2024-25 NFL Playoffs Thread

[HarryDoyle]

I know his offensive line is doing him no favors but stop calling Justin Herbert elite.

[HarryDoyle]

Is there another professional sports team that historically underachieves more than the Chargers?

[HarveysWBs]

55 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

Is there another professional sports team that historically underachieves more than the Chargers?

My negative side of my brain wanted to say the Packers here, but that’s not fair at all. The Packers and Chargers aren’t even in the same zip code. I thought maybe they’d be different under Harbaugh, and they are, just a different kind of underachieving.

[HarryDoyle]

9 minutes ago, HarveysWBs said:

My negative side of my brain wanted to say the Packers here, but that’s not fair at all. The Packers and Chargers aren’t even in the same zip code. I thought maybe they’d be different under Harbaugh, and they are, just a different kind of underachieving.

It dates all the way back to the Air Coryell days of the 70s and 80s. They really should have played in multiple Super Bowls and instead suffered home loss after home loss. Justin Herbert is Dan Fouts 2.0. Puts up gaudy numbers in the regular season and wilts in the biggest games. And don't forget the 2006 team that was one and done as a #1 seed. 

[adambr2]

Tomlin has to be the most boring, conservative coach in football.

[HarryDoyle]

Live look in on the Pittsburgh Steelers season.

[Brian]

9 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

Is there another professional sports team that historically underachieves more than the Chargers?

The Browns would give them a run for there money. 

[HarryDoyle]

1 hour ago, Brian said:

The Browns would give them a run for there money. 

Not even close. The Browns don't underachieve, they've just sucked since the 90s. You may call them cursed (The Drive, The Fumble) but even that might be a stretch since they were dominant during the Otto Graham years.

[adambr2]

11 hours ago, HarryDoyle said:

Live look in on the Pittsburgh Steelers season.

The Steelers have to be the most boring franchise in the NFL. Ultra conservative coaching, they’re never a dumpster fire, they’re always sort of good enough to at least be competitive and make the playoffs, but never really good enough to be taken seriously as a Super Bowl threat. They’re kind of like a poor man’s Packers.

[HarryDoyle]

25 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

The Steelers have to be the most boring franchise in the NFL. Ultra conservative coaching, they’re never a dumpster fire, they’re always sort of good enough to at least be competitive and make the playoffs, but never really good enough to be taken seriously as a Super Bowl threat. They’re kind of like a poor man’s Packers.

Yeah, I would say that. They need to blow the whole thing up and rebuild, but I don't know where they're going to get their quarterback. Right now, Justin Fields is their best option. Russ is washed up, the quarterback draft class is weak, and only journeymen are available in free agency. Tanking next season seems the only route to go and get a high draft pick, or they could pull a Hershel Walker and trade Watt for a bunch of draft capital, but I still think he is a player you can build around. Whether he is down with a rebuild though is a different matter.

[yourout]

That should do it for the Bills.

Always nice seeing a Sean Payton coached team lose.

[adambr2]

I don’t have a “second team” and normally become disinterested once the Packers are eliminated, but if the Packers lose I’m pulling for Buffalo all the way. They deserve it already.

Some non-NFC North fans will be pulling for the Lions but after seeing the arrogance of their team and fanbase this season, I hope their drought extends another 68 years.

[HarryDoyle]

LOL Denver scores on the opening drive of the game, bringing out all the Sean Payton sycophant talking heads calling for his induction into Canton, and have done jack squat ever since against a mediocre Buffalo defense. I don't think they've even picked up a first down in a non two minute offense. I'm sure these garbage time stats will make it look better though.

[adambr2]

That 4th and 2 call by Denver makes a 4th down end-around to Jayden Reed call look genius.

[duewizard]

Why isn't Trubisky on the field? Allen is getting hit a good bit. No reason to risk him

[OldSchoolSnapper]

What an awful slate of games thus far.

[HarryDoyle]

3 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

What an awful slate of games thus far.

There's a significant gap between the AFC's big 3 and the rest of the conference so no surprise. I'd expect the NFC's big three to do the same.

[yourout]

7 minutes ago, HarryDoyle said:

There's a significant gap between the AFC's big 3 and the rest of the conference so no surprise. I'd expect the NFC's big three to do the same.

The vikings will likely beat the Rams and while the seed says upset it really won't be one.

[yourout]

While it's unlikely to happen a Washington versus Buffalo super Bowl would be all right

[yourout]

Interesting story on Dan Quinn.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42335070/how-commanders-coach-dan-quinn-reinvented-himself

[Underachiever]

5 hours ago, adambr2 said:

I don’t have a “second team” and normally become disinterested once the Packers are eliminated, but if the Packers lose I’m pulling for Buffalo all the way. They deserve it already.

Some non-NFC North fans will be pulling for the Lions but after seeing the arrogance of their team and fanbase this season, I hope their drought extends another 68 years.

I can get behind this. Detroit fans went from inconsequential to insufferable so quickly. Buffalo fans are insane but more humble. And to add on to yourout's post above, Washington winning so quickly after Snyder sold the team would be such a great ending to that pile of crap's ownership legacy.

[yourout]

This is the best game of the weekend so far. 

Hope Washington can pull it off.

[yourout]

Not taking the three points there was pretty stupid.

[yourout]

By far the best game of the weekend so far.

[yourout]

Washington really hit a home run with Daniels. 

He has kind of a Mahomes air about him