“I don’t ever want to face him again in my life. I am dead serious. I’ll face Drew Brees any day of the week before I face him again.” - WEEK 19 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

Saturday January 16, 2010

Arizona at New Orleans
Baltimore at Indianapolis

Sunday January 17, 2010

Dallas at Minnesota
New York Jets at San Diego

cards
colts
boys
bolts

1-3 in the wild card round

Cardinals
Ravens
Vikings
Chargers

saints, colts, vikings, jets

that's mostly 'what I want to happen' but still

i'm kinda feeling the cards next week too, but i think that's based entirely on kurt warner looking unstoppable against green bay. whether or not the D can stop drew brees and co. enough to allow them to come out on top is another story.

colts will take baltimore pretty easily, i think.

i don't know who to root for in the battle of the hat and the waffle. i think minnesota will win.

jets don't have much of a chance unless SD totally self-destructs, which is highly unlikely.

saints (homer), vikes, chargers...

the indy game feels more like a coin toss to me than it probably is. I'll say colts, but wouldn't be a bit surprised to wind up being a bit surprised.

2-2 wild card

Dallas, San Diego, Indy, Arizona

3-1 wild card because Rodgers overthrew Jennings in overtime

i wish the packers would've made it through, i kinda dislike all of these teams. i guess i couldn't begrudge new orleans winning something finally.

pretty sure about new orleans, indy and dallas winning their games. san diego should win but i am haunted by this terrifying and disturbing vision of green and white in the superbowl :(

Colts
Cowboys
Chargers

Cards/Saints is the toss-up game for me a) because I'd be fine with either team winning and b) both defenses seem weakened at this point and it's essentially a battle of offenses.

2-2 in wild card picks.

Revis v. Jackson is going to be very interesting considering Jackson's height and jumping ability. I'm expecting a big game from Gates and Floyd, and maybe Sproles.

cards
ravens
vikings
chargers

1-3 last week

Colts, NO, DAL, SD

I kind of like all the players on Dallas (esp. Damarcus ware, who is a destroyer) except their retarded QB, who is the Bush II administration's lasting legacy -- every tom nitwit and dullard thought they had a chance to do something great in this world besides suck up oxygen. I'm even OK w/ Jerry jones because I feel sorry for him having a tiny dick.

saints
colts
bomb the stadium
chargers

wow, the Cardinals all of a sudden are a hot pick (not undeservedly).

i'm kinda feeling the cards next week too, but i think that's based entirely on kurt warner looking unstoppable against green bay. whether or not the D can stop drew brees and co. enough to allow them to come out on top is another story.

Some ESPN analysts made the point that the Packers coverage against the Cardinals was soft. That, combined with the fact that Warner is a master at playing against the rush, made him look unstoppable. OTOH, that all admits that Warner is very -- very -- good, even at this stage of his career, so maybe the Cards after all.

I just think the Saints haven't looked good in a long time. But the Cards are also a team that can look very good one week and not so good the next week, so who knows.

i'll stew all week about this and make my picks on Friday, i think.

I feel really unsure about Minnesota after watching the Panthers trounce them on Sunday night football. Really unsure about the Saints, too.

Saints by a mile. Colts. Ugh. SD.

Cardinals
Ravens
Cowboys
Chargers

was this posted already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA2B47_l9kg&f

At least twice, but it bears repeating.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0113/nfl_a_romo_favre2_576.jpg

|-) (O_O)

Iggles beat the Cowboys 54-14 today on my 360. I'm slowly rehabilitating, I may even make it back to football in time for the Superbowl.

http://witneyman.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/big-fan.jpg

this is pretty much O_O
http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201002/marvin-harrison

O_O

mountain goats namechecked it that article!

a few days ago i was at a restaurant w/ a lot of flat screens turned to espn which meant

WALL OF SCHEFTER

http://i48.tinypic.com/2eq4bv9.jpg

top right needs to get in line

New Orleans
Indianapolis
Minnesota
San Diego

all top seeds

was really tempted to break my no betting pledge and go with all the home teams except for SD (these are with the spread) but decided against it

NO
IND
MN
Jets (and the points) but I think SD will squeak it out a victory

thinking about picking AZ to make the 7 pt spread.

i'm playing a pool where people are betting, but i'm not, so it doesn't matter, but i still feel competitive.

thinking about picking AZ to make the 7 pt spread.

I don't know much about betting options, betting lines, and so forth, but I've got to think the best bet on this game is that the two teams will exceed the "over," whatever it is.

i think the over under was 57, which is wicked high but i'd still take the over.

ha! I was going with the under. I have a feeling...

*pointer hovers over the "add to your account" button*

i always get burned on over/under, but i was thinking about trying it for this game.

i bitched about this already, but since bill simmons wrote today that you can beat the chargers by erasing vincent jackson, i would like to say that vincent jackson is the most overrated player in the nfl.

some recent games in which vincent jackson has been "erased"

Nov 15 PHI (1 reception, 10 yds) W 31-23
Nov 22 @ DEN (4 receptions, 56 yds) W 32-3
Nov 29 KAN (2 receptions, 27 yds) W 43-14
Dec 6 @ CLE (2 receptions, 54 yds) W 30-23

as a v. jackson fantasy owner i can personally attest that there a lot of dudes on the chargers who can catch stuff and score.

Nov 15 PHI (1 reception, 10 yds) W 31-23
Nov 22 @ DEN (4 receptions, 56 yds) W 32-3
Nov 29 KAN (2 receptions, 27 yds) W 43-14
Dec 6 @ CLE (2 receptions, 54 yds) W 30-23

yeah i was thinking of these games in particular. it's funny-- maybe not funny, but you know-- how owning a player in fantasy can hone your opinions on that player to an incredibly fine point. i feel like the world's #1 scholar on vincent jackson. anyway i hope the jets and the cowboys lose.

Saints re-signed Deuce to come through the tunnel with the team and get the crowd fired up and, uh, be #4 or 5 on the depth chart I guess.

Well, surely he'll be ahead of Reggie Bush on the depth chart.

I don't think he'll even suit up this week.

as a v. jackson fantasy owner i can personally attest that there a lot of dudes on the chargers who can catch stuff and score.

And all of them are 6'5" or taller except for the one guy who is a midget.

I think the real star for the chargers this week will be antonio gates.

football football football football football football football football

lol

a drawing also known as "danse of the afc west." l-r orton, davis, norv, unidentified fan, and jamarcus. memento mori.
xpost

for full effect, the drawing should have a bunch of jets fans hovering over, whistling and jumping up and down, shouting "an obscenity-laced chant, demanding that the (skeletons) expose their breasts."

someone just shoot me in the head

not a j-e-t-s fan?

i was in the mia airport last night watching the game and there was a split amount of tortured moans and jubilant screams

I CONSOLED MYSELF WITH AU BON PAIN

you should try Misha's Cupcakes.

god i hate that commercial where the guy has the floating map in front of the TV. when he turns around to explain he's checking the scores with that smug look on his face, I want to say, "yeah I know dude now get the fuck out of the way!"

― richie aprile (rockapads), Sunday, January 17, 2010

ok i'm late to the game here BUT yes! also regardless of his map he literally sat himself down, on a COFFEE TABLE, directly in front of the fucking tv! what is wrong with this dude?

mike nolan and broncos decide mutually to part ways. bwahahahahahaha, burn baby burn. :(

other than being almost entirely responsible for the few wins you had, what did he ever do for you mini-hoodie?

the miami herald is currently running a poll entitled 'which teams fans would you most hate to see in south florida for the super bowl.'

surprisingly, one poll option has jumped far ahead of the others . . .

i will be sad if the vikings win because fuck you brett favre but on the other hand the cognitive dissonance of the vikes winning their first ever superbowl with a qb who was at one point the most hated man in minnesota would be delightful

mostly fuck football tho

i now only have one hope for the playoffs: THE JETS MUST LOSE -- NOW.

and yes, mostly fuck football tho

its gonna be saints-colts and i'd give the saints a great shot to win imo

http://i47.tinypic.com/n6vvrk.gif

ur virtual lips to god's virtual ears; but I'd hope for a good game

it really makes me sad that now everyone's opinion about the vikings comes down to brett favre. this like people's opinions about the stones revolving around paul mccartney.

i dunno man i always rooted for the rebellion but if you replaced obi wan with darth vader the star wars movies would feel a little different u know?

yeah i understand.

i don't even know what to think.

we are playing well. that's all i really focus on now, just having fun watching them win.

plus i think we have a lot of cool, genuine bros on the team like shiancoe, pat williams, peterson, chad greenway, ben leber, sidney rice, etc. that are super likeable IMO. (though i am biased)

jared allen even is sort of the redneck ochocinco basically, ridiculous but pretty funny overall

jared allen is a dude i love to hate

brett favre is a dude i hate

yeah it's cool. the vikings are weird anyway, it's not like i expect ppl not from MN to care about us, or want to join our little weird world of neurosis and failure and shit...we're not like the cowboys or packers where you're "supposed" to like respect us as an "institution" or some shit.

i was born into this, i don't know if i'd tell someone to choose being a vikings fan.

if they leave cuz of the stadium i will probably disavow football totally.

i think a lot of ppl probably like minnesota teams in the abstract and i assume most are fond of the late-90s vikes...i mean if they were to win i could separate my feelings about favre from those about the rest of the team and the fans.

Vikings: Born Into This

this was the life that chose me

I am a Packer fan, so the Vikings were always the enemy, but since I grew up in Southern California and adopted the Packers essentially on a whim when I was like 13, they were never really my least favorite team until this year. Raiders fans were way more abundant, and enough of them (though not all of them) are violent assholes that the Vikings were always just #2. But this year, the Raiders are kind of pitiful, plus I live on the other side of the country now, away from the Commitment to Excellence, and plus Favre. But yeah, I've never wanted an athlete to fail more in my life. The fact that it hasn't happened is pretty horrible, tbh.

it's kind of unbelievable that anyone thought the cowboys had a real shot, i think that romo gif encapsulates their entire team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB52kUiHLeU

i really love the vikings this year tbh -- if you take favre out of the equation you have a totally lovable team imo with peterson, harvin, rice, jared allen... ej henderson's brother... -- and well favre... i mean the dude is playing so well that you kinda can hardly blame him anymore imo and well *gets bullets from under old term papers in desk drawer* *loads gun, takes off safety* *pens suicide note* HE DOES HAVE FUN OUT THERE *shoots self in head*

in any event i will 100% be going for the nfc team in the SB regardless of who wins the title game because there is no way i'm throwing my (considerably little) weight behind Peyton the Bland and His Terrible No-Name and the *ahem* jets

^^^yeah this

ive always admired how the vikings have horns coming out of their helmets

voting for "god dammit donald!" for week 20 thread title

nfc over afc whoever it is i can get behind, but jared allen being lovable is pretty insane. he's one of those guys that i would really like to like except he takes every opportunity to rub his douchiness in your face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEPDNHCrPfM

in any event i will 100% be going for the nfc team in the SB regardless of who wins the title game because there is no way i'm throwing my (considerably little) weight behind Peyton the Bland and His Terrible No-Name and the *ahem* jets

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:46 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

the colts are boring? dude

these are not boring guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjPsnV4KfuI
bacon bacon bacon taco hot sauce

SORRY I JUST CAN'T ROOT FOR THE COLTS, NOTHING ABOUT THEM INTERESTS ME. LITERALLY NOTHING. I SEE NO VALUE.

have u never seen a mastercard commercial or what

Peyton Manning is kind of hilarious but I would never ever ever ever root for him over the Vikings, not even if David Duke was quarterback for the Vikings.

pants on the ground!

Kenny Mayne is anti-comedy

I like at least 80% of Kenny's segments, and absolutely HATE the other 20%.

we'll run the ball just play fucking center ~yeah jeff we will~

lol^

yall stop yellin!

Peyton the Bland -- lol.

but that youtube clip of him going crazy is hilarious. more reason to be happy if he wins.

mind you, i'll hate hate hate the colts if they lose to the je . . .

oh i can't even say it.

"No we're cool, yo! He's doin' it! He's yellin' at us!"

I love it when the spit falls out of his mouth when he says "Yeah, Jeff..."