know how loud Seattle is and be prepared, otherwise you turn into a bunch of fumbling idiots. That's what I learned last night.
 
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circusslaughter said:
San Fran was using hand signals and physically moving their players to the right spot in the championship game because they couldn't hear, Denver should have followed that. I am a Seahawks fan so I'm glad they won but I was absolutely disappointed in Denver's performance because it made for a poor Superbowl.

Everyone should know how loud Seattle is and be prepared, otherwise you turn into a bunch of fumbling idiots. That's what I learned last night.
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Yeah, really disappointed in the preparedness of Denver.
 
RampantAndroid

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I don't think it was all noise; I think that this was just the first time the Denver offense hit a top 10 defense (I don't think they played a top 10 defense during the regular season?) and the Denver defense wasn't stellar either.

I predicted a close game; a friend's prediction was far closer to reality. He basically said it hinged on the first quarter; if the Seahawks could slow down Manning's fast passes (opening him to sacks) and limit the completions to small yardage early on, the game was over. Given it took the Broncos 20 minutes to get a first down, I think he was pretty much spot on. Though there HAS to be something said not only for the noise, but how much that safety would have hurt any amount of momentum the Broncos could foster.

In other words, I'm sure the Broncos prepared, but I'm also not sure they would have been a match for the Seahawks. Who knows if SEA vs NE would have been a "better" game, but the Broncos hinged everything on their offense.
 
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circusslaughter said:
Umm yeah manning basically said in a interview we lost because we couldn't hear or communicate.

Is this the poorest excuse ever for losing 43-8?
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If you made it to the high point in your career, whatever that is for you, and then failed miserably when it counted more then it ever had, and then 50 reporters jammed microphones in your face asking about what you did wrong, would you really give an honest answer?

He was probably so pissed off he couldn't think straight. And I don't blame him. I would have been irate too.
 
gorcorps

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There were plenty of hand signals which would have been noticed by anybody watching the game. Manning was pointing to the motion guy and redirecting him often. All credit goes to the speed and aggressiveness of that defense.
 
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herrjimbo said:
you really believe that? do you think he needed the money? what the hell is wrong with you?
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Hey just something I read. I doubt it is true though but then again why'd he suck sooooooooooooooooo bad when he was so good all season?!?

I've heard of off days but that was a joke of a game.
 
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circusslaughter said:
Hey just something I read. I doubt it is true though but then again why'd he suck sooooooooooooooooo bad when he was so good all season?!?

I've heard of off days but that was a joke of a game.
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the whole team sucked, not just manning. you can only do so much but if the team doesn't back you up, well.....

and it's entirely possible the broncos had an off day. happens.
 
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herrjimbo said:
the whole team sucked, not just manning. you can only do so much but if the team doesn't back you up, well.....

and it's entirely possible the broncos had an off day. happens.
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I have never seen so many grown men cry over a football game. It was just a shame to be a Broncos fan that day.
 
JulesMaximus

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http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2014/02/super_bowl_2014_seahawks_defense.html

Super Bowl 2014: How Seahawks defense discovered and exploited Peyton Manning's tell

It began the Monday morning after the NFC Championship. Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator, Dan Quinn and the rest of the coaches on his side of the ball, began poring over the hours and hours of game tape of the Denver Broncos. Preseason games, all 16 regular-season games, their two postseason games. All of it being mined carefully and meticulously for the slightest little detail to provide an advantage in Super Bowl XLVIII.

They found it. And it was from there that they constructed a defensive strategy to bludgeon the NFL’s best offense.

Where did they discover it? According to Quinn and multiple defensive players, the tell for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was in his eyes.

That if players were able to read which way his eyes moved to on the field, they would be able to find out which one of his receiving threats he was going to go to.
That was all the league’s best defense needed.

"We worked really hard last week at it," Quinn told The Star-Ledger in a private moment after the end of the game. "Every single day. We even poured over it on the plane ride over here."

Seattle strong safety Kam Chancellor put it more succinctly.

"It just allowed us to see the routes develop," Chancellor said. "We were able to jump a few routes. Just see everything that develops in front of you, playing off of Peyton’s eyes. He takes you right to the ball every time. He’s a great quarterback, but he definitely has tendencies and he takes you to the ball."

The results were surprising to some. Not to anyone within earshot of the Seattle locker room.

For the two weeks between the conference championship games and kickoff of last night’s game, many wondered how a defense — even one as consistently good as the Seahawks’ — would be able to stop an offense that shattered records as proficiently as Denver’s did.

They said Manning was unsackable.

They said there were four receiving threats that not even the Legion of Boom could handle.

"We loved hearing about the Denver offense," middle linebacker Bobby Wagner said with a wry smile. "Because after the game, we knew, ‘You’re going to hear a lot about Seattle’s defense.’"

Armed with Manning’s give-away in their back pockets, the Seahawks went to work. Against an offensive line which had only given up 20 sacks in 18 games this season, the Seattle assault began up front with the defensive line.

That produced one sack and four hits on Manning — and in turn, gave Seattle’s stellar secondary ample time to smother Denver’s cavalcade of talented receivers.

How efficient was the plan? Demaryius Thomas had a Super Bowl-record 13 catches — for only 118 yards.

"When we do things like that, we make good teams look normal," Chancellor said. "That’s what we did today."

Seahawks players said that even though their coaches analyzed hundreds of hours of Bronco and Manning tape, the game plan was not much different than any of the previous 18 games.

The strategy was simple and basic as it had been throughout the year: Fast, physical, aggressive.

That made it easier and simpler for the defensive unit to attack the Broncos offense.

"It’s the same exact game plan," defensive end Michael Bennett said. "When you’ve got these kinds of players, you don’t need to change up anything. It was the same base defense we’ve played."

Denver turned the ball over four times. Positioning and preparedness on the field was all put into place by figuring out how Manning decided on his targets.

"There wasn’t a lot that we mixed in early, because we really wanted to play within the style that we have," Quinn said. "We’re really committed to the way that we play. There wasn’t a lot of coverage change-ups early on in the game. It was more of a function of how we were getting to them."

That allowed Seattle to shutdown the NFL’s most prolific offense with ease. And while Quinn, the Morristown native, didn’t want to take solitary credit for it or boast about the job his defense did, his players were all too happy to carry that flag.

"I think our defense is one of the best defenses to ever play the game," Bennett said.
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