Well English is now my main language now and has been so since early 1988, but it is not my original native language since I grew up in Germany with German being my main and native language.
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 | ||
Well English is now my main language now and has been so since early 1988, but it is not my original native language since I grew up in Germany with German being my main and native language.
I think I'd agree that the talent is performing better in the AFC right now.
The Cardinals look better than they are mainly because their opponents have been largely terrible. Dallas performance today was absolutely astonishingly bad, it's irritating that it was 14-10 for eons before it finally broke open towards the end. But they are near the bottom of the league against the pass, and if they played a decent team in a game that mattered, they'd get absolutely burned to the ground.
I think a late rally by Philly, Dallas, or New Orleans will go farther than the Cardinals will.
Honestly looking at the NFC right now, I think Seattle and Green Bay are the teams to beat, if their health holds up and they solidify certain aspects. Fundamentally they are tough groups of people with pretty good coaching and the right capacity to explode in a game, which is what you need to keep up with a big-game offense show like the Broncos or Patriots can light up.
The problem with the AFC is the non-Broncos/Patriots teams are mostly REALLY _REALLY_ erratic.
SD? lost 3 games in a row, including being shut out by Miami. #Dead.
Houston? No QB.
Buffalo? Good luck in that division.
Bungles? Nope.
Ravens/Steelers? Inconsistent to the max, but capable of becoming a threat in December possibly.
Colts? Maybe if their defense stiffens.
Chiefs? Terrible on the road.
etc.
| burninmylight said: So we're arguing (1) over semantics (2) on a message board, where written word is not as easy to interpret as oral, and to top it off, (3) it's coming from a guy who said English is not his first language and he's not pretending to have mastered it. I think we should just agree to stop this here. |
You're the one who's arguing, I'm simply quoting what he said. English may not be his first language, but I understood it. Maybe some poor punctuation in there, but, you can't really read it any other way, frankly.
| Arkaign said: I think I'd agree that the talent is performing better in the AFC right now. The Cardinals look better than they are mainly because their opponents have been largely terrible. Dallas performance today was absolutely astonishingly bad, it's irritating that it was 14-10 for eons before it finally broke open towards the end. But they are near the bottom of the league against the pass, and if they played a decent team in a game that mattered, they'd get absolutely burned to the ground. I think a late rally by Philly, Dallas, or New Orleans will go farther than the Cardinals will. Honestly looking at the NFC right now, I think Seattle and Green Bay are the teams to beat, if their health holds up and they solidify certain aspects. Fundamentally they are tough groups of people with pretty good coaching and the right capacity to explode in a game, which is what you need to keep up with a big-game offense show like the Broncos or Patriots can light up. The problem with the AFC is the non-Broncos/Patriots teams are mostly REALLY _REALLY_ erratic. SD? lost 3 games in a row, including being shut out by Miami. #Dead. Houston? No QB. Buffalo? Good luck in that division. Bungles? Nope. Ravens/Steelers? Inconsistent to the max, but capable of becoming a threat in December possibly. Colts? Maybe if their defense stiffens. Chiefs? Terrible on the road. etc. |
The crazy thing is that, the only reason the Pats aren't in the erratic category is the past 5 weeks. Prior to that, Foxboro was all a-panic.
Rodgers is okay I think, though I hope they keep him from scrambling for a couple-three weeks if possible.
Edit : Hahaha, yeah the Pats started wobbly this year, but man they came roaring back. Their team is suprisingly young, with lots of talent growth, a credit to the coaching/training staff imho. Not a Pats fan or hater myself, but respect what wins. They're obviously on to something. They have some quality Ws under that belt.
mornelithe said:
The crazy thing is that, the only reason the Pats aren't in the erratic category is the past 5 weeks. Prior to that, Foxboro was all a-panic. |
Yeah I was just about to say that. The Broncos are really the only team in the AFC that has been consistent throughout the season so far.
Survivor Millennial vs Gen X!!
mornelithe said:
The crazy thing is that, the only reason the Pats aren't in the erratic category is the past 5 weeks. Prior to that, Foxboro was all a-panic. |
I think that the guys at ESPN First Take (Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith) where almost ready to jump of the Patriots bandwagon but I'm pretty sure they a both firmly back on it since they both picked them to win the Super Bowl.
Haha true. Omar Epps is coaching a good game tonight.
Big Ben is having another pretty good game I'm pretty sure its his best two game stretch as a pro during the regular season.
As a 49ers Steelers fan, this week was great. Not a bad record either.