Championship Weekend

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

I'm surprised the Ravens aren't higher because of these 4 teams, Mahomes is the least mobile. Allen and Hurts are two of the best on QB sneaks on 4th down and Daniels is a very mobile running threat on read options.

It also helps a lot when you have a Pro Bowl center (Kansas City and Philly).

I guess I’m not, the more I look at it. The best teams generally have maulers on the O-line and mist teams only go for it in short yardage. Washington had Cosmi and Biadasz and Wylie, for example, and the remnants the Rams were fielding could mash, they were just not very good pass blockers. The Ravens line is pretty balanced, but I wouldn’t call them maulers overall.

I'm surprised BAL is that low simply because they were the #1 ranked rushing team in the league.  You would think two guys like Lamar and Henry would be picking up a lot of first downs on 4th/short.  And their OL must be good enough to get them to the top of the league in yards and YPC.

More on KC and the refs

Meanwhile, Buffalo fans do something classy

Not sure if this has been cited here or if its even true but I heard on Denver sports radio today that the 4 teams left have no turnovers this post season.

@Fedya posted:

Meanwhile, Buffalo fans do something classy

This is what being classy and caring is all about as sports fans. Good on Buffalo!

Weather looks to be decent in both cities.   Philly should be sunny and 40 at game time,  west wind 5 - 15.

Kansas City,  clear skies,  upper 20s at kick off, light winds under 5 MPH.

@DH13 posted:

I'm surprised BAL is that low simply because they were the #1 ranked rushing team in the league.  You would think two guys like Lamar and Henry would be picking up a lot of first downs on 4th/short.  And their OL must be good enough to get them to the top of the league in yards and YPC.

Their O-line is pretty good overall, but both tackles are more finesse guys and Faalele is huge at RG, but I don’t think he’s really a power guy. Of course we’d also need to see a breakdown of when and distance to get an even better picture.

That's what little men do, hate the success of others.

@EC Pack posted:

That's what little men do, hate the success of others.

An take credit for anything good and blame others for everything bad.

@Packiderm posted:

Ovid is 16 mi south of me on Rt. 96. I'm in Waterloo

Just a couple exits down on the Thruway.

@Herschel posted:

I guess I’m not, the more I look at it. The best teams generally have maulers on the O-line and mist teams only go for it in short yardage. Washington had Cosmi and Biadasz and Wylie, for example, and the remnants the Rams were fielding could mash, they were just not very good pass blockers. The Ravens line is pretty balanced, but I wouldn’t call them maulers overall.

I've often wondered what it would be like to have a couple of those Icelandic guys who win the world's strongest men competitions on the roster.  Use them for those fourth and short situation on both sides of the ball.

As a football fan. There’s nothing worse than your team losing a Super Bowl. So after Buffalo lost 3 in a row I remember how much I was pulling for them to not lose the 4th.
Buffalo & GB are similar. The fan base is insane. Cold weather venues. Never once considered comfortable domed stadiums and never will. Football is played outdoors.  
I’m a huge Bills fan right now. They’ve earned a Lombardi. Hope they get one.

Don't even need to watch the game

ELGSES!!! Go Eagles!! 🤣  Philadelphia... What a cesspool of fuking morons.

@Fedya posted:

Meanwhile, Buffalo fans do something classy

I may be an insensitive cynic here, but I guess, well, come on. They're not doing this out of the goodness of their heart.

I've found a compelling interest in watching the Buffalo game. I want Buffalo to win and then win the Superb Owl. Conversely, I want the Chef's to lose, big time. Buffalo finally gets their Lombardi and Chefs get NO 3 peat.

“This is a safe sack” 😂 #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/Cz0mhj9f0l

— Pamela 💙❤️ (@Pammadonna) January 25, 2025

Some fun stuff on social media on Championship Sunday eve

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@DurangoDoug posted:

I've found a compelling interest in watching the Buffalo game. I want Buffalo to win and then win the Superb Owl. Conversely, I want the Chef's to lose, big time. Buffalo finally gets their Lombardi and Chefs get NO 3 peat.

I also want Buffalo to win the Super Bowl. Their current 0-4 record, in the Super Bowl, ties the vikings record, in the Super Bowl. Love to see the vikings at 0-4 for another century, or two.

@mrtundra posted:

Love to see the vikings at 0-4 for another century, or two.

You must take incredible care of yourself.

I want Was/Buf today.  I am a Jayden Daniels fan, but I would not mind Buffalo wing the SB either.

I'm ordering a BUF/WAS SB with BUF coming out on top.

Who posted the "curse of 15"?  Is that still in play here with KC?

@DH13 posted:

You must take incredible care of yourself.

I'm gonna make sure I get cable TV and internet access, in the graveyard. Gotta have X4!  Now where's my liquor?

Hey look, a pass rush!

No Packers WR would have caught that Daniels pass that McLaurin just did. It was not a good throw.

Daniels receivers are really bailing him out. He's had some poor throws to start on 3rd down.

Can’t believe Oren Burks is starting for the Eagles after that horrible play for the Niners in tge last Super Bowl

Jayden Daniels is the best QB in the NFC.

And it is not really close.

@SteveLuke posted:

Jayden Daniels is the best QB in the NFC.

And it is not really close.

He is succeeding on this drive for two reasons - first, his receivers are decent and have bailed him out, but second, he is navigating what is a really good pass rush so far.

@ShebPackFan posted:

I want Was/Buf today.  I am a Jayden Daniels fan, but I would not mind Buffalo wing the SB either.

I want the Commanders to win if no other reason that Daniel Snyder is reported to be very upset about how well they are doing after he was forced to sell the team. Many NFL owners are horrible people, but Snyder was a whole different level of horrible.

Daniels erroring on the side of "if my guy can't catch it, nobody can catch it".  Which is a safe way to go about starting the game.  But he'll need to start being more accurate if PHI gets to scoring.

Strange they kept going for it on 4th that drive and then kick with a 4th and 3. Maybe didn't want to press their luck

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

He is succeeding on this drive for two reasons - first, his receivers are decent and have bailed him out, but second, he is navigating what is a really good pass rush so far.

Daniels poise in the pocket is, for a rookie, off the charts.

If/when Washington uses all that cap room to add an OL or two, he'll become even more dangerous.

That was a decent drive by the Commodes, but I don't think they'll be able to win having to convert multiple 3rd and 4th down conversions.

A quick Eagles TO would be great. Get their defense back on the field with no rest.

Well, so much for that...

Yeah.  So that's going to be a problem.

It's OK though.  WAS has been in this kind of game with PHI before.

Remind me again why Joe Schoen (the Giants GM) still has a job? Barkley is the worst example of this negligence, but letting McKinney go is a pretty big screw up too.

Barkley hitting home runs like an outfielder.