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NFL playoff thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YGBFKM, Dec 31, 2012.

  1. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Wilson led his team on a TD drive in the final minute; Manning threw an interception in double OT. Yep, exactly the same type of clutch performances.
     
  2. Lieslntx

    Lieslntx Active Member

    Brady is moving on. Manning is not.

    Nothing to see here.

    Move on.
     
  3. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Peyton Manning has been underperforming in big situations for two decades. At some point, it's not everyone else.
     
  4. Norrin Radd

    Norrin Radd New Member

    Manning's NFL playoff record has been especially shocking considering he was able to beat Florida at least once at Tennessee.
     
  5. Lieslntx

    Lieslntx Active Member

    Go 49ers.
     
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I didn't see you write that this morning, but where did Manning refuse to do an interview last night? Because he did a 12-minute presser. Then he did a one-on-one with the Denver Post at Dove Valley today.
     
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Did TV intercept it?
     
  8. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    The two have nearly identical playoff QB ratings (Manning was 0.8 ahead before today; Brady may be 0.8 ahead now. Whatever.)

    Now . . . while QB rating is by no means the be-all-end-all of anything, it DOES penalize the shit out of INTs. So how come the numbers are so even? If Manning's 88.6 is underperforming, and Brady (87.8) is out of this world better . . . what the heck is holding his numbers back? It has to be something, doesn't it?

    Maybe that 154-yard, 3-INT playoff game vs. the Ravens in 2009? Or the 209-yard, 3-INT playoff game vs. the Chargers in 2008? Underperforming? You sure never hear that term used, do you?

    Last year Brady went 0 TDs, 2 INTs, 239 yards vs. the Ravens in the AFC title game . . . and the Patriots won. How did this "winner" do it? Obviously that was an "underperforming" game, wasn't it? Or does it fall, like so many others, into the "Who cares? He won!" category?
     
  9. Lieslntx

    Lieslntx Active Member

    I vote for having an NFL Playoff Losers Thread and an NFL Playoff Thread. That way, the losers can talk shit for 8 months, while those in the winning thread can talk shit for another few weeks.
     
  10. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    Any player who steps to the podium and answers questions for 10-plus minutes is under zero obligation to do any other on camera stuff, as far as I'm concerned. Especially as the loser. What's he going to say to Gumble and Deirdorf? "I'm trying to be a good teammate here, but we had some coverage problems."

    I don't know who would categorize Manning as media friendly either. He's media neutral. In Indy, he'd do his weekly thing and that was it. About the only guys who could get him outside of that were Kravitz and Peter King.

    I've never seen Manning duck out of a playoff loss without speaking at all, which is what Ray Lewis did in 2008 after the AFC Championship.
     
  11. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    No single number is the measure. And Brady has been notably "average" if you will in the playoffs during the second half of his career. But the INTs, plus all the losses at home, plus the underperforming offense -- not every team that beat Peyton Manning in the playoffs has had a great defense -- it all adds up. In the case of yesterday, he struggled horribly against a team that he beat like a drum a month ago.

    I wonder how many times Manning's teams have lost when favored by more than a touchdown.
     
  12. That yellow jacket is an ample substitute for a ring.
     
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