NFL playoff thread

[YGBFKM]

I forget which Bay Area paper had the headline "A Star is Born" on Sunday.

It will be interesting to see who has the better season next year, Kaepernick or RG3. Obviously, RG3 is the better player, but CK may be able to stay upright longer than RG3 thanks to his offensive line. Then again, he could get hurt against the Falcons...

Kaepernick is huge for a quarterback. Guys like him and Cam Newton have a lot better chance of staying healthy despite the riskier offense they run than a guy like RG3.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Also, and I don't know if this is scheme or an instinct for self-preservation, but I can't think of a single big hit he has taken since he got into the lineup. He steps out of bounds quite a bit after the first-down marker -- very smart play. And he seems to be running in more open space than those other guys get. I don't know. Might change. But for now it just doesn't seem like he goes through the same punishment.

 

[JackReacher]

I forget which Bay Area paper had the headline "A Star is Born" on Sunday.

It will be interesting to see who has the better season next year, Kaepernick or RG3. Obviously, RG3 is the better player, but CK may be able to stay upright longer than RG3 thanks to his offensive line. Then again, he could get hurt against the Falcons...

CK is like 6-5, 235. He's big. Much better chance of him staying healthy than RG3. They're both going to be great pocket passers, though, if they're not already. Both those guys have cannons and no accuracy issues.

Very fun to watch.

 

[qtlaw]

I forget which Bay Area paper had the headline "A Star is Born" on Sunday.

It will be interesting to see who has the better season next year, Kaepernick or RG3. Obviously, RG3 is the better player, but CK may be able to stay upright longer than RG3 thanks to his offensive line. Then again, he could get hurt against the Falcons...

CK is like 6-5, 235. He's big. Much better chance of him staying healthy than RG3. They're both going to be great pocket passers, though, if they're not already. Both those guys have cannons and no accuracy issues.

Very fun to watch.

RG3 is tremendous but I agree that CK has a better long-term chance because he's bigger. Unlike even Steve Young, or Vick, CK's first reaction is to stay in the pocket and be a pocket passer. (One of the first things I think about him sometimes is "get out of the pocket" when he's hanging in there.) CK's got a leg up though because he's on a better team.

 

[JackReacher]

Well, let's not act like RG3's first instinct is to bail on pass plays and take off running. Sure, they called a bunch of designed runs, but he showed the ability to hang in the pocket and throw the ball, too.

But yeah, CK's build works to his advantage. And his offensive line is tremendous.

 

[printit]

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

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Yes.

Explain yourself.

Bill Barnwell does it for me. (and no, I am not Bill Barnwell)
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8842329/bill-barnwell-weekend-divisional-games

Neither one of you are right.

Well, that response doesn't exactly shoot his statistical analysis to shirt.

 

[YGBFKM]

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

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Yes.

Explain yourself.

Bill Barnwell does it for me. (and no, I am not Bill Barnwell)
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8842329/bill-barnwell-weekend-divisional-games

Neither one of you are right.

Well, that response doesn't exactly shoot his statistical analysis to shirt.

Of the three of us, two have made our case.

 

[LongTimeListener]

He didn't really analyze it. That part wasn't stastical analysis, it was just opinion. Other people did stuff. That's true.

If the safety makes the play and Manning doesn't have the chance to throw an interception in overtime, his game would have turned out much better than if he did throw an interception in overtime. Now there's some high-level thinking there.

If Matt Bryant doesn't make the field goal, why wouldn't Ryan be getting ripped? In the fourth quarter he engineered drives that ended with an interception and two punts when the Falcons had the game well in hand. If anything, Ryan is getting off a little easy; and if he does the same thing next week, it's entirely worth wondering whether he'll ever get them where they want to go.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Barnwell's article was long-winded, but still said the same thing a lot of people have said.

Teams lose games.

Genius!

 

[heyabbott]

Has no one brought up RayRays tear induced cliche ridden little outburst? Grow a pair Ray, win like a forking man, not some lame weak Speaker of the House.

 

[YGBFKM]

From Lewis in today's AP story: "My Super Bowl year in 2000, we were never picked one time the entire season to win a game. Not one time," Lewis recalled. "But at the end of the day, we held the Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl champs. That alone taught me a valuable lesson – that no one outside dictates how we play on the inside."

The next graf: OK, so the Ravens weren't underdogs in every game and were 3-point favorites over New York in the Super Bowl.

 

[MileHigh]

From Lewis in today's AP story: "My Super Bowl year in 2000, we were never picked one time the entire season to win a game. Not one time," Lewis recalled. "But at the end of the day, we held the Lombardi Trophy as Super Bowl champs. That alone taught me a valuable lesson – that no one outside dictates how we play on the inside."

The next graf: OK, so the Ravens weren't underdogs in every game and were 3-point favorites over New York in the Super Bowl.

Did a quick look on profootball-reference: They were underdogs four times: Twice on the road in the regular season and twice on the road in the postseason.