NFL playoff thread

It matters a LOT. If Matt Ryan throws a pick in that situation, well, guess what? Team was trailing anyway, so you have to take risks.

If Manning throws a pick in a tie game, he gets crucified for taking an unnecessary risk. It's a risk/reward thing.

Tie game, ball at your 20 with 45 seconds left. Chances of something bad happening for the offense outweigh the chances of something good happening.

 

Not even close to the same impact, not with a cap and floor. The gap from top to bottom in salaries isn't nearly as large.

 

Every division has its weak links. This season, the entire AFC West was weak. Coincidence. Give it two years, it'll be some other division that's in a down cycle.

 

Indeed.

 

Good lord, you only play 6 division games out of 16. Redskins have had 3 winning seasons since Eli came into the league (same as the Texans). Cowboys have gone 3 seasons in a row without a winning record and have only won 10+ games 3 times since Eli came into the league.

For the Giants this year, 2 East games were gimmies, leaving 4 "tough" games out of 16 that had anything to do with their division.

And the two "toughies" were 9-7 and 8-8 teams.

My question: Why was making the playoffs unachievable THIS YEAR for the defending Super Bowl champions?

 

Give up 41 points, blame the quarterback. I thought Texans were supposed to be born understanding football.

 

Really was a piss-poor effort by the Giants, who have all the pieces and yet they still (insert verb) themselves.

 

beg to differ that eli's legacy was mostly built 'on two passes.' while those were the most famous in the super bowls, eli's play in the six other playoff games leading up to those supes was exemplary. and this discussion is an examination of qbs postseason successes and failures, no?

there can be no argument that peyton's postseason play meaures up to his regular season play. it's not even close. while its pretty much inarguable that peyton is the greatest 'in-season' qb in nfl history by any measure (personal stats and team record) it's also impossible to ignore that his postseason results don't come close to measuring up -- and there's a pretty big sample size.

so what? he remains one of the greatest all-time qbs, right?

 

Is the "key mistake" one that is made in the 4th quarter or OT, when touchdowns are worth double?

 

One final point: Most of Manning's teams have come into the playoffs with byes. Manning has played in very few Wild Card games. Wild Card games are easier for teams to win because the competition obviously isn't as tough as in the divisional games. When people criticize Manning for his teams's "one and done", remember that the Colts/Broncos were starting the playoffs in Round 2.

 

Are there really people arguing Peyton Manning is better than John Elway?

Wow, talk about going full-derp.

 

Love Instant Replay on NFL Network. The endzone shots they don't show you on telecast really give you a better sense of what happened.

Really considering buying the package on NFL.com that shows the games on line with coaches cut ups.