pro football

[SteveP]

anyone here from baltimore i can pick a fight with?
always interesting storylines conjured up by the media to stir interest.

[quickag]

I didn't really watch football until this year. I had to play Madden to learn the rules. The playoff games this year have been fantastic. Too bad I think I'm a Bears fan.

[AJPM44]

anyone here from baltimore i can pick a fight with?
always interesting storylines conjured up by the media to stir interest.

They have to conjure up storylines since the ravens suck. Are they going to complain more about the no huddle?

[Bingomck]

I didn't really watch football until this year. I had to play Madden to learn the rules. The playoff games this year have been fantastic. Too bad I think I'm a Bears fan.

This is great. Good story. Picked a good year to start following! Last weekend's 4 games were about all you can ask for in playoff football.

Niners fan here, would've loved to see Seattle pull out the Ww and get a rematch at Candlestick, but it wasn't to be... Falcons should be good too.

[j44ke]

I picked all winners in the last round, though I guess it never happened without documentation. I don't like to bet against Baltimore when Lewis is reasonably healthy, Flacco is on target and it is the post-season, but realistically, unless the Ravens defense can get to Brady, they are going to lose. If the Ravens score first and they sack Brady more than once in the first quarter, then I think the Ravens have a chance. Otherwise, the Patriots are such a complete team at this moment, and Belly Check's schemes are so laser-focused on nearly every other team's weaknesses, I can't see the Patriots losing.

Besides Brady knows that since the NY Giants are not in the playoffs, this may be his only chance to win one for a while.

Mwahahaha.

SF & ATL = meh. I mean, it will probably be a good game, but it won't produce the Super Bowl winner, especially if the Patriots are in it.

[SteveP]

new england has had a hell of a run.
will be rough to see brady retire at some point.
these are the good old days for sure.

[Saab2000]

Is there still football being played? I thought the season ended when Green Bay lost. I'm confused.

[Brandon White]

Is there still football being played? I thought the season ended when Green Bay lost. I'm confused.

Saab - is that the 2013 version of ______ ________ in your avatar now? He go into body building where steroid use is more widely accepted? Maybe he'll announce it on Oprah.


I hate Baltimore because I was born and raised a Browns Fan.

[Bingomck]

Besides Brady knows that since the NY Giants are not in the playoffs, this may be his only chance to win one for a while.

Mwahahaha.

SF & ATL = meh. I mean, it will probably be a good game, but it won't produce the Super Bowl winner, especially if the Patriots are in it.

Biased Niners fan here, but did you watch Patriots v Niners in regular season? Best regular season game of the year. And the Niners won. So how are you so sure that the Patriots will roll right through the Super Bowl with no competition?

[Saab2000]

Saab - is that the 2013 version of ______ ________ in your avatar now? He go into body building where steroid use is more widely accepted? Maybe he'll announce it on Oprah.


I hate Baltimore because I was born and raised a Browns Fan.

That's a recent picture of myself. I went to one of those clinics where they turn 70 year old doctors into youthful specimens. They sure do know what they're doing there. I'm sure it's safe and legal. Too bad LA didn't have the kind of help they're doling out.

[Tom]

While I'm a Patriots fan by default (from the Grogan years, OK? Remember the "Close the Trunk" chants?) I wouldn't mind seeing Baltimore vs SF for the brother thing and for some reason I always like to see the borderline maniac succeed over the calculating technician. If New England does manage to beat the Ravens I wouldn't be surprised if they defeated SF because I think Belicheck was probably trying stuff out and then finally decided it was time to get serious. They cover one kickoff there and they have a real chance. Now they know how to score 33 points a half on SF so maybe they can squeak one out when it counts.

[Bingomck]

True Tom, but don't discount that that scoring display was without our defensive rock, Justin Smith in the 2nd half, who appears to be back to his old self despite playing injured. Amazing the statistics of our defense with and without him; like two different teams. Then again, Tom Brady is Tom Brady.... Hoping for another good two games Sunday!

[Tom]

...Then again, Tom Brady is Tom Brady....

Last year I'm over at a whole house full of Giants fans for the Super Bowl... when Brady threw the safety on the first play I tried to get anybody to take a bet that the game was over right there and that one play would decide it. Nobody would.

[maunahaole]

Damn, Saab, I thought you were doing it all with Valser and Emmentaler, with occasional micro-doses of Founders. I am shattered.

[SteveP]

saab told me he was eating 48 eggs a day and that did it.

i cannot imagine what runs through the head of somebody who wants to look like that.

[burgess1108]

In a sadistic way, I'd like to see a Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh Super Bowl.

[WayneJ]

That's a recent picture of myself. I went to one of those clinics where they turn 70 year old doctors into youthful specimens. They sure do know what they're doing there. I'm sure it's safe and legal. Too bad LA didn't have the kind of help they're doling out.

You've been reading too many USAirways magazines (back pages).
Rather than EPO, I prefer to spend my money on garden gnomes and fancy wine decanting equipment.

[Dave]

new england has had a hell of a run.
will be rough to see brady retire at some point.
these are the good old days for sure.

I agree 100%. I live just north of Indianapolis. I have loved the Patriots owning the COlts except for that one season. It brings me great joy to see Manning choke on an entirely new team.

Last year was a tough pill to swallow the day after the superbowl. I had an entire school and their teachers talking smack. I hope this year is my year to stick it to them! I just hope Goodell hasn't made a deal with the refs to make it a Harbaugh Bro final. "This has never been seen in sports before...blah blah blah"

Go Pats.

[roseyscot]

ahh, mumbles menino. so proud of my mayor: 2013 NFL Playoffs -- Boston Mayor Thomas Menino stumbles on New England Patriots names - ESPN Boston

[maunahaole]

It would be more newsworthy if mumbles was able to do this without making a mistake.