The NFL

“Thanks BM. I've made that my official seal.”

“Hey, I'm a half full football fan. :)”

“so the bengals won half their football games instead of losing half of them

or

the bengals won half of their football games and the other guy won the other half”

“Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was named The Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year on Wednesday.

Roethlisberger became the first quarterback to win the honor since it’s inception in 1957. He was a unanimous selection, receiving all 48 votes from a nationwide panel of pro football writers and broadcasters.

Roethlisberger has won all 13 of his NFL starts. He finished fifth in passer rating at 98.1 in the NFL. He completed 196 of 295 passes for 2,621 yards, with 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also carried the ball 56 times for 144 yards and a touchdown.”

“pittsburgh is the team to beat. i could be wrong, but i doubt any team has won 15+ games in a season and lost in the playoffs”

“and if they play the patsmears, i will be the biggest steeler squealer ever”

“The Vikings lost to Atlanta in the finals before the Superbowl when they went to 15-1. What a bone head call by Denny Green. Atlanta went on to be lambasted by .... Gee I can't remember......”

“i remember that. didnt green go for it on fourth down when it wasnt necessary or something like that”

“I got tickets for the Indy/Denver game on Sunday!!!!”

“You sure they weren't LAST weeks tickets?”

“I had a chance at 2 also, but I couldn't make it.”

“One of my wife's friends has season tickets. They get first dibs on playoff tickets and has offered to sell two to my wife and I and of course we accepted.”

“GRRRRR!In 1998 The Vikes went for a field goal that would have put them up by 10 points. But their then Kicker Gary Anderson, shanked it, missing his one and only field goal of the entire 1998 season. Atlanta drove down and scored a touchdown. Sending it into overtime. Which Atlanta eventually won with a field goal.
It is the one and only time a team had a 15-1 record and did not make it to the Superbowl. Broke Viking fans hearts around the world. I should mention that Altanta had a 14-2 record in 1998. And were also a good team. But was just happy to be in the Superbowl as Denver Broncos pounded them.

But the real crime was when The New York Giants Beat the Vikes 41-0. In 2001 - Here is a link discussing that game. The first time I have ever seen professional football players actually quit.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/510/5171214.html

Now after two years of quick starts and extremely WEAK finishes. We have backed into the playoffs. GRRRRRRRR!

So here is how I look at it. The Vikes themselves are not happy.

I think Monday we were the only team in the playoffs that wasn't happy," Tice said

So either they will show up to get their paycheck and then head for home with thier tails tucked between thier legs.

Or they will come out swinging, with that blood look in thier eyes, because they have embarrassed themselves, the franchise, the Coaches and the Fans as well as the Cities and State of Minnesota. And it is time for Redemption. And because their opponent is GREEN BAY!
Win lose or Draw, I will be watching the game as soon as I get back from the Mojave Preserve.
I do not care if they win or lose. As long as they Fight and do not quit like the 2001 team.

Steelers are playing at a level that no other team is.

New England is the only real threat.

The Colts. Gotta love Peyton Manning, such a class act. But the Colts defense will be thier achielles heal.

San Diego will do well, but drop out. Maybe even against the Jets, who has beaten them earlier.

Denver is dust!

The Eagles are a safe beat to win one game. But without TO, they not only have not played well, but Andy Reed has used the last two games of the season to mask the Eagles weaknesses at WR and RB by using only backups, so thier Playoff competition, does not get film they can use to prepare against them. But th is is only good for one game. The next game their will be film. And the Eagle will probably fall.

Atlanta is good as long as they do not have to pass.

Green Bay is probably the best bet here. The only reason their is a question concerning this weekends game against the Vikes is because it is extremely hard to beat a pro team three times in one season.

I am not sure why the Rams and Seahawks are even going to play, who ever wins is going to be destroyed the next week.

Now that I put it in print we will see how it goes... LOL”

“Every time I've made bold predictions like that on this thread I always turn out dead wrong. So here goes - Patriots and Eagles in the superbowl!”

“Off to the game. GO COLTS!!!”

“i would like to extend in advance my sincere condolences to any broncos fans, poor misguided unfortunate souls that you are

: D”

“cue up "taps"”

“Dontcha think mebbe Green Bay is giving the Vikes too much of a head start?

(w/ Minnesota up 14, Farvre throws an interception and Minnesota picks up 32 yard on the next two plays).”

“And now a Field Goal for the Vikings. At least we know they aren't getting a TD with every possession.

I don't really have a dog in this fight, I like both teams and both QBs just fine.”

“How many int's for Favre now???


Steeler-Jets”

“Wow, 3 interceptions for Favre - 3 TD's for Culpepper and a missed 28 yard Field Goal for Green Bay. Green Bay is lucky to be only 2 touchdowns back!
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“i cant stand Mandy moss

is it just me or does mike tice look like steven seagal's thick-necked dim-witted brother?”

“colts could end up being the only home team winnig this week”

“mandy moss shows his ass

what a jerk-off”

“I missed what Randy did, but I heard about a classless act from the announcers. What did he do?”

“he pantomimed mooning the stands after a td catch”

“How appropo he is an a s s!!!”

“and then he tops it off with "its everybody elses fault but mine" mini-rant and a ~bleep~”

“i dont understand something. why is philly playing the vikes? shouldnt philly as the 1 seed be facing the lowest remaining seed, the rams, or are the vikes the lowest remaining seed? rams are 8-8, surely theyre not seeded higher than the dikes?”

“nevermind. i see the vikes are 8-8 too. two .500 teams in the second round. huh”

“i'm so pumped about the Vikings' win. and especially since it was against the Pack. heh heh.”

“The Packers and Vikings are both so beat up! I don't see the Vikes having a chance next week.

Do you think we just saw Favre's last game? I remember Marino's last game was similar.

I'd also like to go out on a limb and predict that the Pats won't hang with the Colts next week.”

“Great Colts game today. They were saying on local sports radio that a Denver broadcaster was giving the Broncos a 1 in 20,000 chance to beat Indy. I think he would be right.”

“i remember marinos last game. they got spanked by the jax”

“Broncos fan here - and proud of it! I'm from Indianapolis so am not terribly upset -couldn't lose eithe way.

Sulking quietly...

Rob”

“im gonna go out on a limb and say colts by 7 next week”

“pittsburgh by 10
philly by 14
atlanta in a route 31-10”

“I’m predicting the Pats playing (and stomping)an upset team. Maybe the Rams? Something the juggernauts we’ve been hearing about all year like Indi, Philly, and the Steelers have is a very bad habit called…



”

“coughing up a hairball?”

“No, their nuts after Vrable and Phifer hits them.”

“if the colts dont beat the pat smears, ill be rooting like hell for whoever plays them. and its not a choke if youre the underdog. philly and indy are hardly upstart teams. indy was in the conference championship last year and philly has been in the last 3. new england got into the superbowl by continually holding and interfering with colts receivers, and then barely beat an inferior carolina team, yet everyone talks about how dominant they are. feh.”

“32 and sunny is what weather.com is showing for Boston Massachusetts on Sunday. Peyton should have a good game.”

“manning was on fire for two games last year, then was bust in game three.

the difference in the team this year, even when mannings not on fire, they can win.”

“The Colts are due for a win against New England. If the Colts win and the Jets beat Pittsburgh this weekend the AFC Championship game is in Indy.”

“If you're a Vikings fan or a Packers fan, you would know that Randy's little mooning stunt was actually a joke back to the Packers fan.

Every time the Packers beat the Vikes in Green Bay, the Packers fans moon the Vikings bus as it leaves the stadium.

Being a Vikings fan, I thought it was actually pretty funny.

But since Randy's not on YOUR team, you disagree.”

“The Vikings just prolonged their agony in the postseason. They will lose and lose big.”

“They actually didn't lose that bad to the Eagles when they played earlier this year.

Now that the Vike's defense appears to be back, and TO's out, who knows, stranger things have happened, Maple and Spirit started a meaningful thread, once.”

“LOL!”

“Every time the Packers beat the Vikes in Green Bay, the Packers fans moon the Vikings bus as it leaves the stadium.

So that's what that was all about!!!”