OT: NFL Playoffs
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:08 am
I'm so geeked on the NFL playoffs right now even though my team is out (Baltimore Ravens). There are so many great teams this year. San Diego and their fake tuffness got stopped today thanks in part to their pro bowl kicker getting stagefright once again, three missed FG's, in fairness one was a 57 yarder, wide left, wide right, wide right.
For my Ravens, a long hard fought journey ends, for them to even make the playoffs with so many second and third stringers because of injury and taking out the mighty Pats was quite a feat in itself, now I have to root for one of these teams to keep in the game. Easy choice for me...
The way I see it is you have 3 teams that are near mirror images of each other and one that's different than the rest. Three run a near college style spread offense with maybe the three best QB's in the NFL THIS season and other than some brilliant pass rushers (MIN, IND) not a whole lot of defense is being played on any of these offensive juggernauts. I haven't seen NOR play other than many highlights so forgive me if I'm off on them.
Only one team left that plays to my style... run, ball control, and sick defense...JETS, JETS, JETS! Nothing better to me than watching these high powered, near unstoppable offenses, go down to a great defensive team.
The Jets stole the Ravens defensive coach Sexy Rexy and Bart Scott & Jim Leonard (I was so sad to see Jim go more than anyone, he's like the white Ed Reed a sick ballhawk, always around the rock) You saw that today he got a sick INT in the hubby wife zone between Gates & Jackson.
Mark Sanchez, or as Petros fondly calls him "Sanchito" has really surprised me these last two weeks he is battling playing like a pro, he doesn't get a lot of opportunities, rightfully so cuz he's a rook, but he's outplaying my boy Flacco who I thought early in the season was the next superstar at QB, a can't miss, then he came back to earth. I think Sanchez has already eclipsed Joe's skill level. I love how Sanchito is passionate and enthusiastic, and a vocal leader, he's planting his feet and firing away. He had that fantastic roll out right to the corner of the endzone for Keller, just a veteran play. I guess Pete Carrol was wrong, Sanchito was ready.
And Darrel Rivas wow talk about believing the hype if you watched the game you saw why he is receiving such high marks.
IND is gonna be a bitch in the dome with the arguably the best QB of all time at the helm, and their #1 pass rush. They were so fast and quick and near a fully healthy roster vs. my Ravens like it was the first game of the season they were flying all over the field. They were off nearly 4 weeks, they earned it but the Ravens even had a short week playing on Saturday (6 days). Anyway... Go Jets!...Sanchito!
For my Ravens, a long hard fought journey ends, for them to even make the playoffs with so many second and third stringers because of injury and taking out the mighty Pats was quite a feat in itself, now I have to root for one of these teams to keep in the game. Easy choice for me...
The way I see it is you have 3 teams that are near mirror images of each other and one that's different than the rest. Three run a near college style spread offense with maybe the three best QB's in the NFL THIS season and other than some brilliant pass rushers (MIN, IND) not a whole lot of defense is being played on any of these offensive juggernauts. I haven't seen NOR play other than many highlights so forgive me if I'm off on them.
Only one team left that plays to my style... run, ball control, and sick defense...JETS, JETS, JETS! Nothing better to me than watching these high powered, near unstoppable offenses, go down to a great defensive team.
The Jets stole the Ravens defensive coach Sexy Rexy and Bart Scott & Jim Leonard (I was so sad to see Jim go more than anyone, he's like the white Ed Reed a sick ballhawk, always around the rock) You saw that today he got a sick INT in the hubby wife zone between Gates & Jackson.
Mark Sanchez, or as Petros fondly calls him "Sanchito" has really surprised me these last two weeks he is battling playing like a pro, he doesn't get a lot of opportunities, rightfully so cuz he's a rook, but he's outplaying my boy Flacco who I thought early in the season was the next superstar at QB, a can't miss, then he came back to earth. I think Sanchez has already eclipsed Joe's skill level. I love how Sanchito is passionate and enthusiastic, and a vocal leader, he's planting his feet and firing away. He had that fantastic roll out right to the corner of the endzone for Keller, just a veteran play. I guess Pete Carrol was wrong, Sanchito was ready.
And Darrel Rivas wow talk about believing the hype if you watched the game you saw why he is receiving such high marks.
IND is gonna be a bitch in the dome with the arguably the best QB of all time at the helm, and their #1 pass rush. They were so fast and quick and near a fully healthy roster vs. my Ravens like it was the first game of the season they were flying all over the field. They were off nearly 4 weeks, they earned it but the Ravens even had a short week playing on Saturday (6 days). Anyway... Go Jets!...Sanchito!