Road To The Superbowl 2024

[Glenn]

Well before the season I expected the 'Hawks to win 5 or 6 games.  They won 9.

 

Meh

 

A season full of average play with occasional flashes of excellence. Entertaining, but not good enough to drive season ticket sales.  Sumthin's gotta change.

 

[J Francho]

Seems like the Bills win or lose in spectacular fashion. 

[gim]

Current odds as of this morning for all 14 teams in the playoffs to win the Super Bowl.  If I was a betting man, I'd take the Rams.  They are a pretty solid team with long shot odds.

49ers 2-1
Ravens 3-1
Bills 6-1
Cowboys 8-1
Chiefs 9-1
Eagles 15-1
Dolphins 16-1
Lions 18-1
Texans, Browns 35-1
Rams 50-1
Bucs 55-1
Packers 90-1
Steelers 150-1

[Choporoz]

On 9/7/2023 at 7:23 PM, Choporoz said:

Lions might win 8 games and still win that division.  And that would be worth shooting for because I don't see a wild card coming out of there. 

   Another team that 'pundits' seem to love, that I can't fathom, is the Dolphins.   I would not be surprised if Tua is retired by Thanksgiving and the Fins are fighting the Pats to stay out of last in the division. 

   

And that, my friends, is why I no longer bet on sports 

[RipzLipz]

22 hours ago, Darren. said:

What's more frustrating? Josh Allen or Chris Collinsworth commentary?

There is no doubt in my mind Collinsworth would have happily given Tom Brady a tongue bath on the 50 yard line. Nothing I despised more than having to listen to him call a Patriots game in which Brady was playing. I’d rather listen to my mom talk to herself than hear Collinsworth’s voice. I’d rather break off 50 PBs at arms length….

….you get the idea.

[flyfisher]

Collinsworth is a pencil necked ******* and has the most punchable face in all of sports.......right behind him is Joe Buck.

[J Francho]

12 minutes ago, flyfisher said:

right behind him is Joe Buck.

But his voice is like velvet peanut butter. 
 

I agree with all the above and add Aikman to the mix. He's about as smart as a soap dish. 

[gim]

Geez, you guys really don't like the current crop of announcers or commentators do you.

 

Doesn't really seem fair to compare Buck to Colinsworth though.  Buck does the play by play, Colinsworth is an analyst.  You'd really have to compare Buck to Tirico or Aikman to Colinsworth.

 

The Buck & Aikman combo is probably the best one out there IMO.  I don't care for Romo and I don't care for the Tirico/Colinsworthless combo, so by default I stick with Buck & Aikman.

 

You could always just hit the mute button too lol

[Choporoz]

I really don't mind any of those guys.  And for all the hate that Romo gets, I like him quite a bit.   The crew doing the Ravens game the other day on ESPN, however was pretty bad. Orlovsky, Fowler and???

 

And what was wrong with Pam Oliver the other night?  She seemed like she was over medicated or something 

[gim]

10 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

And for all the hate that Romo gets, I like him quite a bit.

He's knowledgeable.  He just talks too much.

[Jrob78]

Romo doesn't bother me too much when he stays on topic and is prepared.  I just think he and Jim Nance are a terrible pairing. Romo is so goofy and Nance is so serious and professional, it just isn't a good match to me.

[J Francho]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

Geez, you guys really don't like the current crop of announcers or commentators do you.

 

You could always just hit the mute button too lol

Please someone come up w/ something better than "tush push". Doesn't hold up well against "cankles".

 

I hit mute a ton during games. 

[throttleplate]

5 hours ago, J Francho said:

Please someone come up w/ something better than "tush push".

well, now there is the elevated Josh Allen push seen for the first time ever against miami.

8 hours ago, gimruis said:

Geez, you guys really don't like the current crop of announcers or commentators do you.

 

What, you didnt like the Boogermobile?

[J Francho]

32 minutes ago, throttleplate said:

well, now there is the elevated Josh Allen push seen for the first time ever against miami.

Refrigerator Perry invented it, and didn't need anyone to push him over. 

[Eric 26]

@J Francho That’s an awesome reference 😃 

Edited January 10, 2024 by Eric 26
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[gim]

Looks like the weather may affect the games in Kansas City and in Buffalo this weekend.

 

Air temps in KC at kickoff are expected to be around zero with a wind-chill near -20.

 

Snow likely in Buffalo on Sunday.

[throttleplate]

2 hours ago, gimruis said:

Looks like the weather may affect the games in Kansas City

 

the Peacock is also going to affect some fans. Its fine as i use vpn and get it off of free streams. The only reason i am wanting to see this game is because of the weather, the human reaction to the cold and wind makes it interesting.

[Choporoz]

6 hours ago, throttleplate said:

 

the Peacock is also going to affect some fans. 

I probably wasn't going to watch this game, but I am outraged.  Peacock doesn't even have a free trial.  My bigger concern is that there will be enough people that buy in just for this game that it will be a regular thing, with 5 different games on five different streaming platforms. 

[TnRiver46]

I usually fall asleep before getting the show going

[VolFan]

That Browns/Texans tilt should be the Cinderella Funderdog Bowl - both those teams are surprisingly competent for completely different reasons at QB.

[12poundbass]

Buffalo is going to pay people $20/hr to help shovel snow starting tonight thru Sunday morning so the game can be played as scheduled. 

[gim]

3 hours ago, Choporoz said:

I probably wasn't going to watch this game, but I am outraged.  Peacock doesn't even have a free trial.

Ya I’m not a fan either. A friggin playoff game and it’s not even on real TV. I’ll have to just refresh the score and watch something else.

[throttleplate]

4 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

Buffalo is going to pay people $20/hr to help shovel snow starting tonight thru Sunday morning so the game can be played as scheduled. 

 

It's a snow-show Bills-Steelers playoff game rescheduled with massive winter storm expected

New York governor Kathy Hochul announced on Saturday that Sunday’s Steelers-Bills will be rescheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on Monday with the possibility of seven or more inches of snow.

[12poundbass]

@throttleplate at 4:30 on Monday? Who comes up with these times? 😂

[J._Bricker]

1 hour ago, 12poundbass said:

@throttleplate at 4:30 on Monday? Who comes up with these times? 😂

  I’m gonna say a couple of executives in New York City. Steelers v Bills at 1330 PST, Eagles v Bucs at 1700 PST and the NBA’s MLK Day programming with both leagues vying for commercial sponsorship dollars.

  As for the Peacock deal, it’s just another test run for pay per view sports television. Amazon televised/streamed Thursday Night Football this season.  It’s probably just a matter of time before you will have to pay to watch your local team via a streaming service if it doesn’t exist in some markets already.