NFL playoff thread

So when the Broncos were "ready" to win a Super Bowl at last, Elway "came through."

Came through by completing 12 of 22 passes for 123 yards, 0 TDs and 1 INT.

Had 30 fewer yards than his running back --- and this is your definition of "coming through."

What happened --- and what you remember happened --- couldn't be any more different. But that's OK. NOBODY remembers a QB underperforming in games their team happened to win. They were the QB, so they somehow "led" the team to victory. Whatever.

When Manning has fewer yards than his running back in a big game . . . maybe then we can talk about underperforming in big games.

Or is 1998 some different era of football when running backs typically had more yards than QBs?

 

1) He got there by winning two road games in a row, one with a comeback.

2) In the Super Bowl, he also had the helicopter spin -- which in addition to making a nice highlight reel, was a HUGE play. And, you know what, he didn't throw an interception when it was tied in the final minutes.

3) We are talking about the Super Bowl. We are not talking about opening the playoffs at home against a 10-point underdog.

 

The Niners were favored by 12.5 over the Broncos in that Super Bowl, which at the time was the biggest line since the merger. The Giants were a 9.5 point favorite in that game.

The Broncos were actually favored in the Super Bowl against the Redskins.

Also, it should be noted that when the Broncos won their first Super Bowl, it was over a Packers team that was a two-touchdown favorite.

 

I'm OK with being right while B-R and PF-R are wrong.

 

"Denver 7, San Francisco 56" [/Simpsons_Nerd]

 

Pitcher W-L record is a whole other level of awful, because it's not even really wins and losses. It's a really weird, contrived stat that got named "win" and loss."

 

He also rushed for a touchdown, and while Davis was the star of that game, Elway did a lot, most notably the helicopter play to beat the defending champion Packers in a game where nobody gave the Broncos much chance to even keep it close, much less win.

 

In Super Bowl XXXVI, when he was named MVP, Tom Brady completed 16 of 27 passes for 145 yards. That'd be about the sixth highest RUSHING total in Super Bowl history. Brady, to his eternal credit, said he shouldn't have been given the award. He earned the next one, though.

 

Groening is an unabashed Broncos hater.

There was also the episode where somebody buys Homer the Broncos and he said, "Doh, the Denver Broncos!" and Marge says, "What's wrong with the Broncos?" and he says, "Marge, you just don't understand football..."

 

The two episodes described are two of the greatest in the show's history.

 

A baseball made from Secretariat!!!

 

not entirely true... eli's body of work during BOTH super bowl runs are well-remembered... much like elway, even w/o the super bowl wins, became forever 'clutch' thanks to 'the drive.' no one cconsidered him a 'choker' when denver went on to lose the supe to the giants.

memorable, clutch postseaon moments live on forever and can forever give a qb a reputation for being 'clutch,' whether it's a simple playoff game or the supe.