Play off perdictions?

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What is better than winning 20-14? Winning 20-14 after losing 14-0. The Saints gave a rather sphincter-tightening performance in the 1st quarter, but they seemed to remember who they were and where they were playing. The crowd got into it, and mo'mentum started swinging. Alshon Jeffrey will not sleep well tonight.

I was kind of shocked at the dominance of the Patriots over the Chargers. I thought that was a possible upset (but still bet on the Pats). Man was I wrong. The Championship is in KC, but the Pats are in their EIGHTH straight AFC title game. My head wants me to give in to the power of the Dark Side, and worship at the feet of the Dark Lord Belichick.

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Still going with the Saints and the Chiefs. I hope Patrick Mahomes is Frodo Baggins.
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No matter what we will have a great super bowl

The hype stories...

Brady, Belichick....dynasty

Drew Brees...underdog, never say you can't do it

Mahomes ...rookie... new face of the NFL

McVay...youngest coach to get a team to the super bowl.

It's funny that I never learn, I always pick underdogs that I think have a chance, yet it always seems that the teams picked after week 3 or 4 make it to the SB...while New England seems to have struggled all year they are there. But all year it was KC, Rams, and the Saints.
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I really do hope that the Rams wins this Superbowl. But there is still a bit of controversy with that missed call in their win over the Saints last Sunday.
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Brackite wrote:I really do hope that the Rams wins this Superbowl. But there is still a bit of controversy with that missed call in their win over the Saints last Sunday.


Being a life long Ram's fan it is all I hear from my friends is how "we" cheated. But I could care less, it is part of the game... unless it would have been against the Ram's :)

I have a good friend that is a Saints fan and he wouln't shut up about it until I told him that that the Saint couldn't shut it out at home with a first round HoF quarter back, arguably the best all around running back in the league, arguably the best receiver in the league, and a head coach that had to be suspended for a year for basically putting out contracts out on opposing players, not to mention that the saints commit 6 key penalties, including 2 face masks that wern't called. Then he still kept whining, so I told him he didn't have to watch the game, he could just stay home and watch raider highlights, and a Football Life of Kleo Mack, that finally shut him up, his being a Raider Fan.

But timing is everything, and the Ram's DB bragging about it didn't help, if the ram's lose I won't hear the end about justice being served.
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Markk wrote:No matter what we will have a great super bowl....

The nose dive in ticket prices and craptastic halftime show booking argues otherwise.
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subgenius wrote:The nose dive in ticket prices and craptastic halftime show booking argues otherwise.
Our only hope is that this superbowl is the last nail in Goodell's coffin.


Do you actually watch or care about the half time show? Whether you like Goodell or not the NFL is still a great product, and the greatest fan sport in the world, and with fantasy, the Raiders moving to Vegas, and possible expansion overseas and Mexico...it will only grow.

One reason prices are down is everyone hates the Pat's and no one cares about the Ram's, even in LA. What is amazing is because LA has so many transplants our fan base is not even close to most NFL cities. I have been to games, especially Dallas back when we were at Anaheim where it was 70/30 Dallas fans.

On LA sports talk radio, Lebron's injury and Dodger free agency is ahead of Ram's going to the super bowl most the time here, I hate it, I have to flip stations to get Ram's talk.

What blows my mind is that in LA, on playoff Sunday, more people watched the Pat/Chiefs game than the Rams/Saints...again IN LA!

But in regards to football, it should be a great game, and least I hope so.

If Kevin reads this, have you been to the Falcons stadium...I heard it is the best stadium in the NFL? Also 2 dollar hot dogs and 5 dollar beers. I went to th elast Ram game and it cost $49 for 2 dogs, a glass of cheap red wine, and a beer.
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I HATEHATEHATE to say it, but I have to pick the Patriots over the Rams. It certainly is the classic matchup between the rising stars and the old pros (both coaches and QBs). I hope the Rams make a liar out of me, but if I were wagering money it would be hard to bet against Brady and Belichick.

by the way, the the non-pass interference call really puts a pall on the end of the Rams-Saints game. If the obvious right call was made, the Saints almost certainly win the game. No knock against the Rams, they felt like the stronger team towards the end. Bad calls are a part of the game, but they are not a GOOD part.
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This is the rare superbowl where both teams are hated. The Rams don't deserve the hate. It's not their fault the refs handed them the game. I actually like the Rams, despite being division rivals. Normally I would pick the young hungry team over the old vets, but I've given up picking against the Patriots. I think the Pats will win...which means they probably won't now.
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I stopped thinking about football. Brady saying there's no way he'll retire after the Superbowl regardless of the outcome is just another reason to say the NFL season is dead to me.
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honorentheos wrote:I stopped thinking about football. Brady saying there's no way he'll retire after the Superbowl regardless of the outcome is just another reason to say the NFL season is dead to me.


I used to hate the pat’s but now a I really appreciate what we are seeing...we are basically seeing the yankee teams of the late twenties.

I heard a sports talk show host put it like this...” the NFL is making every rule possible for parady...and in spite of that the Pat’s...Kraft, Bill, and Tom...keep on winning.” Off the top of my head, we are seeing maybe the greatest run in professional team sports, except for maybe some of the Yankee teams, the Bill Russell Celtic’s, and the Jordan Bull’s.

I hope they lose, big time, but if the Ram’s do lose I will be glad it is to this team.
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