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[Zatren6]

I'm calling Atlanta over Arizona, Philly over Minny, Dolphins over Ravens (Can't pick against my team now!), and Indy over Sand Diego.

[Illmatic]

End Of An Era, Denver fires Mike Shanahan

Shanahan led the Broncos to their first 2 Super Bowl Victories, but after a number of underwhelming seasons and a huge collapse at the end of the season, The Broncos are moving on, Think any teams would want to pick him up? He Has The Rings.

[Zatren6]

End Of An Era, Denver fires Mike Shanahan

Shanahan led the Broncos to their first 2 Super Bowl Victories, but after a number of underwhelming seasons and a huge collapse at the end of the season, The Broncos are moving on, Think any teams would want to pick him up? He Has The Rings.

Maybe the Lions. At this point maybe I could get an interview for the head coaching job over there.

[FullmetalNinja25]

End Of An Era, Denver fires Mike Shanahan

Shanahan led the Broncos to their first 2 Super Bowl Victories, but after a number of underwhelming seasons and a huge collapse at the end of the season, The Broncos are moving on, Think any teams would want to pick him up? He Has The Rings.

Talk about ungrateful.

[Mik3]

Maybe the Lions. At this point maybe I could get an interview for the head coaching job over there.

You cant do any worse than 0-16


but why even try?

[Mik3]

Talk about ungrateful.

Well, 21 seasons was a long commitment. But times up. They are consistent winners but eventually you get tired of being average and you'd rather gamble for a chance at a super bowl then contuing mediocrity. But man they basically sent him on his way, and they didn't even try to work it out and after 21 years, Mike has earned it.

[FullmetalNinja25]

Well, 21 seasons was a long commitment. But times up. They are consistent winners but eventually you get tired of being average and you'd rather gamble for a chance at a super bowl then contuing mediocrity. But man they basically sent him on his way, and they didn't even try to work it out and after 21 years, Mike has earned it.

21 seasons most of them with winning records and 2 Superbowl rings. It's like when the Ravens sent Brian Billick packing after 1 bad season, absolutely ludacous.

[talesoffireemblem]

21 seasons most of them with winning records and 2 Superbowl rings. It's like when the Ravens sent Brian Billick packing after 1 bad season, absolutely ludacous.

But Billick was supposed to be an offensive mastermind, yet during most of his time in Baltimore the Ravens had a very average or mediocre offense. Most of their success was because of their defense. I'll agree with you that firing Shanahan may not have been the best move for the Broncos, since he was an offensive guy running a good offense. The Broncos should have just taken away Shanahan's front office powers and hired a new gm. The Broncos should have fired their defensive coordinator instead. Oh well, I'm enjoying this since I'm a Chargers fan.

[FullmetalNinja25]

But Billick was supposed to be an offensive mastermind, yet during most of his time in Baltimore the Ravens had a very average or mediocre offense.

Well they did win a Super Bowl.

[Illmatic]

1 ring>no rings

we should know

[FullmetalNinja25]

Wow I didn't expect Arizona to win.

[Nate River]

You cant do any worse than 0-16


but why even try?

Of course, you can. The original Bucs still own the longests NFL losing streak at 26. They went 0-14 and then went on to lose their first 12 the following season.

[FullmetalNinja25]

Of course, you can. The original Bucs still own the longests NFL losing streak at 26. They went 0-14 and then went on to lose their first 12 the following season.

Yeah and Detroit has to date lost 21 in a row so that record may not be standing much longer, unless they get their stuff together which I doubt.

[Nate River]

Yeah and Detroit has to date lost 21 in a row so that record may not be standing much longer, unless they get their stuff together which I doubt.

Yeah, they have a good shot at it. The two things they have going for them are the #1 pick (bet they're praying for Sam Bradford of Matt Stafford to declare) and that the worse you do the more likely you are to have a favorable schedule. Of course, that didn't happen with the Patriots. 16-0 and got one of the easiest schedules. Oh, and Calvin Johnson. Despite the rest of the squad, he's good.

Maybe they can get the first MNF against the Rams, Chiefs, or Raiders, though I don't think they can beat the Chiefs or Raiders.

[Zatren6]

Wow, the Chargers won. That was something I did not expect. That's too bad...I wanted the Colts to win. But they started taking bad penalties when it mattered, and you can't do that. It was kinda frustrating to watch...but anything can happen in the playoffs I suppose.

EDIT: =(

Well the way we lost today was...disappointing. I wish we could have put up more fight in the playoffs. But...I'm still elated with the progress the Dolphins made this season. Its been great. We've found some things that need fixing, and hopefully during the offseason, they'll be fixed. I think we'll improve over the offseason, and next year, I think we'll be a legitimate team in the NFL.

Edited by Zatren6, 04 January 2009 - 09:00 PM.

[Mik3]

Final Scores:


Arizona:30 Atlanta:24
San Diego:23 Indianapolis:17
Baltimore:27 Miami:9
Philadelphia:26 Minnesota:14




AZ-Looks like thety decided to make everyone stfu about them being the worst division winners. But you know what? They've been playing well at home all season. I want to see them put up a fight now that they have to travel to east coast, tough techinically Carolina is in the south, but we have the same time zone. Even though the game is at night, the jet lag might be a female dog to deal with.

SD-Told ya. That defense knows peyton and they read him like a book. But Darren Sproles is their new X factor. LT is too hurt to make that difference and Sproles has been great filling in. I would love to have him come Free Agency

Baltimore:Everything I thought would happen did. Ed Reed is a Hall of famer, but at least Hung in there. from 1 and 15 to div champs is noting short of a miracle. Zatren, they're legit, all of Parcells's teams are legit.


Philly- Not pretty, but they went in to The Vikings; house and won by 12. They seem to play the level of their opposition. We need more to beat the giants, but I think they arent much better than last time. Just need to stack 8 in the box once more

[Mik3]

Well, onto the Divisional Round. Winners move on to the conference championships and 1 game from the superbowl


Saturday


#6 Baltimore Ravens @ #1 Tennesee Titants 4:30 PM EST

#4 Arizona Cardinals @ #2 Carolina Panthers 8:15 PM EST


Sunday:


#6 Philadelphia Eagles @ #1 New York Giants 1:00PM EST

#4 San Diego Chargers @ #2 Pittsburgh Steelers 4:45 PM EST




Ive got Tennessee over Baltimore Home Field will get them by and I dont think Flacco can win the game for them because The titans are going to play the run.


Carolina over Arizona Once again home field. Especially against Arizona who struggles in the eastern time zone. Plus they dont have the defense to bottle up Deangelo and Stewart


Philadelphia over New York Who picks against their own team? Honestly, I think the giants are not that better than they were the last time we played them. Not saying they suck but their not miles ahead of anyone. So its up to the eagles to do their part


And finally, San Diego ver pittsburgh why? Because San diego has that heart. And sproles is a machine and i dont think pittsburgh matches up well on offense.

[FullmetalNinja25]

My Predictions For The Remainder Of The Playoffs:

AFC Semi-Finals:

Baltimore over Tennessee

Pittsburgh over San Diego

NFC Semi-Finals:

Philadelphia over New York

Carolina over Arizona

AFC Championship:

Baltimore over Pittsburgh

NFC Championship:

Philadelphia over Carolina

Super Bowl 43:

Baltimore over Philadelphia

Edited by UzumakiEdward85, 06 January 2009 - 07:25 PM.

[True]

Chargers are the trolls of the NFL. I mean really an 8-8 team makes it and and 11-5 team such as the Pats get left out. Then they take out one of the hottest teams (and league MVP!) going into the playoffs and now are going to play the Steelers (who I think they have a good chance against). If they win the Super Bowl...they'll have to be the funniest team to win yet.

The Ravens did what they have been doing all year long. The defense is playing excellent, the running game is solid, and Joe Flacco isn't making mistakes. They're defense really shined against Miami's offense, which only had 13 turnovers during the reg season, but five in that one game. Ray Lewis is the heart and soul of the defense, but Ed Reed is the X factor that can change the game. They force turnovers and make it easy for their offense to manage the game. I think as long as they play the same way they have been all year, and Flacco doesn't make any mistakes, they'll have a shot at winning against Tennessee. Make them one dimensional (aka focusing on the run) and the defense should handle it well.

I think in the AFC its a toss between the Ravens and Steelers, and the third time will be the charm for the Ravens to win! This team reminds me of Super Bowl XXXV (though I'd have to say that team was way better). Though realistically, I'd have to say the Steelers have a better opportunity since they are better in almost every category (even with my bias, I can admit it).

As for the NFC side, while the Eagles are playing really well and I believe they have a good chance of winning against the Giants, I think the Panthers are the best team in the division. Strong offense with both pass and run (Phillie lacks the run and Andy Reid isn't a huge fan of it) and a great front four, so they'll go to the Super Bowl.

Though for lulz, I'd like to see Cardinals and Chargers in the Super Bowl. That would be quite exciting.

[Illmatic]

Ugly win, but as long as we get the W im good.

Im picking Tennessee Over Baltimore, San Diego Over Pittsburgh, Philly Over NYG, (I have to believe, I just want this season to continue) and Carolina Over Arizona

The giants will definetly want to stomp the Eagles, and will be way tougher this time around, but this team needs to step up and make it happen, forget the numbers, I just want to see the birds make it happen.

Edited by Illmatic, 07 January 2009 - 03:59 AM.