I watched the championship games, of course. Not much to say about them.
The afternoon game was a blowout. Must have been very painful for Cardinals fans, and a romp in the park for Carolina fans. Though I did wonder at halftime when the Panthers were only up by 17 points; the preceding week they'd enjoyed a 31-0 lead over Seattle, yet barely hung on to win. But this week Carolina decided to show up for the second half as well. I really thought Arizona would give them more of a fight. Carson Palmer looked dreadful.
The morning game was exciting. Too exciting for my taste; until that two-point pass fell incomplete, I really feared that Brady and the Pats would pull it out. Denver's pass rush was amazing. I have never seen Brady smacked around so much, even in the two Super Bowls where the G-Men beat him. Evil Little Bill made a blunder by not kicking that field goal late in the fourth when he had the chance; in hindsight, that would have been the difference.
It is always great to see the Patriots lose. And I take some solace knowing that it was losing that game to the Jets that put the championship in Denver rather than New England. It would be have been an entirely different game in Foxboro.
Anyway, the Pats are going home, and the Broncos are going on. It would be wonderful if Eli's Big Brother could end his career with another ring... but I fear that is not likely to happen. The Panthers just look too tough.
We'll see. That's why they play the games.
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Panthers haven't played a D quite like Broncos, but they scored a sum 80 on Seattle and Arizona.
Broncos haven't played a combined run and pass offense like the Panthers' since the regular season Steelers...and Broncos lost.
Also the Jets win was rough (for me not you) but the failure to beat the damn Dolphins is what really ticked me off. It's the Dolphins for crying out loud! I can understand a loss to the Jets, they only missed the playoffs by one game and the Pats were diminished by injury's to key players during that game, but still... it's the Dolphins.
The Pats will be in the AFC Championship game next season, I have no doubt about that.
Jets fans would settle for one every century.
Anyone know how to trade an owner?
But I have one question: why do you say "It is always great to see the Patriots lose"??
I'm curious.
Also, he hates BB or "Evil Little Bill" as he calls him. As a Jets fan he has the most reasons to despise BB.
BTW, I predicted the last Super Bowl would be in 2014. Got that one wrong, I guess.
I've never seen Brady play in such a hurry, but he is still a hero for me and I can't wait to see the Superbowl. It would be nice thing to see Peyton career end up winning another ring as an underdog.
Zoltán from Hungary :)
Looking at the game objectively...I just don't know how Denver is going to match Carolina's intensity, swagger, and momentum. They are playing some scary ball right now, and I just simply don't think Denver is going to be able to match or overcome it.
I get the same vibe about Lebron James in basketball. He is 2-4 in the finals. The 2 Cleveland teams he took to the finals were not very good. Last year the 2nd and 3rd best players on the Cavaliers (both all stars) were injured and knocked out of the playoffs. It was Lebron and roleplayers. They managed to win 2 games in the final against a far superior team.
With Miami... The last finals trip where they lost, Dwayne Wade was injured and not his old self. Bosh is a good player (and great #3), but there wasn't alot else there. The first one they lost to a veteran Dallas Mavericks team that just played great.
Manning is going to have to have the game of his life to lead the Broncos to victory. Something along that Dallas game a couple years back. Receivers are going to have to make up for his lack of an arm anymore and their running game has to be on point. Hillman can't let a backward pass go over his head against the Panthers...
I think Panthers certainly have the overall advantage here, but hopefully this will be a better game than the Broncos/Seahawk matchup.