NFL Playoffs 2011

[Donoghus]

I bet the TV ratings on this game are gonna be huge.

[Redz]

wow, I was really looking forward to a Saints / Packers Conference Finals all year, but a Niners / Giants matchup seems like a good one too.

[Donoghus]

This one's over

[Neurotic Guy]

Getting ugly in GB.  Giants-49ers will be a heck of a game.  Not sure which of those teams I'd want the Pats to play if the Pats get there.    Both have more balance than the Pats, and it looks like the Giants have again caught fire at the right time.

[JSD]

Sweet. Goodbye Packers

[JSD]

Getting ugly in GB.  Giants-49ers will be a heck of a game.  Not sure which of those teams I'd want the Pats to play if the Pats get there.    Both have more balance than the Pats, and it looks like the Giants have again caught fire at the right time.

I WANT the Giants, BIG TIME. EMBARRASING the Giants is a Super Bowl might help the healing process I'm still going through. That we're still going through.

[Donoghus]

First road team to win in these playoffs.

[Neurotic Guy]

Getting ugly in GB.  Giants-49ers will be a heck of a game.  Not sure which of those teams I'd want the Pats to play if the Pats get there.    Both have more balance than the Pats, and it looks like the Giants have again caught fire at the right time.

I WANT the Giants, BIG TIME. EMBARRASING the Giants is a Super Bowl might help the healing process I'm still going through. That we're still going through.

This is true.  The risk of course is doubling the pain.

[Roy H.]

Getting ugly in GB.  Giants-49ers will be a heck of a game.  Not sure which of those teams I'd want the Pats to play if the Pats get there.    Both have more balance than the Pats, and it looks like the Giants have again caught fire at the right time.

I WANT the Giants, BIG TIME. EMBARRASING the Giants is a Super Bowl might help the healing process I'm still going through. That we're still going through.

If the Giants beat them again, does that make it even worse?

[Redz]

Manning has definitely had a season that puts him up there with the Rogers/Brees/Brady discussion.  I'm finally ready to acknowledge that he's kinda good.

[Donoghus]

Manning has definitely had a season that puts him up there with the Rogers/Brees/Brady discussion.  I'm finally ready to acknowledge that he's kinda good.

Yeah.  He's entering the discussion now.

[Donoghus]

Getting ugly in GB.  Giants-49ers will be a heck of a game.  Not sure which of those teams I'd want the Pats to play if the Pats get there.    Both have more balance than the Pats, and it looks like the Giants have again caught fire at the right time.

I WANT the Giants, BIG TIME. EMBARRASING the Giants is a Super Bowl might help the healing process I'm still going through. That we're still going through.

If the Giants beat them again, does that make it even worse?

Pats have to get by Baltimore fiirst.  That's no gimme.

Giants are going to have their hands full with San Francisco.  That's a very good football team.

[nickagneta]

Before this weekend there were three teams with prolific offenses and bad defenses, four teams with good defenses and good offenses and one bad team.

Now there's only one team left with a prolific offense and three teams left with good defenses and good offenses.

Pundits were talking how you might not need a good defense anymore to win it all. Well, unless the Pats win it all, and they easily could, that theory might be down the drain. Green Bay and New Orleans go down to good defenses and the last time the Pats played a good defense, they lost.

Green Bay offensive line being beat up killed them and they played horribly sloppy ball.

[Cman]

Before this weekend there were three teams with prolific offenses and bad defenses, four teams with good defenses and good offenses and one bad team.

Now there's only one team left with a prolific offense and three teams left with good defenses and good offenses.

Pundits were talking how you might not need a good defense anymore to win it all. Well, unless the Pats win it all, and they easily could, that theory might be down the drain. Green Bay and New Orleans go down to good defenses and the last time the Pats played a good defense, they lost.

Green Bay offensive line being beat up killed them and they played horribly sloppy ball.

I agree with your line of thinking, bc I think the pundits are full of it most of the time and bc I still think that defense wins, most of the time.

But, I don't think you can entirely look at the results of this weekend and say "case closed". NO was close to winning, and Green Bay had a pretty intense week from a personnel perspective. In other words, I think you could say that there were extenuating circumstances. I'd want a larger sample size.

[KGs Knee]

Woot!  Woot!

G-men showing everyone once again, discount them at your own peril.  Big Blue is coming down the tracks and ain't stopping for no one.

And would someone finally give Eli his due.  How can he not be elite?