“What’s weighing on my mind is how soon I can get a Bud Light in my mouth after this win." / NFL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE ROUND 2014

Conference round chatter itt

Patriots, 49ers

Pats/Hawks

denver/sf

Broncos/hawks

ok glad we covered all the bases

I'm pulling for the Broncos, but tbh I want to see Blount run for 10 tds this weekend.

I would much rather see the Broncos play the Seahawks. I greatly suspect we will see the Patriots play the 49ers instead. My preferences are rarely honored in these matters.

hoping for an old-school afc west showdown

dave krieg to flip the coin at the meadowlands

i hope it's bronco / hawks - hawks more exciting to watch than 49ers + i don't want to see another pats superbowl like srsly for another 30 years plz

just let brady win one more plz then he will go away otherwise he will never go away its up to you

Broncos, Seahawks

voting with my heart, not my brain.

voted pats-niners but really have no idea. whisenhunt took the titans job. lions apparently looking at caldwell now lol.

rooting for seahawks i guess but not for any reasons that have to do w/ football.

omg anyone who interviews caldwell deserves what they get

what they get being a mannequin dressed as a football coach

Looking forward to the Cleveland job still being unfilled way into the spring.

Conflicting reports on whether or not candidates have been calling Chud for the inside poop on the organization. I'd like to think they are calling him, and he's telling them it's a fucking circus.

lol espn reporting that 'nashville being a better place to live' was a factor for whisenhunt apparently. i get that sure maybe in comparison to detroit or cleveland (maybe) but nashville ain't fucking paris. you're in san diego now, use the interest to leverage a raise and wait a year for the miami job to open up if you're so scared of shoveling snow.

the miami job isn't opening up because joe philbin is poised to take the dolphins to 15 straight super bowls thank you very much

seahawks broncos
rooting for 9ers, the only sports franchise i get all swoonful about re: my fandom.

even though i think the afc game will be close, and it feels winnable for NE, when i actually think about it i just can't see the way they win that game. and i have been trying, believe me. and tbh i feel exactly the same way about the niners.

i want NE vs seattle. i don't think the pats are equipped to beat either nfc team, so who cares, but i just don't want a harbaugh in a super bowl ever again. and that is the main upside to the fact that it is going to be the boringly obvious seattle vs denver.

no idea how you could've watched the broncos dick around for like 75% of the chargers game and not see a possible ne victory.

i know i will regret this statement in the future, but i like the field vs. seattle at a neutral site.

yeah denver did look shambolic at times on sunday, and they have kind of trended in that direction a little bit through the season more than being a total one off, but i still feel like when it gets down to it, peyton will score if and when he needs to and that will be enough, especially in denver. i guess i still have unhealed third degree burns from 2006/7. maybe if they pull this off i can finally be healed. lordamercy.

so i just saw the quotes from payton and colston about how that was supposed to be a designed play at the end of the game. that is worse than colston just having a mental break. you really thought your WR was going to complete a pass to the other sideline?? and the defense was going to what, stand and watch in awe? maybe have someone on the nearside seam or between the numbers or something, give yourself a chance at least. i definitely think teams can do a better job designed end of game plays like that, instead of the improvised chuck around you usually get, and in fact, heresy i know, but i think there is scope to use downfield laterals more too. but you have to at least be a tiny bit realistic, cmon.

i figured it was a designed play. what kills me is how often these things happen and the guy with the ball throws a clear forward pass. like, priority one above all else has to be making sure the pass is backwards.

i want NE vs seattle. i don't think the pats are equipped to beat either nfc team, so who cares

― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, January 14, 2014 7:55 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk neither are looking in tip top offensive shape and if they can't score well then all is possible

also if wld be funny to watch the pats/9ers cause my dads head will explode

omg anyone who interviews caldwell deserves what they get

― call all destroyer, Monday, January 13, 2014 11:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a box checked off on a form filed with the league office certifying that you have complied with the "Rooney Rule"

i literally cannot believe detroit have hired caldwell. it is such a lions thing to do but even so. flabbergasting.

FLABBERGASTING

i thought it would be impossible to find someone who would likely be worse than schwartz.

To play devil's advocate: wasnt firing Cam Cameron and replacing him with Caldwell as OC last year the turning point of the Ravens season?

Caldwell is not an inspired choice, but he's okay and they could've done far worse.

he's a good example of a great coordinator that makes for an awful HC (see also: McDaniels, Josh)

great coordinator? what has he done apart from riding peyton to one good season? his impact in giving the ravens a post-season boost last year was probably more in reducing the value of the tape other teams had on their offense than anything else. they were horrible on offense this year.

his biggest achievement was sucking for luck.

Ok, for some reason I was thinking about Wade Phillips. Turns out Caldwell just got hired from college after leading Wake Forest to a dazzling 26-63 record after 8 years.

He was a good asst. coach for the Colts. He was with them beginnning in 2001. I dont mind the hire.

The hatcats' new offensive coordinator is only 27 years old.

the hatcats' new offensive coordinator is jay gruden, who has a 27 year old intern

zimmer is either going to be an amazing head coach or a total disaster. so, a great hire for minnesota i think, because they need a high upside gamble if they are going to get anywhere from where they are now.

yeah everything abt him screams "coordinator" but i'd love for that to be wrong. bringing in norvin is a v. good idea.

kiper has johnny football going #1 to the texans

That is insane. Texans got to take Clowney, as I think you pair him and Watt and that could be a world breaker pass rush for the next decade.

Kiper is a moron.

xp I'd love to see it too but teams seem to prioritize a franchise QB above all else. They're probably right to do so.

If Texans take John Football, they own the state (on a pro level). Cowboys are in serious decline, this could really make the Texans a big deal. Most Cowboy fans are serious bandwagoners anyway, i could see this being a massive plus in the marketing area.

is j footbal a legit nfl qb, not that theres any way to tell but u know

will j footbal have a good nfl career

god it would be so amazing if they played the super bowl in a blizaard

peyton manning is the greatest qb of his generation at the very least and i have nothing but respect for him, but if he can lose this super bowl in an even more humiliating way than last time that would really be something i would cherish for the rest of my days. terrible weather would certainly fit the bill.

_______ pulls out of browns' search

will lol when the Browns have to forfeit all of 2014.

mean

could we tell the difference?

To be clear, I feel incredibly sorry for Browns fans and what happened to their original team and especially now that they've had to suffer through this totally awful expansion shitshow. However, watching this current front office completely blow it is quite hilarious.

how are they completely blowing it?

A) The trade.
B) The firing.
C) The inability to convince any new coach worth a shit to take their horrible job opening.

The trade was the best thing they've done maybe

poor josh gordon

D) Publicly declaring that Johnny Football is their first draft target, basically saying "fuck you" to any new coach who might have different plans.

tell me more about the logic behind A there jf

In hindsight it turned out to not be too bad a move, but at the time is seemed like a desperate and careless action. They completely lucked out re: Richardson regressing as a player in his second year.

yeah i mean lombardi was on record as a richardson skeptic and had been going on for years about the most important job a gm has is correctly evaluating his own personnel and there was alot of statistical data to suggest that richardson was a bust and a lot of ppl who thought the move reaked of 'win now' desperation on the colts end but you're right, they completely lucked out.

Any good Tide fan knows that Richardson is destined for greatness

I don't know. I'm always a little more critical of rookies from UA than I am other rookies. Eddie Lacy, show 'em how it's done.

I mean, Ingram and Richardson have been flat out embarrassing imo.

Really going out on a limb there. ;)

the firing could've been handled/timed better for sure. but i don't blame them for taking their time to find the right HC instead of hiring, i dunno, jim caldwell. and personnel guys having opinions on who they want to draft, you might say that is their job. and the trade was such an obvious slam dunk, really. they are net positive for the moment imo, or in the top half of the curve at any rate.

all the coaching candidates withdrawing their name is a really bad sign

been surprised in the past couple days to find that even facebook 'friends' who i don't get along with so well are on Team Sherman

should i buy a t-shirt from him in an attempt to win SB tickets y/n
(love seahawks colors but the only one here i would wear is the non-aggro shirt w/seattle skyline on it)

http://store.richardsherman25.com/?utm_campaign=sb48

I'd think dumping their coach in that situation is going to haunt Cleveland at least in the short run.

I'd think Rob Ryan is the best guy they could get, long hair and all. They got defensive talent, that is something that guy could work with and make them at least competitive. I'd say after how the Browns bungled this coaching change, they would have to drop some serious guaranteed money to get that guy to go to Cleveland.

The other guy that I think the Browns might eventually look into is veteran coach Vic Fangio. That guy has a ton of experience and has coached in the division. It would be like making the Crennel hire again, but Fangio might look at it as his one shot to be a head coach and you never know, it might work, the guy has a lot of experience as a defensive coach and the Browns have talent on that side of the ball.

Celebrate the Detroit Lions' participation in the NFC this season with a commemorative t-shirt:

http://www.alternativehero.com/v/vspfiles/templates/Custom1/images/tshirt-week.jpg

look's like it might be mike pettine. would be a good hire imo.

that female model is really showing the appropriate level of excitement

I love that they used a kitten.

"I watched the clip of Sherman setting Skip Bayless on fire during an interview and it is honestly one of the greatest things I've ever seen in my entire life."

lol this. "I am better at life than you." What did Bayless say that preceded it?

can't stop laughing at that shirt

yeah I think I'm gonna have to buy one for my Lions fan buddy

http://instagram.com/p/jdQnSDQB17

Any good Tide fan knows that Richardson is destined for greatness

― polyphonic, Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:21 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Bwahahahahahahaahahahaha. He's out of the league before Ingram

look's like it might be mike pettine. would be a good hire imo.

― balls, Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:20 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Love to hear backup for this. if you want a rex ryan, hire the guy who's got his exact DNA, not some dude he picked up from high school.

it's hard to say what the extent of his contributions with ryan have been but he got a really good year out of the bills D. i don't know if that makes him a HC candidate necessarily but ppl seem to rate him highly.

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BerHA_nCAAAvdGd.jpg

I'm glad Bill thought my joke was funny

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Berc5yuCQAAvb6y.jpg

http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091003173353/prowrestling/images/1/17/Power_Slam.gif

I'm glad Bill thought my joke was funny

― polyphonic, Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:04 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A+

Falcons hiring Pioli is an interesting hire.

yes, quite pleased w/ that hire

two belichick guys, reunited.

How is the control freak Pioli not going to handle being the boss? that could get interesting.

This is a guy who bugged the Kansas City Chiefs HQ to spy on employees, for fucks sake

Richard Sherman fined $7,875 for taunting and unsportsmanlike conduct

haha why even bother

I do love my niners but crabtree is a dickhead who probably woulda done the same thing had he caught that ball.

8k to become the most well-known defensive player in the league is well worth it.

crabtree is a fuckhead. forever.

^^^

weird but the specific amount of $7,875 seems to be a very common fine in the NFL, cf:

A pair of receivers - Carolina's Steve Smith and St. Louis' Brian Quick - were fined $7,875 for striking an opponent in the face. Also docked $7,875 were Rams guard Harvey Dahl for a late hit and Panthers safety Mike Mitchell for taunting.

Washington http://images.chron.com/blogs/askacat/hatcat.JPG defensive back DeAngelo Hall wasn't ejected or even flagged for his completely unnecessary actions in last Sunday's 20-6 loss to the New York Giants, but the NFL decided to give him a little slap on the wrist anyway. On Friday, it was announced that the NFL had fined Hall $7,875 for "striking" Giants' tackle Will Beatty in the head after the offensive lineman had already suffered a vicious leg fracture.

The NFL fined quarterback Colin Kaepernick $7,875 fine for a facemask penalty in the 49ers' loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers.

A league spokesman could not answer the last time or how often a quarterback has been fined for such an infraction.

Kaepernick grabbed the facemask of Panthers linebacker A.J. Klein on a second-quarter play that ultimately was recorded as a 14-yard sack, with the Panthers declining Kaepernick's 15-yard facemask penalty.

Panthers safety Quinton Mikell got docked $7,875 for a late-hit on Kaepernick after he slid down on a third-quarter scramble.

RB Fred Jackson fined $7,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Bears guard, Kyle Long has been fined $7,875 for his part in a scuffle with St. Louis Rams defensive end William Hayes at the end of a play in the Rams' win Sunday in St. Louis.

Defensive tackle Darnell Dockett was fined $7,875 Friday for stomping the right hand of Rams left guard Chris Williams during the third quarter of the 20-point win.

etc etc