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NFL Week #18 Playoffs

#121
Number27 said:
what?! how can you be a fan of both? next you'll be telling me you like the yankees AND the red sox :scowl:



well.. first off that's a little optimistic concidering the pat's regular season play. secondly that's not even really true anymore, sure at the beginning of the last decade we had mannings number, but recently he's beaten us everytime (except in the 16-0 season).

also, (and this isn't directed at you personally jimmy.. more generally, cuz you hear it alot) i hate it when people talk about two quarterbacks facing each other like they're on the field at the same time. it's stupid. brady hasn't had manning's number.. bill belichick's had manning's number. the only possible way that two opposing quarterbacks can affect each other is by sustaining long drives and keeping the other off the field, and even then that's only a minor effect at best.
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There are several ways to repond to that though. Here are a couple:

a) In today's game, it's all about the long ball, so really it is more about QB vs QB than O vs D. In shotput and javelins and other competitive sports such as in the olympics, a LOT of athletes are competing against one another without beign on the field at the same time.

b) QB vs QB is a way of talking about the teams based on their 'faces', in this case, Manning for the Clots and Brady for the Patsies. Using them when referrign to the teams they lead is no different from the naval tradition to using a ship name to refer to the captain of said ship.

Just a couple that pop to mind. :)
 
#126
Number27 said:
what?! how can you be a fan of both? next you'll be telling me you like the yankees AND the red sox :scowl:.
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Yep, see my other post above for my rationalization.

In all these cases there's a pecking order though, of course. My dad was a sportswriter in NY and he never hated the Yankees just because he was working on the Dodgers beat. Some of us just love sports first, hard as that can be to believe. I was actually laughing at the Pats just now, and I say "good on the Ravens." If that makes me not a real fan, so be it.

Too bad it wasn't a better played game today, but it is only a game as far as I'm concerned. ;)
 
#128
Wow...the Ravens spanked New England. Baltimore has a tough defense and a Steeler-esque running game right now. Very impressive.

It's good to have NE out of the playoffs early, one less thing to worry about. :D

-Mike
 

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