NFL PLAYOFFS THREAD - Jan. 22

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[doug from upland]

Eli and Brady rematch? Two brothers? Give your predictions and make comments here.

[mylife]

I thought he would have better range.

[Dysart]

I agree. His voice was never sweet music to begin with, and factor in his age his performance exceed my expectations.

[A. Morgan]

http://www.ridertown.com/news/MDW/MDW.html

[Dysart]

The lack of excitement in this game thus far is palpable.

[MD Expat in PA]

Love to see Baltimore go to Indianapolis, play against the former Baltimore Raven/Indianapolis Colt Quaterback Jim Harbaugh, and have the Mayflower moving company volunteer to bring back the Superbowl trophy, handed to Joe Flacco by BALTIMORE Colt legend Raymond Berry----back to Baltimore for free. Never Forget

That would be awesome!

What the NFL and Bob Irsay did to Baltimore cannot in any way compare to Art Model and the Browns moving to Baltimore. Cleveland has a team again and they are called the Browns and all the history and memorabilia of the Browns stayed in Cleveland unlike what happened to Baltimore.

Unlike Indianapolis, like most former Colt’s fans, we in Baltimore were not rubbing it in Cleveland’s face and were very supportive of letting Cleveland keep the Browns name and memorabilia and supportive of them getting an NFL team. Art Model showed class; Bob Irsay OTHO was a lying cheating drunk.

[Krankor]

Lardarius. I love it.

[mylife]

I’m gonna die waiting for Cleveland to have a viable team again.

[mylife]

Well, it’s been a big ol “puntfest” hasn’t it?

[Dysart]

I think the more intriguing matchup is the NFC Championship tilt.

[dr_lew]

Someone said a C5 ( via google blurb ), and that's at least close, but it looked a little sleeker to me. Dunno.

[mylife]

I haven’t seen the 49ers play all year.

[AGreatPer]

Cleveland and others will be much more competative next year.
The new NFL agreement saw to that with the salary cap.

For example, the Steelers must drop 25 million next year. That translates into 8 top players to be spread around the league.

Patroits 10, Ravens 3

[mylife]

WooHoo!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I think Gronk may have been in. They should have challenged. Nothing to lose...

Ravens better than I thought. Looks like a nail-biter, unfortunately. If the Pats avoid turnovers for points, they should be able to do it.

[heylady]

“Yeah, I mean, who puts ketchup in Clam Chowder already? So blue collar.”

I use Campbell’s tomato soup in my Rhode Island clam chowder.

Oh......GO Giants!!!!!!!

[AGreatPer]

New England 16, Baltimore 10

[dr_lew]

OK, there it is on the ESPN blog: His rendition was followed by a flyover from a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft from Westover (Mass.) Joint Air Reserve Base.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I hope these red zone fails don’t come back to bite us. That third down call lacked imagination.

[AGreatPer]

Baltimore 17, New England 16

3:33 to go in the third. Wonderful game.

[Dysart]

Now it gets interesting. Blockhead fumbles on the KO return and Baltimore jumps on it leading by one.