Can anyone believe the choke job that is going on right now? I can't fucking believe it. If I was a Saints fan, I'd be looking at the most creative ways to kill myself.
Oddly enough, when I read the first sentence, I assumed you were referring to the Williams drop and false start. One thing that strikes me whenver I watch Drew Brees is that he has an incredible talent for avoiding sacks in the pocket. The Seahawks repeatedly are able to get into the backfield, and time after time Brees gets away with only one or two well placed steps. I think he's rivaled only by Brady in this regard. It's not athleticism (Vick) and body strength (Roethlisberger); it's pure smarts.
Saints coming back, let's go Brees. I can't have a sub .500 team in my playoffs. If they win, everyone will go back to their "Anything can happen in the playoffs" statement every 5 seconds.
A guy from Profootballoutsiders, when he was on the BS Report, had a great point about this. There have been two teams that have been worse than the Seahawks in their rankings; the 2004 Rams (8-8) and the 1998 Cardinals (9-7). Both won their wild card play-off games. He also noted that Hasselbeck was great against the type of blitz (6 man) that the Saints run. Really, it makes sense; even a mediocre NFL team has something like a 20% against an elite contender in a single game. And no, I don't think it validates a playoff team with a losing record.
Holy Hell, what a run by Lynch. Edit: Wow, watching the replay, Hasselbeck was running down trying to throw a block. They're hustling.
My friend from NO is suicide watch. Not even kidding. This is ridiculous. Lynch's run was absolutely ridiculous. I hope that isn't the best run in the entire playoffs. Great runs are just great runs, and great runs have that many broken tackles, it is just sick.
Not sure what Caldwell was trying to accomplish with that challenge. The replay looked pretty clear to me. Still a bad decision by Holmes to not just get out of the way. Man, that run by Lynch was just sick. I don't know if we'll see a better run this playoffs because I don't know if it gets any better than that. I counted 7 broken tackles.
Everyone keeps talking about Sanchez's it factor. I know he's injured, but I see him choking on this game. Maybe their whole offense is just fucked. I just don't feel inspired football coming from him. I'm watching this game, and I don't know where that air of dominance is coming from. Also Manning isn't looking 100% Manning either.
Can an acting performance win you a playoff game? The jets punter is saying yes. Edit: And colts get the ball back. Glad to see this game won't be decided by another lame running into the kicker penalty.
What a great day of football. As a pacific northwest sports fan wins like that are few and far between. Now if only WSU could have a winning season.
I love watching Peyton suffer. He looked like he was going to break into tears towards the end. Also, we all get more Rex-being-Rex time. Awesome.
Text from my friend: "Blair White will go missing tomorrow. Jacob Tamme will go missing, but will be found in a North Dakota hospital in full a body cast a week later." Not gonna lie, I didn't watch most of the game. I stopped after the first drives when I noticed that Manning was off, and Sanchez wasn't dominate enough to take over the game. I wanted to watch good football so I started watching Season 1 of Friday Night Lights, great show, cheesy but great show. I receive a text that says "Adam." I quickly realized that he was referring to the man Maltob and I refer to as "traitor." Saw the score and watched the rest of that game. I had a prediction: "LT's interview will show him trying to hide his smugness and holding back from telling the Bolts to go fuck themselves." I got that one right.
That one drive the Jets had was unbelievable. What was is like 20 plays and 10 minutes long? Best way to beat Peyton is to keep him on the bench. I think the Jets can run that same 2nd half offense against the Pats and have a very good chance of beating them too. Also, the number Revis did on Reggie Wayne. 1 reception for 1 yard against one of the premier receivers in the league with possibly the greatest quarterback ever throwing the ball. Awesome. It's nice to see that Rex Ryan learned that exotic blitzes don't work against everyone. Sometimes you need to drop some guys into coverage.