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Who will win the Super Bowl?

Who cares? 41 36.61%
 
That AFC team. 29 25.89%
 
That NFC team. 5 4.46%
 
Hahaha, not the Packers! 25 22.32%
 
See Results. 9 8.04%
 
Total:109
Arkaign said:
FatedReality said:
Even though the Giant's lost I'm happy the Giants actually played this week and kept this game close. No reason they should have been blown out by the Eagles last week.

You should be proud of them. They did REALLY solid work on the field in terms of playing hard every down. Particularly when you consider Cruz is out of the picture, and JPP missed some downs.

If anything, a lot of blame has to go to Coughlin imho. He coached that game badly. That one blitz they ran was beyond stupid and opened the 3rd down up incredibly easily. Going for the 4th down early also showed a bad confidence in their defense to actually do their jobs.

The fact that it was only a 10 point gap is all credit to Eli and his adapting to the openings, and their O line actually stepping up this week and protecting him. If Coughlin wasn't such a derp, they could have done a lot better. Coughlin compeltely blew it for them in Philly as well. I have to think his time as HC is marked, NYG deserve so much better, and someone more modern.


I'm extremly proud of them! They gave the Cowboys (a top tier team) a run for thier money! I know the Giants aren't some super star team but they defiantly have a lot of things going for them. The offense has been working really well, Eli is playing greatl this year, we have some great WR's with a lot of potential and the defense is pretty solid too. Thats why I was so pissed last week when the Giants did NOTHING against the Eagles. They are so much better than that and this game clearly showed that.

I dont compeletly agree that it was all Coughlin's fault, we had a lot of penalties again that killed some of our drives down the field and that fumble that gave the Cowboys great field positing that let them go up 2 scores.

I do think we ran the ball WAYYYY to much this game. I have no idea why we were running the ball EVERY 1st and 2nd down getting at the most 3 yards between the two plays.This forced Eli to go for long 3rd downs almost everytime. What Dallas isnt really good at is there secondary. The Giant's last TD drive was nearly perfect becuase they were throwing the ball. They didnt waste there downs on runs and went straight to the endzone to make it a one score game. Unfortuantly it was a little to late for my G-MEN.

Coughlin just needs to adjust faster in game.



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Well this SF/DEN game will help a little, will still have a lot of L's stacked up haha. But anyone who picked SF will drop 1 here, though I'm not even sure if anyone actually did.

SF is overrated IMO. They are definitely not the same level as last year. Denver isn't either, but they're actually better in many ways, while SF has declined in multiple areas. Seattle is better than their record as well, and Arizona is not that great, Oakland actually sweated them today. Speaking of teams that may be vulnerable, what's up with SD? They were supposedly God-tier, but lost at home to KC? A notoriously bad road team? That 31-28 head-scratcher vs. Oakland a week ago should have been a warning.

/counting chickens



Congrats to Peyton Manning for breaking the all time TD passing record. One of the greatest of all time to ever play the game.



NobleTeam360 said:
Congrats to Peyton Manning for breaking the all time TD passing record. One of the greatest of all time to ever play the game.


YES SIR! A legend, and rightfully so.



i want him to win a superbowl with Denver so badly

but not against the cowboys



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Arkaign said:
Well this SF/DEN game will help a little, will still have a lot of L's stacked up haha. But anyone who picked SF will drop 1 here, though I'm not even sure if anyone actually did.

SF is overrated IMO. They are definitely not the same level as last year. Denver isn't either, but they're actually better in many ways, while SF has declined in multiple areas. Seattle is better than their record as well, and Arizona is not that great, Oakland actually sweated them today. Speaking of teams that may be vulnerable, what's up with SD? They were supposedly God-tier, but lost at home to KC? A notoriously bad road team? That 31-28 head-scratcher vs. Oakland a week ago should have been a warning.

/counting chickens

As the resident SF fan, I picked them over Denver. I think Denver is the better team, but SF is the only team to have beaten the Cowboys and the Eagles so far. So I think they still have a chance, if they play at their best. Does not help that the injuries stacked up though, so in reality it would be hard to be as top notch as they were at the Dallas and Eagles games.

I also really like the Steelers and picked them, but I do not think they can overcome the Texans Defense without turnovers.



I admire your faith, but don't rate Kap that highly. 110% athlete, 35% brainpower. Whereas Peyton is a 35% athlete, 150% brainpower lol.



Arkaign said:
I admire your faith, but don't rate Kap that highly. 110% athlete, 35% brainpower. Whereas Peyton is a 35% athlete, 150% brainpower lol.


Kap this year has been terrible. I trusted the defense and O line to stay healthy more then Kap throwing decently. Now we got the both major injuries and Kap just wildly throwing it. Rams might have a chance against 49ers in 2 weeks.



Farsala said:
Arkaign said:
I admire your faith, but don't rate Kap that highly. 110% athlete, 35% brainpower. Whereas Peyton is a 35% athlete, 150% brainpower lol.


Kap this year has been terrible. I trusted the defense and O line to stay healthy more then Kap throwing decently. Now we got the both major injuries and Kap just wildly throwing it. Rams might have a chance against 49ers in 2 weeks.

I'm really hoping for a tie in that game



Broncos should easily win their division and will probably easily win home field also. Don't think the Chargers are much of a thread now since they couldn't take care of KC on their home turf. Looks like in one way or another the Chargers, Patriots and Seahawks where all jinxed by ESPN First Take. Patriots where picked by both Stephen Smith and Skip to win the Superbowl can't see that happen. Skip said the Seahawks would go 15-1 that didn't happen and he also picked the Chargers to win the AFC which is now very unlikely to happen.