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[thspfc]

This will be only the second Super Bowl since 2004 in which the starting QB for the AFC Champions is none of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger or Peyton Manning.  Joe Flacco started for Baltimore in 2013.

Thank goodness!

It is so nice having the playoffs now free of those teams, but especially free of the Cheatriots.

It's just too bad the Packers are in it. I am so sick of Aaron Rodgers. While they have missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons before that they were there like 10 years in a row.

that's just because you hate greatness

Umm, what? You were the one who spent three pages hating the Patriots.

I'm from Wisconsin, and I hate the Packers. I stopped believing in them 4-5 years ago, because I was sick of watching a team that seemed oblivious to their own shortcomings, and repeatedly relied on one player to bail them out of sure defeat. Even when they were winning, it was a terribly mismanaged team. Less so now, but I'm not going to crawl back at this point.

[Max Rockatansky]

This will be only the second Super Bowl since 2004 in which the starting QB for the AFC Champions is none of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger or Peyton Manning.  Joe Flacco started for Baltimore in 2013.

Thank goodness!

It is so nice having the playoffs now free of those teams, but especially free of the Cheatriots.

It's just too bad the Packers are in it. I am so sick of Aaron Rodgers. While they have missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons before that they were there like 10 years in a row.

I have no problem with Aaron Rodgers other than that he misspells his last name. 

That 70s porno mustache is pretty epically awful. 

[Big John]

I have no problem with Aaron Rodgers other than that he misspells his last name. 

Then you must hated Favre

[nexus73]

I have no problem with Aaron Rodgers other than that he misspells his last name. 

Then you must hated Favre

Erin Rogers and Brett Favor, two of the greats...LOL!  Now if you want difficult names for a broadcaster, try the ones for Polynesian players.  A Scrabble player flooded with vowels would like them but that's about it!

Rick

[Alps]

This will be only the second Super Bowl since 2004 in which the starting QB for the AFC Champions is none of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger or Peyton Manning.  Joe Flacco started for Baltimore in 2013.

Thank goodness!

It is so nice having the playoffs now free of those teams, but especially free of the Cheatriots.

It's just too bad the Packers are in it. I am so sick of Aaron Rodgers. While they have missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons before that they were there like 10 years in a row.

that's just because you hate greatness

Umm, what? You were the one who spent three pages hating the Patriots.

I'm from Wisconsin, and I hate the Packers. I stopped believing in them 4-5 years ago, because I was sick of watching a team that seemed oblivious to their own shortcomings, and repeatedly relied on one player to bail them out of sure defeat. Even when they were winning, it was a terribly mismanaged team. Less so now, but I'm not going to crawl back at this point.

Kurumi misquoted me with humorous intent, and you misquoted his misquote...

[kevinb1994]

This will be only the second Super Bowl since 2004 in which the starting QB for the AFC Champions is none of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger or Peyton Manning.  Joe Flacco started for Baltimore in 2013.

Thank goodness!

It is so nice having the playoffs now free of those teams, but especially free of the Cheatriots.

It's just too bad the Packers are in it. I am so sick of Aaron Rodgers. While they have missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons before that they were there like 10 years in a row.

that's just because you hate greatness

Umm, what? You were the one who spent three pages hating the Patriots.

I'm from Wisconsin, and I hate the Packers. I stopped believing in them 4-5 years ago, because I was sick of watching a team that seemed oblivious to their own shortcomings, and repeatedly relied on one player to bail them out of sure defeat. Even when they were winning, it was a terribly mismanaged team. Less so now, but I'm not going to crawl back at this point.

Kurumi misquoted me with humorous intent, and you misquoted his misquote...

Interception!

[thspfc]

This will be only the second Super Bowl since 2004 in which the starting QB for the AFC Champions is none of Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger or Peyton Manning.  Joe Flacco started for Baltimore in 2013.

Thank goodness!

It is so nice having the playoffs now free of those teams, but especially free of the Cheatriots.

It's just too bad the Packers are in it. I am so sick of Aaron Rodgers. While they have missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons before that they were there like 10 years in a row.

that's just because you hate greatness

Umm, what? You were the one who spent three pages hating the Patriots.

I'm from Wisconsin, and I hate the Packers. I stopped believing in them 4-5 years ago, because I was sick of watching a team that seemed oblivious to their own shortcomings, and repeatedly relied on one player to bail them out of sure defeat. Even when they were winning, it was a terribly mismanaged team. Less so now, but I'm not going to crawl back at this point.

Kurumi misquoted me with humorous intent, and you misquoted his misquote...

Interception!

More like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmRTnlil0U

[SSOWorld]

I have no problem with Aaron Rodgers other than that he misspells his last name. 

Then you must hated Favre

Erin Rogers and Brett Favor, two of the greats...LOL!  Now if you want difficult names for a broadcaster, try the ones for Polynesian players.  A Scrabble player flooded with vowels would like them but that's about it!

Rick

[webny99]

Can the Ravens come back from a 14-0 deficit?
We never got to find out in the regular season, because they always built up an early lead and then ran the ball. Now we're about to find out in the playoffs!   

So far, I feel like this is perfect karma for Mile High Miracle, when the Ravens were in the exact position the Tians are in now. We shall see. Yet another reminder not to buy in to the big hyped-up narratives in the NFL, because literally anything can and does happen in any given game.

I do feel it was pretty clearly a bad decision by the Ravens to rest their starters in Week 17. 1 week off is great, but 2 weeks off is just too much.

[Beltway]

Can the Ravens come back from a 14-0 deficit?
We never got to find out in the regular season, because they always built up an early lead and then ran the ball. Now we're about to find out in the playoffs!   

14-6.  At least back to one TD plus 2-point.

Number #1 vs #6 seed should do better!

[Max Rockatansky]

Can the Ravens come back from a 14-0 deficit?
We never got to find out in the regular season, because they always built up an early lead and then ran the ball. Now we're about to find out in the playoffs!   

14-6.  At least back to one TD plus 2-point.

Number #1 vs #6 seed should do better!

21-6 now, the Ravens look overmatched thus far.  I'm kind of sick of Baltimore being in it every year, I wouldn't mind seeing the upset.  Wow, Titans just made Lamar Jackson fumble!...damn never would have seen this coming.

[Max Rockatansky]

28-6 now with 19 minutes left. 

[cl94]

So, how about them Ravens?

[Beltway]

They choked!

[webny99]

Wow!
This is definitely the Titans moment. They haven't kicked a FG since, what, the end of October?
I'm happy for them, but still really disappointed we don't get a Chiefs-Ravens championship.

[Max Rockatansky]

They choked!

It's more of the Titans forced Lamar Jackson to pass and couldn't stop making mistakes.  In turn the Titans controlled the tempo of the game with running the ball effectively.  It seems that strong pocket passing still is what wins in the playoffs. 

[US 89]

I love a good upset. Tannehill had a great game, and it looked to me like the Ravens defense couldn't figure out how to stop the run game effectively.

[MNHighwayMan]

Nobody mentioned the Vikings? Good. Let's leave it that way.

Wait...

[DaBigE]

Nobody mentioned the Vikings? Good. Let's leave it that way.

Wait...

I was hoping they'd at least get past this game before imploding

[nexus73]

Well, that was an interesting pair of games on Saturday!  The Vikes were a no-show on O after the 1st quarter while the Ravens made more mistakes in one game than they would have made in half a season.  Even if Sunday's games go to form (GB and KC win), the playoffs are more interesting than ever due to the upset of what was supposedly the top NFL team. 

Remember the Titans, for they have won on the road in New England and Baltimore.  Truly amazing!

Rick

[Buck87]

It was a bad day for purple teams

Now that Baltimore is out, I'll be ok with whoever wins the Super Bowl

[1995hoo]

I have no problem with Aaron Rodgers other than that he misspells his last name. 

Then you must hated Favre

Nah, I don't care about that. Certain posters would understand the reason for my comment, though I don't know whether any of those people read this thread.

[Max Rockatansky]

It was a bad day for purple teams

Now that Baltimore is out, I'll be ok with whoever wins the Super Bowl

Green Bay and Seattle are the only typical front runners left, one will be eliminated today.  I would be nice to get two fresh teams in the Super Bowl, that's essentially assured on the AFC side.  The line on the Chiefs/Texans game is 10 points, personally I think it's going to be a better game than that. 

[Beltway]

Green Bay and Seattle are the only typical front runners left, one will be eliminated today.  I would be nice to get two fresh teams in the Super Bowl, that's essentially assured on the AFC side.  The line on the Chiefs/Texans game is 10 points, personally I think it's going to be a better game than that. 

The Kansas City Chiefs played in Super Bowls I and IV.

Lost to Green Bay 35-10
Beat Minnesota 23-7

[Max Rockatansky]

Green Bay and Seattle are the only typical front runners left, one will be eliminated today.  I would be nice to get two fresh teams in the Super Bowl, that's essentially assured on the AFC side.  The line on the Chiefs/Texans game is 10 points, personally I think it's going to be a better game than that. 

The Kansas City Chiefs played in Super Bowls I and IV.

Lost to Green Bay 35-10
Beat Minnesota 23-7

Yes I'm aware they have been to Super Bowl, it would just be a well change of pace from all the regulars of this past decade.  Even the 49ers at this point would be a way more interesting representative in the Super Bowl over the Packers or Sea Hawks.  Who would in the causal sense would have made that statement in the 1980s or early 1990s?