BBQ vs. Sourdough: Super Bowl LVIII thread

Well if you gotta know only one…

 

It still blows my mind how close the dogass fucking Cardinals--who lost something like 896-0 to the Patriots in week 15 or 16--came to winning the Super Bowl.

 

They had a bizarre run for sure. Lost four out of five coming down the stretch (including that 47-7 shellacking against the Patriots you mentioned, which IIRC was played in a snowstorm), but pretty much had the NFC West sewn up by then because the rest of the division was absolute dogshit. The Cardinals were 9-7 and won the division. The 49ers needed to win four of their last five just to get to 7-9 and finish second.
Then they got hot in the playoffs, destroyed Carolina on the road — that was the end of Jake Delhomme as an effective NFL quarterback — and somehow managed to host the NFC championship game as the No. 4 seed because the Eagles won two road games as the No. 6.
Then they beat the Eagles, because the Eagles always lost in the NFC championship game back then (and that was really the last hurrah of the McNabb era as well), and finally almost pulled a rabbit out of their ass against the Steelers.

 

Larry Fitzgerald was damn near unstoppable in the postseason that year. His fewest yards were the 101 he got against the Falcons in the wild card round. He caught three touchdown passes in a seven-point victory over the Panthers. The go-ahead touchdown was his second in the Super Bowl. He made a leaping grab in the end zone even though Ike Taylor was in perfect position and couldn't have played it better. Kurt Warner also played like a Hall of Famer in that run and threw for 377 yards in that Super Bowl. The Steelers missed some opportunities and they needed two of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history to win it, the Harrison interception return and the game-winning touchdown pass to Holmes.

 

Cardinals with Kurt Warner 3 for 3 in conf championship games. Steelers needed a 100 yd pick 6 by a DE to win that SB.

Warner was the most accurate passer I"ve seen, 6 percentage points better than Ken Stabler who could thread the ball through a mouse"s asshole.

 

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Warner was 3-for-3 in conference championship games, but only one came with the Cardinals.

 

That was the basis for why I thought Warner was a HOFer. His playoff numbers were crazy good. Always won at home. Always won as a favorite. Got to three SBs with two of the worst cultures in the league. Had his team in position to win all three times.

 

Bell to attempt NFL return, eyes Steelers reunion

LMAO, sure buddy.

Only now realizes how good he had it in their system and behind an o line that ain't there anymore. The Steelers will take him back right around the time of the Antonio Brown reunion.

 

He did have that one notable loss as a favorite against the Patriots, but you are right about Warner. He was great against the Steelers, too. He even made the right read on James Harrison's interception. The play should have been open. It would have been a touchdown if Harrison did his job as the play was called, but he guessed right and dropped right into the passing lane. That was more a great play by Harrison than anything Warner did wrong.

 

Warner's regular season numbers are HOF-worthy. I've always said statistically, he's Jim Kelly with a ring. Their numbers are very similar, and Warner's are better in completion percentage, TD percentage, INT percentage, yards per attempt and passer rating. Warner was a two-time league MVP and four-time Pro Bowler. Kelly had no MVPs and five Pro Bowls.

 

I read that earlier. My favorite part is his plan to start working out in March. He will turn 32 later this month and he wants to make a comeback after two seasons, but he wants to take a month off before he starts preparing. WTF?