Playoffs 2012

matthew8

Does anyone else here sort of have 2 teams? LIke one for the AFC and one for the NFC. I'd consider myself 60% Ravens fan and 40% Cowboys fan. Works great too because it's 4 years until their next regular season meeting.

Anyone

bootybouncer wrote: »

pick one team will ya already............................you cant have 2

Said Colts twice already!

raheny red

Anywhere in town showing the late game tonight?

davyjose

matthew8 wrote: »

Does anyone else here sort of have 2 teams? LIke one for the AFC and one for the NFC. I'd consider myself 60% Ravens fan and 40% Cowboys fan. Works great too because it's 4 years until their next regular season meeting.

Not really. I kinda like the Vikings, and don't mind Denver too bad. Other than that not really.

J. Football

Let this be a lesson. Playoffs should be a ginger-free zone.

How many steps to they have to take before it counts as a catch?

Looks like a difference in class between the sides so far even if Houston are a bit blunt.

davyjose

Very lucky not to be picked off. Dalton's having a shocker. Terrible throw. If you're going to throw that, it's gotta go past the secondary -- hit the receiver, or incomplete.

davyjose

Deleted User wrote: »

How many steps to they have to take before it counts as a catch?

Looks like a difference in class between the sides so far even if Houston are a bit blunt.

Gotta hold possession through the play. Which means he's gotta have possession when he hits the ground.

Another pick. Another bad throw.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Looks like a difference in class between the sides so far even if Houston are a bit blunt.

Good lad.

Paully D

Bengals with -17 yards passing and are winning by 1. If the offense gets going they will be extremely disappointed not to win the game. Big if though.

Ares

Dalton has -8 yards and his team currenly holds the lead. Brilliant!

padraig_f

Dalton's not the problem for the Bengals so far, it's his pass protection which is having the problems.

And throwing an interception at the line of scrimmage like Schaub just did is much, much worse than throwing one 40 yards down the field.

JaimeLannister

Such a one-sided game everywhere but the scoreboard. Not all that comforting given i've a bet on the texans :-)

Paully D

Maulauga's getting absolutely destroyed.

GoldFour4

Ouch that should have been a TD !

matthew8

In fairness it's pretty ridiculous to get angry at Dalton even if that INT stands. It was third and long and the ball moved 53 yards downfield. The equivalent of an incompletion and a huge punt, which is what it turned out like.

davyjose

Houston's inability to score TDs is shocking. It's almost Jets bad.

davyjose

matthew8 wrote: »

In fairness it's pretty ridiculous to get angry at Dalton even if that INT stands. It was third and long and the ball moved 53 yards downfield. The equivalent of an incompletion and a huge punt, which is what it turned out like.

That's true. It just wasn't a great throw.

Paully D

Dalton should just forget Gresham is on the field right about now.

GoldFour4

Watching a stream of the NBC broadcast. Is there always this many viagra ads during football ? :O

davyjose

malistheman wrote: »

Watching a stream of the NBC broadcast. Is there always this many viagra ads during football ? :O

And Joe Theismann prostate pill ads.

Pudsy33

malistheman wrote: »

Watching a stream of the NBC broadcast. Is there always this many viagra ads during football ? :O

Yes, always!

davyjose

Crazy not to attempt a 58 harder there.

padraig_f

davyjose wrote: »

Crazy not to attempt a 58 harder there.

Yeah, indoors as well.

Not a lot of quality overall in that half. Bengals lucky to be only 2 down.

davyjose

Just showed Ponder warming up on NBC. Man, Im pumped about watching All Day and Rodgers tonight.

Haven't told the misses there's another game after this one.

matthew8

davyjose wrote: »

Just showed Ponder warming up on NBC. Man, Im pumped about watching All Day and Rodgers tonight.

Haven't told the misses there's another game after this one.

Ponder's warmup left many questions. Didn't stay out there long at all.

davyjose

matthew8 wrote: »

Ponder's warmup left many questions. Didn't stay out there long at all.

Didn't know that. Who's their backup?

Edit: ponder out, Joe Webb is in. Wow!

HigginsJ

Poor Bungles.

They badly need something on this drive. I'd agree with Neil Reynolds that they simply need to throw one or two balls up to AJ Green

HigginsJ

davyjose wrote: »

Didn't know that. Who's their backup?

Joe Webb

Pudsy33

Joe Webb is in! Jesus Christ!

Paully D

Beautiful throw by Dalton to Green there. 45 yard gain.

davyjose

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Joe Webb is in! Jesus Christ!

Peterson has some weight on his shoulders tonight.

HigginsJ

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Joe Webb is in! Jesus Christ!

So 50 carries for Peterson yea???

Pudsy33

Welcome to the game AJ! We've been waiting.

Joshua J

davyjose wrote: »

Peterson has some weight on his shoulders tonight.

Don't think the Vikes game plan changes at all tbh. AD was always gonna be the offence although Ponder was looking better the last few weeks.

The key for the Vikes is their defence especially the pass rush. Get at Rodgers early, get him rattled and give AD the ball, Ponder or no.

davyjose

Dalton must have hands like Catcher's mitts.

davyjose

Joshua J wrote: »

Don't think the Vikes game plan changes at all tbh. AD was always gonna be the offence although Ponder was looking better the last few weeks.

The key for the Vikes is their defence especially the pass rush. Get at Rodgers early, get him rattled and give AD the ball, Ponder or no.

Ponder was vital to last week's win. One would imagine the game plan last week would be the same as tonight's. AD will obviously take most of the snaps, but he's going to have to find extra-beast-mode tonight. If he doesn't run 200 yards at least, this'll be a landslide IMO.

davyjose

So, when do Houston decide that Schaub's not their guy to win a Super Bowl?

GoldFour4

Whos the third string QB in Cincinatti ? Could be very important !

matthew8

davyjose wrote: »

So, when do Houston decide that Schaub's not their guy to win a Super Bowl?

When they start losing the game, maybe.

Paully D

This Bengals offense is painful to watch.

davyjose

malistheman wrote: »

Whos the third string QB in Cincinatti ? Could be very important !

Don't think they have one. Why?

matthew8

Guy must've meant Minnesota. It's McLeod Bethel-Thompson. Absolute nobody.

davyjose

Picked off. Nightmare day for Dalton.

SK1979

Green looked bad there though.

matthew8

For the late game, I think Webb makes it more interesting. He seems to be more of a playmaker than Ponder.

Anyone

Why do I get the feeling the Bengals are going to score a touchdown to feck up my -3.5 bet.

frostie500

matthew8 wrote: »

For the late game, I think Webb makes it more interesting. He seems to be more of a playmaker than Ponder.

Losing your starting QB hours before a Playoff game is always bad for a team but given the fact that Ponder was arguably the worst starting QB in the league for much of the season (OK...second worst behind Sanchez!) you'd have to say that losing him isnt a huge loss. With the exception of last weekend against Green Bay when was he productive? Webb will give the Vikings an extra dimension with a mobile QB but it will be crucial that he makes some plays early

Paully D

0/7 on 3rd down conversions. Jesus wept.

Hulk Hands

Don't know what to think about Ponder being out. 70% of me says it's bad. You think the Vikings didn't pass the ball much before? It'll be nearly all runs now, be it Peterson or Webb. Webb can put bombs on the money to be fair, it's just his accuracy is incredibly inconsistent.

However, I was fairly certain that after 2 games, Dom Capers would have figured this offence out. Webb changes things completely. He is a phenomenal athlete. I can't think of a better scrambling QB in the league bar maybe RG3, and that's only when he's let free. Webb could be a serious trump card tonight. And Green Bay were putting 9 men in the box anyway. so not like things will change on that respect. Perhaps on a cold night with bad throwing conditions, this could be a good thing. Still not happy however