NFL playoff games were horrible this year

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but yes, these games have sucked. Conference Championship week is usually one of my favorite football days (and generally my favorite NFL day), but holy shit, those games were downright atrocious yesterday.

I hope the Superbowl is't the same way, although I can see the Falcons withering in the moment and the Patriots taking it to them big time.

but no defense at all even in the great game which really means it wasn't great just fun. Pitt at KC was good. NFL playoffs were awful otherwise. Super bowl should be close.

I don't want any other team being able to beat the Pats than us..

Silly, I know

In comment 13336890 Big Blue '56 said:

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I don't want any other team being able to beat the Pats than us.. Silly, I know

There's that, but to me it's outweighed by:

- rooting for the underdog
- rooting for the NFC
- hating New England sports teams generally
- not liking much about the Patriots specifically
- not hating Atlanta as a city or its sports teams

At the end of the day, it's kind of a push.

due to the concussion lawsuits, but the loss of practice time (read : contact, tackle, and time to spend on fundamentals) has largely ruined the uniform quality of football in the NFL.

really bad year of football all around, to be honest

partly due to the weather, but it was a sloppy mess of a game.

once in a while; the law of averages making up for a playoffs where 8 of 10 games are not over before the last 2 minutes.
The games had much closer matchups when teams were determined.

I agree 100%.

I'm rooting for the Patriots to lose so they don't end up with more Super Bowl wins than the Giants, but if they win, the narrative:

"Belichick & Brady are 5-0 vs (Rams, Panthers, Eagles, Seahawks, [Falcons?]), but 0-2 versus Coughlin & Eli" isn't too bad.

they add more playoff teams

I hope not, but I could see the Pats making it one.
Mike Smith being gone is a good thing for Atlanta.

Coast pass, pass, pass has to go the way of the do-do. If we could have run, with our D, we should be still playing. But we couldn't run.

Green Bay's inability to run finally caught up with them and had Garrett not fucked up in the first half, Dallas would have beat Green Bay.

The days of pass, pass, pass are over...offenses need to get back to balance. Unless we do, next year will be like this year.

You can't put NE in any category because they are simply the best coached team in the league and Bill does whatever he has to do from week to week. But they have the top D in the league and can run when they have to...usually using the pass to get ahead and then pounding the ball to use the clock. Pittsburgh's game plan against them yesterday was a joke. And they made very few adjustments.

The difference between Belichick and the rest of the league has never been greater.

keep the flags in their pocket? No flags in the first half of the Pat's game.

it started out a blowout. I wouldn't doubt if many people shut it off for a while and only turned it back on late because they heard the Cowboys came back.

I doubt advertisers got their money's worth in that game, either.

Brutal regular season. Bad postseason.

yes, worst playoffs I've seen in sometime. I can't think of one this bad. Hopefully we get an exciting superbowl with some 4th quarter lead changes and a game winning drive.

We know Bill isn't going to get blown out by ATL. The question is will Atlanta show up for this one. I sure fucking hope so.

Yes, GB did not have a defense yesterday. But Ryan made the throws and capitalized on it. With vindication on the line for all the shit he's taken (and rightfully so) about his poor playoff career, I'd be surprised if he lays an egg against NE.

In comment 13337112 That’s Gold, Jerry said:

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Coast pass, pass, pass has to go the way of the do-do. If we could have run, with our D, we should be still playing. But we couldn't run. Green Bay's inability to run finally caught up with them and had Garrett not fucked up in the first half, Dallas would have beat Green Bay. The days of pass, pass, pass are over...offenses need to get back to balance. Unless we do, next year will be like this year. You can't put NE in any category because they are simply the best coached team in the league and Bill does whatever he has to do from week to week. But they have the top D in the league and can run when they have to...usually using the pass to get ahead and then pounding the ball to use the clock. Pittsburgh's game plan against them yesterday was a joke. And they made very few adjustments. The difference between Belichick and the rest of the league has never been greater.

Good points, the Pats can be physical and run on offense. Blount led the league in TD's so they can run in the red zone when it counts. This is one of the Giants' biggest problems, they can not run at all let alone when the field shrinks in the red zone.