Guess we'll find out next year since the AFC west is playing the NFC west. Denver will get Seattle again as well as SF and AZ.
I feel a little bad for the raiders... they have to play the NFC West AND KC, Denver, and SD twice
Only idiots will blame Manning. It's not like he snapped the ball himself for that safety, or that his o-line was worth a crap, or he didn't break the superbowl record for completed passes... The QB gets way too much attention from idiots.
If denver played in the NFC West, they'd have been 9-7 or 8-8.
And then Denver didn't have to respect the run and could just play pass. It didn't end well for NE.
What I'm saying is that with a guy like Lynch, there is always a danger. You can't stop playing the run with him as a factor. That's what a good RB does, he adds another variable to what the defense has to account for. Having to keep extra guys in the box to stop the run frees up your receivers.
Its not always about stats guys. Please try to remember that.
And then Denver didn't have to respect the run and could just play pass. It didn't end well for NE.
What I'm saying is that with a guy like Lynch, there is always a danger. You can't stop playing the run with him as a factor. That's what a good RB does, he adds another variable to what the defense has to account for. Having to keep extra guys in the box to stop the run frees up your receivers.
Its not always about stats guys. Please try to remember that.
I would agree with that, a guy like Lynch always has the possibility of turning a routine off-tackle run into a huge gain so that has to be respected but overall Denver's run D wasn't bad but just about everything else was..
So I suppose we have lots of excuses for P. Manning too then. :whiste:
Yep. Look at the Minnesota game Freeman started. They knew AP was the threat and stacked the box every single down with 8 guys. Lynch is an impact player they have to always play against.
Denver's plan was to force Wilson to throw. Unfortunately for them, they didn't seal the edges and Wilson had room to move around AND their DBs got burned.
Manning sucked hard in the game. He alone makes the halftime adjustments (known fact). The fact is, Denver is terrible in the first half of games (defense and offense). Manning is the only reason they got as far as they did. Hell, the Chiefs and Chargers are a more complete "team" than the Broncos.
Oh, it's also widely know that Manning calls the shots and gameplay for all upcoming offense schemes in the preparation for games.
Manning gets 2 plays to pick from every down. They come from the OC. He does NOT "run" the offense, other than on the field.
Does he have a big hand in it? I'm sure, but he's not calling the shots, other than choosing which play to run and what variation of it based on what he sees from a defense......you know, the same thing every other good NFL QB does. Manning isn't doing anything Brady doesn't do.
He's not smarter than Brady, as evidenced by Brady's 33 and Manning's 28 on the Wonderlic.
He's not even smarter than Eli, who got a 39.
What he is, is damned diligent and has one hell of a work ethic.....but so does Brady. Brady shows up early, and his coaches have said that when he asks a question, he already knows the answer and they'd damn well better know it.
I just have never gotten the fascination with Peyton's film study and knowledge of his offense....like no other QB studies film and knows their offense. All the great ones do.
I think he just has that sort of appeal to the average person...probably because he's not a good-looking guy. He looks like he could have been Gomer Pyle....yet he's a lot smarter than he looks. So people look at him before they know him and don't immediately think he's smart, then he fools them. People in general like that.
Whereas Brady has movie star looks, bangs super models, and is just overall Mr. Smooth. And he wins like crazy, AND his coach is a dick, which sort of gives the team that rep. People don't like that....seemingly arrogant guys that are good-looking and also awesome at what they do.
Yep. Look at the Minnesota game Freeman started. They knew AP was the threat and stacked the box every single down with 8 guys. Lynch is an impact player they have to always play against.
Denver's plan was to force Wilson to throw. Unfortunately for them, they didn't seal the edges and Wilson had room to move around AND their DBs got burned.
Somebody really loves Brady... get off that guy's nuts already. He isn't that great.
Ahh...a Brady hater.
I love me some Joe Montana. Brady is just as good. Sorry, but he is. There is no expert, anywhere that would argue Brady isn't right up there. I even hated the dude for awhile, but he's just a damned surgeon on the field.
Ahh...a Brady hater.
I love me some Joe Montana. Brady is just as good. Sorry, but he is. There is no expert, anywhere that would argue Brady isn't right up there. I even hated the dude for awhile, but he's just a damned surgeon on the field.
Wilson has as many Super Bowl wins as Manning. I'm so happy for that kid and hope he keeps doing well.
Really, your football knowledge is better than mine? I've been watching since 1966, you?. Stats can be deceiving but if you look at this season by itself Brady winning 12 games with one reliable receiver, no downfield threat, and a crippled defense that routinely let guys like Cleveland's backup (Campbell) have career outings against them speaks for itself, the guy just knows how to win, period. If you hate Brady for some reason or other that's fine and your entitled to your opinion but he IS the best QB in the league right now, please describe what "metric" a fucking genius like yourself uses to evaluate who is the best..
this is really sad to say...
but I think the halftime show was the best part of the game. And I'm not a Bruno fan..
The game was boring
The commericals sucks
There was zero nipple
Bruno owned the night!
Imho two things happened :
#1 - Denver's schedule had them playing a good number of weaker teams (even my mediocre Cowboys!), which led to a somewhat inflated sense of how good Denver actually was.
and ..
#2 - EVERYBODY (well, it seems like everybody, particularly in the sports media) would go on and on and on and on and on about how Denver was the best ever, Manning was flawless, they were unstoppable, etc. It seems like they might have started to believe their own press, which is a dangerous thing. It's like they came onto the field only feeling like they had to physically show up to the game in order to get those rings and that trophy, when in fact they should have showed up ready to play a tough game.
If they were mentally set for it, I think they could have made it a game. And for that, I put the highest level of blame at the coaching staff of Denver. The message should have been :
"Forget everything anyone has said about us. We are 0-0 headed into this game. We are getting ready to play a team that has a wild hunger and tons of talent who will play at 110% every single play. We need to play at 115%. Those tricks we use to confuse the defenses aren't going to be enough here. We simply have to be faster, stronger, and have more heart to make our stand, and to claw for those yards."
Instead, we saw a game plan shatter completely in the first few minutes, followed by a systemic failure to make any adjustments at all. Nobody emerged as a leader, nobody adjusted, and even more mistakes were made flailing around on the field like a bunch of flabby drunks posing as NFL players. It was the most complete beating I've ever seen in the postseason.
Nobody can take away the Seahawk's supreme performance, but I still feel like a truly jacked up ready to play Broncos team could have made that a 34-23 kind of game instead of a complete annihilation. Even the sole Bronco's touchdown looked like charity, haha.
He had a horrible game. I'm not sure which one you all were watching, but without that 1 carry for 18 yards he rushed 14 times for 21 yards. That's 1.5 yards a carry. Complete and total trash game from him in the Super Bowl against a horrible defense. :|
Guess we'll find out next year since the AFC west is playing the NFC west. Denver will get Seattle again as well as SF and AZ.
I feel a little bad for the raiders... they have to play the NFC West AND KC, Denver, and SD twice
Special teams were a mess and Holiday was terrible. He either made some miserable reads trying to return, is far more confident in his abilities than he should be, or Seattles coverage was just *THAT* freaking good. Whatever the case, nearly every time he was better off just taking a knee.
What I'm saying is that with a guy like Lynch, there is always a danger. You can't stop playing the run with him as a factor. That's what a good RB does, he adds another variable to what the defense has to account for. Having to keep extra guys in the box to stop the run frees up your receivers.
Its not always about stats guys. Please try to remember that.
another credit to Denver's D--they definitely did their job, keying on Lynch all day. If you remember, there were no less than 3 guys on him whenever he touched the ball. To Lynch's credit, of course, he still managed a few yards on every gang tackle, because he is awesome...but Denver D really stepped it up to contain him.
At least some part of that team followed their gameplan.
I'd take Tebow over Brady's preschool bullshit.
Um, no. I don't hate Brady, but he is nowhere in the same league has Montana. He might as well be playing in the CFL compared to Montana. Montana has never lost a Super Bowl, was a part of "the catch", defeated Dan Marino, Steve Young, and John Elway. 29 4th quarter comebacks, 3 Super Bowl MVPs, and the Montana to Rice connection.
you've crossed a line. You know that even you don't believe this!
Um, no. I don't hate Brady, but he is nowhere in the same league has Montana. He might as well be playing in the CFL compared to Montana. Montana has never lost a Super Bowl, was a part of "the catch", defeated Dan Marino, Steve Young, and John Elway. 29 4th quarter comebacks, 3 Super Bowl MVPs, and the Montana to Rice connection.