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NFL Football 2010/2011 Season

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MacDawg said:
Packers v. Steelers
Bears v. Steelers
Bears v. Jets
Packers v. Jets

Aw hell...

Packers v. Jets
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This is not what I would have expected at the start of the playoff season, but with all the teams so close, it's as likely as anything else. An all green Super Bowl to boot. I would like to see this even though I think it will be the other teams there.

But it would be fun to see a pure vertical shootout between Rodgers and Sanchez, assuming they get to SB and then play that way. A low scoring, slow moving SB win, while not as exciting, has proved to be a successful way to play in recent years. I don't think we will see a 31-28 game with 300 yards* on the day for both QBs and 100 yard rushing days for both starting rushers on both sides.

* and yes, you can throw for 300 yards and still lose the SB (ask the Bengals on that one)
 
Jets DBs riled up over Hines Ward

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Antonio Cromartie knows the perfect way to stop Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Hines Ward from throwing a blindside block Sunday in the AFC Championship Game.

"Just tell [him] if he do it again you're gonna kick his ass," Cromartie said Friday afternoon.

Ward has developed a reputation because of his penchant for hitting opponents who aren't looking in his direction. Some Jets on Friday called his play "dirty" and "cheap."

Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said the Jets refer to Ward as "the toughest player in the league, when no one's looking."

"We're going to deal with him early so he knows what type of game it's going to be, and that none of that stuff is being tolerated," Jets safety James Ihedigbo said.

Like a tone-setting hit?

"Hell yeah," the safety said.

Safety Eric Smith hesitated to say what would happen if Ward serves up any cheap shots on Sunday. Why? Because Smith is worried such words might incur a fine from the league.

"If I finish what I said and then do what I planned on doing, I'm going to get fined," Smith said.
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Should be a fun game :D
 

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63dot said:
I hope, for ring makers Jostens, the Jets win. There's just no space left on this ring if the Steelers win today, and then win the SB. But whether they win or not, this ring pictured below could be used as a template for the Cowboys or 49ers if they happen to win one in the future. :)
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It will be the Jets. They're going to win it for Aiden.


FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Mark Sanchez went to work Tuesday, preparing for a big football game. Some 40 miles away, a little boy from Queens, N.Y., was buried -- a friend of the New York Jets quarterback.

Sanchez and Aiden Binkley, 11, met each other only a few weeks ago, but they became fast friends. Binkley was suffering from a rare form of cancer, and he had only two wishes -- he wanted his two brothers to stay healthy and he wanted to meet Sanchez.

And so he did.

Aiden visited the Jets' training facility Dec. 15, and he received the VIP treatment, as if he were a big-name player making a free-agent visit. He watched practice and was escorted to owner Woody Johnson's second-floor office, where he met Antonio Cromartie, Dustin Keller, Mike Devito and others.

And, finally, Sanchez. The people who were there say Aiden's face lit up like Broadway at night.

"He sat there, beaming and smiling," said Aiden's mother, Lisa Binkley, who initially wasn't sure if it was a good idea to make the trip because Aiden was in such pain.

"Nothing meant more to him than coming here and meeting Mark and meeting the Jets," Keller said quietly Wednesday in the Jets' locker room. "Great kid ... a tough situation."

The 24-year-old quarterback was immediately taken by Aiden and his upbeat personality and his love of the Jets. A few days later, Sanchez & Co. beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh -- the biggest win of the season -- and Sanchez sent his new friend a game ball.

Sanchez was deeply touched by Aiden, who battled rhabdomyosarcoma, according to a 2008 New York Daily News article. There was a lemon-sized tumor that spread from his pelvis to his lungs, and he required 60 weeks of chemotherapy.

They became texting buddies and, one day, Sanchez surprised Aiden's parents by asking, "Can I come over?" When Sanchez arrived, the boy was sleeping. Sanchez sat at Aiden's feet, waiting until he woke up.

"He opened his eyes and there was Mark, sitting on the couch," Lisa said. "He was so sweet."

They ended up having a long conversation, like a couple of old friends. Aiden took Sanchez to his bedroom and showed him his sports stuff, including his hockey stick. He gave Sanchez a camouflage bracelet with the inscription "Binkley's Battle." Sanchez and Keller were wearing the bracelets Wednesday in the Jets' locker room.

Sanchez remembers Aiden Binkley

Mark Sanchez shares memories of his late friend, 11-year-old Aiden Binkley, on 1050 ESPN's "The Michael Kay Show"


"My man, Aiden ... breaks my heart," Sanchez said Tuesday during his weekly spot on "The Michael Kay Show" on 1050 ESPN Radio. "He's so tough."

Sanchez, choked with emotion, paused several times as he talked about Aiden, whom he met through the Teddy Atlas Foundation. Atlas, the boxing trainer and ESPN analyst, was a Jets special assistant under former coach Eric Mangini.

"He brought me so much inspiration. ... It's hard to talk about him," Sanchez said. "He meant the world to me. I felt like I've known him forever. ... I saw his personality. I saw his competitive spirit. I saw him fighting every day.

"I'm complaining about a shoulder. Are you kidding me? ... I think he was 11 years old, and he has cancer eating away at his body," Sanchez continued. "This kid is fighting every day. He's smiling every time I talk to him. I visited him at his home. I mean, he has to get carried up the stairs because he's so weak and all he wants to talk about is LT [LaDainian Tomlinson] and Darrelle Revis and Rex Ryan and me.

"Oh, man, it kills you, just thinking about it. I love him to death."

Sanchez was sitting at his locker before facing the Steelers, going over the game plan one last time, when he received a text from Aiden. His friend was concerned about the chilly weather.

"He's saying, 'It looks cold out there in Pittsburgh. I'm glad I'm watching from home. Good luck,'" Sanchez said with a chuckle. "Little stuff like that really fires you up."

After the game, Aiden fired off a congratulatory text to Sanchez. Don't expect a return text, his mother warned, explaining that Sanchez would be too busy to answer an 11-year-old boy. So they watched his postgame news conference on TV, never imagining they'd hear from him.

About 20 minutes later, the phone rang. It was Sanchez.

"We were blown away," Lisa said.

In his final days, Aiden's cancer was so unbearable that he couldn't get out of bed. But he kept his phone close by, just in case his friend Mark decided to call or text.

"He'd be lying in bed, in such pain, and the phone would ring -- and he'd smile," Lisa said.

Funny thing about Sanchez's texts: Instead of a simple, inspirational message, he always posed a question, trying to initiate a conversation.

Their friendship was born at a difficult time for Sanchez. The Jets were on a two-game losing streak after being embarrassed by the New England Patriots 45-3 and showing no energy in a 10-6 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Even Ryan admitted he thought about pulling his franchise quarterback from the Miami game.

"I'm not a happy camper, I'm upset, I'm frustrated," Sanchez said. "I want to make it right. I want to hurry up and play another game."

Along came Aiden.

"All I hear from someone is, 'There's a youngster who's terminally ill with cancer and all he wants to do is meet you,'" Sanchez said. "It changes your whole world. It stops everything. You get a chance to step back. It's really close to my heart. ... He's the best. I love him."

Keith Sullivan, an Atlas Foundation board member, was struck by Sanchez's sincerity. In that initial meeting, Sanchez and Aiden exchanged cell phone numbers, with Sanchez telling the boy, "I'll shoot you a text later. We'll talk." And Sullivan hoped it wasn't just lip service, a millionaire athlete trying to appease a starstruck kid.

Sanchez called. They talked.

"Aiden had a smile on his face for the last three weeks of his life," Sullivan said.

Aiden lost his courageous battle last Thursday. Before the Jets' game last Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, the Jets honored him with a moment of silence.
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I hope Sanchez blows out his knee. and Rex Ryan has a ****ing stroke from being a fat piece of ****.

Go Packers.
 
zioxide said:
I hope Sanchez blows out his knee. and Rex Ryan has a ****ing stroke from being a fat piece of ****.

Go Packers.
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If I was you ... I would be more concerned about Rodgers and the Bears defence ... You can worry about the Jets next year (if you make the Playoffs):cool:
 
zioxide said:
haha thats funny coming from a jets fan, since the jets are obviously the masters of class, and they have the professor of class ladanian tomlinson on their team.
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Such anger. Tom Brady is still pretty. We were careful on each of the 5 sacks and 7 hits on him.
 
Adam Schefter's 10 Spot is a good read

Lots of good tidbits here... like these...

In only his second NFL season, with a 4-1 postseason road record, Sanchez already has tied the all-time league record that Len Dawson, Jake Delhomme, Joe Flacco and Roger Staubach share for most postseason road wins. One more win Sunday at Pittsburgh would make Sanchez the NFL's all-time winningest postseason road quarterback.
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For all the happiness 212 players have experienced reaching Sunday's conference championship games, one experienced heartbreak. Again. Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez has played 14 NFL seasons and four postseason games yet hasn't won an NFL playoff game. He lost three playoff games as a Chief, one as a Falcon, and he is one of the finest NFL players ever not to win in the postseason. Like Gonzalez, Chiefs center Casey Wiegmann also has played 14 NFL seasons without winning in the postseason, losing his three playoff games. Cowboys quarterback Jon Kitna has played 13 NFL seasons and lost in his only two postseason appearances. No player in NFL history has lost more playoff games without a win than former Saints linebacker Pat Swilling, who was on the wrong side of the score in each of his six playoff games. But no active player has deserved a single postseason win, just one, any more than Gonzalez.
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Never before has the NFL experienced a postseason quite like this one. Under the current playoff format implemented in 1990, the NFL never has had a Super Bowl in which the seeds of teams added up to a higher number than seven, which happened when the No. 6-seeded Steelers beat the top-seeded Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. Now, each conference championship game -- Green Bay at Chicago and New York at Pittsburgh -- features the No. 2 seed versus the No. 6. If either of the No. 6 seeds wins Sunday, the Packers or Jets, the NFL is guaranteed the highest Super Bowl total in terms of seeds in its current playoff format. The league has been close to this scenario before. In 2008 playoffs, the No. 6-seeded Ravens lost at Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship Game and the No. 6-seeded Eagles lost at Arizona in the NFC Championship Game. But it never has had a No. 6 and a No. 2, and it never has had two No. 6s.
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rdowns said:
Stay classy dude.
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Joe Namath blew out a knee, actually several times, and after one such mishap he took his team to the Super Bowl (the one he guaranteed) and won. :)

Before most people's time though, and before the current Jets "fetish" thingy with coach, there was Namath's notoriously unreliable knees putting attention on his legs, but that didn't stop him from appearing in a famous panty hose commercial.
 

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pivo6 said:
Let's be honest. The Jets haven't had the best year when it comes to their image.

  1. Ines Sainz, hot Mexican TV reporter
  2. Braylon Edwards DUI
  3. Brett Favre and Jenn Sterger
  4. Buddy Ryan's foot fetish
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let's try to stay on focus here ... the Jets winning the SB :cool:
 
zioxide said:
haha thats funny coming from a jets fan, since the jets are obviously the masters of class, and they have the professor of class ladanian tomlinson on their team.
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That's funny coming from a Patriots fan. The Patriots were masters of class in that 45-3 game, weren't they? Deion Branch and fans forget how the team acted in that game.

And of course your coach is the Dean of Class.
 
Moyank24 said:
That's funny coming from a Patriots fan. The Patriots were masters of class in that 45-3 game, weren't they? Deion Branch and fans forget how the team acted in that game.

And of course your coach is the Dean of Class.
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Can't we just admit that both teams are scum.
 
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