Comments on: NFL Playoff Predictions

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:37:36 +0000

Well Philip Rivers does not get to own Jay Cutler twice a year anymore.

I can’t believe how much the Bears gave up to get this clown. That should set the franchise back about 4 years.

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:23:29 +0000

Slow is so relative. He is faster than you and I. He is probably middle of the pack for NFL QB’s. So I guess average would be a better term. I would like to see a footrace between Rivers, Manning and Brady.

By: L. Hudgins

L. Hudgins — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:33:39 +0000

He IS slow. But I would rather have a slow QB than one who can’t throw.

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:53:25 +0000

Good call Anthony.

Special rules for special teams.

The Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys are the league’s darlings.

If the NFL had real concern for protecting the QB they would have made this rule back then. Instead they made this rule ONLY after it impacted not just Tom Brady but the Patriots organization. They say it’s about the QB’s. It’s not. it’s about the Krafts and the Rooneys.

Just like this adjustment to the travel schedule. Did you know that the Chargers played more games that would be viewed at 10 AM west coast than the Steelers did last season?

Preposterous!

The NFL has no interest in protecting anyone on the Chargers. Take you back to the AFC championship game where Rivers who has a torn ACL and MCL (and who Lynn thinks is slow) gets leg whipped by Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel and subsequently throws and INT and possibly deciding the game. The official was standing right there and looking at the play. No flag AND no fine after the fact. And as far as I can remember they didn’t have some sort of rule change after that season to try and protect the QB’s from these types of cheap shots.

BTW if you happen to stop in vegas between now and football season put some change down on Dallas. They got their new stadium which means they get their ring.

By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:18:03 +0000

Worst part about the new QB rule is where were they when the Steelers intentionally destroyed Carson Palmer’s knee in the playoffs in 2005? Same situation. A defender is being blocked to the ground yet he manages to lunge at Carson and plant his helmet on the knee and twist… tearing his ACL. Steelers go on to win the Super Bowl and Godel parties and does the who dey chant with Cowher.

I hate the NFL.

By: L. Hudgins

L. Hudgins — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:38:17 +0000

That would be the guy. The guy who can’t outrun a tortoise.

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:49:28 +0000

Pretty boy Philip? You mean the guy who played in the AFC championship game with a torn ACL and torn MCL?

By: L. Hudgins

L. Hudgins — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:05:32 +0000

Maybe it will help our pretty boy Phillip too.

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:33:10 +0000

The NFL went a step further and made it illegal for a defender who has been knocked to the grown to lunge at the QB. Why? because this is the type of LEGAL play that injured pretty boy tom.

Both of these changes, the scheduling and pretty boy rule were put into effect without a vote from the owners. They both were clearly the result of the Patriots’ complaints.

What a crock.

Now I guess if a defender gets knocked down he just needs to lay there until the end of the play. Maybe they should make a rule that they have to count “one alligator, two alligator, three alligator ” before rushing the passer?

By: danielbalc

danielbalc — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:53:20 +0000

That is so totally bogus.

It’s not a rule that just prohibits back to back east to west trips (which is in essence fair) but that says you won’t have to go to the west coast more than once a year! UNREAL!

Unless they balance this rule out with a rule that limits the amount of 10AM games a west coast team has to play there must be some serious protests.