2007 NFL Playoffs thread

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:31 am

Templehorn wrote:I thought the cbs broadcast sucked. nance and simms missed a lot of stuff in the game.

The Colts tactic of calling plays at the line of scrimmage made it harder for the director to insert replays. That was exacerbated by the fact that Indianapolis dominated possession. Not that Nance is particularly insightful under the best of circumstances.

sfz_T-car · Post by **sfz_T-car** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:33 am

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dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:53 am

sfz_T-car wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, let's all give Siam007 a great big hand.

All I can say to that is thank god the Super Bowl is over...maybe he'll go back into his hole.

Templehorn · Post by **Templehorn** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:56 am

sfz_T-car wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, let's all give Siam007 a great big hand.

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3/13
3/14

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James_E · Post by **James_E** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:12 am

Leebo33 wrote:
pk500 wrote:Not exactly game-related, but these were the WORST group of Super Bowl commercials I can ever remember. They flat-out sucked, from start to finish. The only one that made me even chuckle was the "clean-up needed at checkout 6" Doritos commercial with the fat checkout chick.

And Prince ripped it up pretty good at halftime. The man can f*cking play.
I agree on both. I told my wife that we have to go see him in concert now.

The commercials were horrible. I think at least a third of them featured talking animals. It's getting old. And I really don't care that a truck can go from zero to 70 and stop on a dime near the side of a cliff. It would only scare the s*** out of the kids anyway.

I didn't get to see the game. I was flying... currently posting this from Amsterdam airport. 6 Euro for 30 minutes wifi access.

But.. Prince is one incredible guitar player and all around musician. The man can shred with the best in addition to his songwriting and all around musicianship. I'd love to go see him live. Check out some stuff on youtube for more of his fretboard work.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:05 am

The more I think about it, the more I have to give the game to the Colts offensive line. They won that game. Great pass protection and run blocking. With a team with as many weapons as Indy, giving Peyton Manning time to throw or allowing them to get into a groove on the ground will doom almost any team. It's amazing the Bears D only gave up 22 points considering how well the Colts moved the ball.

Any talk about Lovie's coaching future is idiotic. He's the best coach this team has had in two decades, and honestly, I think he will wind up having more success than Ditka. Smith made great progress in learning from last year's playoff loss, and I think he'll do the same next year.

The Colts also look like they can make it back. Their defense did an amazing turnaround in the postseason, and if they can stay close to that level next year, they will be very tough to beat.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:03 pm

True about Smith. He's a fine coach. The Bears are a QB away from being a tremendous, tremendous team.

I never thought I'd say this, but if given the option of keeping J.P. Losman in Buffalo or trading him for Rex Grossman, I'd keep Losman. Grossman has Losman's same lack of field-reading ability but has about half the natural talent and arm strength of Losman.

Take care,
PK

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:17 pm

Colts OL did well but Manning basically took what the Bears gave them, which was a lot of underneath routes as Urlacher was protecting the deep middle on the Cover 2.

Even the CBs took deep drops to concede a lot of flats and shallow outs to the TEs.

So Manning didn't have to hold the ball long, Bears left the short passing game open.

It might have worked but poor tackling gave the Colts more yards than they should have gotten in a lot of instances.

Bears also did some gimmicky things blitzing Briggs right as the ball was snapped to try to stop the run or pressure the pass. You would think a pitch to that side would have yielded some big gains. But as it was, Rhodes could just hit another hole and gash them in the second half.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:46 pm

The Colts OL did do well, but it seemed like the Bears were very conservative on D, especially after that horrendous breakdown led to the 53yd TD pass to Wayne.

But really, I think the difference was the incompetence of the Bears Offense. Outside of that one drive, with the 50+yd run, the Bears O just could not get first downs. At the half, it was something like 14 first downs for the Colts to 5 for the Bears. The Colts just had too many plays, too many chances to figure out what the D would do in certain situations, too many plays to beat down the D-line and punsih tacklers in the run game. The Bears D really needed some kind of help from their Offense.

As it was, even going into the 4th quarter in a game where the Colts were dominating in all statistical areas (especially time of posession), the Bears D could still have created a miracle and won the game, but they still needed just a little help. That posession where the Colts did a really poor squib, and then there was the late hit, gave the Bears the best gift of FP they could ever have asked for, and this after the D had forced yet another FG despite being on the field for I don't know how many plays that drive. And what happened? All the Grossmans could muster was a measley FG. At that point, it was pretty clear it was over.

Grossman was just bad, plain and simple. The first pick was bad enough (inexperience perhaps? I thought he was trying to throw it away and couldn't even get that done, but I guess he was actually trying to make some kind of throw there), but the second pick was just inexcusable. He had half the field to throw to there, and the man was wide open, but he made a throw so poor that it brought the safety back into the play. And then there were the two fumbled snaps.

I really think that if the Bears had had a decent QB they could have won the game. But you can't hope to pound the rock and wear down the D when you only get 5 first downs in the first half. I think they had like 14 plays in the first half. It would have helped if the Bears D could have gotten off the field in the 3rd quarter (that first drive was like, 8 minutes), but they were getting picked apart by a QB who had run a ton of plays already and so knew what he was looking at. But the O has to get a few first downs and give those guys a rest.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:08 pm

On an only remotely related note, can we stop the horrible trend of using the term "pick six" for INTs returned for touchdowns? I don't think I've found any piece of nouveau sports nomenclature this aggravating since the wild proliferation of the use of "walk on" in baseball

AJColossal · Post by **AJColossal** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:14 pm

That game was pretty much a clinic on what the Bears needed to do to lose the game:

1) Give the Colts a huge advantage in time of possession.

2) Get next to no pressure on Peyton Manning.

3) Turn the ball over more than they did.

4) Other than one big play, not move the ball with any efficiency.

5) Have Grossman resort back to bad habits.

Even intangibles (the rainy weather) which would seem to favor the Bears didn't. It would have been nice to prove the "experts" wrong for just one more week. Just wasn't meant to be.

Anyways, the morons here in Chicago radio will be calling for Grossman's head until next season. And if he thought he was under a lot of scrutiny this year, wait till next year.

Congrats to the Colts fans, though. Your team certainly was the better team. Losing to such a class organization has made the heartbreak a little less bitter.

Now, I don't want to hear the word "football" for at least 7 months.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:20 pm

AJColossal wrote:
Congrats to the Colts fans, though. Your team certainly was the better team. Losing to such a class organization has made the heartbreak a little less bitter.

Couldn't agree more. No team in the league that I'd rather see beat us.

Feanor · Post by **Feanor** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:41 pm

Yeah, we can all be thankful it wasn't New England out there beating the Bears and getting a 4th Superbowl ring for Bill "Dr. Evil" Bellichick.

Inuyasha · Post by **Inuyasha** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:14 pm

It was surprising to see how inept Grossman was last night. I had thought those days were behind him but he went back to his bad ways at the worse time possible.

After that 2nd snap he fumbled, I was wondering if Smith would replace him. It looked like Grossman's head was never in the game.

Colts did a great job executing their gameplan. I was also surprised Chicago didn't blitz as much. Manning took what the Bears gave him and drove down the field on those 5 yard passes. They were held to Field Goals but a bunch of field goals are as good as a touchdown.

Sloppy game all around, probably most memorable moment will be the Prince halftime show.

ddtrane · Post by **ddtrane** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:54 pm

A little late, but congrats Colts. Manning, Dungy, and Polian can leave all those monkeys at the zoo.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:36 pm

Feanor wrote:Yeah, we can all be thankful it wasn't New England out there beating the Bears and getting a 4th Superbowl ring for Bill "Dr. Evil" Bellichick.

Smug bastage that he is ....only surpassed in arrogance by the former genius Mike shmartzy

bdunn13 · Post by **bdunn13** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:59 am

The NFL has wanted Peyton to win a SB for a few years now based on illegal contact(Peyton Manning rule). Now he has.

The weird thing is Peyton had maybe his worst playoffs ever and even though he got the MVP, most believe he was not deserving. I think Addai should have won it.

spooky157 · Post by **spooky157** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:13 pm

bdunn13 wrote:The NFL has wanted Peyton to win a SB for a few years now based on illegal contact(Peyton Manning rule). Now he has.

The weird thing is Peyton had maybe his worst playoffs ever and even though he got the MVP, most believe he was not deserving. I think Addai should have won it.

I'm not the hugest Manning fan but Peyton runs that offense all by himself. He's like the offensive co-ordinator AND the QB. I don't see how you can give the MVP to someone other than him. He picked that cover 2 defense apart with patience and precision.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:20 pm

spooky157 wrote:
bdunn13 wrote:The NFL has wanted Peyton to win a SB for a few years now based on illegal contact(Peyton Manning rule). Now he has.

The weird thing is Peyton had maybe his worst playoffs ever and even though he got the MVP, most believe he was not deserving. I think Addai should have won it.
I'm not the hugest Manning fan but Peyton runs that offense all by himself. He's like the offensive co-ordinator AND the QB. I don't see how you can give the MVP to someone other than him. He picked that cover 2 defense apart with patience and precision.

Manning was able to be patient and precise because the Colts' O line did a GREAT job of protecting him and also created big holes for the running game, which also bought time for Manning.

I'm with Dave: Colts center Jeff Saturday just annihilated anyone in his path for most of the game and was the real MVP.

Take care,
PK

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:24 pm

PK - what do you think of Bill Polian finally getting a Super Bowl ring? He kept a surprisingly low profile leading up to the game.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:26 pm

bdunn13 wrote:The NFL has wanted Peyton to win a SB for a few years now based on illegal contact(Peyton Manning rule). Now he has.

The weird thing is Peyton had maybe his worst playoffs ever and even though he got the MVP, most believe he was not deserving. I think Addai should have won it.

This is the John Elway rule. You can't win it with an arm, you need a running game.

bdunn13 · Post by **bdunn13** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:30 pm

pk500 wrote: I'm with Dave: Colts center Jeff Saturday just annihilated anyone in his path for most of the game and was the real MVP.

I would not disagree with that.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:32 pm

Dave wrote:PK - what do you think of Bill Polian finally getting a Super Bowl ring? He kept a surprisingly low profile leading up to the game.

I was quite happy for him but only wish he could have earned his first ring in Buffalo.

No ill will toward Polian from me. The only reason he left Buffalo was because Ralph Wilson was too cheap to pay him what he deserved. Buffalo's loss is Indy's gain, as Polian is the best GM in football.

Take care,
PK