What a great game last night. What made it even better was the Vikings lost! I am seeing this whole power struggle thing coming to a head during the playoffs and it will cost the Vikings.
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Haha yeah. The 2007 Patriots said the saaaame thing at the beginning of the 2008 season.
The Colts won't be playing in a meaningful game until January 16th/17th. They should be more concerned about the effects of that on their team,given their one and dones in recent years. Rest/rust isn't a good thing for a precision passing game that Colts have...
Vikings are self destructing from within. The constant struggles between Childress and Lord Favre are not helping that locking room...
Vikings are self destructing from within. The constant struggles between Childress and Lord Favre are not helping that locking room...
And you all make valid points. That being said, it really comes down to the coaches decisions and clearly Caldwell is more concerned about success in the playoffs (or at least potential success with all the first-string players) than he is a record season.
I guess were past that now -- Colts managed 14-0 which is respectable in its own right. Do I think they could have done 19-0? Sure. The possibility was definitely there. But let us not forget the Patriots flawless season that ended with a Giant asterisk on their record.
I guess we'll all just have to wait and see. Like I said in a previous post, I'm almost glad that they didn't win (sounds terrible coming from a die-hard Colts fan); it relieves some of the pressure from perfect season prospects. They're a phenomenal team and I don't think this loss should remove any of their credibility.
I guess were past that now -- Colts managed 14-0 which is respectable in its own right. Do I think they could have done 19-0? Sure. The possibility was definitely there. But let us not forget the Patriots flawless season that ended with a Giant asterisk on their record.
I guess we'll all just have to wait and see. Like I said in a previous post, I'm almost glad that they didn't win (sounds terrible coming from a die-hard Colts fan); it relieves some of the pressure from perfect season prospects. They're a phenomenal team and I don't think this loss should remove any of their credibility.
Cry me a friggin river. Get over it Colts fans.
Winning the Super Bowl is more important than running the table.
And while we're at it, 1972 Dolphins can **** too.
Winning the Super Bowl is more important than running the table.
And while we're at it, 1972 Dolphins can **** too.
But that also doesn't mean the Jets get to gloat about winning the game either.
Think Ryan realizes that the Jets still have a chance at the playoffs??
I can haz cheezburger
Ok, a few days from now, my Eagles will probably be publicly humiliated.
So I appreciate the Flyers beginning to win again. It makes up for the pain that I will feel if the Eagles not only choke this weekend, but then again in the first round as well.
Looking forward to some good games. I'm sick of the college bowl crap. They need to cut half of them. If your bowl game goes 5 years consecutively without 60% attendance, it should be cut. Then again, if they keep adding games, MacRumors might get one. The MacRumors Bowl, between the 4th place MWC and the 5th place WAC teams.
So I appreciate the Flyers beginning to win again. It makes up for the pain that I will feel if the Eagles not only choke this weekend, but then again in the first round as well.
Looking forward to some good games. I'm sick of the college bowl crap. They need to cut half of them. If your bowl game goes 5 years consecutively without 60% attendance, it should be cut. Then again, if they keep adding games, MacRumors might get one. The MacRumors Bowl, between the 4th place MWC and the 5th place WAC teams.
Seriously. The BCS is possibly one of the most retarded "playoff" systems in existence.
And yet again for another year, the fans have voted that they want to scrap the BCS system and go for a playoff system.
To be honest, a playoff system is probably better but past few years, the BCS system has got it right. Florida was clearly the top team for the last couple of years and they got to play the second best team in the championship game. Where the BCS failed was few years back when Miami (FL) wasn't even in it and were arguably the best team in the nation (luckily for them, they took it personally and went on tear the next year to their championship). Again, it would probably be better to have a bracket like NCAAB.
I would like to state for the record that I'm very upset.
The biggest game of the day, the Eagles/Cowboys, is not televised in my area. The Broncos/Chiefs game is the late game. What a waste of electricity.
Grr.
The biggest game of the day, the Eagles/Cowboys, is not televised in my area. The Broncos/Chiefs game is the late game. What a waste of electricity.
Grr.
My guess is they wanted Cowboys/Eagles but they used up those teams already. Or Fox protected it weeks ago.
I disagree with both the premise (above) and the conclusion (therefore you should rest your players).
There's been one undefeated team ever. There's a superbowl winner every year. Quick (and without looking it up) - who won the superbowl in 1971? 73? 76? 82? Personally, I have no idea. But I know who won it in 72. And as a Pats fan, I'm 100% behind the decision to go for perfection instead of resting people in 07, even if it didn't work out.
Which brings me to my second point - even if you agree that winning the superbowl is more important than going undefeated, do you or anyone else know that the rest helps more than the rust hurts? Having almost a month without a real game can't be good for an offense's timing and execution. Maybe the rest outweighs that - and maybe not.
and as a final aside - it just seems gutless. put your players on the field and go for the glory. if you can win, win.
I can't believe they don't think Jet fans can handle a little bit of alcohol. Jet fans are the class of the NFL. Wait, what?
Excellent points.
I think if a team can win the Super Bowl but also have a Holy Grail type of year the Dolphins had, then it's as memorable as Jack and Tiger in golf, Sampras in tennis, and possibly up there with the 2004 Red Sox putting the curse to rest.
I think the two most memorable moments in sports history, American sports history, are the Red Sox in 2004, and Barry Bonds single season HR record breaking run.
Fox and CBS both have rights to protect teams from NBC. Fox might have locked up the Cowboys/Eagles game weeks ago so NBC could not flex it. Or NBC used up it's quota.
I would hope not. I know that is probably the game NBC wanted though, not the Jets. I could think of better games to flex then the Jets.
