NFL playoff thread

The Pats are beatable, especially on defense. But you must be able to finish drives. The Ravens' wide receivers can't drop passes. And Flocco will need to play like he did in last year's title game. Even if you have a very good defense, you're not going to beat Tom Brady with field goals.

 

The level of nonsense uttered about NFL quarterbacks is even higher on this board than the NBA nonsense, and that's setting the bar real, real high.

 

if, by national media, you mean the schmucks at ESPN and the CBS and Fox pre game show, then you are wasting bandwidth. The conventional national media are dullards

 

It's real simple, silly fake name. Manning and Brady are both first ballot Hall of Famers. Anyone arguing Brady is better than Manning has a fine case. But my point is, after one becomes a first ballot Hall of Famer, what's the point of arguing? To LOSE a lot of playoff games, just like winning them, means you have make the playoffs in the first place. I realize that to ignoramuses, that doesn't mean anything, but within the National Football League, it's regarded as a significant accomplishment.
If it makes you feel better when Peyton Manning fails, great. Knock yourself out. But that's what on parade here, not a football argument.

 

Funny how it's never Tom Brady's fault that the Patriots keep failing to win the Super Bowl even though they're seemingly the overwhelming favorite going into the playoffs every year.

 

Go Ravens.

 

if by 'keep failing to win the Super Bowl' you mean winning 3 Super Bowls , then yeah he's failing.

 

I think he's lost the last two he played in. With a few playoff flameouts to boot.

 

Using their resumes in their entirety and not cherry-picking, is there anyone who thinks Manning is better than Brady?

 

To lose a lot of playoff games, your formula is to win weak divisions nearly every year. Peyton Manning has, without a doubt, done that.

 

Headed to Vegas on Friday for three nites ... we'll be trying a new MGM property for us - the Monte Carlo - and we've never been out there for a title game weekend. We'll celebrate 8 years together, but also make some time to watch the Super match get all set up. These games are absolute toss-ups in my mind.
Ryan got rid of his naysayers (hello doubledown and others here) , but Frisco's defense will come after him. And the Ravens with Flacco have every reason to think they can whip the Pats.

 

He doesn't come close?

That's idiotic.

You want to say Brady is better, I may agree, but the two are extremely close and comparable.

Football is a team game, period.

Matt Ryan went from "choker" to "Mr Clutch" because his kicker got a second chance to make a field goal.

Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson both handed their defense games to be won in the final 90 seconds and both defenses gagged on it.

But if we're going to talk about Brady's "clutch greatness" and "superiority" remind me how many points that ultra-superb offensive machine run by Brady has scored in the past two Super Bowl appearances?