Superbowl thread

[General_Failure]

When the Texans win one before the Eagles, that's when I eat a bullet.



Thankfully I'll be dead from a heart attack well before that happens.

[hbionic]

 

[EJ72]

What a crappy game to close out the season. I was disinterested by halftime and my wife fell asleep despite looking forward to it.

I'll take a defense like Seattle's any day, they made what was the best offense in the league last year look incompetent. When the Broncos blow Super Bowls they really blow them, with an average margin of defeat in five Super Bowl losses of almost thirty points.

Plus, Manning sets the NFL record for career playoff losses with twelve, breaking a tie with Favre. I wonder if Favre called to say thank you. The Broncos also hold the record for most Super Bowl losses with five. I'll bet pot sales are sky high in Colorado right about now. 

[SD]

Peyton's an awful postseason qb...polar opposite of his brother who is clutch. People were saying this win would cement his legacy...so since he played awful this loss should tarnish his legacy.

[ice grillin you]

it definitely hurts him as far as the all time qb rankings go....a win maybe puts him in the top 3... now hes not top 5

[Zanshin]

I think Manning is an all-time great QB, but this is a significant black eye, for sure. No doubt about it. Only way to dig out even a little would be to go back, play lights out and win another SB. All this one did was reinforce the big game disaster rep.

[Diomedes]

Stage is nicely set for another Denver SB, this time with the W, followed by a QB retirement.  It's destiny.

[NC_Eagle]

The Broncos had the easiest schedule in terms of opponent's 2012 win-loss record this season, the Seahawks were in 10th place.

Seahawks   0.516   130   122
Broncos   0.430   110   146

Not to say Denver has a terrible offense, or that Payton is a terrible QB (have to say I'm not upset that he lost) but they were a good offense that played a soft schedule (best D they played was San Fran, and they got held to 10 points, everyone else was in the bottom half in YPG) and got exposed (to an unexpected extent I admit, I thought it would come down to the 4th quarter) in the Super Bowl against the best D in the league.

Not sure if this ruins Payton's rep too much; assuming he doesn't make it back to the big game he has the same number of SB wins and losses and similar number of post season losses as Favre, with better passing numbers (Peyton can easily break Favre's TD total, Rating isn't even close and he has a shot at the passing yards if he plays a couple more seasons), but most sportscasters and fans still get a stiffy just hearing Favre's name.

[NC_Eagle]

Edit: double post.

[ice grillin you]

Not to say Denver has a terrible offense, or that Payton is a terrible QB (have to say I'm not upset that he lost) but they were a good offense that played a soft schedule (best D they played was San Fran, and they got held to 10 points, everyone else was in the bottom half in YPG) and got exposed (to an unexpected extent I admit, I thought it would come down to the 4th quarter) in the Super Bowl against the best D in the league.

true that they did have an easy schedule that no doubt led to them piling up some numbers but they didnt play san fran this year and at least 3-4 of the teams they played were in the top half in ypg

[MDS]

watching what seattle did to manning makes you wonder how bad it wouldve been if they played foles

good thing the eagles just lost and avoided it

[Sgt PSN]

Not taking anything away from Seattle, but what they did to Denver and Manning was more or less a fluke.  Safety on the 1st play from scrimmage + batted ball pick 6 + Percy Harvin getting healthy at the right time = fluke. They're perfectly capable of beating Denver any day, but if they played 10 times, Den puts up like 24-28 pts per game in the next 9.  Seattle had their best game and Denver had their worst. shtein happens.

[ice grillin you]

couldnt disagree more....when denver had the ball seattle was basically dominant at every single position on the field....their wr couldnt get open...their line couldnt protect or run block and peyton cant go down the field which is killer against a team that tackles as good as any team ive ever seen...are they 35 pts better than denver maybe not....but they are a far superior team and there was nothing flukey about that ass whipping....and i thought denver would win a low scoring close game

you are being very kind on the "batted ball" as if it was some sort of weird play...it was batted because cliff avril bum rushed peyton

also seattle didnt have their best game...they had the game that they basically played all year...efficient offense dominating defense

[Eagaholic]

Sherman says they figured out some of the hand signals so they knew what was coming. Guess that helps.

[ice grillin you]

worked out well for the hoody against the birds