Superbowl matchup

[SlavikSvensk]

i wonder about jim kelley, though. if he hadn't played his 20s in the USFL we might be talking about him as one of the top 5 ever. i mean, by the time he got to buffalo he was already a veteran.

[snooch]

Bingo. I have seen him horrendously screw up though. He had a penchant for fumbling.

This is the same syndrome as Jeff Garcia. Hall of Famer for the CFL comes to SF as QB, 3 time Pro-Bowler, one of the only three quarterbacks to ever score 30 touchdowns 2 seasons in a row with loads of playoff experience. Known to have a weak arm and as a closet homosexual. "If it looks like a rat, it smells like a rat, it's a rat." -Terrel Owens in an interview with Playboy magazine about his public shit-talking of Jeff Garcia and whether he is gay or not. I don't care about the gay thing in the least, but his arm strength is an issue as is his accuracy. His drive and motivation is enough to make up for that though. Look what he just did for a floundering Philly team.

[SlavikSvensk]

i've always felt the accusation that garcia is gay is kind of unfounded. i mean, you never know what goes on in a lockerroom, but the only "evidence" i've ever heard was TO mouthing off, and he's just not credible. TO was upset at garcia because he felt garcia wasn't throwing him the ball enough.

[herman]

TO was upset at garcia because he felt garcia wasn't throwing him the ball enough.

Now there's a shocker :)


On the Peyton Manning issue there's no disputing his regular season numbers but in the playoff's he flat out sucks especially against a shifting secondary (was shocked Belichick didn't use more of that) If Mike Brown was fit I would have no hesitation in picking Chicago for this one but without him there secondary doesn't look nearly as potent plus Im not sure if Tank Johnson is allowed to travel to Miami which would lessen the pass rush a lot and as Chicago use a 4-3 thats a worry, hmmm started this as an anti Manning rant and have ended up convincing myself Chicago might blow it hahah

For the record im a Steelers fan no bandwagon jumper either have been for 24 (ish) years I even suffered through the Neil O'Donnel years god dammit :)

[snooch]

There are a lot of ifs in this one. The Bears could win IF Grossman doesn't have one of his 0 qb rating days. The Colts could win IF they control the clock and stay with a balanced attack instead of relying solely on Mannings' arm. The Bears can win IF they can control Peyton passing over their linebackers and under their DBs and safeties. The Colts can win if Adai rushes well and makes the playaction effective. The Bears could win if their secondary can take away the big play factor of the Colts passing game. Either team could win if they control turnovers which they both have recent issues with. Both teams could win if their Jones for Chicago stays consistent and Adai does the same. The Chicago defense gets a boost today because a Chicago area judge has released the massive defensive lineman Tank Jones to travel to Florida for the superbowl.

Verdict? I have no clue.

[SlavikSvensk]

Now there's a shocker :)


On the Peyton Manning issue there's no disputing his regular season numbers but in the playoff's he flat out sucks especially against a shifting secondary (was shocked Belichick didn't use more of that) If Mike Brown was fit I would have no hesitation in picking Chicago for this one but without him there secondary doesn't look nearly as potent plus Im not sure if Tank Johnson is allowed to travel to Miami which would lessen the pass rush a lot and as Chicago use a 4-3 thats a worry, hmmm started this as an anti Manning rant and have ended up convincing myself Chicago might blow it hahah

For the record im a Steelers fan no bandwagon jumper either have been for 24 (ish) years I even suffered through the Neil O'Donnel years god dammit :)

damn dude...it's not every day i see that kind of detailed knowledge of football coming from the UK haha.

anyways i totally agree that chicago is worse off because of the absence of mike brown, but they've done well the last two weeks and i think new orleans was a good primer for indy. i mean, indy is better than NO and chicago was home last week but they should be able to stuff the colts' run attack in a way the patriots, bless 'em, couldn't. if they can get indy to abandon the run, they can play in nickel packages and sit the extra db as a robber. peyton's thrown 6 interceptions so far in the playoffs, so there will likely be some opportunities to get the ball from him.

oddly, i'm more worried (for the bears sake) about how they'll deal with indy's suddenly good defense. i keep waiting for grossman to have one of those terrible games he's known for...

[snooch]

if they can get indy to abandon the run, they can play in nickel packages and sit the extra db as a robber. peyton's thrown 6 interceptions so far in the playoffs, so there will likely be some opportunities to get the ball from him.

oddly, i'm more worried (for the bears sake) about how they'll deal with indy's suddenly good defense. i keep waiting for grossman to have one of those terrible games he's known for...

I think these two points will be key as will consistent play from both running backs. I don't think the factor of Indy's defence showing up or not will be debatable. Indy is a team of hungry guys who have been to the playoffs before and know that the playoffs are like a new season. They will step up. They've got too much of a monkey on their back not to.

For Chicago, Grossman is the big what if factor. He can't even have a bad quarter with Indy's potential for putting up huge numbers very quickly. Their defence isn't an issue, they will do their job and their special teams is clearly superior, but will Grossman not try to win the game and make stupid decisions like he did for the last third of the season? Who knows...

[SlavikSvensk]

not necessarily true. the bills were the hungry, awesome offensive and speedy defensive team in 1991 and they lost to a boring, run-and-get-turnovers defensive team in the new york giants. the broncos were favored against the giants and redskins back in the late 80s for the same reasons.

plus almost everyone on the colts was on last year's team as well, so they all have playoff experience. more than the bears do.

as for monkeys on backs, the eagles had the whole nfc championship wall thing on their back, got to the sb 2 years ago and promptly lost