NFL playoffs 2017/18: back again like marv

It kind of reminded me of this guy who we used to be sure had some secrets.

http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2010/brad-childress-new-job%20%281%29.jpg

maybe I'm biased b/c I want the Vikings to lose, but Saints +4 looks like a pretty good line, no? hate to sound like a bad pundit here but experience, star power, and coaching all seem to matter more in the playoffs and the Saints have an advantage in all three. Vikings have been damn impressive but don't these sorts of Cinderella teams usually wilt in the playoffs?

It's probably a pickem game and you have the fact that Minnesota has had some shite luck in the playoffs. That said, every good team had to win it for the first time. Vikings defense is real, but if New Orleans gets up a couple scores early that will be trouble as you don't want Keenum and Co. to have to start chucking it around pass happy.

You could probably make the same case for Atlanta to beat Philly too.

I'm sorry how are the Vikings at 13-3 with a statistically dominant defense a "Cinderella" team?

listen I get you have cheddar clogging your synapses and the Saints are a good team and Brees is one of the best, so we could lose but I guarantee no one one this board has watched this team more than I have and this defense is brutal to deal with.

if anything I would actually try to about putting it on the passing game. a direct power run game is probably their closest thing to a weakness.

was looking back at the reg season meeting and brees had a fair game but the vikes run defense crushed NO. admittedly that was back when kamara was still sharing snaps with peterson, but he was still sub 3y per. their run game got stopped in the wild card game too but brees was still able to chuck it around when they needed him to - he got nearly 400y despite being kinda shackled a lot of the 2nd half - in a way he won't be able to against MN. i do think it is really close but i can easily imagine another 20 point game for NO and i think the vikes win that p much every time.

this weekend harks back to the avian battles of yore when a veritable cornucopia of polish quarterbacks -- steve bartkowski and ron jaworski -- led their raptor-monikered teams against each other

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41_M_mehG0

the bird fight i can see being a p low scorer which opens the door for philly even tho i still think they are dogs overall. atl is cresting on the back of their defense right now and their offense, altho improved on early season, is still spluttering a bit. playing against a dominant defense is not where they want to be and if philly can squeeze another half decent game out of foles that could be enough for a 20-17.

I'm sorry how are the Vikings at 13-3 with a statistically dominant defense a "Cinderella" team?

coz they were projected to go 8-8 and the only player your average fan could pick out of a lineup is probably the backup QB. they don't seem too different from say that 08 Titans squad that rode a stellar defense to 13 wins

tell u one thing no one knows whats gonna happen in the nba playoffs baby! especially now that they got that tent

https://www.theringer.com/2018/1/9/16867564/playoffs-salary-cap-free-agent-spending-jaguars-eagles-patriots

another interesting piece by kevin clark in his productive vein of identifying trends that are becoming generally apparent and articulating them well. i think he oversells the impact of this but it is certainly real, you can't argue with the examples.

Incredibly, six of the top 10 2017 spenders in free agency, a period formerly reserved for desperate teams to throw money at anyone, made the playoffs: the Patriots, Titans, Rams, Vikings, Panthers, and Jaguars (who spent $20 million more than any other team).

the eagles not on this particular list but they are the first team i think of with their aggressive offseason and he covers them in detail later on.

casual ko shot on the browns to finish too, respect

norval eugene turner . . . welcome back to the [very cris collinsworth voice] national football league

poor cam

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DTSW6IwXUAIFER-.jpg

blessed image

i have, in order of confidence:

ne over ten
atl over phl
pit over jax
min over no

i really think all signs point to vikes winning at home but that is a hard game to look at straight. it should be a doozy, anyhow.

yeah thats a true battle of styles between evenly matched teams game

who will IMPOSE THEIR WILL

it's kinda hard to describe how bad bortles was throwing the ball on sunday pic.twitter.com/o34w8xI5ri

— charles mcdonald (@FourVerts) January 12, 2018

get scared steelers

yow lol

classic bortling

at least he's better than that bum Lebron

.@CBSSports pic.twitter.com/r6oV5RdQ9h

— Blake Bortles Facts (@BortlesFacts) January 11, 2018

Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles deals with more criticism than any other starting quarterback in football, namely because he's not a good quarterback and he plays for a good football team that is currently in the midst of a playoff run. Though Bortles has occasionally flashed signs of improvement in his fourth season, the criticism has persisted as the Jaguars prepare for their upcoming game against the Steelers.

On Wednesday, when Bortles was asked about his critics, he acknowledged that the criticism will never stop. And then he made a really good point that has to do with LeBron James. Don't worry, he didn't compare himself to the greatest basketball player of all-time (cue the Michael Jordan arguments in the comment section below).

"It'll probably never stop," he said. "There's people who think LeBron James sucks. So if that happens, I'm sure there will always be people who always think I suck."

(citation needed)

blake bortles is the most fake and hilarious sounding real name maybe ever

sounds like when chevy chase had to come up w a name on the fly and he said john cocktoastin

reminds me of something liartownusa uses as a fake name

https://78.media.tumblr.com/5252ac36bd90e95e0dc99b5e6123f1e5/tumblr_oieuvqJeMw1s71q1zo3_1280.png

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/7d/b6/14/7db6141bfb4f3c714f3c0ffa935cd773--book-catalogue-book-cover-design.jpg

Bortlemania has inspired me to start watching NFL for the first time since about Super Bowl XXVI so he’s obviously a great advert for the sport.

thumbtacks/jags conference finals would be cause for a national holiday imo

if Bortles has three decent games in a row he will make 100 million dollars. lol

needs to bring on joe flacco as a life coach

https://russellstreetreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/flaccogummibears.jpg

"Every starting quarterback in the NFL can get an endorsement deal. Even me. Hi, I'm Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens."

enjoy the chewy bears

Blake Bortles is a classic ILNFL player, he's not that good but at least he is entertaining in being not all that good. Could you imagine if Bortles had bad 'facial posture' like Jay Cutler? I get people kinda like Bortles or at least feel sorry for him not being that good. People just wanted to smack Jay Cutler for looking stupid.

Blake Bortles isn't having fun, he's just trying to get through his day at work.

great start

great start

wow i just saw the seahawks are going to hire brian schottenheimer as oc. two prime coordinator vacancies filled by norv and fucking schottenheimer jr, wtf is happening.

Foles is obviously jealous of all the attention Bortles has been getting.

Some really nice play calling on this drive

The big house be a rockin today who nellie, since they got Keith Jackson to the golden gates.

RIP Keith.

lol this game keeps on delivering

philly has fumbled on every drive so far, incredible

that agholor inside counter tho

That was an awesome play

lol you have got to be shitting me. this game.

lol

too many goddamn penalties in this game

heroic effort by pedersen making this game manageable for foles but can only do so much for him. should've been an easy completion.

refs really trying their best to fuck the eagles over this game, jesus christ

what bad decisions have gone against the eagles?? only ppl fucking the eagles in this game are the eagles.