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Divisional Playoff Awards

Wow You Guys Suck: Baltimore Offense, And yet again the Colts defense looks good for no reason other than the inaffectiveness of their opposing offense. Steve McNair was absolutely horrendous. Their offensive line gave up a few very poorly timed sacks, and their coordinator avoided the run despite Jamal Lewis picking up over 4 yards per carry. Runner Up: Seattle secondary gave up two huge passes where the safety just let the receiver get over the top including the clinching catch by Davis.

Cough Cough Cough: Seattle Seahawks Offense, 3rd and short its what you work for on 1st and 2nd downs to get a manageable 3rd and short, yet the Seahawks were pathetic on 3rd and short. How could you close the game going 0 for 6 on 4rd and 3 or less, and also choke on a 4th and 1. Continually running Shaun Alexander directly into the Bears front seven when they expect it doesn't usually work. Runner Up: 2nd and 1 from the 4 and the Eagles proceeded to get stuffed badly and even lost 2 yards on a 3rd down dump off pass forcing them to kick a field goal and end up losing by 3.

This Scarecrow Needs a Brain: Marlon McRee, Believe I know the instincts of a Dback if you see a ball to intercept regardless of if its on 4th down, you're picking it off. But the fact was if he dropped the ball the Chargers most likely win this game, instead he proceeds to fumble the Pats get new life and almost immediately score. Wrap up the ball big fella. Runner Up: Marty Schottenheimer for so brightly challenging the McRee fumble when it was obvious after every replay that the correct call was made, nice job blowing a timeout that could have been used to save yourself 35 seconds and help position yourself for a managable field goal attempt.

The Shocker: Peyton Manning & Tom Brady, How often do you see two teams win when their quarterbacks play poorly? Peyton Manning has "won" two straight playoff games while playing like Kyle Boller. And Brady was pretty miserable this week as well throwing three picks and getting bailed out by Senor McRee. Runner Up: The Two teams that dominated the ball and the flow of the games on sunday both lost.

The Pimp: Deuce McAllister, Every time Duece touched the ball it seemed like he was pickign up 5+ yards. The Eagles couldn't get a solid push into the backfield or bring him down at first contact. What made it shocking was it seemed as if the Saints coordinator didn't truly realize how effective Deuce was until the latter stages of the game. Perhaps if they had fed him the ball throughout they would have won by more than a FG. Runner Up:Adam Vinatieri knocking down 5 field goals.

JAKKED Up: Reggie Bush, you know you got destroyed when it breaks fans out into painful laughter.

Divisional Extra Quick Notes

~Personal preference, the rate at which people score 2 point conversions is slightly better than 50%, when you score a touchdown to go up by 7 as the Chargers did, why not go for the the 2 point conversion to make it a 2 possession game? If you get the extra point and make it an 8 point game, a good team is probably going to score 2 and tie it anyway. If you have a solid offensive team as the Chargers do, then put the foot on the throat and go up by 9. And hell even if you miss you're still up 7 and the other squad is just going to kick the extra point to tie the game anyway.

~How about Ray Lewis diving and tipping two balls that would have been easily intercepted by his teammates, that was funny.

~It will be laughable if Marty gets fired this week after going 14-2.

~Oh Marty going for it on 4th and 11, not smart, kick a field goal or punt.

~Thankfully his son, Brian, turned down the Dolphins job, he did a pretty good job being the O-Coordinator for the Jets this year and I would like for him to stick around a bit.

~If Vinatieri misses a field goal as time winds out with the Colts down by 2, it is official sweatshirt Bill has a deal with the devil.

~I have no probablem with LT being pissed after the game, if you just went 14-2 and lost and people were stomping around on your field wouldn't you be pissed.

~And all those people saying Bill Belichick is classy who the hell are you talking about. 1) Locked out Mangini from getting his shit after he took the Jets job. 2) Refused to acknowledge the existance of Mangini or shake his hand after a game 3) Slept with a married woman in NJ causing a divorce and an impending case 4) Smacked the shit out of a camera man ala Kenny Rogers. Belichick is one hell of a coach, but he doesn't exude class like people are saying.

~How nonsense was that defensive false start penalty that the officials dropped on Seattle on that field goal attempt. He didn't jump the neutral zone, and I understand he made the offense jump but I have never seen that called ever.

~Andy you had to go for 4th and 15, your team couldn't stop the run at all, you were done as soon as the decision to punt was made.

~For all of Cam Cameron's "genius" and head coaching credentials, you would think LT would have gotten the ball more in the 2nd half.

~Anybody else think field goal fests are a little lame?

~Why did the Pats refuse to run the ball the whole game? They were never down by a ton of points, yet Dillon seemed absent from the complete 2nd half with the exception of the last three run plays to drop the clock and set up the field goal. Word of advice to the Pats, don't abandon the run next week like you did against the Chargers or more importantly like you did in your previous matchup against the Colts. You have Dillon and Maroney, use them.

~Why is Jabar Gaffney a playoff stud? Does this make any sense to anyone? Career 100+ yard playoff games - Jabar Gaffney 2 > Marvin Harrison 1. Ya saw that coming.

~I actually thought Three Day Old Cheeseburger did a good job on NFL Countdown, which is becoming NFL screamfest, even Jaws likes to yell a lot.

~Anybody other than me annoyed the Pats game lasted past 8 pm and ran into the start of 24?

Comments

Anonymous said…
You forgot that a pats player, I think troy brown, went over to the chargers locker room door after the game and yelled something along the lines of "San Diego just lost electricity, LIGHTS OUT!"

Other than this game, the patriots have been one of the classiest organizations. I think the worst part about this time of year, is that there is nothing for the news to talk about so they blow stories out of proportion and that is all we can hear about all week.

I'll admit, none of it was classy, but emotions were high and I can guarantee it never happens again.

LT is a great player, but a huge cry baby.
Anonymous said…
They abandoned the run because IT WASN'T WORKING. Almost all of their points came after they dumped the 2TE run base set for a 3WR spread formation.
Anonymous said…
So Merriman can dance after a sack but the Pats cant after a win? How about Merrimans quote at their little pep rally..."I'm gonna smack him (Tom Brady) in the mouth"...is that classy? How about mailing popcorn to Jason Taylor so he has a snack while he watches the playoffs on TV..is that classy? How about these quotes from SD after the game last year when SD beat NE..."After thumping the Pats by the score of 41-17 and shattering the team's 21-game home winning streak, the Chargers were not exactly humble.
"That's a [butt]-whipping," said defensive coordinator Wade Phillips in an article penned by Tom Curran, who at the time wrote for the Providence Journal and who now works for NBCSports.com. Cornerback Drayton Florence (or is it Florence Drayton?) was less tactful: "F--k New England and their team," he said, before turning to a "collection of onlookers" and adding: "Get the look of shock off your faces. Don't be shocked. We beat your [butt]."..is that classy?

Admit it Chargers and Chargers fans...your whining like bitches because you got beat. Period.
Simon said…
Not once did I ever say the Chargers were classy, they weren't nor is Shawne Merriman. Hell he did his friggin syringe dance after he meerly hit Brady, didn't even sack him. But that doesn't mean the Pats didn't lack class in celebrating their victory. And I don't really care if the Pats are classy or not, I'm just sick of hearing how the Patriots are a class act team, when their coach is a scumbag and has shown so in the past year. He could go down as the best coach of all time, but the way he acts in public, and the way he apparently acted in New Jersey shows that he is not a great person.
Anonymous said…
The patriots are probably the classiest team out there. You can't take one game in, at least the past 5-6 years, and say they aren't classy. You can't say belichick is a scum bag. The media can't get anything on him so they have to go as far as to bring out crap like his divorce, are you serious? So he wears a sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off, prob the sweetest thing ever.

The media has to pick at him and you can see it over the years starting to get to him. Thats why he flips out at the media, like push the camera guy, which he apologized on the air for. Bet you didn't hear anything about that. I think your hatred for the pats is starting to out wieh your non-biased sports opinion.
Simon said…
Just cause you apologize for something doesn't mean its ok. And yes I did hear about it. Apologies don't whipe out the fact you do shit. How many times have you simply given an apology, not because you are sorry for what you did but rather you know you have to. What he did was not far off from what Rogers did, which he was crucified for. Yet Belichick received minimal criticism which barely lasted a few days.

And I'm not bringing up his divorce, I'm bringing up the fact he slept with a married woman in New Jersey and disolved a marriage.
Simon said…
What exactly has Belichick done that exudes class? He has a quarterback that's not a dickhead, and he cut all of his wideouts so he has no overpaid hot head receiver on his roster? I think we too often associate class as the result of not being complete dickbags which most of the NFL is.
Anonymous said…
I didn't say Belichick was classy, I said the pats were. What I said is you can't call him a scumbag because he hates the media. The only point the media serves is to come up stories for the public and and try to sell the product, stories you want to hear. So they come up with stories like the mangini stuff and the divorce, to try and get under people's skin. You would get pissed to if people were saying all this crap about you and blocked you from shaking hands after the game or from talking in a post game interview, just so they can get their shot and sell their story.

I tend to define classless as a pretty much what Danny Boy said, not by frustration with the media for taking it from a football level, to a personal level just to create a fire.

And I think its brillant by getting rid of over paid receivers. That way Tom can throw to anyone who is an eligable receiver and doesn't get used to one guy. That way if another deon branch leaves, its not, "What do we do now" but, "Ok, we have 10 other guys". Ultimately this has been a big part to why the Pats have had such great success, but will also be their downfall.

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