*Official* 2015 NFL Thread -> Round1 playoffs (Wildcards)

[darkswordsman17]

Like I said, "soft schedule"... really? Any given Sunday, son, any teams can be beaten. There's a reason why it has NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL!

The funny thing is that if any other teams did the same thing, you'll never hear the end of it. If the Chiefs thrash somebody, there are ALWAYS a plethora of excuses on why the other team sucked. Amirite?

People act like the Chiefs don't have injuries themselves. Newsflash, they've been in playoff mode since three months ago when they lost their arguably best offensive player. They missed their best corner, they also have a bunch of injuries. Their Offensive Line makes Frankenstein looks wholesome. Yet, they continue to WIN. Next man up. No excuses.

Shove that in your face.

I know you have a persecution complex, but what fucking media have you been paying attention to? I've been actively trying to not pay attention to sports much but I've seen quite a few articles talking very positively about the Chiefs for like 6 weeks now. I've seen a bunch say the Chiefs are the team no one wants to face in the playoffs for like a month.

Chiefs fans are fucking idiots. They constantly bitch about getting disrespected by the media, yet just look at the results. The first playoff win in over 20 years? Gee, I wonder why they haven't been getting gushed about like the Patriots that won 5 fucking Super Bowls (and played in 2 more) in the past 15 years? Or last year, oh you beat the shit out of the Pats and beat the Seahawks handily? Cool, but no one fucking cares because you didn't even make the playoffs while those two played in the Super Bowl. I have no idea why the media has been talking about the Seahawks and Pats so much, I just can't figure it out, its like they've both been in the Super Bowl multiple times in the past 5 years? Damn media bias!

Simply put, produce results then get respect. I know you're a recent Chiefs fan, but you know they've been historically bad more than good in the past 10 years, right? That's why they get disrespected by the media (which again, not sure what media you pay attention to, the media has been trying to praise them for years, but then the Chiefs pull the Chiefs and fuck things up).

So the Chiefs are winning in spite of hard ships. Impressive. They've done that one year. The Pats have been doing it for 15. That's why the media never shuts the fuck up about the Pats.

Er, I mean, goddamn biased media disrespecting them!

 

[SSSnail]

That's ok fozzyboyd or bzrkr or saintchiefs or whoever you are, a new dynasty is forming, and you're witnessing it.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Ryan brothers on the same team? Something amazing has to happen! Butt fumble 2.0?

Maybe another epic sideline incident like their daddy had (weird, I swear he punched one of the other Oilers coaches during the Chiefs-Oilers playoff game in '93, but Google is indicating it happened during the regular season when the Oilers played the Jets, so maybe I'm just remembering them showing clips of that during the playoff game).

 

[darkswordsman17]

That's ok fozzyboyd or bzrkr or saintchiefs or whoever you are, a new dynasty is forming, and you're witnessing it.

Are those supposed to be words? WTF are you even talking about?

New dynasty? JHumeC...

 

[SP33Demon]

Like I said, "soft schedule"... really? Any given Sunday, son, any team can be beaten. There's a reason why it has NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL! Every season someone is going to play this supposed "soft schedule". You know what's a soft schedule this year? The NFC Least and AFC South.

The funny thing is that if any other teams did the same thing, you'll never hear the end of it. If the Chiefs thrash somebody, there are ALWAYS a plethora of excuses on why the other team sucked. Amirite?

Peyton was just lauded a week earlier prior to meeting with the Chiefs for beating up on some hapless team. But, you never hear why the other team sucked, it's because Peyton is GREAT.

People act like the Chiefs don't have injuries themselves. Newsflash, they've been in playoff mode since three months ago when they lost their arguably best offensive player. They missed their best corner, they also have a bunch of injuries both on offense and defense. Their Offensive Line makes Frankenstein looks wholesome. Yet, they continue to WIN. Next man up. No excuses.

Shove that in your face.

So I give you facts as to why they have a soft schedule and this is your response? LMAO. Nothing to refute it, don't cry now ok?

Like I said before, when your team plays a winning team with a starting QB then talk shit. Until then, the Chiefs haven't done anything this year except beat shitty to mediocre teams. Shall we list the shitty, err impressive wins from their "10 game winning streak"?

Steelers - Beat up on noob Landry's (terrible 3 TO) first game starting, want a cookie?
Lions in London - Beat a POS Lions team with since-fired OC Joe Lombardi. Cue up Reid's lame "53 werewolves in london" clip, lmao
Chiefs at Denver - Beat a walking corpse named Peyton Manning by picking him 4 times - only semi-impressive win because it's not often you get to see 5 FGs kicked in 1 game
Chargers - beat 2-7 team missing half their Oline with no run game to speak of, no run D to speak of and no keenan allen. I'M IMPRESSED
Bills - beat a 5-5 team with a shell of last year's DL and who were allowing massive yards per game rushing. Stopped the Bills on the last drive to win by 8. /golfclap
@Raiders - beat a 5-6 team with 1 receiving threat, congrats. Only for containing K.Mack.
Chargers - beat a 3-9 team on the last play by 7. This team is even more banged up than the first time yet was on the 1yd line and couldn't convert in 4 downs to get into the end zone. Hilarity ensues.
@Ravens - Beat up on a 4-9 team with Jimmy Clausen at the helm. What a win.
Browns - Beat a 3-11 team by 4pts as Manziel drove the Browns to KC's 32 and time ran out. Jonny slams his helmet at his epic clock management skills, epic lulz were had by all.
Raiders - Beat a 7-8 team by 6 by sacking Derek Carr on the final drive to end the game. What a dominant (not) win! Andy is coach of the year! What vision! This will be his year!
/crickets

Look son, there's levels to this shit. Reid and co. simply aren't on the same level as Belichick and the Pats. Without Maclin next week (decoy at best due to injury), your team's season is done. If KC somehow wins, then we can talk seriously about KC. Until then, they aren't special and haven't done anything special so stop talking like they're special. They had a cupcake schedule to die for so I give them credit for doing what they should have done (i.e. pummel losing teams), but they will be serious underdogs until they can knock off a winning team like NE.

 

[SSSnail]

OK, get your excuses ready for next week.

 

[zinfamous]

I watched every single one of their TDs and I follow advanced metrics on a variety of websites. I know wtf I'm talking about and have won hundreds of dollars in bets this year in a variety of season fantasy (top 2 in points scored in 4 leagues, 14man league champ), daily fantasy (won 1 league), and elimination pools (won 2 of 3 with 12 people). No, larry fitz and baldwin aren't on Edelman's level when he's healthy. Look up the PFF numbers for 2014 and the games he was healthy this year. He is the undisputed slot receiver in the league.

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Diminutive idiot detected. move along people.

move along.

 

[lupi]

I don't get the stories coming out now about how that was the reemergence of rodgers. skins D couldn't have played much worse of a game and it was all running and screen pass stuff that they just kept doing, deep passing game was negligible. It was like watching smith at QB.

 

[SP33Demon]

Diminutive idiot detected. move along people.

move along.

What have you won this year? Put it in dollar amounts like I did, I'm not shy about it. If you've won more than me then I'll be quiet. Until then, your not-backed-by-metrics opinion is shit. Feel free to post any link that backs what you believe about Bradford so we can dissect it.

The fact you keep harping on Bradford when metrics state otherwise further prove you don't know shit. You are what we call a QBR-bro who uses QBR to back their arguments when comparing QBs. Real Philly fans know that Bradford when healthy is already a franchise QB. Even the media is starting to catch on.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...ast_Chip_found_the_Eagles_a_franchise_QB.html

At least Chip found the Eagles a franchise QB

Yet Bradford has flourished even as the rest of his team has foundered, his 2 1/2-game absence with a separated shoulder looking increasingly costly the better he has played. If all you had was the tape of his 30-for-38, 320-yard, two-touchdown performance in a 35-30 win over the Giants, you would have made him the top pick in the draft all over again. He made every throw an NFL quarterback needs to make: every trajectory, every velocity, every location.

His 25-yard pass to Jordan Matthews midway through the second quarter was a thing of beauty, releasing it before the receiver had cleared the second level and dropping it into his hands over the leaping arms of Giants middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley. In the second quarter, he laced a throw outside the numbers to Zach Ertz for 19 yards with just over five minutes remaining in the first half, which set up an easy, 4-yard over-the-shoulder touchdown lob to Matthews to give the Eagles a 21-13 lead. In the fourth quarter, he dropped a beautiful parabola into Brent Celek's breadbasket for a 24-yard gain.

"He got hurt for a two-game span there and you saw how much it affected us," Matthews said. "I think it really showed how much he does mean to this offense and to this team . . . "

His final numbers on the season aren't overwhelming. Bradford finished the year with 346 completions in 532 attempts (65 percent) for 3,725 yards, career highs for accuracy and yardage. He threw 19 touchdowns against 14 interceptions. But the numbers might have looked a lot better if his receivers had not been plagued by the drops (in a fitting end to the season, Matthews dropped a beautiful rainbow early in the game that likely would have gone for a long touchdown). Besides, evaluating a quarterback is more about process, and Bradford showed throughout the season - even early on, when people insisted on focusing on a handful of bad throws instead of his overall body of work - that he makes those around him better.

"I think the longer I was out there, the more comfortable I became," Bradford said. "Early in the season, I just missed some throws I wasn't used to missing."

Anybody who thinks otherwise is someone who still does not have a firm grasp on the reality of life in the NFL without a franchise quarterback like Donovan McNabb (and, frankly, they probably didn't have a grasp on reality when he was here, either). It's a life where a team has to make due with its best option until it drafts a guy who turns out to be a keeper. You don't let a competent quarterback leave on his own terms, and Bradford has shown himself to be much more than competent.

The Eagles seem to understand this. At Jeffery Lurie's press conference the day after Kelly's dismissal, the team owner included his quarterback among a handful of players he went out of his way to mention as examples of talent he felt could thrive in any offensive system. While Bradford is scheduled to become a free agent, he doesn't have complete autonomy. The Eagles should use their franchise tag on him, which would give the team some critical leverage. Even if he changed his tune on his desire to remain with the franchise, the Eagles could work out a sign-and-trade with his preferred destination in exchange for draft picks.

Once again you prove you're an idiot, old man. Bradford is an asset that will most likely be franchised or traded for multiple draft picks to another team.

 

[UncleWai]

 

[Jeffg010]

Let's put this to rest the Steelers are best with 6 Super Bowls you all can go back to arguing who is second best. Lol

 

[pete6032]

I don't get the stories coming out now about how that was the reemergence of rodgers. skins D couldn't have played much worse of a game and it was all running and screen pass stuff that they just kept doing, deep passing game was negligible. It was like watching smith at QB.

Pukers = media darlings.

 

[glenn1]

Like I said, "soft schedule"... really? Any given Sunday, son, any team can be beaten. There's a reason why it has NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL! Every season someone is going to play this supposed "soft schedule". You know what's a soft schedule this year? The NFC Least and AFC South (actually the AFC South has been a perennial dumpster fire).

The funny thing is that if any other teams did the same thing, you'll never hear the end of it. If the Chiefs thrash somebody, there are ALWAYS a plethora of excuses on why the other team sucked. Not because the Chiefs may actually be good. Amirite?

Peyton was just lauded a week earlier prior to meeting with the Chiefs for beating up on some hapless team. But, you never hear why the other team sucked, it's because Peyton is GREAT.

People act like the Chiefs don't have injuries themselves. Newsflash, they've been in playoff mode since three months ago when they lost their arguably best offensive player. They missed their best corner, they also have a bunch of injuries both on offense and defense. Their Offensive Line makes Frankenstein looks wholesome. Yet, they continue to WIN. Next man up. No excuses.

Shove that in your face.

Edit: example Landry Jones - Oh, you mean the Landry Jones that beat up the Cardinals? That one? I also like the fact that you brought up the four home games that they won, but failed to mention the 7 road games that they also won...

And yeah, dropping 30-0 on a playoff team on the road happens all the freaking time! I mean, you don't have to look further than 10 years ago that was done...

I know you have a persecution complex, but what fucking media have you been paying attention to? I've been actively trying to not pay attention to sports much but I've seen quite a few articles talking very positively about the Chiefs for like 6 weeks now. I've seen a bunch say the Chiefs are the team no one wants to face in the playoffs for like a month.

Chiefs fans are fucking idiots. They constantly bitch about getting disrespected by the media, yet just look at the results. The first playoff win in over 20 years? Gee, I wonder why they haven't been getting gushed about like the Patriots that won 5 fucking Super Bowls (and played in 2 more) in the past 15 years? Or last year, oh you beat the shit out of the Pats and beat the Seahawks handily? Cool, but no one fucking cares because you didn't even make the playoffs while those two played in the Super Bowl. I have no idea why the media has been talking about the Seahawks and Pats so much, I just can't figure it out, its like they've both been in the Super Bowl multiple times in the past 5 years? Damn media bias!

Simply put, produce results then get respect. I know you're a recent Chiefs fan, but you know they've been historically bad more than good in the past 10 years, right? That's why they get disrespected by the media (which again, not sure what media you pay attention to, the media has been trying to praise them for years, but then the Chiefs pull the Chiefs and fuck things up).

So the Chiefs are winning in spite of hard ships. Impressive. They've done that one year. The Pats have been doing it for 15. That's why the media never shuts the fuck up about the Pats.

Er, I mean, goddamn biased media disrespecting them!

This is all wonderful commentary but also not very helpful. The Chiefs did look impressive over the last 10 games of the season but that's irrelevant now that it's the post-season. The Pats are the more experienced and perhaps more talented team on paper, but they're also hobbled by injuries and haven't played well the last couple games. In light of that I have to give the edge to the Chiefs in the matchup but it's not going to be a cakewalk for them. The Pats defense should actually match up well against Alex Smith and if they win it's probably going to be on the strength of their defense against a sputtering Pats offense.

Only thing I know for sure is that both NFC Division games will be a helluva lot more interesting to watch and demonstrate better quality play on both sides of the ball than the AFC games. An AFC conference game of KC vs DEN would be a real snoozefest of good defensive teams snuffing out any successful drives from weak offenses.

 

[dainthomas]

Ugh, now I have to watch all the bandwagon piece of crap Seahawks fans be annoying around here all week. So obnoxious.

KT

Even though I'm not bandwagon, I'll do what I can.

I'll start by predicting a 49-10 win for Seattle next week, with RW getting 5 TDs in balmy, tropical NC. And Beast Mode the other two.

Also, my team is better than your team.

 

[zinfamous]

I said:

Well, it's pretty certain the Eagles will continue to suck balls next year. ....Unless they get rid of Bradford. Then they might have a winning season, at least.

PS: Bradford is a shit QB and will never start for a playoff team.

You argued:

The fact you keep harping on Bradford when metrics state otherwise further prove you don't know shit. You are what we call a QBR-bro who uses QBR to back their arguments when comparing QBs. Real Philly fans know that Bradford when healthy is already a franchise QB. Even the media is starting to catch on.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports...ast_Chip_found_the_Eagles_a_franchise_QB.html


Once again you prove you're an idiot, old man. Bradford is an asset that will most likely be franchised or traded for multiple draft picks to another team.

This is hilarious to anyone that can read.

You have now chosen to use numbers for analysis as future speculation to prove that you were right all along? Most 8th graders already understand that future predictions are no indication of anything; certainly not acceptable evidence in any sort of debate. And sure as shit not useful in the NFL. Go home.

You make every asinine support with Bradford under the *if healthy! corollary which, if you knew anything, has always been part of his package. It is the primary reason that he is an albatross for any team: evidence that he's fairly decent, but breaks yet another stupid bone then-unknown to science before he can ever get rolling on any season.

Further, you go with the "he will be a great asset as trade bait!"

LoL! How does that refute my claim that he will never start for a playoff team?

 

[Phokus]

I thought SP33Demon was a douchenozzle Ravens fan, not a douchenozzle Eagles fan.

 

[zinfamous]

I thought SP33Demon was a douchenozzle Ravens fan, not a douchenozzle Eagles fan.

Really? What other type of fan would you expect to have that category of class?

I know it isn't completely fair for the entire fan-base...but Philly has earned that reputation for a reason.

 

[smackababy]

Really? What other type of fan would you expect to have that category of class?



I know it isn't completely fair for the entire fan-base...but Philly has earned that reputation for a reason.

I've harped on Eagles fans being just overall terrible, along with their organization being terrible and there are always a few "they aren't all bad" responses. Certainly they aren't all classless individuals who wish injury on other teams players, but for every two or three that don't cheer when a rival is inured, there is one that does.

 

[SSSnail]

This is all wonderful commentary but also not very helpful. The Chiefs did look impressive over the last 10 games of the season but that's irrelevant now that it's the post-season. The Pats are the more experienced and perhaps more talented team on paper, but they're also hobbled by injuries and haven't played well the last couple games. In light of that I have to give the edge to the Chiefs in the matchup but it's not going to be a cakewalk for them. The Pats defense should actually match up well against Alex Smith and if they win it's probably going to be on the strength of their defense against a sputtering Pats offense.

Only thing I know for sure is that both NFC Division games will be a helluva lot more interesting to watch and demonstrate better quality play on both sides of the ball than the AFC games. An AFC conference game of KC vs DEN would be a real snoozefest of good defensive teams snuffing out any successful drives from weak offenses.

He's my stalker from Arrowheadpride, except he pretends to not know anything about that place. Unlike him, I post there under the same username here.

I'm actually looking forward to this game, the teams match up very well. This is where we will determine what the Chiefs are made of, and if they win this game, they'll win the SB.

 

[smackababy]

He's my stalker from Arrowheadpride, except he pretends to not know anything about that place. Unlike him, I post there under the same username here.



I'm actually looking forward to this game, the teams match up very well. This is where we will determine what the Chiefs are made of, and if they win this game, they'll win the SB.

We are getting a bit ahead of ourselves are we not? Do you really think the Chiefs can beat a non noodle arm PFM Denver? Alex Smith is still Alex Smith. He will be super safe and not turn the ball over, but he isn't putting up points against good defenses. They had two offensive TDs and a special teams TD. I'm not saying they don't have a decent chance of they make it past NE, but win the SB? I don't see them making it past Carolina or Arizona. And if Seattle and GB show up with some offense, them either.

I have to agree with the bookies right now that have Arizona as the favorite (3-1 last I checked) to win the SB right now. But, pending a really healthy PFM, that may change. We will see after this round.

 

[SSSnail]

We are getting a bit ahead of ourselves are we not? Do you really think the Chiefs can beat a non noodle arm PFM Denver? Alex Smith is still Alex Smith. He will be super safe and not turn the ball over, but he isn't putting up points against good defenses. They had two offensive TDs and a special teams TD. I'm not saying they don't have a decent chance of they make it past NE, but win the SB? I don't see them making it past Carolina or Arizona. And if Seattle and GB show up with some offense, them either.

I have to agree with the bookies right now that have Arizona as the favorite (3-1 last I checked) to win the SB right now. But, pending a really healthy PFM, that may change. We will see after this round.

Well, the first time they played the Broncos this year, they lost on a fluke fumble in their own end zone which gave the game away and drove the team into a 5 games losing funk. The second time they met in Denver, they benched Peyton, surely you remember that game...

And, after that, they'll only have to beat ONE NFC team to win the SB, because AZ, Car, Seattle and GB are all NFC... Are you sure we're following the same sport?

 

[emperus]

These Hawks fans and players. Be happy you got a lucky win. You were not the better team yesterday.

 

[SSSnail]

These Hawks fans and players. Be happy you got a lucky win. You were not the better team yesterday.

Yup, the Hawks have gotten into the SB by some ridiculous circumstances the last few years...

 

[dainthomas]

These Hawks fans and players. Be happy you got a lucky win. You were not the better team yesterday.

Skill creates luck. Pats have gotten lucky many times based on their skill.

 

[smackababy]

Well, the first time they played the Broncos this year, they lost on a fluke fumble in their own end zone which gave the game away and drove the team into a 5 games losing funk. The second time they met in Denver, they benched Peyton, surely you remember that game...



And, after that, they'll only have to beat ONE NFC team to win the SB, because AZ, Car, Seattle and GB are all NFC... Are you sure we're following the same sport?

Again, PFM was playing terrible all season. If he IS healthy and back to PFM of last year regular season, Chiefs won't beat them. That is a big if though. And, KC has to beat the NFC champ. On 5 turnovers they scored 30 points. Arizona and Carolina put up 30 without that help. And, GB and Seattle do it on a good day. Shittsburgh can also score. KC won't fair well in a shootout nor do I think they can beat a balanced team. Banking on KC because they win the next game is foolish.