The 2012 NFL thread

HOW THE f**k DO YOU LET THAT HAPPEN!?!?!

Gah san fran down already!
Ya know what, I've said it all season and I maintain it: Alex Smith was a more than solid QB (though not great) and really got screwed. Kaepernick may have more upside but is less consistent. Hope he proves me wrong, I really want Green Bay to lose  :(

And you guys all wondered why I'm so low on Peyton all the time.  I may not believe in god but I certainly believe in satan after that game.  Flacco makes two of the worst decisions possible with the game on the line and one idiot safety lets him off the hook then Peyton chokes, as always.  2012-13 Ravens now the worst team to ever make an AFC Championship game.  The AFC is awful.

That was a surprising outcome. Welp, perhaps a Har-Bowl is in our future.

^ Agree, the defensive backs were awful, not to mention a lack of a good pass rush.  I was wanting Peyton to succeed as I like his work ethic and study of the game.  Just odd how something always seems to happen to his team in post season, its just not as easy as one may think to always win in the playoffs.

Edited by AEProgman - January 12 2013 at 20:58

Lol @ MOM exploding.


Well...0-2 for me thus far this weekend. Seems about right. Hell of a game that first one though. Made up for the lackluster 2nd.

The lack of D was a little upsetting, but it was Rodgers...in terms of talent I have no issue saying he's the best QB in the league so it is forgivable.
I still think Alex Smith got kinda screwed, and he was more than just solid...but gotta say this Kaepernick has the arm and leg, and it appears also the brain...which may be most important. A talented QB with no smarts will never win.
Impressive.


Also, Peyton did have a bye week again. His SB win was when he actually had to play throughout. We all know he's VERY detail and rhythm oriented. It's no excuse, but the time off may mess with him a bit. Also he had quite a few crappy teams at Indy, that would never have even made it to the playoffs without him.
Denver is a very good team though, maybe he flopped but what can ya say? The Ravens are rallying for their boy and maybe playing harder than normal.

That's quite right AEP! It is hard, and that's why we have playoffs...if we wanted to reward teams based on records, stats and this and that and they played X, lost to Y we might as well have a BCS system! Any team can beat anyone so bring your A game in the playoffs or else.


Edited by JJLehto - January 13 2013 at 00:06

JJLehto wrote: The lack of D was a little upsetting, but it was Rodgers...in terms of talent I have no issue saying he's the best QB in the league so it is forgivable. I still think Alex Smith got kinda screwed, and he was more than just solid...but gotta say this Kaepernick has the arm and leg, and it appears also the brain...which may be most important. A talented QB with no smarts will never win. Impressive.

JJLehto wrote: Well, there's few, if any, other QBs Id rather have than Peyton, and thanks to MoM's truly insane levels of Raven hatred losing to them is like losing to a HS team....but they brought alot of pressure on him. What can ya do? We aren't all lucky enough to have a big ben...usually pressure on a QB = unraveling. Defense really was to blame IMO, I dont think Flacco and co are bad but all those big plays! And 38 points? Thats unacceptable. Ah well, just someone...anyone beat the Pats. Don't let em walk into another SB you AFC bums. Speaking of no defense yikes....Niners got nothing for Rodgers. Its tough but cmon, if my Gmen's pathetic D could do it San Fran should be able to kill em

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Kaepernick was simply spectacular (well Green Bay's defense sucks) I don't believe Falcons or Sea hawks have a chance with SF Iván PS: Manning disppointed me