2022 NFL Thread (Chiefs win Super Bowl 57)

[lonestar]

Definitely getting nervous just following the score... Talk about putting an ass whooping

[King Postwhore]

Giants down 28 in the 3rd. Executes 2 running plays.

[King Postwhore]

All you dummies complaining about the big time announcers need to STFU.

Daryl Johnston and Joe Davis are boring AF.

[bosk1]

Wow, NY seems incapable of stopping anything.   

[bosk1]

Welp, bought my plane ticket to Philly.  Anyone up for a meetup?

[KevShmev]

I can't do a Philly trip next week, but Cowboys/Eagles in the NFCCG will be fun!

[DragonAttack]

 

[bosk1]

[pg1067]

I didn't see the first half of the KC/JAX game.  Then I noticed I could get live TV on plane.  I turned it on when it was 17-14, but it was pretty much a dud after that.

The PHI/NY game was terrible.  Completely non-competitive.

Same with the BUF/CIN game.  I don't know if the weather caused or contributed to it, but CIN looked miles better, and Buffalo and Josh Allen looked completely outmatched.

Hoping that the DAL/SF game will salvage an otherwise fairly shitty weekend of football.  Hoping it comes down to a last second field goal for a Cowboy win.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I did not see the Bengals dispatching the Bills so easily.

[lonestar]

I did not see the Bengals dispatching the Bills so easily.

Yeah, that was a thoroughly convincing win. I really don't see the Chefs being up to that level of play, especially if Mahone isn't on a full tank, but we'll see

[jammindude]

OK, that may have been one of the greatest catches I’ve ever seen in my life!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

OK, that may have been one of the greatest catches I’ve ever seen in my life!

No kidding! That concentration!

[faizoff]

Kittle is such a character, great catch and then moved away from getting pummelled during that catch.

[faizoff]

It's going to be something if the Cowboys score a TD in this drive with no time remaining and the kicker misses the extra point.

[El Barto]

Ya gotta dump that on Dak, but McCarthy kind of bungled the end of the game.

Phili is going to massacre SF.

[faizoff]

What ever in the world was that last play supposed to be with Zeke at center?

[KevShmev]

That was a legit great football game.  Love those defensive battles where it feels like every turnover or score is very impactful.  Very old school.  And Dallas lost, which made it even better. 

I am not surprised the Bengals won today, but I thought the Bills would put up more of a fight.  They are going backwards and may have missed their window to get to and win a Super Bowl.  Joe Burrow is scary good.

[bosk1]

Wow, even when everything that could possibly go right for Dallas goes right for Dallas, SF is still too much for them.  I don't give Philly a chance next week.  Like the Cowboys learned today, Philly just hasn't faced a team this good that can find so many ways to beat you. 

[Skeever]

Without a doubt I think we got the four best teams for the championship games. Just hope Mahomes injury doesn't mean a shadow of himself is going to be playing as I would like that to be a great game as last year.

[lordxizor]

I'm so glad the Cowboys lost. Eagles/Cowboys would have been horrible. Go Niners!

[KevShmev]

Mahomes can beat you from the pocket, but he definitely won't be able to run around and make busted plays like he normally does.  I have to think the Chiefs will have extra motivation having lost three straight times to the Bengals, but how much difference that makes is hard to say.  My early thought is that it feels like a game the Bengals should win, but the Chiefs find a way to win.

The Eagles front 7 is going to make life miserable for Purdy, who again looked for much of yesterday like a guy who was about to implode and commit THE turnover that flipped the game, but it never happened.  The Eagles at home are a much more difficult task than the Cowboys at home.  The 49ers defense can definitely flip the game by forcing a turnover or two.  It feels like if the Eagles play a clean game, they will be difficult to beat. 

[Stadler]

Anybody remember when Donovan McNabb threw 4 touchdown passes on a broken ankle?

Of course not.  Everything Mahomes does is unique and special. 

Phillip Rivers played on a torn ACL.  Ben Roethlisberger played on a broken foot (and had a broken nose).  The announcers were fawning over Mahomes - a gutty performance, no doubt, I'm just ragging on the HYPE, not the player - and I kept thinking, "Ben Roethlisberger did this every two weeks for about five years. He must be tired of saying "hold my beer"". 

[Stadler]

Ya gotta dump that on Dak, but McCarthy kind of bungled the end of the game.

Phili is going to massacre SF.

Wow! How unusual!     (Go back about a page or so, and you'll see I make that call.  McCarthy is HORRIBLE at late-game management.)

SO much for the "Dak has found redemption with that win against Tampa Bay!" line of reasoning.  Took exactly one game to fall back to form.   I am so happy Dallas lost.   

[Stadler]

That was a legit great football game.  Love those defensive battles where it feels like every turnover or score is very impactful.  Very old school.  And Dallas lost, which made it even better. 

I am not surprised the Bengals won today, but I thought the Bills would put up more of a fight.  They are going backwards and may have missed their window to get to and win a Super Bowl.  Joe Burrow is scary good.

I was literally thinking BOTH those things today.   I am a big Josh Allen fan; I think he had the opportunity to be the best quarterback in the league, and I think that's slipping away now. 

[Dream Team]

Anybody remember when Donovan McNabb threw 4 touchdown passes on a broken ankle?

Of course not.  Everything Mahomes does is unique and special. 

Phillip Rivers played on a torn ACL.  Ben Roethlisberger played on a broken foot (and had a broken nose).  The announcers were fawning over Mahomes - a gutty performance, no doubt, I'm just ragging on the HYPE, not the player - and I kept thinking, "Ben Roethlisberger did this every two weeks for about five years. He must be tired of saying "hold my beer"".

Spot-on about Ben. Of course the haters accused him of playing up the injuries so enhance his "toughness" reputation which was BS. The guy took the biggest beating of any QB of his era and never backed down, never got in the fetal position during a pass rush. As you said, he was always playing banged-up.

Cincinnati is a complete team as was well demonstrated Sunday. KC is pure offense only, even a healthy Pat would have to play out of his mind to overcome that. I think Cinci wins easily. Already the 2nd post-season Pat's had to play with a significant injury, there sure as hell ain't no horseshoe up HIS ass.

[El Barto]

Anybody remember when Donovan McNabb threw 4 touchdown passes on a broken ankle?

Of course not.  Everything Mahomes does is unique and special. 

Phillip Rivers played on a torn ACL.  Ben Roethlisberger played on a broken foot (and had a broken nose).  The announcers were fawning over Mahomes - a gutty performance, no doubt, I'm just ragging on the HYPE, not the player - and I kept thinking, "Ben Roethlisberger did this every two weeks for about five years. He must be tired of saying "hold my beer"".

Emmett pounding the Giants with the dislocated shoulder still takes the cake, though.

[gmillerdrake]

Cincinnati is a complete team as was well demonstrated Sunday. KC is pure offense only, even a healthy Pat would have to play out of his mind to overcome that. I think Cinci wins easily. Already the 2nd post-season Pat's had to play with a significant injury, there sure as hell ain't no horseshoe up HIS ass.

Average Joe football fan observation here:

If the Jags receiver doesn't cough that ball up as they were about to score there late in the game KC loses that game anyway. Pretty 'fortunate' bounce there for KC which they always seem to get. i don't think they can rely on such fortune against Cincy who from what my eye test tells me is the better, more complete team.

[Dublagent66]

Wow, even when everything that could possibly go right for Dallas goes right for Dallas, SF is still too much for them.  I don't give Philly a chance next week.  Like the Cowboys learned today, Philly just hasn't faced a team this good that can find so many ways to beat you.

No idea what you're talking about.  What went right for Dallas?  9ers barely beat a team that played like shit with 2 turnovers, multiple penalties, and lost their star RB in the 2nd qtr.

[Nick]

Wow, even when everything that could possibly go right for Dallas goes right for Dallas, SF is still too much for them.  I don't give Philly a chance next week.  Like the Cowboys learned today, Philly just hasn't faced a team this good that can find so many ways to beat you.

No idea what you're talking about.  What went right for Dallas?  9ers barely beat a team that played like shit with 2 turnovers, multiple penalties, and lost their star RB in the 2nd qtr.

Yeah, everything going right for Dallas was simply the 49ers underperforming in the first half, in my book. Niners play that game like they've played some others recently and that final score is a blowout ala Eagles v. Giants.

Are you actually going to follow through and come out to Philly Bosk? I doubt I have the money to attend the actual game, assuming cost is going to be insane, but would gladly have you over before or after or find something to do one of those days. We also have a guest room you're free to use if you haven't already found accommodations.

[bosk1]

Wow, even when everything that could possibly go right for Dallas goes right for Dallas, SF is still too much for them.  I don't give Philly a chance next week.  Like the Cowboys learned today, Philly just hasn't faced a team this good that can find so many ways to beat you.

No idea what you're talking about.  What went right for Dallas?  9ers barely beat a team that played like shit with 2 turnovers, multiple penalties, and lost their star RB in the 2nd qtr.

What went right for Dallas??  Um, let's see...  Just off the top of my head:
-Holding the #1 scoring offense since week 11 to under 20 points--something that hardly any team has been able to accomplish.
-On 4 drives, holding the 49ers to field goals instead of touchdowns
-Stealing a turnover on special teams
-The 49ers dropping 2 interceptions
-Getting constant pressures and sacks against that offensive line
-The 49ers mismanaging the clock at the end of the second half
-The 49ers barely cracking 100 yards rushing

Nothing like that combination has happened to the 49ers all season.  Even with ALL of that, the Cowboys couldn't overcome the 49ers.
 As Nick said, if it doesn't play out exactly that way, the 49ers blow the Cowboys out as they have done to most teams they have played.  I don't see any of the other 3 remaining teams getting such a lucky series of events going their way as the Cowboys did.  I just can't come up with any good argument for giving any of the remaining 3 teams a legitimate chance. 

[KevShmev]

bosk1, your dedication over the years to the "no one has a real chance to beat the 49ers" shtick every time they make the playoffs is impressive.

[bosk1]

I just call it like I see it.  And the fact that nobody this year has anything other than, "well, Purdy is only a rookie, so he has to crack sometime" or "well, any given Sunday, ya' know?" is telling. 

[faizoff]

The official account of the Cowboys tweeting out some truth bombs

The 49ers had more weapons than the Cowboys going into the game, and with the loss of Tony Pollard, definitely had way more ammunition in the second half.

Dak Prescott gave away the ball twice in the narrow loss to the 49ers, in a matchup the Cowboys had a chance to win if they didn’t again generate self-inflicted wounds.

[lonestar]

Interesting little blurb I saw, seems the powers that be in Vegas stand to lose a shit ton of money if the Niners win it all based on betting that occurred right after Jimmy G went down.