NFC Championship: Falcons vs. Packers (Discussion and Game Thread)

[Oppo]

Can't see anyone stopping Atlanta this year.

 

[BigSoxFan]

I know ATL is good but this defense is shameful.

 

[ragnarok725]

Ballgame.

Given who's on the other side, this is premature.

 

[54thMA]

Game went from possibly 10-7 to 17-0 in the blink of an eye.

Plus throw in a missed field goal; why couldn't that shithead miss one last week...........

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Game already on a knife's edge for GB

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Do or die time for GB. Probably need 14 before the half and 7 to open the second to have a chance. I shudder to imagine what happens when that D actually gets tired.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Ryan now leading the Falcons in rushing.

 

[Kliq]

Anyone else noting that the Falcons players shoulder pads keep coming up over the jersey whenever they hit the turf?

 

[CaptainLaddie]

Uh, so who are we rooting for?

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

You would think they'd have peirera explain it since he's there.

Game started with a long drive. Very few incomplete passes. They had a full minute run off the clock on one play because of the ball moving and a reset.

They have dozens of million dollar commercials lined up in the queue. They are tripping over themselves to get the commercials in. No time for replay and analysis.

 

[Gorton Fisherman]

They're just making Aaron Rodgers mad.

 

[Al Zarilla]

The 49ers had a defense though.

True. That was their better half.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Uh, so who are we rooting for?

Anyone but Eli and his high-powered offense.

 

[McBride11]

Whatever coverage scheme GB is using they need to try something else.

They have a scheme?

 

[snowmanny]

Aaron Rodgers is playing at the highest level anyone has ever played football. It's an unimaginable level of greatness. This shouldn't be that difficult.

 

[jercra]

But if a Packers WR 'recovered' the ball it would be spotted at the one yard line. But because the defense recovered it, its considered a touchback? NFL rules are stupid.

Nope. It's the same. Just happened in the first Bronco/Chiefs game this year. Chiefs ended up winning the game because a receiver didn't gain full possession until he was in the endzone, despite his knee being down on the one. Watched the replay again on DVR and it looks to me like the refs got it right. He never had complete possession until he was in the endzone.

 

[snowmanny]

Anyone but Eli and his high-powered offense.

I will concede that i feel like i was a child afraid of monsters under the bed.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Man, if I'm Rodgers, I feel bad every single time I throw it to Nelson

 

[Sportsbstn]

its helps when you can push off Troy

 

[Ed Hillel]

He caught it

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Man, this is going exactly like I dreamed it might.

 

[Sportsbstn]

I thought only Brady complained about those...at least thats what the media wants you to believe

 

[aksoxfan]

Uh, so who are we rooting for?

Patriots.

 

[Brand Name]

Rodgers misread the blitz, Adams was pretty open on the curl route.

 

[Ed Hillel]

It's called football, Rodgers.

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Definitely a borderline roughing the passer penalty there on third down.

 

[Sportsbstn]

Rodgers misread the blitz, Adams was pretty open on the curl route.

Blasphemy

 

[patinorange]

He caught it

I thought that might have been worth a challenge.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Man, this is going exactly like I dreamed it might.

Big possession here. Avoiding the end of half TD and then second half kickoff right back to Rodgers is what they need here.

 

[shawnrbu]

I thought only Brady complained about those...at least thats what the media wants you to believe

Where's the Ray Lewis tweet?

 

[Mystic Merlin]

Adams is the read there, not Cobb.

 

[Dollar]

I thought that might have been worth a challenge.

The one to Nelson on the sideline? Not close, his hand came down out of bounds well before his second foot.

 

[DJnVa]

So, I guess we'll see Ray Lewis and Earl Thomas talk shit about Rodgers now for complaining to ref right?

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

Definitely a borderline roughing the passer penalty there on third down.

If that's borderline, then there would be 6 of those calls a game.

 

[DJnVa]

So, I guess we'll see Ray Lewis and Earl Thomas talk shit about Rodgers now for complaining to ref right?

 

[Ed Hillel]

I thought that might have been worth a challenge.

I watched again, his hand clearly hit out first before his second foot hit in.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

What a throw

 

[edmunddantes]

Apparently GB defense thought the pro bowl was this week.

 

[DJnVa]

Can't see anyone stopping Atlanta this year.

This game should be 17-10. Let's not crown them yet. GB is too beat up.

 

[pokey_reese]

Damn, Coleman is a good receiver.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Wtf is Blank listening to?

 

[McBride11]

It's called football, Rodgers.

Nah, he plays the game the right way!

Is that guy in blue next to Blanc Gary Oldham's Jim Gordon?

 

[aksoxfan]

That's a dumb play.

 

[snowmanny]

Who was that snap to? I've never seen that

 

[Conigliaro's Potential]

Lucky breaks going the Falcons way. Not sure what happened to Gabriel's hands today, though.

 

[PC Drunken Friar]

How did Ryan not get that

 

[shawnrbu]

Shades of Pierre Woods!

 

[Sportsbstn]

just not Green Bay's day. Either that or god just wants to make Rodgers day more epic in the comeback

 

[Freddy Linn]

Jake Ryan had that.

 

[Ed Hillel]

He Pierre Woods'd it