Also, lol at nobody mentioning the Saints shutting down the Giants hard, playing their best football of the season, and making everybody else in sports media shut up about the Giants overrated Italian quarterback.
I don't even like San Fran, but the NFC East has been on pure hopeium all season thinking that either the Eagles or the Cowboys have a chance against them in the playoffs, especially after SF absolutely blew out both of them during the regular season.
Also, if Geno Smith is healthy the Seahawks are gonna beat the Lions in the playoffs... I can just feel it...
I'm a simple man. All I want for Christmas is for the Cowboys to lose pre-Super Bowl in another meme play to the 49ers, and then to listen to all the screeching from Cowboys fans when Jerruh gives another foot of rope for McCarthy to hang himself with it without doing anything.
The NFC East hasn't been a competitive division for years. It certainly hasn't been an interesting division in my lifetime, and I'm nearly 30 years old. The last time the division was really good was probably in the 80s and early 90s.
The NFC East was very competitive in the 2000s. The Giants and Eagles were the 2 best teams in the NFC for that decade. They were in multiple NFC Championship games and super bowls. The Cowboys and Redskins had some decent years too and made the playoffs multiple times.
Also the NFC East had no team with a losing record last year.
The NFC East was very competitive in the 2000s. The Giants and Eagles were the 2 best teams in the NFC for that decade. They were in multiple NFC Championship games and super bowls. The Cowboys and Redskins had some decent years too and made the playoffs multiple times.
Also the NFC East had no team with a losing record last year.
I like to see more parity though. I love seasons where divisions don't have clear front runners and they all have to fight for that top spot. The only problem is that forces us to watch tired teams in the playoffs that get their shit kicked in. Maybe I've got some bias, but I really think the AFC North has been the best competitive division this year. While the division records themselves aren't much to look at, those games have a feeling of being super important for 3 out of the 4 teams, especially the last few weeks. If every division was like that, I'd be happy.
The NFC South is literally just fighting to NOT be considered the least sucky of the suckiest division. We don't talk about the NFCS in this household.
I'm rooting for the 9ers bros. If the Ravens are going to the post season, then I want them to limp (preferably against Cleveland so the dawg pound can munch 'em up again).
The NFC South is literally just fighting to NOT be considered the least sucky of the suckiest division. We don't talk about the NFCS in this household.
I'm rooting for the 9ers bros. If the Ravens are going to the post season, then I want them to limp (preferably against Cleveland so the dawg pound can munch 'em up again).
The NFC South is literally just fighting to NOT be considered the least sucky of the suckiest division. We don't talk about the NFCS in this household.
Rams quietly making a case for getting a playoff birth. Meanwhile, the Saints just opening the door for the Falcons to come back into the division title race/letting the Bucs take a lead.
Also, its funny that the Packers somehow beat both of these teams tonight. When you ask yourself how they managed to do that, just remember both teams didn't have their starting QBs for 6 out of the 8 quarters they played
Rams quietly making a case for getting a playoff birth. Meanwhile, the Saints just opening the door for the Falcons to come back into the division title race/letting the Bucs take a lead.
The Saints almost made a comeback. Their last touchdown was a nice catch, even though it was clearly offensive pass interference lol. The highlights captured about half a second of the Saints WR catching the ball with his left hand and ripping out the shoulder pad with his right hand before they cut away.
I'm just glad that the Seahawks are playing at the very least okay. We're not even close to the best team in the league, but we have a framework to build around. The question is, can we correct the discipline issues on the team? Is Pete still a coach who can rally a team around him and buckle down, or is it time to start looking elsewhere... preferably far away from the McDaniels and Patricias of the world.
Minor PL: I've been following Iowa State football for ages (saw them at a weird neutral site game against Florida State in Kansas City for whatever reason because a friend was an alum and had an extra ticket, and yes, Seneca was in:
... so the Brock Purdy thing is just beyond belief. I wasn't a 49ers fan before (cursed to follow Da Bears), but certainly have been cheering him and the 9ers on these two season. But to see an ISU alum, who did ok at ISU, as drafted to the NFL as Mr. Irrelevant, to rise up and be here: View attachment 5578750
... leading the MVP race in December, as a 2nd year player, recovering from an injury, it's just weird. Maybe up there with the Kurt Warner story from the late 90s.
The Shield and the League in general has done a lot to make me not give a shit about the NFL (and I'll be real, the McCaskeys have done a lot to make me hate the sport, or at least the team in the Windy City)... but seeing a young guy who did it the right way, led his college team to their first New Year's Six Bowl (and win), had a disappointing senior year but is now just killing it at the top level... it's cool.
I don't know what will happen between now and the end of the season, but it's a heck of a story.
Chargers are a dangerous team right now. Everyone worth signing next year has basically opted out and the only guys who are playing for them right now are playing for their jobs next year. They aren't going to be as talented but they are going to be putting in an insane amount of effort
