[rodge827]

So next weekend it's 1 vs 2 and 1 vs 2. 

So who goes to Santa Clara?

Can Superman hold off the Arizona Fitzgeralds?

Is this Payton's swan song?

Does Billacheat adjust air pressure for playing at Mile High?

Super Bowl 50...NE vs Carolina...Carolina runs away with the Lombardi Trophy!

   

[germay0653]

The NFL really needs to work on it's rules and officiating.  The Packers vs Cardinals is a prime example.  Not a fan of either team but there were so many things wrong with that game for both teams.  The missed calls, the coin toss, the OT rules. Yes, first and foremost it's a business but they're taking the sport completely out of the game and making it a spectacle like another, supposed, sport we all know and love.  It's becoming a scripted joke for increased ratings.

Rant over!   

[monte]

Just think of it as WWE in prime time

[macrojack]

The NFL really needs to work on it's rules and officiating.  The Packers vs Cardinals is a prime example.  Not a fan of either team but there were so many things wrong with that game for both teams.  The missed calls, the coin toss, the OT rules. Yes, first and foremost it's a business but they're taking the sport completely out of the game and making it a spectacle like another, supposed, sport we all know and love.  It's becoming a scripted joke for increased ratings.

Rant over!   

I have to agree wholeheartedly. The league is so fixated on money that they have completely lost the "sport" designation. It's all about show business - contracts and ratings. The games are officiated toward an outcome entirely too often. I have maintained for years that there are infractions on virtually every play and by calling or ignoring them subjectively the refs are able to steer the outcome. Whether this is in place to benefit Las Vegas or just the ratings, I can't say, but I do feel that it occurs regularly.
I would like to see Thursday night and overseas games eliminated entirely. Does anyone else here feel this way?

[thunderbrick]

Just think of it as WWE in prime time

Yep.  And I'm getting tired of it.  All the on-field meltdowns and trash talking, then all on-field smiles, hugs and handshakes after the game.  But I don't think the refs are skewing things.
I DO think that after the recent Los Angeles football lottery that Congress should review the league's tax status.  SERIOUSLY review it.

[macrojack]

Yep.  And I'm getting tired of it.  All the on-field meltdowns and trash talking, then all on-field smiles, hugs and handshakes after the game.  But I don't think the refs are skewing things.
I DO think that after the recent Los Angeles football lottery that Congress should review the league's tax status.  SERIOUSLY review it.

Great point, Bob. Letting the NFL dodge taxes as a not-for-profit is beyond ludicrous and surely insults all of us real taxpayers. And, on top of that, we build them new stadiums with public money, only to see them jump ship for an even bigger extortion offering 20 years later. You GAS people know exactly what I'm talking about.

[thunderbrick]

You GAS people know exactly what I'm talking about.

Yeah, and we Baltimore natives who now live in Missouri REALLY know……  It's one thing to lose a team, quite another to lose it to a father/son team of drunks…..

[macrojack]

Yeah, and we Baltimore natives who now live in Missouri REALLY know……  It's one thing to lose a team, quite another to lose it to a father/son team of drunks…..

Both the locations you reference came up big in the 2015 racist sweepstakes. Probably just coincidence --- although they do say, "Missouri loves company".

[thunderbrick]

Tom, that's BS analogy, coming what, 30 years apart?

[macrojack]

You're right. What was I thinking?

[JLM]

Just think of it as WWE in prime time

+1 

[R_burke]

So next weekend it's 1 vs 2 and 1 vs 2.  When's the last time that happened?

My thoughts exactly, pretty sure it's been a long time.  Now to see if Superbowl is #1 vs. #1

[stlrman]

Pretty nice game in Dever.
Dever up 14-9 . Dever swarming and sacking, With two interceptions in the first quarter . Brady taking some tremendous hits ! The last hit looked really painful . Brady is pretty darn tough !

[stlrman]

Broncos held on by a hair. Missed extra point did tthe Patriots in . The kicker hass made 540 straight before the miss.
Great drive in the last min . by the Pats to try a 2 point conversion to tie . No dice. Like to Manning win it all!

[thunderbrick]

[JLM]

Good game, now Manning has a chance to win SB 50 and go into retirement (?) in style.

[mcgsxr]

So much for my Pats vs Panthers Super Bowl. 

Now,we find out if I was 50 or 100% wrong.   

[mav52]

It's amazing the results you get when footballs are inflated correctly   

Would like to see the Panthers pull this out.   

[stlrman]

Panthers up 17-0!!

[S Clark]

As a Dallas fan, I was glad to see Demarcus Ware have such a great game.  He didn't get credit for the sacks, but he was at Brady's legs and feet the entire game.