NFL Playoff Pick'em

[Typhoid]

Goddamn Fumbles.

[Vampyr]

Always surprised by fumbles like that. If your main job is to hold onto that football you'd think a guy tapping it with his hand would not cause you to drop it.

Well, I'm rooting for the Patriots now.

[The Germanator]

Yeah, can't believe I'm forced to root for the Patriots, but here we are. If the Giants win another Super Bowl while the Eagles still have none...that's just a kick to my groin. Not like the Patriots winning another is much better. Basically, this was the last game that I wanted, but of course I'll still watch it.

[BreakABone]

So what all is our beef with the Giants?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

Always surprised by fumbles like that. If your main job is to hold onto that football you'd think a guy tapping it with his hand would not cause you to drop it.

That was my first thought, too. You're making how many millions (or hundreds of thousands) of dollars to carry some sewn leather across an open grass field- and your only real job is to make sure you - under any circumstance - do not let go of that ball. And he let go of the ball.

But on the other end the other guy is probably making roughly the same amount of money to ensure that the other guy does drop the ball. So then I immediately realized that point is moot.


Anyways, I'm pretty choked that the 49ers lost. And to be honest, I really don't give a shit who wins anymore. I don't like either teams. So I'll flip a coin and that's who I'll go for.
The coin chooses the Patriots.
Even money doesn't like the Giants.

[KillerGremlin]

Fumbles happen, especially when the ball gets whacked out of your hand.

When you are a field goal kicker and you get paid millions of dollars to make clutch kicks...you should be able to hit clutch kicks. However, it looks like the field goal was rushed in the Ravens game, and Harbaugh didn't use his time out to set things up. Cundiff will have to live with that missed kick forever...

Kyle William's fumble is nowhere near as bad as his knee touching the ball. That was a boneheaded, dumbass move. When someone punches the ball out of your hand you cannot control the situation. When you have a wild football flying your way in slippery, rainy conditions, you are coached to move out of the way and stay away from the ball.

The knee play was IMO the momentum-changer that set the Giants on course to win that game. That's the type of boneheaded dumbassery that will get you chewed out by your coach and team. Cundiff missed a kick which happens (albeit I think we should pay these guys based on their successes....), but Williams had NO business being near that ball.

Here is the good news (Typhoid, you should be happy): The 49ers look solid. I'm sure they will be around for a while. My only question is, will Alex Smith be that franchise's future? He laid an egg last night....the lack of 3rd downs was a big reason why I think they lost.

Giants vs. Patriots should be interesting. I hope it becomes a shoot out.

[BreakABone]

Er by the by, what is the updated tally?

[manasecret]

Boo Patriots. Yay Giants. But unless because of my irrational hate of New England.

[ZebraRampage]

BaB - 77
Bond - 74
Typhoid - 74
Zebra - 73
Mana - 70
Jason - 67
Germy - 66
KG - 66
Acebott - 63


I don't think there's anyway that BaB can lose though. He has the highest number for the Giants, and BaB, Typhoid, Bond, and I all have the Patriots with 11 points.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by ZebraRampage

BaB - 77
Bond - 74
Typhoid - 74
Zebra - 73
Mana - 70
Jason - 67
Germy - 66
KG - 66
Acebott - 63


I don't think there's anyway that BaB can lose though. He has the highest number for the Giants, and BaB, Typhoid, Bond, and I all have the Patriots with 11 points.

Oh shiny!
If that's true, shall put it right next to my Fantasy Football trophy for the year!

[The Germanator]

Eli Manning is a 2-time Super Bowl MVP. My goodness...

The outcome of the Super Bowl was going to be horrible either way for me as an Eagles fan, but I think this was worse...I was hoping the Hail Mary would be caught.

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by The Germanator

Eli Manning is a 2-time Super Bowl MVP. My goodness...

The outcome of the Super Bowl was going to be horrible either way for me as an Eagles fan, but I think this was worse...I was hoping the Hail Mary would be caught.

I on the other hand have been like this all night

[Typhoid]

I was hoping the Hail Mary would be caught.

Really?
I was hoping some disgruntled fan would have stuffed some C4 inside of that ball during that Hail Mary, and when Brady tossed it down to the endzone, and just before the ball gets close to that big group of players in the endzone, Tom Brady has a heart attack and dies.

[ZebraRampage]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Really?
I was hoping some disgruntled fan would have stuffed some C4 inside of that ball during that Hail Mary, and when Brady tossed it down to the endzone, and just before the ball gets close to that big group of players in the endzone, Tom Brady has a heart attack and dies.

Germy hates the Giants, just as I do. And that's obviously due to them being Philly's rivals. Sure we hate the Cowboys above all, but the Giants are the Eagles clear rivals in the NFL. That's why we were rooting for the Patriots, as much as that sucks too.

[Typhoid]

Hey, I didn't want the Giants to win - I just want Brady to lose. That guy is so perfect at everything. He's got enough. It's time for him to share, damnit.