Wildcard Weekend Trash
bmaz was going to put Trash together, but got distracted by the tragic craziness happening in his state. So until he does something more substantive, here’s what I’ve picked in this weekend’s games:
NO-SEA: I’m gonna be stupid and pick the home team, the worst playoff team ever. Just a feeling I’m already beginning to regret watching the opening drive.
NYJ-Indy: Peyton Manning. Home game. Gotta go Peyton. (Grumble grumble.)
Baltimore-KC: KC is a surprisingly good team, but not consistent. So I gotta go with the Ravens.
GB-Philly: I have a gut feel that Vick is not 100%, maybe not even 90%. And Green Bay’s D has been looking pretty damned good of late. So I pick the Packers.
Packers and manning ay?…..
i can go with that…..
Anyway hows life been treating you girl? hanging in there….got my own FDL blog now…might give you a few pointer along the way..if you all keep in mind im a little dislectic and im writting in NOT my native tung…and been quite busy since last time…but you know that girl..from twitter
anyway just my five cents worth
Here at the coffeemaker the bit about something stronger than plain water and coffee have been lets say lacking……
…have a nice day t004r
Hey, we gots ourselves a game here! Squawks hanging tough.
I’m hoping. Frankly, I like the Aints a lot better. But I just think there are a number of things that might make this a win.
“hangin tough”?
Start’in to look like a whoppin to me.
Yeah, but both of these teams have been pretty wide open. I mean, Squawks were down by 10 twice; Saints have more ability to get back into this.
Hey, it was 17-14 Saints when I wrote that!
The Squawks Defense has been hanging tough, but I was about to write that their Offense was flaccid– but then the amazing run by Lynch with all the missed tackles– Looks like EW will be right (again).
Bob in AZ
All the folks that laughed when the Patriot lineman ran 70 yards must be yukking it up now ….. the whole freakin offensive line was 30 years downfield.
Craziness in Arizona ruining what was projected to be a great day in sports… I’m so fucking mad I could spit. Motherfuckers.
… so then
I hope the Jets lose. But, if they win, the 3rd-round pick the Chargers got for Antonio Cromartie will turn into a 2nd-rounder. So there’s that.
Very disappointed that my team didn’t make the tournament, with what appears to be a somewhat weak field, where the strongest team is a team that the Chargers dominated back in October.
Sea-eagles staying in this… 17-17!
Seattle -31, NO – 20 at this moment. This game is surprising.
I want the Jets to win because I’m in love with Mark Sanchez. Add him to the list that includes Jesse L. Martin, Matthew Morrison and a few others.
OK. Now I’m thinking we might have a whuppin in the making.
As usual, emptywheel ….. you hit the clown on the nose ….. it looks like Seattke has returned to the form that squeeked them into the playoffs, and Na’lines to the form that won them a Superbowl.
Even if Bush is off taking a pee break – they are dropping Hasselbeck’s passes like they contain a toxin.
i’m sooo looking forward to the first 49ers/Seattle meet-up. Carroll/Harbaugh together again.
I know I’ve been away for awhile and not entirely keeping up with current events, but can anyone explain to me how the team with the worst record in NFL playoff history is winning this game?
I’m dead last in my football pool this year, so clearly I am cursed, but fwiw I went with the Aints, Jets, KC, and the Pack.
You’ve heard of On Any Given Sunday?
Well, it’s Saturday, but it’s still as sweet to this Seattle homeboy
You mean the Al Pacino movie??? ; )
Seriously, good luck to your hometown team. There is nothing sweeter than watching your team win a big upset in the playoffs!
You now that whole “D wins championships” thing?
Seattle had theirs actually playing, NOLA did not.
And Hasselback had a great game.
And I think Carroll’s getting back into the swing of pro coaching.
Yep. And so does Baltimore ; )
KC on the other hand is still learning…
I’ve always admired the stadium they have in Seattle… fans right on top of the field – very loud, very hard for the road team. But this is pretty surprising.
Bulls eye
Seattle’s always been tough
did i just see that?
HOLY GUACAMOLE
When did Seattle sign Earl Campbell??
That was a run for the ages by Lynch…! ;-)
“Are you kidding me??!!” is the THE most overused cliche in sports. Give it a rest dude.
That was an awesome game…! The Squawks were great…!
Anybody see this… WikiLeaks demands Google and Facebook unseal US subpoenas
Anyone notice the large selection of hand gestures Peyton Manning uses before calling the snap? Just wondering if any of them have any actual semantic content, or whether, y’know, he’s just expressing himself or something.
Bob in AZ
Saw an rticle that asked him if all the things hw says at the line mean anything. He said most of them are just junk …. often the first thing he says will indicate to ignore everything until the third thing he says. So belizabub, green 47-A indicate only 47-A …. he makes up terms and stops to point at some member of the opposition to make them think he is communicating something.
He used to use verbal signals, but does more hand signals now. That may be because Tony Dungy revealed what some of them meant on NBC.
But yes, from a linguistic standpoint, the semantics are fascinating.
Hah. The Colts are going to screw this up. God I hate the Jets.
mauimom’s crush for the win!!
Fuck. The team best able to beat the Pats.
Why did BillBel let Vinateri go again?
Just chant to yourself:
“December 8: 45 – 3,
December 8; 45 – 3”
as you drop off to sleep.
And then remember Sanchez has grown a lot since then and the Jets have Jim Leonard, who is the glue and general of their whole defense, back and healthy now.
Hah hah, no way. NO WAY the Jets beat the Pats. The Jets could barely beat Peyton and his cast of unknowns.
The good news is the Bolts just upgraded the Cromartie compensatory pick from 3rd to 2nd. Sweet.
Congrats to you and your pick.
But help me out here. If Peyton’s team–including the 1 for 1 Reggie Wayne–is a cast of unknowns, then who are the well knowns playing with Bieber?
Yes, that upgraded draft pick ought to put Norval over the hump……
What a couple of absolutely great games though. Just tremendous.
Absolutely entertaining, that’s for sure.
Except for the Lynch run, I thought the first game was pretty boring.
Bob in AZ
I loved the Seattle game. The run at the end topped it off. Brees made a lot of passes, but the rest of Saints weren’t on their game today.
Btw, I shouldn’t complain. Yeah! Peyton is gone, Peyton is gone!!
(When was the last year that both Manning boys were done this early in the year?)
Btw, if my math is correct, the last time a Manning brother was not in the divisional round was 02-03, when the Jets eliminated the Colts in the Wild Card round.
I’d like to say something about the SeaSquawks, but just learned of today’s news in Arizona.
Honestly, I’ve dreaded something like this event, given the corrosiveness of some of the filth fest on media (not that Murdock will ever take any responsibility…)
Condolences to bmaz and AZers; listening to the sheriff’s comments about the dangers of hate radio and its effects on the wider society. Eloquent.
So very, very sorry.
GO COLTS !
From up here, it looked like the Refs blew a coupla interference calls on the Colts’ last drive …
I’ll take the Pack & Iggles on Sunday’s dance card.
:p
Who dat??!!!??? Who dat??!!!??? That’s the airport taxi taking Nawlins home….with a loss!
Woo!!!!!
Got to count on the EAGLES doing good at home.
Seven hours and counting.
If the Seahawks had played that well during the regular season they might have made the playoffs. Oh. Wait… never mind.
sorry to go grim in trash talk, but: Daughter of Dodgers scout killed in Tucson shooting
Rosalind, can you please get us a statement from the real owner of the Dodgers, Jamie McCourt??
E-A-G-L-E-S… Iggles!
Go Pack GO!!!
; )
Good luck to us both ; )
And the Pack scores!! But can they win a playoff game without Geezer Favre??
Woot!!!
Fixed it for ya ; )
18 years the Geezer gave you, and gave everything he had. No respect I tell ya, no respect!
I loved those years, too, and had the old man had the good sense to know when to hang up his cleats, perhaps I would be better about respecting my elders ; )
Er, “elder” in football years ; )
Easy there Red!
Sure he did
I’m not Carnac the Magnificent, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. But I didn’t think he planned to come back this year until the guys went to pick him up. The indicator to me was the fact that he only threw passes to the HS kids once or twice. He did come back, but it was for the team
That said. I’m temporary playoff Packer fan. Go Pack Go
There is a case to be made that the multi-year waffle-fest did not burnish the Geezer’s legacy (clearly, that case is hotly debated), but I will concede that this past season he came back for Chilly.
He tried this year, but it went bad. I think far less of the total fault is with Favre than is commonly let on, but seriously had had a fair amount. He did not play the same lights out as last year, and without the receivers and – nobody ever talks about this – even the same quality of totally shitty offensive line as he suffered through last year, he was just ineffective. a young in his prime Favre might could have overcome that, he often did just that with the Packers, but not a 41 year old version. So be it. He tried. And the Vikings sure did not have a better option.
Chilly?
That’s a joke right? I think he hates him more than I do, and that’s saying a lot
PS Big run by Desean Jackson (former Cal Bear, just like Marshawn Lynch)
I thought Chilly was the one that personally persuaded him, but I could easily have that all wrong…
“I’m temporary playoff Packer fan”
Me too – and I promise no “Go Pack!” given my gogo track record.
Wha … you were a GoGo ?!!
*Ducks and runs*
Given EW’s reminder earlier about D, perhaps it isn’t the Geezer/Rodgers impact on the game that should be getting our attention… Dom Capers and Clay Matthews may be more important in the end.
Yeah, that’s why I picked them. Dom Capers as much as anything else.
Tho Philly made some key adjustments at the half. The second series of his half had Rogers looking mighty confused.
Aren’t you Blackwater residents Packer fans by proximity?
It being capitalism, we’re given a choice: Kitties, Packers, Cutlers, or Colts. Just like we get to choose trash collectors.
Yes, they can. The Pack is now a legitimate playoff team; the Iggles aren’t, yet. Vick has to learn to read the pass rush quicker– he’s holding on to the ball too long. But he showed his unbelievable quickness a few times in the first half. His health is not the issue; the Iggles’ defense, and their offensive turpitude in the red zone are the real problems.
I think GB is ready for The Dance but the Iggles need another year to be ready. We’ll see if the second half bears me out.
Bob in AZ
For Eagles fans, a fondness of rollercoasters is required
No Virginia, there is no Iggles defense
I don’t know about that — the Iggles’ defense and offense are sure keeping the game interesting…
I can’t watch
Well, um.
Go Pack! Vick’s later ouchy isn’t the one I referred to in this post, but it may have been the killer.
that was a freakin horrible way to lose
You genuinely have my condolences, I’ve watched that happen to the Pack both with and without the Geezer.
Thanks.
We’re used to it. If you can ever really get used to it.
But you just never know with this team. Sometimes they work miracles.
Never a dull moment (especially when we’re playing the Giants.)
P.S. I’m not rooting for the Packs :)
LOL : ) Gee, I wonder why not…
Trash talk would be absolutely no fun at all without opposition, so see you next week maybe cheering on the Falcons? ; )
Gotta say, I’m not sure the Packers showed enough to get by the Bears today, much less Matty Ice.
But I’m glad they won.
Next week:
Seattle gets beat by Chicago
GB v. ATL
J-E-T-S v. Bieber
AFC North championship, part 22
Gotta say the AFC is mighty mighty interesting.
Hmmm … if da cheezheads can get Atlanta’s Dome to collapse and play outdoors …
Given the squirrely weather this year, I would be careful what you wish for Petro ; )
LOL … Congrats !
Rodgers is learning fast … and the Defense is underrated, but they usually prefer it that way.
FWIW, since I picked the INdy winner wrong, I got the brackets wrong for the AFC E and N rematches.
If I had to do it over again, I’d pick the Ravens for the win in Pittsburgh.
Damn Czechoslovakian literary revisionists! Plus, yer just egging on Scribe. Dunno though, I am not going to bet any real money, but am rooting for the Squawks to put Da Bears in hibernation.
By the way folks, potentially excellent bowl game on right now. Boston college versus the exciting Nevada Wolf Pack that beat Boise State in the exciting game a while back.
Wolf Pack up 17-7 at the half
Where are we serving the duck l’orange tonight?
GO TIGERS !
There … that usually works, right Mary ! *g*
ooooo.
ducks ducks ducks!!!
(granting forgiveness for just this night their gad awful fugly mix’n’match uniforms)
QUACK!!!
Jeebus, does Oregon have the wrong cleats?
Oh those socks or whatever the ducks are wearing are w-a-y too much. I might have to cringe and cheer for Auburn because of those (shudder)
if you’re digging the sox, you’ll loove combo #3 in the Ducks rotating color-wheel.
if they ever play boise at home i’ll have a migraine before the first down…
The old unies were worse though
Well, if you count the two interceptions, Thomas is 7/7!
On the Ducks second interception: the QB read the blitz, but the receiver didn’t. To break the blitz, both have to make the read and react appropriately. If they do, the defense gets shredded.
So, the Day-glo sox and helmet monograph barrier has been broken?
Bob in AZ
Geez, another misread, this time on offense. Maybe the Ducks need a new pair of glasses.
Bob in AZ
Greatest Uniforms EVAR !!! And they score first …
How can you not love a team that gambles on a 2-point convert this early in the game …
iirc the Ducks always go for the two
HAW! Ducks goal-line defense not confused by the tiggers. The Mighty Quackers hold serve.
Bob in AZ
How about that goal-line stand by Auburn?
Damn SEC criminals are doing it again!!
Alright. Credit where due. It may be on the back of an ineligible player, but Newton is really, really good and Auburn is a better team. Tigers earned and deserve the win.
Kudos to the Coaching staff as well ! They did a great job of preparing for this game and outplayed the Ducks for 3 Quarters.
But I feel the same way you do … Reggie Bush had to give back his Heisman but Newton gets two big Prizes …
Great game!
Here we are with 2 seconds left, 19-19, and Auburn lining-up for a chip shot field goal to win it…here’s the snap…it’s good! Auburn wins!
That’s five straight for the SEC…
Thanks, bmaz, for a Great Season of College Football Trash!
One of the momentos of this game that will live in infamy is the Duck’s non-tackle on that last-minute run that set up the winning score. I suspect that clip will be on training films used for the next decade.
I agree with bmaz– Auburn demonstrated that it was the superior team.
That said, I think their monster thug Feiney(?), who shredded the Duck’s O-line, deserved a few more unsportsman-like penalty calls than he got.
Bob in AZ