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| Francine Banger | posted on 01-26-2002 @ 10:49 PM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00  | For Pre, During, and Post Game discussion of the League's Championship Games. NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK- JANUARY 27, 2002 AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME New England Patriots (12-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (14-3) Not too many people would have predicted this as the AFC Championship Game before the year started, in fact I dont think you would find anybody who would have predicted that. the Steelers have been the class of the AFC this season, while the Patriots have been the cinderella team. Nothing more described the Patriots as a cinderella team than their stunning win last week in the snow against the Raiders. Controversy or not, the Patriots are here playing in the AFC Championship Game, and the Raiders are at home. The Steelers met a test last week against the Ravens and passed it with flying colors as they totally shut down Baltimore's inept offense. Its going to be tougher for Pittsburgh to be that dominant on defense this time, with Tom Brady on the other side of the ball rather than Elvis Grbac. But if the Patriots are going to win this game, they will have to rely on Tom Brady to continue his unbelievable run and even step up a notch. Antowain Smith is going to have a hard time getting his game going against the Steelers rush defense. Kordell Stewart and company had a good time getting past the Ravens excellent defense, they should do more of the same against the Patriots defense which is not as stellar. With Jerome Bettis back, the Steelers get a boost at Running Back and a good 3 back tandem with Bettis, Zeroue, and MaalaFala. I do expect the Patriots to be competitive and take this game right to the end, but the Steelers are too strong, they are better in more facets of the game, and will be just too much for the cinderella run of the Patriots to continue, as the Steelers will be heading to New Orleans for Super Bowl XXXVI. SCORE: Steelers 21 Patriots 16 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Philadelphia Eagles (13-5) at St. Louis Rams (15-2) Should be a fun and exciting game in St. Louis to decide the NFC Championship. The Rams arent the invincible team that people make them out to be. But they are team that will capitalize on the other team's mistake. They can be beaten, but you have to play on top of your game to beat them. You Certainly cant walk into St. Louis like Green Bay did last week, and turn the ball over 8 times and play sloppy. If you do that you will walk out getting pummeled just as Green Bay did. The Eagles have been very impressive in the playoffs so far, as they convincingly defeated Tampa Bay and Chicago. The Eagles are too good and well coached to make the same mistakes the Green Bay did, but I dont know if the Eagles are talented enough or capable enough to pull this out, unless Warner is off the game, and St. Louis makes some uncharacteristic mistakes. I expect the Eagles to be in this football game as well, but I dont think McNabb and the Eagles offense can keep up with the Rams. Rams win and head to Super Bowl XXXVI. SCORE: Rams 33 Eagles 20  | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 10:06 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Rams 31, Eagles 13 Steelers 26, Pats 23...game won by a last second Kris Brown field goal. Go Knicks, Giants, Rangers, and Rutgers Men's Basketball Long Live Psycho Bitch | ||||
| Paper Boy I want my two dollars! | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 10:08 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Steelers over New England 28 - 14 Rams over Eagles 27 - 24  | ||||
| NASA | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 11:01 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01 | Steelers 27, Pats 21 -------------------- A bad call by the officials will leave the Patriots with their just desserts. Rams 48, Eagles 28 ------------------ This game will be close at the half but will get out of hand with two quick TD's to start the second half by the Rams.  Honor our heroes. Honor their wishes. GodBlessAmerica. | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 11:02 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | Alas, The Patriots will win this game. I don't know the exact numbers but, The Patriots are like #25 in the NFL in yards allowed and I think #6 in points allowed. Kris Brown lead the league in field goal attempts by a very large margin. This means that the Patriots are money on defense in the red zone, and Steelers struggle in the red zone on offense. This will come down to Kris Brown field goals which is what everyone in New England is praying for. Pittsburgh has a great Dline and Linebackers, but their Dbacks are pretty poor. It is rumored that Earl Holmes might not play. That would definately be good. Since the Steelers always have such a QB rush, most of the time their Dbacks are going to be in man to man covereage. The one thing that Brady has been this year, is very accurate. He will be able to slowly tear apart the Pitt dbacks with man-on-man covering Troy Brown and David Patten. It's gonna be tough for the Pats to contain the rushing attack of Kordell since the Pats are a pretty slow team on defense, and Plaxico could tear apart the Pats secondary since no one is 6' tall. However, Bellicheck is the man, Kordell is stil sketchy, and I see 3 Stewart interceptions. I still see a close game but I say 20-13 Pats  | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 11:34 AM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | I guess I'm going to stick by my early December picks made elsewhere. St. Louis over Philly The Rams are just too fast for Philly and their suspect secondary. Throw in Faulk to mess with the linebackers and I have a feeling this one isn't going to be pretty. Rams 38 - 7 Patriots over Steelers I'm still not sold on Tom Brady but I think that the defense wills the Patriots to a win here. Patriots 13-6 ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." | ||||
| CJMello | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 11:55 AM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | quote: I still feel more comfortable with Brady in and Bledsoe on the bench. A tough game no matter how you look at it. Steelers or Pats will be hard pressed to beat the Rams in the SB anyway. Oh ya, Rams over Eagles. "Spitters are Quitters." | ||||
| MrQuotes NO!!! You can't have any smiley faces in your status!!! G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Missile Command | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 12:22 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | quote: irony
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| CJMello | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 12:31 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | Christ! Didn't think Donny Iris was going to make it through the National Anthem. Where the hell has he been? "Spitters are Quitters." | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 2:49 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | This was written by the Sports Guy on December 18th. "Of course, there's one wrinkle that might throw everything out of synch, and you know it's coming into play at some point. Yup ... it's the inevitable "Brady gets injured, meaning that Bledsoe has to save the day" scenario! Has to happen, right? I mean, it has to happen. Right? It could/should happen at any point during the next six weeks, but Pittsburgh seems like an ideal opponent; the Steelers have haunted Bledsoe over the years (even harkening back to his rookie season, when he fumbled against them on the goal line, costing the Pats a "W"). When you think about it, Bledsoe's career in New England can't just end after this season, not with him relegated to headphone duty, not without one last chapter. That's just not the way these things work. But whether Drew makes one last dramatic cameo or not, the Patriots still couldn't prevail against a team like Pittsburgh, not on the road, not in January and certainly not with a Super Bowl trip in the line. The Steelers are hungry. You can sense it. " Sports Guy What a prediction. ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." This message was edited by Officer Joe Friday on 1-27-02 @ 3:00 PM | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Damn, great call, except for the fact that the Pats ARE going to beat the Steelers, it looks like that now anyway. I for one am very surprised about this game, i dont understand why Amos and Ma'afala arent being used instead of Bettis. Go Knicks, Giants, Rangers, and Rutgers Men's Basketball Long Live Psycho Bitch | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:23 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | The Patriots need to keep their stupid penalties down. That could come back to bite them in the ass. Let's see what Bledsoe can do here though. Edit: Damn that Steelers D. ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." This message was edited by Officer Joe Friday on 1-27-02 @ 3:28 PM | ||||
| NASA | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:34 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01 | Spoke too soon. 21-17 Patriots, and Pittsburgh has all the momentum. All I need is for the Steelers to get a field goal and a touchdown for my score to be correct. Honor our heroes. Honor their wishes. GodBlessAmerica. This message was edited by NASA on 1-27-02 @ 3:35 PM | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:35 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | ::evil laughing:: There was a reason i posted what i posted :) Look at my picks and youll see why. I have the Steelers winning the whole damn thing. Hopefully im not talking too soon with this though and counterjinx myself lol. Go Knicks, Giants, Rangers, and Rutgers Men's Basketball Long Live Psycho Bitch | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:40 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | A jinx isn't what is killing the Patriots. The Steelers D is. Very impressive with all of the pressure they have produced. The Pats will be lucky to get out of this one alive. ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." | ||||
| NASA | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 3:50 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01 | Well there goes my pickquote:I honestly thought it was over after the missed-FG return. Even I spoke to soon. Now all I can hope for is some free overtime football. Tie this sucker up! Honor our heroes. Honor their wishes. GodBlessAmerica. | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 4:25 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | Nice. The Pats pulled it out. Good job by Bledsoe. They needed to do some passing here and Bledsoe did the job decently. We'll see what happens during the week and if Brady gets the start in the Super Bowl. Awesome game won by the Pats special teams. And dammit Drew stop your crying you pussy. ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." | ||||
| OAAWITE | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 4:28 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | The first thing Bellicheck will do is say that Brady is starting next week. He should. The second half showed why Bledsoe always played in close games and could never turn it on. He holds onto the ball way too long, and just stands there waiting for everyone to get open instead of looking at other options, which results in too many fucking sacks.quote: This message was edited by OAAWITE on 1-27-02 @ 4:49 PM | ||||
| NASA | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 4:31 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01 | Does this mean O & A will be minus an assistant-producer tomorrow after a tragic bus accident outside the station? Poor stinky. Honor our heroes. Honor their wishes. GodBlessAmerica. | ||||
| CJMello | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 4:34 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 02 | quote: Hopefully Brady's ankle injury in very minor. Nice 1-2 punch today with a good defense/special teams effort. Damn, New Orleans again. Hmmm, Bob Kraft doesn't seem drunk this time. "Spitters are Quitters." | ||||
| Officer Joe Friday | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 4:49 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: May. 01 | Damn, did you see the look on Cowher's face in his interview with Bonnie Bernstein? He looked like he was about 10 seconds away from snapping and tearing her head off. He's crushed. ------------------- But there's also this: there are over 5,000 men in this city, who know that being a policeman is an endless, glamourless, thankless job that's gotta be done. I know it, too, and I'm damn glad to be one of them." | ||||
| Paper Boy I want my two dollars! | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 7:38 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | quote: I was pretty close. Yay me!!11! | ||||
| NASA | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 7:40 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 01 | They needed 65 yards and had 3 seconds to do it. Why on earth would they not Hail Mary it to actually get the ball to the endzone instead of hoping for even greater miracles by throwing it short? That play was something right out of the Paul Hackett handbook. The only times I've seen that play work is in some old dated college football video. Honor our heroes. Honor their wishes. GodBlessAmerica. | ||||
| WhackBagKid TALK TO ME, GOMEZ. HE WHO IS #1. | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 7:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | did you happen to watch the last game between the eagles and the giants,,,, that play was 3 yards from working still a dumb play to call  I Will Be Your Dixie Chicken | ||||
| Cluster F | posted on 01-27-2002 @ 7:51 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Well, the Eagles showed a lot of heart tonight, on defense mostly. McNabb didnt look like he was comfortable at all, and looked like he was playing like he was in the beginning of the year. nd i feel so bad for Cowher, he had the team to win it all this year. Too bad Bettis fucked it all up, he should not have even played today. Anyway, Pats vs Rams should be an extremely good game to watch. I'll go on record now by calling the Pats to win it, they are the hottest team, and seem to have IT, whatever IT is. Go Knicks, Giants, Rangers, and Rutgers Men's Basketball Long Live Psycho Bitch | ||||
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