2022 NFL Discussion Thread

[igor67]

I wonder if Allstate sells playoff insurance

[homer]

not sure why they don't just kick it

[homer]

wow. Chiefs gave that away.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Stunning win for Bengals. Burrow is the man.

[adambr2]

Watching Butker and McPherson this postseason is why I never really understood the obsession many Packer fans have had over the years with Crosby.

 

Like ....that's just the average modern day kicker. They're all awesome and make big kicks now. The Scott Norwoods of the world aren't good enough to even ever make a roster anymore. The modern kickers check all the boxes- accuracy, leg strength, they got it all. Sure there are the ones that flop, but those are the exception nowadays and don't last long in the league

 

Anyhow, thrilled to see the Bengals pull it off.

[yourout]

Did not see that coming.

Tip of the cap to the Bengals.

[PinaMadness]

The past five NFL playoff games have been decided on the last play of the game.

[adambr2]

I'm wiling to watch 49ers/Rams tonight where in previous years I had ni interest after the Packers got eliminated, so maybe I'm becoming less emotionally attached. Or maybe it just because I gamble on the games.

[igor67]

We are on the cusp of 49ers-Bengals III, which would be pretty wild.

[Zad Fnark]

Clan Cin made it. I've casually rooted for them since the 70s as a kid, since they were always a hard luck team.

[adambr2]

Clan Cin made it. I've casually rooted for them since the 70s as a kid, since they were always a hard luck team.

 

For sure. The Bengals have paid their dues and are much easier to root for than the Chiefs who have basically become the new Patriots of the AFC that nobody really wants to see in the Super Bowl.

[Vgmastr]

If the 49ers win tonight it's like the football gods lined everything up for the Bengals to exercise every demon in franchise history.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

If the 49ers win tonight it's like the football gods lined everything up for the Bengals to exercise every demon in franchise history.

 

Yeah, please no. They can beat the Rams, but if Jimmy Garopollo is a Super Bowl winning QB this season, I'll freak.

[adambr2]

If the 49ers win tonight it's like the football gods lined everything up for the Bengals to exercise every demon in franchise history.

 

I don't know if "exercise their demons" or "they compliment each other well" drives me more insane.

[PinaMadness]

But if the 49ers win the Super Bowl it will be the second year in a row the Packers lost to the eventual champions. Brewers syndrome.

[Joseph Zarr]

I am SO happy for Bengals fans. That Team is SO easy to root for. I am a Fan.

[homer]

49ers Bengals would be a gross Super Bowl. Much prefer the Rams

[PinaMadness]

The Bengals did it for Johnny Fever. RIP.

[PinaMadness]

Stafford's going to Stafford this game for the Rams. I knew it.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Stafford's going to Stafford this game for the Rams. I knew it.

 

Yeah. That's exactly what he does, but SF might be inept enough that it won't matter.

[PinaMadness]

I wonder what it's like to play special teams like that.

[nodakfan17]

I like Patrick Mahomes (can’t say the same about his wife or brother), but I think he’s easy to root for. That said, I find it amusing that he’s stuck on 1 Super Bowl after being hailed as the next big thing. It’s not so easy now, is it?

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I like Patrick Mahomes (can’t say the same about his wife or brother), but I think he’s easy to root for. That said, I find it amusing that he’s stuck on 1 Super Bowl after being hailed as the next big thing. It’s not so easy now, is it?

 

There are a lot of guys stuck on 0 or 1 and none take the heat Rodgers does. It's a bunch of nonsense. Rodgers is, essentially, punished because he's very rarely been average enough that the Packers miss the playoffs entirely. Brees had the Saints stuck in .500 purgatory for a good bit of time, other guys like Stafford and Eli throw together a bunch of losing seasons. Even Roethlisberger has led some crappy teams that didn't make the postseason.

 

The end result is that Eli scraps together two Super Bowl runs for a career postseason record of 8-4. That's 8 wins in those 2 seasons and 0-1 four times. And folks pretend that is more impressive than what Rodgers has done, which, this season not withstanding, is take some really average teams to the playoffs where they go 1-1 or 0-1.

 

The 09 Packers went 0-1 in a game Rodgers scored 5 TDs and had 400 yards. And that team was good. They went 0-1 in a season in which he broke his collarbone and came back to win the final game of the regular season. They went 1-1 in a season in which he threw a hail Mary to force OT and then never got the ball.

 

I HATE when postseason records get used to compare QBs. It completely diminishes the achievement of making the playoffs, guarantees a loss every season unless you win the championship, and completely writes off terrible seasons in which you didn't even qualify.

[sveumrules]

Yeah, with Mahomes out it guarantees that Brady remains the only QB with multiple SB wins & NE remains the only franchise with multiple SB wins during the Rodgers era.

 

The Packers have pretty objectively been the 2nd best franchise in the NFL during Aaron's time here, which is still much more of a success than a failure in my estimation.

[homer]

wow heckuva drive by LA