Divisional Playoffs - Saturday
by ChiFan13 on Jan 10, 2009 7:00 AM CST
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Baltimore (12-5) @ Tennessee (13-3) - 3:30 CST (CBS)
NFC:
Arizona (10-7) @ Carolina (12-4) - 7:15 CST (FOX)
I think the early game will be the best. Baltimore has a ball-hawking defense and Tennessee methodically moves the ball. I can definitely see that one being a close game. ChiFan13's prediction: Baltimore 17, Tennessee 10; WCG's prediction: Baltimore 21, Tennessee 17
I don't know if Arizona stands a chance versus Carolina. Delhomme to Smith is a lethal combination. But, who knows? No one expected to see Arizona thoroughly stomp Matt Ryan and Co. ChiFan13's prediction: Carolina 28, Arizona 21; WCG's prediction: Carolina 28, Arizona 24
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Doing my best Peter King impresonation
I think I know that DeAngelo Williams is the key to the game.
If he gets going, AZ is toast.
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Baltimore’s defense is just too ferocious. I don’t think Collins can handle this defense. Ed Reed is the best player on that defense, but Haloti Ngata is the reason Ray Lewis was an all-pro again. That’s what we need. A Ngata type DT to give Briggs and Urlacher some freedom.
Carolina is good. Dangelo Williams is a monster. Steve Smith is still a monster. I don’t see how the Cardinals can stop them. This game is a little tricky though. I counted the Cardinals out and they dominated the Falcons in the second half. I don’t know. I’ll take the Panthers I guess.
Agree with both of you
DeAngelo is necessary for the Panthers, and Baltimore’s D is crucial for the Ravens.
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Up until last week I thought Arizona was terrible
but since they’re still in the playoffs I know I was wrong. They still don’t have enough talent to keep up with Carolina, I think. But I imagine it will be a better game than most people think.
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
On Haloti Ngata...
You are read the Bears need a huge D-Tackle to open up room for Urlacher and Briggs. That is why I think it would be smart to get someone like Terrence Cody out of Alabama their Nose Tackle he is a beast against the run at 6-5 and 365lbs.
A false start on the defense but not offsides
Or, at least thats how I interpreted it.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jan 10, 2009 8:13 PM CST up reply actions
Unabated to the QB
Means that a defensice player has jumped offsides, but did not cause a false start. They stop a play (something they don’t normally do for defensive offsides), because they don’t want the QB destroyed by a player who has an unabated (no one in the way) path to hit (read: hurt) the QB.
--Torch
I thought that a defensive player who jumps offside can jump back as long as he didn't make contact.
This also eliminates the “free play” for the offense if the ball gets snapped.Is this something new?I don’t recall hearing the call prior to this season.However,it probably is a good thing to protect the QB from getting creamed.
Ravens pulled off some magic to jump back up and get him
and fleeced the Jags in the process. Ozzie Newsome is much better then Angelo.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jan 10, 2009 8:14 PM CST up reply actions
Ozzie Newsome's drafts are incredible
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
larry fitzgerald
is a monster. that’s what a receiver looks like! btw, moose isn’t all that bad this year. which makes me even more angry about his time in chicago.
At least this saves us the vomit-inducing image
of his TD celebration routine, which is jumping up and down like a shrieking teenager who just got tickets to go see a boy-band.
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
Delhomme is having Grossman disease
3 TOs in the first half.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jan 10, 2009 8:26 PM CST reply actions
otah better start sitting on people
this is getting out of hand
Gotta tell ya
after the incredible kickass game from earlier, this one is really not holding my interest at all.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jan 10, 2009 9:11 PM CST reply actions
Dear lord
cardinals in the NFC championship game…yet I don’t see any pigs flying out my window.
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If he could find the time to pull away from posting users' email addresses
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
hahaha
True, true.
He wound up banning me on DN because I called him out on that. As you can tell, I’m just devastated.
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Seriously?
WTF? Well, can’t say I’m surprised, that’s par for the course for that wank.
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
He said
“well, it wouldn’t surprise me if you were the guy who got two accounts and posted on here….you two are Einsteins.” So I called him out on it and told him that it was me who let the higher ups know about that and told him I’ve never met a classier guy or been to a classier blog. Then he proceeded to erase my comments (damage control) and banned me.
He’s like your annoying little sister….ignore him long enough, and then he gets distracted by another shiny object.
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Jake Delhomme - 4 INT's
Wow does he look like a big bowl of Suck tonight.
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
I can't remember
a more brutal game by a QB…especially against a relatively soft defense.
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by thecubreporter on Jan 10, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions
a more brutal playoff game
it should read
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by thecubreporter on Jan 10, 2009 9:57 PM CST up reply actions
well I've seen plenty
of regular season games just as brutal or worse..most of them by grossman
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by thecubreporter on Jan 10, 2009 10:01 PM CST up reply actions
True, but 5 INT's?
Grossman never got that high, did he? I can’t remember any more than a 3 INT game…
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More brutal still
That’s 5 INT’s for Delhomme! Well done tonight, Jake!
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
Grossman vs. Pack in 06 on last day of season
Was wayy worse then this
by chicity'sfinest on Jan 10, 2009 10:36 PM CST up reply actions
predictions
steelers over chargers
eagles over giants
by chicity'sfinest on Jan 10, 2009 10:37 PM CST up reply actions
Giants over Eagles
Steelers over Bolts.
That Eagle/NY game is hard to figure out. Divisional games are always tough.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jan 11, 2009 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
Wow
Completely picked both teams wrongly
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
Picked Carolina and Tennessee to win today
looks like THAT didn’t happen
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
mhmm
Go Giants and Steelers!
Erm, well if we are going to call Milton Bradley nicknames, mine is Fischer Price: yes, you heard it here first..
pretty much...
damn the Superbowl will suck if that happens..
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Screw the Panthers!!!!!!!
I’m a BEARS fan living in Seattle so I have to get this off my chest. Back in 2005 when the BEARS hosted the Panthers, I paid a G in advance for NFC Championship game tickets anticipating that the BEARS would come to Seattle. Needless to say, Delhomme and Smith spanked the BEARS secondary and won 29-21. So were I was stuck with tickets that were useless to me because the panthers were coming to seattle instead, so I had to craigslist these tickets at a $300 loss (had the BEARS won I could have flipped the tixs for 2 Gs or more due to our much larger fan base, not that I wanted to).
I’ve been waiting 3 years now for the day for Delhomme and crew to be spanked at home the same way they did to us, and it finally came in the most embarassing fashion!!! 5 turnovers! Eat crow Delhomme! I’ll be rooting for Arizona the rest of the way.
not a Carolina fan, huh?
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a bit happy
that Carolina lost because of that joker who came on here after the loss pimping Mushin Muhammed and talking trash…
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by thecubreporter on Jan 11, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
I was thinking the exact same thing.
I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something. - Dick Butkus
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