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by Adam T on Dec 23, 2005 7:14 AM CST in News Comment 11 comments

Once again, Chad has won the score prediction challenge and he is picking up where he left off, but now has more ammo.

Bears over Colts in the Super Bowl? Some scoffed. But who's scoffing now? The mighty, mighty San Diego Super Chargers downed the unbeatable and undefeated Indianapolis Colts. And that's with out a LaDanian Tomlinson in the forth quarter. Now some may say the Colts didn't care cause they ihad wrapped up home field advantage already. I say, "HA!" That team wanted to go undefeated. If not, they would have benched Manning and Harrison and James in the second half. But they didn't. And Manning got dinged. So will you all admit that we `could' beat the Colts? On a neutral field? I say so.

Not to mention that I no longer think that the Colts are going to the Super Bowl. I am pretty convinced that they Colts will lose to either the Patriots or Bengals. I still think that Manning is Belichick's b**. Sure the Colts won earlier this season but they were different teams. The Patriots are red hot and I think the Bengals feel that the Colts aren't `that tough'. Couple that with a very heavy heart over Tony Dungy's loss (thoughts and prayers to the Dungy familty) and I think the Colts are in trouble and trouble starts with T which rhymes with P and that stands for Petyon.

On another note, I'm glad Brett Favre will still play on Sunday. I really want us to break him in half. I would really like to end his career. Don't get me wrong. I don't want to see him get injured. I just want to see him get knocked out of the game. And hit so hard that he decided to retire. It would make me feel a whole lot better about all those ass whippings he's given us over the years. Good bye Brett, thanks for playing, see you in Canton.

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You should have quit while you were behind

Yes, the Colts wanted to win. Obviously. But they didn't have the frenzied edge the Chargers had. When the Colts are playing for pride and the Chargers are playing for their lives, it's not surprising who's going to win.
Could the Bears beat the Colts? If they got lucky they might in their tenth or eleventh try. But I ask you this- If the Steelers thrashed the Bears (don't deny this, you know they got thrashed. When Jerome Bettis doesn't practice during the week, and then drags Brian Urlacher into the endzone, you're getting thrashed) and the Colts thrashed the Steelers even worse than the Steelers beat the Bears, how in the heck do you think you have a chance? You have a good defense to be sure, but if Pittsburgh puts 21 points on you, then what will one of the greatest offenses in years do to you?
That Patriots have beaten two good teams all year. They beat the Steelers, but they were a different team back then, and they beat the Bucs, a warm weather team, at home. Everybody they've lost to has been good teams (Kansas City, San Diego, Indianapolis, Carolina, and Denver) and they got destroyed in each of their losses. As for the Bengals, their defense sucks, basically. They are the Chiefs of two years ago. A really nice offense, but no defense. I expect the Colts-Bengals game, if it is ever played, to be much like the Colts-Chiefs game two years ago. But not as close.

I ask you, if Belichick has Manning's number, how did he get so utterly destroyed? Sure they had guys out injured, but getting a few players back isn't going to erase a three touchdown win. The Patriots have absolutely no running game. Take a look at their stats. They get a one yard run. A run for a loss of five, and then a twenty yard throw by Brady. Nothing special.

I don't want to see him get injured. I just want to see him get knocked out of the game. And hit so hard that he decided to retire. It would make me feel a whole lot better about all those ass whippings he's given us over the years. Good bye Brett, thanks for playing, see you in Canton.

Just about the type of nonsensical, unclassy, dirty thing I might expect you to say.

by nohuddle on Dec 23, 2005 2:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

First of all, the Transitive property of Sports does NOT exist. Its 100% fact that just case team a beat team b and team b beat team c that team a will beat team c. Its been proven time and time again. Just cause the Steelers got rolled doesn't mean a thing. We had a huge let down game and we got smoked. It happens.

Second, Cinci's defense isn't that bad. They have some quality players and BY far lead the league in interceptions and total take aways. Their offensive production puts most teams behind in games and throw the ball a ton to try to catch up, while this does account for many interceptions, it also accounts for the total yardage as well.

Lastly, how is wanting an opposing player to be hit legally as to be knocked out of a game? How is this "nonsensical, unclassy, dirty". Maybe I missed something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if a QB is holding the ball and a defesive player hits him that's legal, right? As long as there is no hit to the head or knees, right? Isn't that football?

But whatever, that's the kind of "Peyton Manning is God" worship I expect of you.

by Chad on Dec 23, 2005 7:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's true

The Pats beat the Steelers, the Steelers beat the Chargers, and the Chargers whipped the Pats.

While that does take away some of the validity of my point, it still doesn't bode well for the Bears if they have to go against the Colts.

I think the Bears, on a good day, could destroy the Broncos. They lost once to the Bengals, but that was with Orton and it was early in the season. That would be an interesting game, and I'm not sure who I'd pick to win.

As for Bears vs. Colts, I'd take the Colts by 17, and here's why-

Manning
Harrison
James
Wayne
Clark
Rhodes
Stokley (sp?)
June
Mathis
Simon
Freeney
Reagor
Saturday
Glenn
Brackett
Sanders
Doss
Harper
Jackson

There are 19 players that could start for the majority of the teams in the league. All of them would get snapped up instantly in free agency. The Colts are just way too full of dominant players. As for an actualy matchup with the Bears, I can see them being able to stop the run a bit, but I just don't see them limiting Manning to less than about 24-27 points, and I certainly don't see their offense putting that many points up on the Indy defense.

I'm all into this any given sunday business, but I'm also not the type of guy who would pick the 49ers over the Seahawks. The Bears have an excellent defense, but an excellent defense isn't going to sufficiently slow down a killer offense. Teams like Cincinnati, San Diego, Pittsburgh (although, as I said, they got torched from play 1), and Seattle have a bit of a chance to beat the Colts because they have decent to good defenses (with the exception of Cincy) and offenses that are capable of putting up 35 points if need be. The Bears might be able to limit the Colts, even keep them scoreless for a quarter or two, but I remember all too well the two games where the Colts got behind. Once, when they were down seventeen to the Rams, they went on to torch them for the rest of the game and won quite handily. The second time, against San Diego they put up 17 points in a matter of minutes, and if not for two big plays their defense allowed (the 53 yard bomb and the 83 yard run), they quite possibly would have won (which doesn't really work, but you get my points: they can put up lots of points really fast at the bounce of a ball). The Bears can keep them scoreless, but I don't think they can build up any kind of a lead, and then at the second half the Colts come out in completely different formations and they lay down a three touchdown third quarter. Game over.

by nohuddle on Dec 24, 2005 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

100% WRONG

"The Bears have an excellent defense, but an excellent defense isn't going to sufficiently slow down a killer offense."

1999 NFC Championship game and Super Bowl

by Chad on Dec 24, 2005 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The Defense is overrated

they're good, but not nearly good enough to stop the Colts. When the Steelers lay 21 points on them, I wouldn't be all that excited about facing Indy.

by nohuddle on Dec 24, 2005 5:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

get over it.

One bad game. You are trying to make a case base solely on one game. Well let me point out the other 13 games this season. Not to mention that the Steelers only scored three times. Its not like the hung 50 on us. You act like they did.

by Chad on Dec 24, 2005 6:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I also remember the Cincinnati game

The Bears have not played all that hard of a shedule this year. They've had tons of easy games:

Detroit
Minnesota
Baltimore
Detroit
New Orleans
San Francisco
Green Bay

That's 7 games that were pretty much gimmes. Six games that were tough. Of the six games that were touch you lost three. Atlanta isn't exactly the class of the NFL either.

by nohuddle on Dec 24, 2005 8:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs