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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 19, 2016 21:45:22 GMT -5
I would like to say the following to Denver Broncos players.......STFU with your trash talking and complaints towards the New England Patriots. You don't see the other three teams doing that because all three of them actually have something called common sense in that you don't need to give your opponents bulletin board material. And before defenders say if you need bulletin board material, you don't belong in this game. Bottom line is you don't need to give them more incentive than they already have (which is a lot as it is) to kick your ass. I see it more as gamesmanship, trying to put things in the ref's heads. Happens all the time.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 19, 2016 22:03:30 GMT -5
I would like to say the following to Denver Broncos players.......STFU with your trash talking and complaints towards the New England Patriots. You don't see the other three teams doing that because all three of them actually have something called common sense in that you don't need to give your opponents bulletin board material. And before defenders say if you need bulletin board material, you don't belong in this game. Bottom line is you don't need to give them more incentive than they already have (which is a lot as it is) to kick your ass. I see it more as gamesmanship, trying to put things in the ref's heads. Happens all the time. Maybe the Gronkowski comments were, but the comments calling Brady a baby were not gamesmanship.
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Post by AwamoriRock on Jan 19, 2016 22:51:48 GMT -5
Can't wait to hear Mike Carey get everything wrong and conclude with his favorite "well let's see what happens" line again.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jan 19, 2016 23:07:16 GMT -5
I see it more as gamesmanship, trying to put things in the ref's heads. Happens all the time. Maybe the Gronkowski comments were, but the comments calling Brady a baby were not gamesmanship. overlooking the fact every time a WR doesn't catch a ball and theres a CB within 3 feet of him they immediatlly flag beg.
Denver almost seems to think trash talking is game prep
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 20, 2016 3:33:59 GMT -5
If it gets in Gronk's head and makes him get alligator arms on a few passes then it was effective mind games and says more about Gronk than Harris. It's not like you can't get into his head. Sergio Brown got in his head and it affected him for much of one of those games against the Colts. Even when he focused enough to make a play he still lost his shit. Fortunately for Gronk, the Patriots scored on that play. Otherwise, that penalty could have been a drive killer in a one score game. That was a dumb, dumb move on his part because he can't handle trash talk. Again, had that not been a scoring play Gronk could have really screwed over his team because he's a meathead. What was really irritating to me is that Patriot fans thought that stupid act was funny, which is not at all something that fans of a "classy" organization, which they portray the Patriots as, should celebrate. It might have been character building had that act really screwed over the team. Rob Gronkowski is no different than Odell Beckham or any other elite high-end offensive talent. Of course you can get in his head. I had no objection with the way Sergio Brown did it, because it was standard trash-talk and giving a guy the business after a play was over. I mean, from a personal standpoint I have an objection with Sergio Brown jawing with Rob Gronkowski because Gronkowski is one of the best offensive players in the league and Sergio Brown is water pooled under a dumpster. It would be like if Tavon Wilson tries getting in Emmanuel Sanders' head on Sunday by s***-talking him every time Sanders makes a catch. And for all the talk of Brown playing effective mind games, Gronkowski still finished that game with five catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. I also have no objection with the way Gronkowski handled it, by "tossing him out of the club" or however he phrased it. He finished his block and gave Brown the business on a play after the game was decided. That's the difference between a guy like Gronkowski and a guy like Beckham. If Gronkowski is going to vent his frustration, he's going to do it on a touchdown that all but seals a game and won't adversely affect his team. When Beckham vented his frustration, it was a helmet-to-helmet shot on Josh Norman in the third quarter of a game the Giants had a chance of winning. For as much of a dopey meathead as he is off the field, Gronkowski is a pretty heady player when he's between the lines. What I still object to is a player essentially saying that he's going to target a very sensitive part of the body that is very susceptible to injury. Again, if all Chris Harris says is "You gotta hit him low, man ... That's the best chance you have of hitting him ... You gotta take his legs out or hold on and wait for everybody, wait for the gang to come on and gang tackle him," I have no issue with it. But when you bring up another players' knees and injuries that could derail a player's career, especially when you have a cheap shot artist like T.J. Ward in your secondary, I'm going to be bothered by it. Chris Harris right now has a shoulder injury. If Gronkowski's response were "You gotta hit him in his shoulder," then I'd be bothered by that, too. Dr. T is an alien I wouldn't argue with BRV. His Patriots are blameless, holy creatures, and it's only an injustice to him when they don't get their way. By all means, please feel free to peruse my endless posts about Julian Edelman's off-field transgression, Rob Gronkowski's antics and behavior outside of the stadium, Brandon Meriweather's myriad cheapshots, Robert Kraft's thriftiness, Bill Belichick's denseness on draft day or in free agency, or Aqib Talib's attitude problems. I may be the loudest guy in the room but I'm no different than any fan. I defend and support my players when I feel they're worth defending or supporting and I criticize them when I feel they're worthy of criticism. Except Tom Brady. The man really is a blameless, holy creature and it is only an injustice when he doesn't get his way. Wait a minute, you complain about someone threatening to do something but you think what Gronk did in that clip is fine just because of when he did it? Talking about trying to hurt someone is bad but ramming someone's head into sideline equipment is fine? That's terrible.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jan 20, 2016 4:36:26 GMT -5
Can't wait to hear Mike Carey get everything wrong and conclude with his favorite "well let's see what happens" line again. He has an excuse for getting a lot wrong this season, nobody knows what the f*** the refs and replay crew are going to do.
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Post by Cyno on Jan 20, 2016 14:47:05 GMT -5
Predictions and wishful thinking:
AFC - Want Denver to win, think New England will win. While Brady plays unusually poor for Brady in Denver and the Broncos have a great defense, Denver's offense is terrible. Peyton Manning is a shell of his former self and his receivers have a terminal case of the Dropsies. Especially Demaryius Thomas. Their running game is also inconsistent.
NFC - Want Carolina to win, think they will win. Cam Newton is a lot of fun to watch play and they're IMO the most complete team left in the playoffs. If Carson Palmer plays as poorly against the Panthers as he did against the Packers, the Cards are going to have a bad time.
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Post by S-Chrome on Jan 20, 2016 16:05:40 GMT -5
AFC - Undecided. Denver has never been kind to Brady historically, but with all the shit that the Broncos D has been talking, either they know something I don't or they're primping themselves up for a huge fall. In any event, Broncos 24-20. Of course, since I'm all things anti-Boston, my allegiance lies with the Broncos.
NFC - Cardinals. How long will Carolina last jumping out to leads and giving them back? In my view, the Cards won't give them a chance to do that. At least Panther fans will have some peace of mind knowing that they didn't blow it on the biggest stage in the Super Bowl,. You know, like they did 13 years ago. Thanks, John Kasay. Cardinals, 31-27.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 20, 2016 17:02:26 GMT -5
NFC - Cardinals. How long will Carolina last jumping out to leads and giving them back? In my view, the Cards won't give them a chance to do that. At least Panther fans will have some peace of mind knowing that they didn't blow it on the biggest stage in the Super Bowl,. You know, like they did 13 years ago. Thanks, John Kasay. Cardinals, 31-27. I can still taste the salt in ya with all those insults to Carolina
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Jan 20, 2016 19:39:37 GMT -5
AFC - Undecided. Denver has never been kind to Brady historically, but with all the shit that the Broncos D has been talking, either they know something I don't or they're primping themselves up for a huge fall. In any event, Broncos 24-20. Of course, since I'm all things anti-Boston, my allegiance lies with the Broncos. NFC - Cardinals. How long will Carolina last jumping out to leads and giving them back? In my view, the Cards won't give them a chance to do that. At least Panther fans will have some peace of mind knowing that they didn't blow it on the biggest stage in the Super Bowl,. You know, like they did 13 years ago. Thanks, John Kasay. Cardinals, 31-27. I seem to recall the Denver D talking smack about the Colts before they got beat in the divisional round last year, so it's just a thing they do. They don't react well to getting hit in the mouth, however.
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Post by BRV on Jan 21, 2016 17:55:45 GMT -5
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Post by Ganon83 on Jan 22, 2016 16:24:36 GMT -5
I think Simmons put it best on his podcast Monday- this isn't really a Manning-Brady game, this is more like Magic and Bird in a McDonalds commercial in 1993.
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Post by S-Chrome on Jan 22, 2016 16:50:10 GMT -5
NFC - Cardinals. How long will Carolina last jumping out to leads and giving them back? In my view, the Cards won't give them a chance to do that. At least Panther fans will have some peace of mind knowing that they didn't blow it on the biggest stage in the Super Bowl,. You know, like they did 13 years ago. Thanks, John Kasay. Cardinals, 31-27. I can still taste the salt in ya with all those insults to Carolina ...and? I find Newton, Norman, Finnegan and company to be an annoying bunch. I'm a skeptic of Carolina. There's a world of difference between being lucky from comebacks and giving leads back because of complacency.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Jan 23, 2016 12:04:52 GMT -5
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 23, 2016 19:23:10 GMT -5
Time to make my picks
Cards Pats
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Post by Mayonnaise on Jan 23, 2016 20:28:08 GMT -5
Heart: Broncos and Cards Head: Pats and Cards
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Post by Matt on Jan 23, 2016 20:32:45 GMT -5
Going Patriots and Cardinals although I'm a lot more confident in the Patriots.
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Post by Ganon83 on Jan 23, 2016 20:35:45 GMT -5
Patriots and Panthers
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 23, 2016 21:32:31 GMT -5
I'm taking Patriots vs. Panthers
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 23, 2016 21:34:53 GMT -5
I bet you hope for the kicker to not kick the ball out of bounds again lol
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