Been a Vikings fan for 40 years... Maybe one other game came close in the early 80's... But this game was such a roller coaster ride near the end with such an incredible finish. Crazy! We played a great 1st half and deserved to win. Respect to Drew Brees for being a great player - ditto to Case Keenum being cool under pressure. Great local call of the last play of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKgUiBOpsZ4
people acting like no one has ever missed a tackle before
this shit is comical
No, it's actually for yourself, your preparing your excuses in case NE wins another SB. Anyone with the IQ above a toaster-oven would realize the last thing the league want's is another NE SB win, rating's would tank. Do carry on with "conspiracy" crap though, it's amusing to see moron's at play!.This is for Pats fans -
The guy definitely messed up but the defensive call definitely didn't make sense. The scheme made it possible for one guy to mess up and lose the game.
people acting like no one has ever missed a tackle before
this shit is comical
No, it's actually for yourself, your preparing your excuses in case NE wins another SB. Anyone with the IQ above a toaster-oven would realize the last thing the league want's is another NE SB win, rating's would tank. Do carry on with "conspiracy" crap though, it's amusing to see moron's at play!.
But the "fact is" there were a number of controversial call's that Al Riveron overturned that did not involve the Pats, somehow when they DO favor the Pats the "ref's on the payroll" pop's up. I could be wrong with the Pats + the SB but nonetheless I find it laughable to think Ref's are told to "cheat" for NE. Oh, I don't bet on games or beat up women, just because someone likes Pro football does not mean they are a knuckle-dragger.Why would ratings tank because of NE? They've been in most of the most watched Super Bowls. Lots of people seem to hate watch them, hoping to see them fail like they did against the Giants. And the other times they put on good shows (down to the wire games, including that come from behind one last year). Seems making sure NE is part of the Super Bowl is a recipe for success actually...
Fact is, NE had a lot of controversial calls go their way. I don't think its a grand conspiracy to help them win, but acting like you can't figure out why that bugs people is just dumb as hell. Which I get sick of that bitching myself. I recall trying to tell people when they were going apeshit about the replacement refs that they do the same thing with the normal ones and people just "STFU, nuh-uh" and then, big whoop, the biggest complaints is about the refs. Every, single, fucking, year. But when a team consistently benefits from controversial calls, people are going to get sick of it. Simple as that.
Plus, JHumeC, some of you wonder why people fucking hate you Pats fans? Can you fuckers ever just take a fucking joke? Or does literally every time your team does something it has to end up being a full on federal court case? Because that's what is making people sick is how instead of NE going "fuck it, punish us, we'll still win", they drag it out for months and months, during which time people get sick of hearing about it.
I can only imagine what you assholes are gonna be like when its revealed that Brady's "fountain of youth" was more than stretching and diet. It'll be like Lance Armstrong all over again where you idiots will still try to deny it probably even after he admits to it (which I'm sure he won't because he's a douche like that, as was Peyton, as were the baseball shitheads copping the same even when caught red-handed). That will almost inevitably happen, and it'll be the same old routine, deny deny deny, no matter the evidence, followed by "well it didn't even matter", blah,blah,blah, then finally "well everybody else was too!!!"
I've said it before and I'll keep saying it. The whole thing is a farce. Its a fucking made up game, played by physically gifted people who tear the hell out of their bodies for a bit of fame and chance at non-trivial amount of money (that they'll be far too likely to waste), being exploited by billionaires to milk money out of morons that invest their lives in shit they have fucking nothing to do with (well other than being their cash cows). Enjoy the spectacle of the farce, but never forget how much of a farce it truly is.
Who am I kidding, go bet on it, then bitch because they didn't cover the point spread and cost you money, or use it to justify whatever conspiracy bullshit you want to peddle, or validate your persecution complex, or excuse for getting drunk and beating your wife. Its the American way.
Pathetic gamesmanship. You look at Belichick, his comments about Tennessee. Typical modern smart comments -- everything he said pre-game was a compliment of his opponent, in every aspect. He didn't mention anything about them about which he didn't express strong, profound admiration.Personally I thought it foolish for some of the Steeler players to speak of "beating NE", they were acting like playing the Jags was just a formality. I was thinking "WTF", this Jax team is just so good on defense and play with a physical punishing style plus they had already beaten you, (convincingly) earlier in the season.
Replay showed he didn't miss the tackle. His intent was to not make contact because he feared getting a pass interference call. If his timing was better he would have arrived after the ball and made the tackle.people acting like no one has ever missed a tackle before
this shit is comical
That ending was terrible and I was really sad for #43. Replays showed that he was definitely in a position to have tackled Diggs. Maybe there wasn't time to have coached up the secondary before the play, is what I have to think. He was aware that he didn't want to have a defensive penalty on the play or Minnesota was going to get another play, which would have been a field goal try, which if successful would have won them the game.Really. All he had to do was stay in front of the receiver. Just wait for the receiver to come down.
Agreed. But I'll be rooting for the Jags. I was rooting against them in the wildcard game but will root for them Sunday.It wouldn't shock me if the Pats lost on Sunday and yet I wouldn't be shocked if they won.