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Originally Posted by VonErichLives
Hey RP buddy! I had to come back and visit you for this one.
Well, two of my 4 picks are still in. Pats & Saints, which were my super bowl picks (I had Ravens and Cowboys in the conference championships).
As for LT, I’ll just give him a pass for being over emotional. I don’t see how imitating a dance that a player does is disrespectful. It’s not something new, TO did it to Ray Lewis, the Pats in the super bowl did the “eagles” pose. What I do find funny is Merriman only did the dance once and that was on a hurry not a sack. He had a sub-par game for himself, the “Lights Out” was Matt Light blocking him. I did get a real kick out of Rivers yelling at the pats to “act like you’ve won before”, sure, cause if you had won that game you would have shaken hands and just walked off the field calmly with no celebration and Merriman and the rest would have followed suit.
Also a side note, after the Charges destroyed the Pats last year, a bunch of players celebrated like that, and players were in the hallway in-between the locker rooms yelling things like “F-the Patriots, the Patriots are dead” etc… This is why Colvin did what he did after the game.
As for Marty, great game calling, if you kept the ball in the hands of LT and Turner the Chargers probably would have run. The Pats have the #2 run defense, but the Charges could run at will. The 4th and 11 was one of the stupidest calls I’ve ever seen. If you really don’t have faith in your pro-bowl kicker then take a delay of game and then punt.
Ok, now we move on to Indy.
I’ll be honest, this Colts team concerns me more then any of the others. Typically in the playoffs they’re defense doesn’t step up, this year (through 2 playoff games) the defense looks great. Manning has had two sub-par games, he typically has a sub-par game against the Pats in the playoffs, and I can’t see him having 3 sub-par games in a row. Dallas Clark, Clark has been playing so far over his head since he’s come back, the pats dealt well with Gates, however Clark is playing better then Gates. Can a LB keep up with him? Can an undersized DB take him down?
So, of course I pick the Pats still, I wouldn’t put money on it. (Rule, never bet on the home team, your judgment is always clouded by either feelings or the fact that you know more about the home team then visiting teams).
I pick the Pats because they have a better running team then Baltimore and I don’t think the Colts will have the same luck shutting them down, Yes, LJ didn’t have a great game against the Colts but he only ran the ball 13 times. The Pats have a good defense, #2 against the run, I don’t see Addai having the same luck as LT. Manning hasn’t played well this year in the playoffs and has a history of not playing well against the Patriots. Also the Pats DB’s have played well in the playoffs which won’t help Manning.
I think you’ll see the Pats do what they always do. BLITZ! They will be all over manning, which allows DB’s who normally wouldn’t be able to stay with Harrison or Wayne to cover them because they won’t be going deep, it will be short routes because deep routes will get Manning sacked (or throwing the ball away) a good pass rush makes your DB’s better because they’re not being asked to stick with WR’s and long/deep.
I’m not picking the Pats because “they always beat the colts in the playoffs” in the same way I laugh hard at people who pick the Colts because “Manning is due”.
It should be a good game, I’m not worried about our kicker, Adam has more experience but Steve G has a better leg (which is part of the reason Belicheck made the move he did).
If the Pats lose, it will be the Colts defense getting to Brady, taking away the deep ball and throwing off the short routes and the screens. The key for Manning is Clark, he has a monster first half and the Patriots have to consider double teaming him which then leaves Harrison or Wayne most likely one on one.
On a non game note… How stupid is Michael Vick? Airports where they check everything, where they didn’t allow shampoo and toothpaste incase it was an explosive, you bring a water bottle with a hidden compartment that has weed in it? I’m convinced if they went to a 5-wide simple system Vick could have a really good year, but now I think he might be too stupid, trade him to the Raiders and give the ball to Schaub!
Vel ----------------------- out!
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