So I went to watch the season finale of Sherlock with my wife when it looked like Green Bay had it on lock and I come back to see that I missed one hell of a game.
Dave
Staff member
Yeah, but look at who the Texans played versus who the Cowboys played. No contest, man.
And I'm fine. I'd have liked it had they won, but they started too slow and made too many mistakes early on. They got hot in the second half but you can't give that big of a head start to a team like Green Bay or you're going to have a bad day.
Raiders were 12-4 and lost to the 9-7 Texans. Cowboys had the league best 13-3 and lost to the 10-6 Packers. By the end of the game it came down to changing defensive style for 1 play, instead of continuing the pressure they sat back in a prevent. That one play cost the game for them. Poor coaching decision.
Dave
Staff member
Raiders also were missing key personnel, including an elite QB. Justify it all you want, but they ain't in the same league.
B
BErt
The "hot takes" around here are that Detroit should let Stafford walk. If you place Stafford on Houston, Kansas City, or Miami, they're suddenly immediately contenders. Fans in my town are idiots.Fair's fair, Texans were missing an elite qb, too
Are you suggesting that getting shut out by Buffalo counts as, like, 2 losses?
I don't like you.
I really don't understand what you mean, the Cowboys had the best record in the league with 13 wins and 3 losses. They lost to the Giants twice and Eagles once. They didn't play Buffalo this year.
Dave
Staff member
They also lost to 10-5-1 Seattle.
It's the NFL, man. There ARE no gimme games. And a team with a dismal record like the Bears can beat good teams like Minnesota and Detroit. Teams like the 4-12 Rams can beat teams like the 10-5-1 Seahawks and the 9-7 Buccaneers.
We all remember when the Giants beat the undefeated Patriots in the Superbowl. People can say whatever they want about either team, but until the game is played, nothing is for certain.
What blotsfan said.
I kind of figured that you'd have been reminded that after the Pats shut out your team they'd been shut out the very next week, and that you'd take that as me saying "hey, the Patriots had a better record than Dallas."[DOUBLEPOST=1484674279,1484674164][/DOUBLEPOST]
Yeah, I'm glad the Giants got knocked out first round, so the Pats won't lose to them a third time.
I was also hoping to say the same thing about Dallas not losing a third time to them, too, but it just didn't matter
Zappit
Staff member
It's going to be one hell of a Super Bowl. The Falcons and the Patriots are playing really solid football right now.
I just have to give the edge to the Pats. Both offenses are terrific, but the Pats D makes it really friggin' hard to get into the end zone. They've had the stingiest red zone defense all year.
I just have to give the edge to the Pats. Both offenses are terrific, but the Pats D makes it really friggin' hard to get into the end zone. They've had the stingiest red zone defense all year.
It is your duty to eat too much cheese and drink beer because it will be the last football game for 8 months.
B
BErt
This is egregiously incorrect on Michigan. I guarantee a much larger number of people here have rooted for Tom Brady every time he has made a Super Bowl than have rooted against him for the same reason. I assumed I would see Michigan be the first non-actual NE state on this list. So coming in at 18 is just dead wrong.
Super Bowl prediction time: I think the Falcons are going to win. This way, every team in the NFC South except for Carolina will have won a Super Bowl, thus further rubbing in our defeat last year (no, I'm still not over that).
I hope so.
I've never trusted the Patriots and I never will. I'll never forgive them for the death of my Steelers.
B
BErt
What happens now? Brady just ascends into heaven, yes?
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