The American Football Thread

djchameleon · 01-09-2011, 10:04 PM

The Packers almost lost it near the end...but I'm glad they beat out the Eagles, now I can rub it all up in my friend's face.

Hank The Drifter · 01-10-2011, 06:12 AM

This weekends games were absolutely crazy. Mainly the Seattle game. In my years spent watching football I can't remember seeing a player run like Lynch did at the end of the game on his final rush. Crazy. Anyway, I think the upset made things kinda interesting. Now people are taking the Seahawks a bit more seriously and not giving them such a hard time for being in the playoffs. Anyway,

I'm still liking my Falcons. Hopefully they play clean this coming weekend and don't mess up and turn the ball over. The Packers will be hard to beat if the Falcons don't turn the ball over so if we do that makes it that much more difficult. So like I said we stacked up well against them the first match up and came out with the W but the Packers truthfully would have probably scored another touchdown but a Rodgers fumble on the one yard line cost them HUGE and probably the game. So I think the Falcons will be well rested and ready to go. Packers new run game should make the game even more interesting though, I think.

crash_override · 01-10-2011, 09:44 AM

Bring on your Dirty Birds. Pack is going to roll...

Thrice · 01-10-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hank The Drifter

This weekends games were absolutely crazy. Mainly the Seattle game. In my years spent watching football I can't remember seeing a player run like Lynch did at the end of the game on his final rush. Crazy. Anyway, I think the upset made things kinda interesting. Now people are taking the Seahawks a bit more seriously and not giving them such a hard time for being in the playoffs. Anyway,

I'm still liking my Falcons. Hopefully they play clean this coming weekend and don't mess up and turn the ball over. The Packers will be hard to beat if the Falcons don't turn the ball over so if we do that makes it that much more difficult. So like I said we stacked up well against them the first match up and came out with the W but the Packers truthfully would have probably scored another touchdown but a Rodgers fumble on the one yard line cost them HUGE and probably the game. So I think the Falcons will be well rested and ready to go. Packers new run game should make the game even more interesting though, I think.

Yeah, Starks came out of UB....Go Buffalo!

crash_override · 01-10-2011, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Thrice

Yeah, Starks came out of UB....Go Buffalo!

Yes, Starks is awesome, I've been saying all year that he needs the ball more. Glad he picked the right time to get hot.

Bloozcrooz · 01-10-2011, 01:23 PM

Yeah great games all around. Hats off to all the winners. Wow the Packs running game really came out of nowhere yesterday. I thinh the Ravens did what everone expected them to do. Setting up a great familiar divisional battle for extending their ride on into the playoffs. Funny the Jets and Pats are also division rivals.

~~Dirty~~ · 01-10-2011, 09:36 PM

Net weekend will be awesome. Two divisonal rivalry games in the AFC, and Steelers-Ravens followed by Packers-Falcons Saturday night. Ravens-Steelers will be a slugfest as usual and the best team will be left standing. Love watching those two teams go at it.

As a Falcons fan, of course the Packers scare me, but the Pack should be the team more scared about this one. Falcons have had extra rest, playing at home, and already beat Green Bay earlier this year. I'm not orried about Green Bay's running game, cause let's face it, they havent had one most of the year, and it caught Philly off guard. After last weeks surprise game by Starks, Falcons aren't gonna be caught off guard. Packers had a 100 yard rusher and played a really solid ball game and still very easily could've lost to a philly team that played like crap most of the game. Packers are over rated these past few years cause they are exciting. Falcons, as usual, are gonna line up in heavy formations and run it down Green Bay's throat. If they wanna stack the box, have fun covering Roddy White 1 on 1. If you want to put a safety over top of him, have fun covering the best Tight End of all time with a linebacker. Falcons are gonna win this game by 3. Like they've done so many times, control the clock all game and control it late to set up a game winning FG

Bloozcrooz · 01-10-2011, 09:44 PM

Yeah overall I dont see the Pack matching up with the Falcons either. They were one pass away from losing to the Eagles. Vick just got greedy and forced a throw on first down. I didnt see them do a whole lot to convince me they are a super bowl caliber team but like they say. I guess thats why they play the games. Still cant beleive they established a running game. Of course Philly had two linebackers on IR so that didnt help. Should be be a nice shootout to watch though.

debaserr · 01-10-2011, 11:37 PM

you guys see the BCS title game? it was a great watch. I'm really surprised oregon managed to push auburn. auburns D line was abusing oregon all night.

~~Dirty~~ · 01-10-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by eric generic

you guys see the BCS title game? it was a great watch. I'm really surprised oregon managed to push auburn. auburns D line was abusing oregon all night.

In my opinion, ranks right up there with other great national title games of USC-Texas (The Vince Young game), and Ohio State-Miami (In 2002 I think with that pass interference call in the endzone).

WHAT A GAME! A lot of great plays, Auburn's defense impressed me so much. Their d-Line was huge. That run at the end where he wasn't down was such a gigantic play too. Just an overall fantastic game, I loved it.

01-10-2011, 06:12 AM	#862 (permalink)
Hank The Drifter Take it easy, but take it Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 213	This weekends games were absolutely crazy. Mainly the Seattle game. In my years spent watching football I can't remember seeing a player run like Lynch did at the end of the game on his final rush. Crazy. Anyway, I think the upset made things kinda interesting. Now people are taking the Seahawks a bit more seriously and not giving them such a hard time for being in the playoffs. Anyway, I'm still liking my Falcons. Hopefully they play clean this coming weekend and don't mess up and turn the ball over. The Packers will be hard to beat if the Falcons don't turn the ball over so if we do that makes it that much more difficult. So like I said we stacked up well against them the first match up and came out with the W but the Packers truthfully would have probably scored another touchdown but a Rodgers fumble on the one yard line cost them HUGE and probably the game. So I think the Falcons will be well rested and ready to go. Packers new run game should make the game even more interesting though, I think. __________________ “If a song can't be written in 20 minutes, it ain't worth writing.” - Hank Williams

01-10-2011, 11:37 PM	#869 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	you guys see the BCS title game? it was a great watch. I'm really surprised oregon managed to push auburn. auburns D line was abusing oregon all night. __________________ Last.FM

01-10-2011, 01:23 PM	#866 (permalink)
Bloozcrooz Justifiable Idiocracy Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1,244	Yeah great games all around. Hats off to all the winners. Wow the Packs running game really came out of nowhere yesterday. I thinh the Ravens did what everone expected them to do. Setting up a great familiar divisional battle for extending their ride on into the playoffs. Funny the Jets and Pats are also division rivals.

01-10-2011, 09:36 PM	#867 (permalink)
~~Dirty~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: USA Posts: 981	Net weekend will be awesome. Two divisonal rivalry games in the AFC, and Steelers-Ravens followed by Packers-Falcons Saturday night. Ravens-Steelers will be a slugfest as usual and the best team will be left standing. Love watching those two teams go at it. As a Falcons fan, of course the Packers scare me, but the Pack should be the team more scared about this one. Falcons have had extra rest, playing at home, and already beat Green Bay earlier this year. I'm not orried about Green Bay's running game, cause let's face it, they havent had one most of the year, and it caught Philly off guard. After last weeks surprise game by Starks, Falcons aren't gonna be caught off guard. Packers had a 100 yard rusher and played a really solid ball game and still very easily could've lost to a philly team that played like crap most of the game. Packers are over rated these past few years cause they are exciting. Falcons, as usual, are gonna line up in heavy formations and run it down Green Bay's throat. If they wanna stack the box, have fun covering Roddy White 1 on 1. If you want to put a safety over top of him, have fun covering the best Tight End of all time with a linebacker. Falcons are gonna win this game by 3. Like they've done so many times, control the clock all game and control it late to set up a game winning FG

01-10-2011, 09:44 PM	#868 (permalink)
Bloozcrooz Justifiable Idiocracy Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1,244	Yeah overall I dont see the Pack matching up with the Falcons either. They were one pass away from losing to the Eagles. Vick just got greedy and forced a throw on first down. I didnt see them do a whole lot to convince me they are a super bowl caliber team but like they say. I guess thats why they play the games. Still cant beleive they established a running game. Of course Philly had two linebackers on IR so that didnt help. Should be be a nice shootout to watch though.