GT: Week 20 Championship Sunday

[MadCityBucky]

Is the Patriots offense always like that? Every play was basically Brady throwing a 5 yard pass and then seeing how much YAC the receiver could get.

Pretty much. Gronk stretches the field though, as does Hernandez. They use their TEs great.

I think Gronk is the third guy I'd take out of all WR/TE after Megatron and Fitz. That dude is dominance.

What about Andre Johnson?

[Newz]

Is the Patriots offense always like that? Every play was basically Brady throwing a 5 yard pass and then seeing how much YAC the receiver could get.

Pretty much. Gronk stretches the field though, as does Hernandez. They use their TEs great.

I think Gronk is the third guy I'd take out of all WR/TE after Megatron and Fitz. That dude is dominance.

What about Andre Johnson?

Hmm... that's pretty close. Probably the Gronk because he is younger.

[Wilford Brimley]

So I mentioned earlier that Cundiff looked like he wasn't ready for the kick:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/01/23/billy-cun ... ield-goal/

Billy Cundiff -- the Baltimore Ravens' kicker who botched the kick that could have kept the team's Super Bowl dream alive -- was distracted before his field goal attempt ... to the point that coaches were yelling at him.

Two players on the team have spoken with TMZ -- one of whom says he witnessed the confrontation and another who did not witness it but says it is being widely discussed among Ravens players.

Our sources say ... immediately before Cundiff attempted the game-tying FG, he was doing what he was supposed to do -- practicing kicking on the sidelines. But as the Ravens marched down the field, Cundiff was unaware that his time to kick was looming.



It's S.O.P. for kickers to walk toward the field when the time approaches for them to kick -- ready to run into the game.

According to our sources, coaches repeatedly called for Cundiff -- at least 6 times -- to no avail -- he wasn't responding. We're told the coaches became "furious" because Cundiff wasn't ready to go.

Our sources say players and coaches are saying Cundiff was distracted ... not paying attention and not ready to immediately execute a kick.

As for how the team reacted to the botched attempt, we're told players were gracious. As one player put it, "We didn't give him a hard time because he looked like he was ready to kill himself."

I'm confused - what was he distracted by?

[humanrefutation]

I think he was just generally not prepared to go into the game, not that he was distracted by something specifically. He did kind of run onto the field after the rest of his unit was mostly set.

[Profound23]

Then why didn't Harbaugh just call his last timeout? He wasn't going to use it anyways.

On top of that, why aren't those same Giants fans who whined about the Jennings fumble/nonfumble also whining about the Bradshaw fumble/nonfumble. I guess when the error helps you out, it's fine.

[BUCKnation]

the refs need to work on waiting to blow the whistle. How many times this postseason have their been times that a whistle blew but the play was still pretty much going.

[humanrefutation]

This is sad and pathetic.

People need to chill the **** out.

[ReasonablySober]

Scoreboard malfunction lead to Cundiff rushing the kick.

This is what I wrote yesterday.

Wow. Gonna be lots to talk about tomorrow. I woulda taken one more shot. Can't believe they didn't.

Until just now I thought they went for the kick on 3rd down. Somehow I thought it was 3rd, not 4th.

Scoreboard malfunctions before the biggest play of the season? Are you **** kidding me? That's ridiculous.

[Profound23]

Scoreboard malfunction lead to Cundiff rushing the kick.

This is what I wrote yesterday.

Wow. Gonna be lots to talk about tomorrow. I woulda taken one more shot. Can't believe they didn't.

Until just now I thought they went for the kick on 3rd down. Somehow I thought it was 3rd, not 4th.

Scoreboard malfunctions before the biggest play of the season? Are you **** kidding me? That's ridiculous.

If the Ravens didn't have a timeout I would feel bad for Harbaugh, but he could've just called a timeout.

[ReasonablySober]

That's the big thing, yea.

[jerrod]

yeah, the scoreboard thing is weird.

but use the f'ing timeout.

[FAH1223]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUwNVTsJc_k[/youtube]

wish we had a Ray Lewis on this team

[Bucksfans1and2]

1. Haloti Ngata
2. Terrell Suggs
3. Ed Reed
4. Ladarius Webb
5. Terrence Cody

All are players I would take on this team over Ray Lewis, there are probably more.

[jerrod]

those are all better players right now than ray. but that dude is legitimately special.

[-Jragon-]

Motivational stuff in that speech.

[FAH1223]

1. Haloti Ngata
2. Terrell Suggs
3. Ed Reed
4. Ladarius Webb
5. Terrence Cody

All are players I would take on this team over Ray Lewis, there are probably more.

Same here, but the way he keeps that team together is something that's special and rare.