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Normally my inherent bias against New England based sports teams would have me root against the Patriots today, but the Texans* don't excite me at all, and I think a Raven/Pats title game would be fantastic to see.





*If the powers to be here in L.A. hadn't ****** up things in 1999, the expansion franchise that Houston got would have been awarded to Los Angeles... so that overrules my dislike of New England.

 

And Gronk reinjured himself.

Edit: Also Timmy Tebow's brother is happy the Broncos lost yesterday.

 

Disappointed because I wanted to see a Seahawks-Niners showdown, but also happy because I think Atlanta has a better chance of beating the Niners, whom I loathe.

 

i probably shouldn't be arguing considering like i said i started watching in the 2009 season. this is the first year i ever watched any game that the vikings were not in.
i did want the seahawks and the bronco's to win
my cousin is the biggest patriots fan though. i almost think he likes them more then the vikings.

 

You know, it would be interesting if it came down to a Ravens/Falcons Superbowl, if only for the storyline of each team having a guy which both of whom have said their retiring after this year (Lewis for the Ravens and Tony Gonzalez for the Falcons) being in what would be their final game of their careers. Which team would send their man out a champion?

 

And they would both be dark-colored birds.

 

Damn that was one fine kick to end the half.

 

C'mon Texans

 

Ugh, just when the Texans were about to make this game competitive.

 

Come on, the Texans were never going to make this game competitive. Brady is salivating at the concept of a Super Bowl without Eli Manning there to stop him.

 

It's quite a sight how New England's offense is run so efficiently.

 

Tom Brady makes me a sad panda.

 

Is anyone else at all bothered that the lowest-scoring losing team in the Divisional round scored 28 points?

What happened to a good, old-fashioned defensive struggle?

 

Okay, so if they won, why did Belicheat storm off like he did? Somebody pee in his hoodie?

 

He's a douche, what else is there to say?

 

As a Dolphins fan, seeing Tom Brady suffer two Super Bowl losses has been more than satisfying. Here's hoping the Ravens win next week, though it will be a very tall order. If New England makes it to the Super Bowl, I don't see either the 49ers or the Falcons beating them. That's painful for me to say.

 

My Seahawks!

 

There is just absolutely no argument to be made against the notion that Tom Brady is the best all around QB of this generation. None.

 

Former EPSN commentator Rob Parker (good riddence!) evidently begged to differ. It was fun to see Skip go ape**** when Parker would start in on Brady.

 

best qb of the generation for sure. throwing the phrase "all around" in there actually kind of muddles things though, since he's basically only a pocket passer. that's where you could start to make an argument for someone like rodgers, who can make plays with his legs and is better at improvising.

 

I mean more that he's not just a skilled athlete, he's a good leader. A big part of success in the post season, coming back from behind, etc. is having a QB keep it together, control the game, and lead his team.

 

This will be an impossible Super Bowl to find a team to root for.
I guess I will root for Ravens first, then Falcons, Niners, and never Patriots.
Sure Niners vs Pats would be the best game, but **** those teams!

 

says the guy who lives in new york but roots for the cowboys of all teams.

 

You can't go wrong though with rooting for San Francisco... it would be great for the NFL if that franchise were to make it back to the Super Bowl, and especially if they were to win it. Every major sports league has their standard bearer franchises, and the 49'ers are one of those for the NFL (as I see it).