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Forums - Sports - The NFL Thread 2014: New England Patriots Win Super Bowl XLIX

 

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:
I know quality wins when I see them, and I've yet to see the Cards put one up this year. They've won, yes, but a crapton of their wins were late lucky breaks against either banged up or downright terrible teams.

I think they get exposed just like the Eagles got shown today what happens vs. a really good healthy team with their remaining schedule and into the playoffs.

I would rate them as above average, but the record they deserve right now is certainly nowhere near 9-1. GB would have destroyed them today if they both played at the same level of effort and skill.

One does not simply throw two INTs and expect the opposing team to be so completely worthless that they will drop on-target passes repeatedly, screw up the snaps, mis-read the line, get stupid penalties, etc. They played so badly today they would have easily lost to any decent team.

Of course, that tells us also that Detroit is EVEN WORSE, lol.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda. They won, and that's what matters.

I do find the statement about quality wins a little interesting considering how high you are on Green Bay, though. Green Bay's best victory this season is at Miami, and the only other team with a winning record that they've beaten is the Eagles (without Foles). By comparison, the Cards have beaten the Eagles (with Foles), the Cowboys (admittedly without Romo), the Lions, the Chargers, and the 49ers.

In addition to that, the Cardinals have beaten 3 of those teams without Palmer, and they're only going to get better as Stanton gets adjusted to his role. Would the Packers have beaten the Cards today with similar play? Possibly...but by the same token, the Cardinals would have likely had their way with the Packers on one of Green Bay's worse days as well.



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Hmmm, I think New England is the best team in the NFL right now. Second probably goes to Green Bay.



NobleTeam360 said:
Hmmm, I think New England is the best team in the NFL right now. Second probably goes to Green Bay.

I'd have a hard time putting up a convincing argument against that, they're probably pretty closely matched at the moment. 

Amazing compared to the first few weeks when you think about it.

What it will really come down to is who gets hot in December.



RolStoppable said:
Burek said:
Just finished watching the game, I've really been starving for football. Good game, and so far it seems that I predicted well for not putting Packers into the playoffs.
They'll probably beat Jets next week, but they just look like a sub-.500 team.

My Fantasy Team scored 9 by Harvin, he's my #1 WR. Sadly, Cobb was benched as my #4 receiver, so I missed out on his TD and 11 points.

Looks like Grandmaster Rol is having the last laugh.

I know, who in their right mind benchs Randall Cobb?



Raiders Superbowl bound next year.



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Miguel_Zorro said:
I still am not convinced that Arizona is for real. How are they 9-1? With Seattle, San Fran, New Orleans, Dallas, Philly all playing so inconsistently, the NFC is anybody's for the taking.

I think you answered your own question right there. =p



xKakashi209x said:
Raiders Superbowl bound next year.


Lol well they'll have a hell of a draft pick. Smart trading of that pick could get them 4 or 5 solid players. They need so much that one superstar would just be mauled.



I think it's a little unfair to give me an 0-13 record for the week just because the team I root for won, but whatever.



NobleTeam360 said:
RolStoppable said:
Burek said:
Just finished watching the game, I've really been starving for football. Good game, and so far it seems that I predicted well for not putting Packers into the playoffs.
They'll probably beat Jets next week, but they just look like a sub-.500 team.

My Fantasy Team scored 9 by Harvin, he's my #1 WR. Sadly, Cobb was benched as my #4 receiver, so I missed out on his TD and 11 points.

Looks like Grandmaster Rol is having the last laugh.

I know, who in their right mind benchs Randall Cobb?

In my defense, Rol quoted my post from week 1 or 2, I don't remember exactly. Of course that Cobb has been starting since that week. Unfortunately, this week I benched Jonas Grey (now did anyone expect him to put up a monster game last night?). But I'm already out of playoff contention in FF, so I'm not that upset.

Well, I followed the Eagles footsteps and put up a stinker this week, 3-9 so far, this should knock me down quite a few spots, I don't have the courage to look at the spreadsheet, I'll just wait for Rol to tally up my debacle tomorrow morning.



I like the ban message in the results