Spider2024
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 14, 2020 20:32:33 GMT -5
Here we are. Face to face. 4 teams remain to battle it out and at the end of this Sunday, the NFL's 99th & 100th conference champions will be crowned for this, the playoffs of the 100th NFL season.
WHO will play in Super Bowl LIV?
Sunday January 19 3:05 PM on CBS Tennessee Titans at Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday January 19 6:40 PM on FOX Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2020 21:06:52 GMT -5
I voted the Titans since it seems whoever wins the poll loses, and I want KC to win.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jan 14, 2020 22:09:44 GMT -5
KC’s gonna win it all. The team with the hot QB wins, and Houston let Mahomes get there.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 15, 2020 10:16:50 GMT -5
I imagine the NFL and all their sponsors have hard glass-cutting type nipples thinking about the chances of getting a Chiefs vs Green Bay/49'ers Superbowl. And the Titan's vs Anybody makes them a Sad Panda.
So I'm hoping the Titans win the Whole, Damn, Thing.
But that's my heart talkin'. Brain says Chiefs vs 49'ers with the Chief's either winning Big OR losing due to clock mismanagement in the final minute. But my Brain is kinda an idiot. I thought the Raven's had the Superbowl in the bag. So what the hell do I know.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 15, 2020 10:37:22 GMT -5
I've been surprisingly good at my picks so far.....
Had the Ravens losing their first game due to rust etc...only one I missed was I thought the 49ers would lose but mainly cause I thought they'd get Seattle and not Minnesota. But either way my Bowl pick is still alive so I'm gonna roll with KC vs GB.
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 15, 2020 11:09:56 GMT -5
San Fran 28 Green Bay 24
Tennessee 37 KC 34
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Post by Mecca on Jan 15, 2020 11:32:58 GMT -5
San Fran 28 Green Bay 24 Tennessee 37 KC 34 You think Tennessee can beat KC in a shootout?
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Post by BRV on Jan 15, 2020 11:59:15 GMT -5
My picks went 2-2 last weekend, 3-5 overall in the playoffs.
- Kansas City 27, Tennessee 16: Derrick Henry's on an unprecedented run of postseason dominance and he's about to face the 26th-ranked run defense in the NFL, which could spell trouble for the Chiefs. But he and the Titans will need to control the game's tempo from opening kickoff for their 25th-ranked pass defense to hang with Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs' offense. If the Titans can possess the ball for close to 40 minutes and force a turnover or two, they have a chance. But anything short of playing a nearly-perfect game will mean victory for Kansas City.
- San Francisco 34, Green Bay 21: It won't be nearly the bloodbath we saw a few weeks back when the Niners squashed Green Bay by 29 points, but I'm also not expecting much of a contest. San Francisco has been top-to-bottom the best team in the league and there's still too many unavoidable flaws in Green Bay for me to think they'll go into Silicon Valley and leave with a win. While the burden isn't solely on him, thanks to the breakout of Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers will have to find that mojo from 2010 and 2011 and he and Davante Adams will have to pick apart Richard Sherman for the Packers to advance to the Super Bowl.
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Ben Wyatt
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I don't get it. At all. It's kind of a small horse, I mean what am I missing? Am I crazy?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jan 15, 2020 14:06:38 GMT -5
San Fran 28 Green Bay 24 Tennessee 37 KC 34 You think Tennessee can beat KC in a shootout? I keep flip flopping on the exact final score, I just think the Titans are a team of destiny right now.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 15, 2020 14:29:12 GMT -5
I'll break this game down a bit more in depth here, since obviously I have a vested interest in it.
A couple of stats to know that kind of mess with the narrative that is being spoken for this game. The Titans redzone defense sits at 68.1 TD%, that is 31st in the league only Houston was worse. The next thing that people will go to is the "Titans shorten the game" narrative, I'm really not sure that is true. Against New England the Patriots ran 61 offensive plays and 62 on defense, so that is basically even. Against Baltimore the Ravens had 97 offensive plays and 55 on defense. Neither one of these numbers really convinces me that the Titans are going to shorten the game, the Ravens had 12 offensive drives...the Chiefs had 13 in the Houston game.
When you really examine these numbers for this game what I see is this, I see Tennessee benefited from getting the 2 teams in the playoffs that couldn't throw the ball effectively. They took advantage of that, Baltimore had ample chances to win that game and do something and just kept shitting their pants over and over. New England held them to 14 offensive points, that should win you the game.
Now to move to something else, I expect Derrick Henry to put up numbers, but numbers don't matter if they don't lead to points. New England handled that the right way, yes he got yards but not points. The Chiefs are really the first team that the Titans are going to face in the playoffs that can expose their pass defense. To win this game they're going to have to be better than they were in the last 2 because if you give Patrick Mahomes 13 drives and 97 plays...that's 35+ points.
Also the Titans are getting ready to play their 4th road game in a row and in KC this weekend it's looking like a cold one...upper teens. I think you'll see a team that is a little bit more tired than the Chiefs team, and a little less talented.I expect them to put up a tough effort and do what they can but on the road I don't think it's enough. Mahomes is hot and the minute he turns this game into a track meet it gets the Titans out of their game quite a bit.
I think you're looking at a final that looks something like 38-20 Chiefs.
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Post by J Lee O'Brien on Jan 15, 2020 16:23:37 GMT -5
You think Tennessee can beat KC in a shootout? I keep flip flopping on the exact final score, I just think the Titans are a team of destiny right now. One other variable to consider. Andy Reid. Yes, it's a meme at this point, but that's still a potential factor in a close game.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 15, 2020 17:08:55 GMT -5
I keep flip flopping on the exact final score, I just think the Titans are a team of destiny right now. One other variable to consider. Andy Reid. Yes, it's a meme at this point, but that's still a potential factor in a close game. Luckily, I don't think it'll be that close.
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Post by Sicho100 on Jan 17, 2020 0:08:48 GMT -5
San Fran 28 Green Bay 24 Tennessee 37 KC 34 You think Tennessee can beat KC in a shootout? They...literally already have. They beat the Chiefs 35-32 in November.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 2:24:16 GMT -5
Predictions:
Chiefs go up by a lot early, making Henry a non-factor. 34-17, Chiefs.
49ers hit a field goal to win with seconds left. 24-23.
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Post by Mecca on Jan 17, 2020 10:34:24 GMT -5
You think Tennessee can beat KC in a shootout? They...literally already have. They beat the Chiefs 35-32 in November. It required a lot of the Chiefs shooting themselves in the foot to happen, if they can just play their game and not do that they'll win.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Jan 17, 2020 14:26:33 GMT -5
I guess the money game is Green Bay and Kansas City. The two teams in the very first Super Bowl playing in the NFL's 100th year. Young QB vs. Steely veteran QB. Rookie head coach vs. Old coach.
Worst outcome is probably 49ers and Titans. Underdog Tennessee vs. a team that was awful for a while.
Any matchup could be interesting, but I bet the top brass are praying for GB & KC.
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Post by BRV on Jan 18, 2020 15:42:05 GMT -5
Tyreek Hill on Wednesday: www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001096911/article/tyreek-hill-nobody-in-nfl-can-guard-chiefs-wrsFrank Clark on Saturday: sports.yahoo.com/frank-clark-tempts-fate-smack-talks-derrick-henry-i-dont-see-no-difficulty-in-tackling-him-194942212.htmlOkay, Chiefs, two problems here: 1. Why on earth are you actively providing motivation for a team that has thus far done nothing but feed off of motivation en route to two road playoff victories? Did you see what Derrick Henry did to Earl Thomas last Saturday night? By now, after having seen what the Titans did to the Patriots and the Ravens, wouldn't you think it's wise that the best thing to do would be keep your mouth shut and let your play do the talking? Then again, given their histories, no one has ever accused Tyreek Hill or Frank Clark of doing the wise, or right, thing. 2. For a team that's never won crap, the Kansas City Chiefs are really puffing their chests out after a single playoff win. This is a team that has lost home playoff games to lesser competition each of the last three seasons, what the hell have they done to earn the right to talk this much trash?
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Post by Mecca on Jan 18, 2020 15:50:42 GMT -5
According to SBnation... It appears most people want the Chiefs to win, so much for being unlikable.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 19, 2020 5:48:29 GMT -5
So who does everyone want to personally see win tonight? (For both games, just in case the #1 team you're a fan of is still in these playoffs.)
I want either the Chiefs or 49ers to win it all over the other two, so I'm rooting for them today. (Although I wouldn't mind Packers, since my pre-season pick for the SB54 matchup was indeed Chiefs/Packers. I also wouldn't mind Titans going to the Super Bowl for the lulz.)
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jan 19, 2020 15:16:29 GMT -5
KC can't suffer the same slow start they had against Texans
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