2023-24 NFL Playoffs thread

[young guns]

2021 Cards kinda come to mind.  Win their first 7 games, finish 4-6 and blown out in wild card weekend as well.

[HarryDoyle]

Baltimore has dominated this second half. The defense has made Stroud a non-factor.

[HarveysWBs]

Looks like we haven’t hit the upset quota for today.  Whatever can be done about this?

[Fear The Chorizo]

Hoping to see Allen and the Bills pull this one out

[Joseph Zarr]

9 minutes ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Hoping to see Allen and the Bills pull this one out

If only to see an end to the Taylor Swift TD cuts. I never knew how nauseating that would be but I'm definitely beyond my Max 😅.

[yourout]

1 hour ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Hoping to see Allen and the Bills pull this one out

Looks like they have a kicker problem as well.

[yourout]

Packers are to the 49ers like the bills are to the Chiefs.

The one hurdle they just can't get over.

[Jimbo]

12 hours ago, yourout said:

Packers are to the 49ers like the bills are to the Chiefs.

The one hurdle they just can't get over.

For some reason, losing to the 49ers doesn't bother me as opposed to losing to the Cowboys in the 90's.

 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The 49ers-Packers monkey is honestly a pretty lame story in my opinion.

The Packers have been a heavy underdog in every single game but one. 

Both Kaepernick games they had no business winning and very nearly did win one of them. The NFCCG was thought to be a laugher and it was. The only one the Packers really, truly blew was the blocked punt fiasco. But every other game including Saturday's, has been a game nobody really gave the Packers a chance to win. 

That said, I'm sick of losing to them, but I think I've come around to hoping they win the NFC. I think Packers fans are forgetting just how annoying it is going to be if there's a healthy franchise in our division. Nobody my age (late 30s) has seen an NFCN foe play in a Super Bowl outside of the Grossman Bears losing and Tampa at the turn of the century (I think their first year out of our division). I really don't need to see the Lions win a Super Bowl. If there's a silver lining right now it's that the Packers can't get knocked out by Detroit.

I don't really care for anyone left. I guess the Chiefs winning again is whatever, no harm, no foul. Not a huge Harbaugh fan but I guess I'd prefer either AFC team. 

[Fear The Chorizo]

22 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

The 49ers-Packers monkey is honestly a pretty lame story in my opinion.

The Packers have been a heavy underdog in every single game but one. 

Both Kaepernick games they had no business winning and very nearly did win one of them. The NFCCG was thought to be a laugher and it was. The only one the Packers really, truly blew was the blocked punt fiasco. But every other game including Saturday's, has been a game nobody really gave the Packers a chance to win. 

That said, I'm sick of losing to them, but I think I've come around to hoping they win the NFC. I think Packers fans are forgetting just how annoying it is going to be if there's a healthy franchise in our division. Nobody my age (late 30s) has seen an NFCN foe play in a Super Bowl outside of the Grossman Bears losing and Tampa at the turn of the century (I think their first year out of our division). I really don't need to see the Lions win a Super Bowl. If there's a silver lining right now it's that the Packers can't get knocked out by Detroit.

I don't really care for anyone left. I guess the Chiefs winning again is whatever, no harm, no foul. Not a huge Harbaugh fan but I guess I'd prefer either AFC team. 

I think regardless of the outcome of these next 3 games, Detroit isn't going anywhere in terms of being a healthy franchise, and I'm actually going to root for them beating the 49ers because I think that speeds up the rate of that particular franchise having to retool.

Will be fun watching the Detroit O line against the 49er defensive front - if Deebo can't go Sunday I think the Lions have a better than coinflip chance of winning that game.

[SeaBass]

I'm conflicted on Detroit. I'm naturally inclined to root against them But they've been so bad for so long it's hard not to have a sympathetic sense of support for them. They haven't even had a  pre-Super Bowl era championship since 1957. There would be an amusing factor to them winning a Super Bowl before the Vikings. I'm not so sure they'd beat the Ravens or Chiefs anyway even if they got that far.

[homer]

Screw Detroit. I'm rooting for Baltimore.

[CheezWizHed]

4 hours ago, Jimbo said:

For some reason, losing to the 49ers doesn't bother me as opposed to losing to the Cowboys in the 90's.

 

Those 90s playoff losses were rough.  Especially since we could never get them up to Green Bay (until 1998 when their "era" was on the way out).  But it is funny how that has turned around in recent years... us beating them in Dallas so consistently. 

4 hours ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

The 49ers-Packers monkey is honestly a pretty lame story in my opinion.

The Packers have been a heavy underdog in every single game but one. 

Both Kaepernick games they had no business winning and very nearly did win one of them. The NFCCG was thought to be a laugher and it was. The only one the Packers really, truly blew was the blocked punt fiasco. But every other game including Saturday's, has been a game nobody really gave the Packers a chance to win. 

That said, I'm sick of losing to them, but I think I've come around to hoping they win the NFC. I think Packers fans are forgetting just how annoying it is going to be if there's a healthy franchise in our division. Nobody my age (late 30s) has seen an NFCN foe play in a Super Bowl outside of the Grossman Bears losing and Tampa at the turn of the century (I think their first year out of our division). I really don't need to see the Lions win a Super Bowl. If there's a silver lining right now it's that the Packers can't get knocked out by Detroit.

I don't really care for anyone left. I guess the Chiefs winning again is whatever, no harm, no foul. Not a huge Harbaugh fan but I guess I'd prefer either AFC team. 

I was at the Kaepernick game in Jan 2014.  That should've been a win for us.  We were much better than them... except we had zero healthy LBs.  Watching Mulumba limping along while chasing Kaepernick is a lasting memory I can't forget.  Sadly, he was the healthiest LB we had at the time... 

14 minutes ago, SeaBass said:

I'm conflicted on Detroit. I'm naturally inclined to root against them But they've been so bad for so long it's hard not to have a sympathetic sense of support for them. They haven't even had a  pre-Super Bowl era championship since 1957. There would be an amusing factor to them winning a Super Bowl before the Vikings. I'm not so sure they'd beat the Ravens or Chiefs anyway even if they got that far.

Favorite Team: Packers

Second Favorite: Whomever is playing the Vikings

Third Favorite: Whomever is playing the Bears.

I'm more neutral on the Lions.  I tend to hate the Cowboys and probably 49ers more than Detroit. I've always kind of like KC though...granted I'm not a Swift fan so getting an episode of Entertainment Tonight with every football game isn't interesting to me... I don't want the SuperBowl to turn into that now.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

We're neutral on the Lions because they suck. They win a Super Bowl and you will not only know a lot more Lions fans, but they will be louder than you imagine. I remember when the Patriots were benign. 

It's probably a generational thing, but to be honest, the Bears don't even register on my hated teams list. 

I absolutely hate the Seahawks and always cheer for their failure. I was at the Fail Mary and I've never got over how douchey the fans are. Throw in 2014 and it's a recipe for lifetime hate.

[CheezWizHed]

5 hours ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

It's probably a generational thing, but to be honest, the Bears don't even register on my hated teams list. 

You obviously don't know many Bears fans.  I worked in Illinois long enough to know.  Granted, I worked with a lot of people in Detroit... but most of them (as Lions fans) were pretty apathetic.  Kind of pitiful actually. No bite whatsoever. 

[kestrel79]

Go Ravens and Lions. Sick of the Chiefs, Niners, Cowboys. All those teams that get talked about all week by the heads. Lions fans remind me of us Brewers fans, so I tend to root for them even though in the Division.

[MrTPlush]

Meh, I don't mind if the Lions make it and win. Goff isn't that great and their team in general really isn't anything special. Their fans have been pretty humble the last few years, not really that obnoxious. Like someone else said, I don't think their franchise is on the up and a risk of dominating the division/conference. If they make the Super Bowl and lose...that may haunt them for decades. They give me 2015 Broncos, 2006 Bears, or 2002 Raiders vibes. The Broncos won it and haven't been anything since...the other two lost and it has haunted them since. Neither has managed to get back and really anywhere near the Super Bowl since. If they manage to make it...they better win. Goff isn't going to be leading them to constant conference championships to try and get back. 

On another note, the Chiefs are beyond lucky to not only have Mahomes...but have him in the generation they do. QB play has fallen off a cliff and the Chiefs have the one guy in the NFL that actually is a beast. Lamar Jackson and Brock Purdy are in the MVP talk these days...these dudes wouldn't have even been a blip on the radar 10 years ago. Can you imagine having a young prime Aaron Rodgers these days with a competent front office? 

[Jimbo]

On 1/22/2024 at 2:03 PM, SeaBass said:

I'm conflicted on Detroit. I'm naturally inclined to root against them But they've been so bad for so long it's hard not to have a sympathetic sense of support for them. They haven't even had a  pre-Super Bowl era championship since 1957. There would be an amusing factor to them winning a Super Bowl before the Vikings. I'm not so sure they'd beat the Ravens or Chiefs anyway even if they got that far.

Same here.  I usually support the teams that haven't won in a long while, but I've heard things about Lions fans that put them up there with Philadelphia fans.

 

[Jimbo]

On 1/22/2024 at 3:56 PM, OldSchoolSnapper said:

I absolutely hate the Seahawks and always cheer for their failure. I was at the Fail Mary and I've never got over how douchey the fans are. Throw in 2014 and it's a recipe for lifetime hate.

The Fail Mary game doesn't bother me because that was such a horribly played game by both teams, neither deserved to win.  Remember, the score at half was 3-0.

The 2014 game, it is what it is.  I don't hold it against Seattle.  I've visited Seattle and it sits near the top of my list of favorite cities.

 

[HarryDoyle]

On 1/22/2024 at 3:56 PM, OldSchoolSnapper said:

We're neutral on the Lions because they suck. They win a Super Bowl and you will not only know a lot more Lions fans, but they will be louder than you imagine. I remember when the Patriots were benign. 

It's probably a generational thing, but to be honest, the Bears don't even register on my hated teams list. 

I absolutely hate the Seahawks and always cheer for their failure. I was at the Fail Mary and I've never got over how douchey the fans are. Throw in 2014 and it's a recipe for lifetime hate.

Same can be said Saints fans. They get the least bit of success and the fans become insufferable.

[HarryDoyle]

6 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

The Fail Mary game doesn't bother me because that was such a horribly played game by both teams, neither deserved to win.  Remember, the score at half was 3-0.

The 2014 game, it is what it is.  I don't hold it against Seattle.  I've visited Seattle and it sits near the top of my list of favorite cities.

 

I’ve never held it against Seattle. I’ve held it against the Packers.

[CheezWizHed]

13 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

I’ve never held it against Seattle. I’ve held it against the Packers.

Or the refs... 

[HarryDoyle]

I'll root for Detroit to go to the Super Bowl but I can't root for them to actually win it. It better be Baltimore who wins it all because if it's Kansas City going back again I just might be forced to root for Detroit. I am so over the Taylor Swift and Kelce brothers. The media is making them bigger than the game.

[HarryDoyle]

I thought Baltimore's defense was the best in the league.

[HarryDoyle]

Wow! What a play!