The Fourth Annual NFL Playoff Pickem’

[The Germanator]

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to watching a game in a -15 or so wind chill. Probably wouldn't want to be there, but I'll watch it with my dad/grandad who are huge Packer fans so it should be entertaining.

[Bond]

Does anyone else feel as though Bill Belichick's whole cheating escapade is being overlooked?

And it's now -8 degrees here. Probably -30 degrees with wind chill. It's really, really cold.

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by Bond

Does anyone else feel as though Bill Belichick's whole cheating escapade is being overlooked?

Oh yea, totally. The fact of the matter is THEY CHEATED the first round of the season, got caught, yet they will have no punishment for it. I know they are a great team blah blah, but that dosent change the fact they they cheated. There should be an asterisk next to their season, and at the bottom it should say, "was caught cheating the first game of the season." It wont happen, but thats what should happen.

[Perfect Stu]

A team that cheated is going to have the best season in NFL history...I've faced that reality a while back, although nobody should have to. What makes matters worse is how they did it...did anyone read what Tedy Bruschi said a while back...a team was trying to score late in the 4th quarter, calling timeouts to get the ball back and whatnot (they were already out of the game) and Bruschi said something like "why won't they just lose with class? they got killed, why are they trying to score touchdowns?"

[manasecret]

Originally Posted by Bond

Does anyone else feel as though Bill Belichick's whole cheating escapade is being overlooked?

Originally Posted by Jason1

Oh yea, totally. The fact of the matter is THEY CHEATED the first round of the season, got caught, yet they will have no punishment for it. I know they are a great team blah blah, but that dosent change the fact they they cheated. There should be an asterisk next to their season, and at the bottom it should say, "was caught cheating the first game of the season." It wont happen, but thats what should happen.

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

A team that cheated is going to have the best season in NFL history...I've faced that reality a while back, although nobody should have to. What makes matters worse is how they did it...did anyone read what Tedy Bruschi said a while back...a team was trying to score late in the 4th quarter, calling timeouts to get the ball back and whatnot (they were already out of the game) and Bruschi said something like "why won't they just lose with class? they got killed, why are they trying to score touchdowns?"

Sour grapes much? It's okay, there will be a next year. Plus, why don't you all ignore the fact that this was pretty common practice for years, that it was the first game of the season they got caught, and Tom Brady et al actually earned it.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by manasecret

Sour grapes much? It's okay, there will be a next year. Plus, why don't you all ignore the fact that this was pretty common practice for years, that it was the first game of the season they got caught, and Tom Brady et al actually earned it.

ok

[KillerGremlin]

I really really did not expect the Giants to win. That was a sloppy game by both teams. McQuarter's two fumbles were both really bad. The Giants kept giving Green Bay freebies, and Green Bay kept screwing them up. Tynes also screwed up twice on two relatively easy kicks. The guy is lucky he hit that 47-yarder.

I'm really surprised that Green Bay was not more committed to the run. I guess it's hard to trust the run when your defense is playing like crap bust still....

Favre threw a couple of REALLY bad passes. One of the interceptions he threw was just a soft pass. I dunno, it didn't seem like the energy was there.

The bottom line is I don't know what to think anymore. I thought the Giants were out in the Wild Card. I kind of expected the Cowboys to beat them. And I definitely expected the Packers to beat them. If anyone watched the last game the Giants played against New England...it was pretty close.

I'm sure the Patriots are slightly worried that the Giants will kill their perfect season.