2011 NFL Thread: The Final Four - Part 12

[Duke]

TMOB how many years would you give Smith?

I'd only give him one year, & that's for getting Kaepernick ready or finding a better replacement for Smith.

 

[KalMart]

Well, it's the morning after.... and the Giants are still a flukey team... GO PATRIOTS!!!

And they still beat the Niners.

If it had been anyone else but the Giants, I might have kept my cool... I just HATE that ****ing team.

Listen, I've been living on the East Coast my entire life, and have been a Niner fan since 1980, so I've seen the highs and lows... I don't like it when they lose, and unfortunately, the Niner offense ran into a hot Defense yesterday... the fact that it was the Giants pisses me off even more...

Having said that, it was anyone's game throughout the ENTIRE game... Matt can throw all the bad Alex Smith stats in my face, but neither offense was able to move the ball nor score because both defenses played terrific.

I don't understand where it's written that I have to "enjoy" seeing my team lose?

No-one's saying you should enjoy that your team lost or like a team you hate. But take your loss like a man...don't come in here with your sour grapes and attribute the other team's win to flukes when in fact if they didn't do a lot more to beat you, you wouldn't have been in a position for a fumble to have affected you so much. The Niners lost to a team that played just a little bit better and forced things to work in their favor. I.e., they did earn the win. You don't have to like it, but don't call it something it's not.

 

[Showtime]

They should have known better. I don't think I've ever seen Darth Hoodie attempt to ice a kicker. He seems to think such shenanigans are beneath him (and he is probably right, icing the kicker is stupid and almost never works....unless you're Jason Garrett and are icing your own kicker).

The Hooded One ices the kicker by NOT icing the kicker.

 

[Matt]

Jim Harbaugh needs to put his foot down and tell Davis not to do those silly stuff, or get benched. If he can't even control Davis, what kind of head coach would he be? Look at Ochocinco; even he got muted by the Hoodie.

Agreed. Harbaugh is at a cross roads. He can become the next Rex Ryan or he could become a great coach like Coughlin but he needs to decide: is he the players' boss or their friend? Many of his players needed some tough love last night and instead he just hollered at the refs.

Between the locker room culture, the mediocre quarterback and Harbaugh's style, I could very easily see this team becoming the Jets of the West if Harbaugh doesn't reign the players and himself in.

I'd only give him one year, & that's for getting Kaepernick ready or finding a better replacement for Smith.

I'd go for Jason Campbell or T.J. Yates. Go into training camp with Smith as starter but make it clear that he is on thin ice and give him some honest competition. If he is good or great, he will rise to the occasion. If not, they have a plan B.

The Hooded One ices the kicker by NOT icing the kicker.

I'm really looking forward to this Super Bowl. IMO, Belichik and Coughlin are the two best head coaches in the league at the moment (though I'd say Sean Peyton and Coughlin are interchangeable, Darth Hoodie is in a league of his own). They both understand the strategy of the game so well. It will be like watching two chess masters clash.

 

[Erzengel]

I didn't get the whole Harbaugh revving up Smith before the game.

 

[Dr. Evil]

If I'm Houston, I'd keep TJ Yates, because Schaub has never played a full season. The Texans know what they are getting with TJ Yates. Just let Delhomme, Garcia and The Co-Ed Banger leave.

All Alex Smith has is one good year, he's still a draft bust. He could regress. If I'm San Francisco, I'd go after Matt Flynn or (if he's free and shows signs of being his old self) Peyton Manning.

 

[terry78]

Giants- 24
Pats - 17


Mark my words.

 

[kane9321]

If I'm doing the scheduling right, the 49ers are going against the NFC North and AFC East next year?

So, with finishing first in their division they have to face: Manning, Brees, Rogers, Stafford and Brady or essentially the 5 QBs who threw for the most yards this year.

we sure are...gonna be excitingt:

 

[redfirebird2008]

Giants- 24
Pats - 17


Mark my words.

I'll buy it. The 4 DE pass rush from the Giants will cause a ton of problems for Brady.

 

[Duke]

The 49ers currently have the 31st pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Now that they've exited the playoffs, does this change or will it remain the same?

 

[Marx]

I hope the Giants win the Superbowl!

 

[Erzengel]

The 49ers currently have the 31st pick in the upcoming NFL draft. Now that they've exited the playoffs, does this change or will it remain the same?

The 49ers should have the 30th pick in the draft as they had a better record than the Ravens who will have the 29th pick.

 

[Duke]

The 49ers should have the 30th pick in the draft as they had a better record than the Ravens who will have the 29th pick.

I pray they make it count.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Did anyone post the video of Terrell Suggs calling Skip Bayless a *****e bag on ESPN today?


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[Erzengel]

I know Plaxico, Steve Smith (Eagles) & Jackson (Eagles), Jackson (Chargers), Johnson (Bills) and Wayne are FA this year. If they don't get someone in the draft, they really need another deep threat.

 

[Showtime]

I'm really looking forward to this Super Bowl. IMO, Belichik and Coughlin are the two best head coaches in the league at the moment (though I'd say Sean Peyton and Coughlin are interchangeable, Darth Hoodie is in a league of his own). They both understand the strategy of the game so well. It will be like watching two chess masters clash.

It's going to be a tight one. If Brady and the Patriots continue to do what they have been doing offensively (Last Game Aside ) and Eli and the Giants do the same...what a game it will be.

It comes down the the lines just like it did in the last Super Bowl.

I think this is an important one for Eli, he wins this and he is right up there with his Brother and Brady with some years left. Hall of Famer.

 

[Raiden]

It's going to be a tight one. If Brady and the Patriots continue to do what they have been doing offensively (Last Game Aside ) and Eli and the Giants do the same...what a game it will be.

It comes down the the lines just like it did in the last Super Bowl.

I think this is an important one for Eli, he wins this and he is right up there with his Brother and Brady with some years left. Hall of Famer.

I just think it is interesting that both Belichick and Couglin, former assistant coaches of Big Tuna Bill Parcells, will be facing each other in the SuperBowl again. Parcells probably spawned the most SuperBowl winners from his coaching linkage than any other head coaches in NFL history.

 

[KalMart]

I just think it is interesting that both Belichick and Couglin, former assistant coaches of Big Tuna Bill Parcells, will be facing each other in the SuperBowl again. Parcells probably spawned the most SuperBowl winners from his coaching linkage than any other head coaches in NFL history.

The last time they met in the Superbowl, the Giants had the second longest single possession in SB history. The first? The Giants in Superbowl XXV...a game in which Bellicheck and Coughlin were coaches on...the New York Giants.

 

[Poeman]

Did anyone post the video of Terrell Suggs calling Skip Bayless a *****e bag on ESPN today?


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Suggs needs to be fed his own nonsense back...Still Bayless is a *****ebag

 

[runawayboulder]

I've been reading some of the tweets directed at Kyle Williams and those 49'er "fans" that put that stuff out there are a disgrace. Some people have their ass where their head should be.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[KalMart]

Y'know....when you look at the missed kick at the end of the Ravens/Pats game....it's really not just the kick. I remember while watching it, it felt really rushed like they had to scramble it in before the clock. The more you look at it, it was the product of some serious indecision in the moment.....starting with the 3rd and 1 that the Ravens didn't convert after the in-zone strip. And then...the Ravens had a time out left...with 13 seconds left in the game! It looked like Harbaugh was torn because he may not have wanted to ice his own kicker, etc. But it took a while for that setup to happen with the last seconds ticking away, and Cundiff had to scramble to get the kick off. And the miss. They should have called their time out for the sake of the setup.

 

[roach]

Y'know....when you look at the missed kick at the end of the Ravens/Pats game....it's really not just the kick. I remember while watching it, it felt really rushed like they had to scramble it in before the clock. The more you look at it, it was the product of some serious indecision in the moment.....starting with the 3rd and 1 that the Ravens didn't convert after the in-zone strip. And then...the Ravens had a time out left...with 13 seconds left in the game! It looked like Harbaugh was torn because he may not have wanted to ice his own kicker, etc. But it took a while for that setup to happen with the last seconds ticking away, and Cundiff had to scramble to get the kick off. And the miss. They should have called their time out for the sake of the setup.

I agree with this...I felt they rushed it

 

[Erzengel]

Like I said earlier, if Flacco ran for the 1st down, the called a time out, he would have been able to at least have 1 shot to throw it in the end zone.

If he completed, they win. If it was incomplete, it would have stopped the clock and they could have kicked the field goal a yard closer, if that would have helped.

 

[roach]

Like I said earlier, if Flacco ran for the 1st down, the called a time out, he would have been able to at least have 1 shot to throw it in the end zone.

If he completed, they win. If it was incomplete, it would have stopped the clock and they could have kicked the field goal a yard closer, if that would have helped.

i didn't understand why he didn't run for it