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2013 NFL Playoffs
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Would like to see Moss go out with a ring, he deserves it. So I will be pulling for Ragebaugh and the Niners.
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We will see what happens. If the 49ers take any kind of early lead that is going to be bad for Baltimore. If Ravens fans are looking at their Thanksgiving win last year as inspiration, I would think again as Alex Smith was the 49ers QB in that game. The same Alex Smith who cant throw the ball further than 15 yards and is AWFUL on 3rd down. Keaperbro is the complete opposite. Also, Baltymore's run defense hasnt been that great this year, and now they get to face a team that actually puts a high emphasis on running the ball and physical play, unlike the Colts, Broncos, or even the Patriots.
Keapernick is going to leave with a Super Bowl trophy. Given all the bad stats the 49ers faced going into the championship game (1-5 in last 6 NFC championships, 0-5 in last 5 road playoff games, havent won a road playoff game since 1989 etc) they now find themselves with history on their side, having never lost a Super Bowl. Yeah the Ravens can say the same but the 49ers have done it 4 more times.
Keapernick is going to leave with a Super Bowl trophy. Given all the bad stats the 49ers faced going into the championship game (1-5 in last 6 NFC championships, 0-5 in last 5 road playoff games, havent won a road playoff game since 1989 etc) they now find themselves with history on their side, having never lost a Super Bowl. Yeah the Ravens can say the same but the 49ers have done it 4 more times.
Patriots were 7th in rushing this season. a whopping three spots and 15 yards per game behind the 49ers. Grimm is right about a lot of the niners fans in this thread.
I would hardly say the Patriots "put a high emphasis on running the ball and physical play". They run the ball a fair amount, but they're as finesse of an offense as there is in the league.
Must have got all those rushing yards by asking the opposing defenses to start defending five yards back of the line of scrimmage then. I'm not saying the Patriots are "tougher" or even as "tough" as the niners but its disingenuous to imply a team that averaged 136.5 ypg rushing is soft along their front and therefore the niners are something the Ravens haven't seen yet.
Do you think Tom Brady and the Patriots offense faced anywhere close to the same amount of 8 or 9 man boxes that the Alex Smith/Colin Kaepernick led 49ers did? Don't be dense. That's a lot of the reason Alex Smith's stats looked good this year; teams tried to take away the running game, creating good passing opportunities. The Patriots running game wouldn't have been nearly as effective without Brady forcing the D into favorable schemes, just like Smith wouldn't have been nearly as effective if teams didn't need to respect Gore and the running game.
That's also a big reason why the 49ers offense has been so successful recently. The read option is forcing another defender up to the line and taking them out of pass defense, and really out of run defense other than outside lanes.
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lol.
How can you say that the Patriots put a high emphasis on running the ball and playing physical? If you look at rushing stats and come to that conclusion then you are an idiot and must have not watched any of their games. Belichick wants to throw. Except this year he realized he had two pretty good backs in Vereen and Ridley and decided to take advantage of defenses playing a ton of nickel against them. So they ended up finishing 4th in rushing but by no means are they a run first, physical team. Brady wants to get the ball in space so his guys can get YAC. The Broncos were all about Manning throwing the ball. Same thing with Andrew Luck.
With the 49ers the Ravens are going to have to commit another defender to stop the run. Ray Lewis has 47 tackles this postseason for fucks sake. Its a nod to him as a player but also shows you how many short passes and passes in general that defense was defending. Vernon Davis is going to reveal Ray's age.
How can you say that the Patriots put a high emphasis on running the ball and playing physical? If you look at rushing stats and come to that conclusion then you are an idiot and must have not watched any of their games. Belichick wants to throw. Except this year he realized he had two pretty good backs in Vereen and Ridley and decided to take advantage of defenses playing a ton of nickel against them. So they ended up finishing 4th in rushing but by no means are they a run first, physical team. Brady wants to get the ball in space so his guys can get YAC. The Broncos were all about Manning throwing the ball. Same thing with Andrew Luck.
With the 49ers the Ravens are going to have to commit another defender to stop the run. Ray Lewis has 47 tackles this postseason for fucks sake. Its a nod to him as a player but also shows you how many short passes and passes in general that defense was defending. Vernon Davis is going to reveal Ray's age.
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Maybe 2017 or so.
Anyway, who else thinks Evil Flacco makes his long awaited appearance?
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we havent talked about tony romo for a few hours, life just doesnt feel complete
so ...
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/28501.html/
a poll amongst dallas fans has flacco losing by 1% in discussion as to which QB they would prefer.
Tony Romo 50.64%
Joe Flacco 49.36%
so ...
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/01/28501.html/
a poll amongst dallas fans has flacco losing by 1% in discussion as to which QB they would prefer.
Tony Romo 50.64%
Joe Flacco 49.36%
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Who better to getpickedthan Romo.
Thank god they didn't make it to the playoffs. Their fans might have been worse than hearing about Lewis-Jesus.
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