AFC & NFC Championships: Patriots @ Broncos, 49's @ Seahwawks

Awesome. Nate is a big man.

 

So do the Hawks have a chance against the Broncos? I think if it snows in NY (really NJ isn't it?) then SEA could do well as they would stick to the ground game and DEN probably couldn't air it out as much.

I think DEN should be favored in this game though (and rightfully so). What would you put the line at? 3.5? 7.5?

 

The blown call on the roughing the kicker affected the game. It gave Seattle the ball and they promptly scored on the next drive, but honestly it doesn't matter because there's no guarantee that SF would have done anything with the ball if they had kept it. The offense was playing like complete shit for most of the game.

 

It was definitely a defensive game and yeah I guess that call might have made a difference -- but yeah who knows if SF can move the ball. Both offenses had problems moving the ball or not turning the ball over.

 

The Niners put so much of their offense on running the ball and Gore was completely ineffective. Without having a running game (outside of Kap) the Seahawks were able to shut down the passing game. Seattle's defense is insane. I'm not super impressed with their offense though.

 

You can always depend on Sherman for some hilarious quotes.

 

Classy guy.

 

I love that there is two west coast teams (well, Denver is close enough) in NY. No east coast bullshit.

 

Michael Crabtree ‏@KingCrab15 31m
Film don't lie... @nflnetwork @espn pull up the tape of that game and show me where this guy is the best? #fake #fake #fak


Dude, you just lost. Film don't lie? Is their footage of you fighting for and catching that last pass?

 

Sherman is universally regarded as one of the top 3 Conerbacks in the League. He has proved it time and time again.

It is just hard feelings (which I can kind of understand). Being in the heat of the moment and all.

 

Sure, but Sherman's going to get a lot more shit for what he says than Crabtree does. Sherman will get mocked for being cocky, but Crabtree will get ignored for being a sore loser. Film don't lie. No, it doesn't Michael.

 

Okay, come on, of course Crabtree is going to respond. Sherman just called him sorry and mediocre on national television.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/201...-richard-sherman-takes-shots-michael-crabtree

Crabtree isn't going to respond? He lost. He probably should have left it alone, but Sherman should have just let his play speak for itself.

 

Outside of the next two weeks I don't see it lasting for either player. Sherman has done this before. It is who he is. A lot of the very good players have to do stupid stuff like this just to continue to motivate themselves. They all feel slighted but manufacture a lot of it because they feed off it and in turn play better. I think it is crap but Sherman is not alone in doing it.

 

And some of that is cockiness. That's expected at his age.

 

If you talk trash throughout a game with a guy against you, then, you lose the game, ad he wins it by stopping you from scoring, you lose your right to still try to talk shit after the game. Well, you can, you just look like a sore loser. Again, the film does speak for itself. Film of him knocking a pass away from Crabtree, and winning the game. No reason, immediately after the game, to go to twitter and respond. You lost.

 

He is right about the first part (imo and I think in most peoples') but as athletes do a lot he had to even over-exaggerate and throw in the second part (which isn't near the truth).

Idiots will be idiots I guess.

 

Yeah, Payton was a huge trash talker during his heyday.