(Non-Patriots) Divisional Round Discussion and Game Thread
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Rodgers misses a wide open receiver for 30+ yards or 2nd down, then scrambles and puts a pass into a small window for 20 yards on third down.
Never seen one QB look so bad and so good on successive plays. He is something of an enigma.
Never seen one QB look so bad and so good on successive plays. He is something of an enigma.
Thought of that. Certainly a historic matchup, but Unitas was pretty past his prime at this point, and I'm not sure where Namath ranks in terms of all time QBs. Not top 5, probably not top 10, maybe not top 20.
Did you ever actually see him play in his prime? Ever watch a football game before 1985? They actually played football before the inflated arena league passing of the contemporary fantasy league NFL.
He was bad for the majority of his career even compared to his contemporaries.
a couple times last night things felt dicey as a fan, but then Osweiler really did nothing to ever threaten even tying the game.
Rodgers is on the opposite spectrum right now. Dallas's margin of error may already be spent in this one
Rodgers is on the opposite spectrum right now. Dallas's margin of error may already be spent in this one
Earl Morrall started that game. He was pulled later in the game and a hobbled Unitas was put in as a desperation move.
Namath was incredible for a couple of years, but he was always hurt. Those damn knees.
Passer rating of 65, completion percentage of 50, 47 more INT than TD? That guy? One of the best ever? Different eras and inflated stats and all, but man...
I know he isn't a HOF QB but you can't compare his numbers just like that. Guys just chucked the ball deep on every pass, only the very best QBs had a positive TD to Int ratio.
Rogers is on another level. He has so many different techniques.
The one where he avoids pressure by just going backwards and throws off the back foot from 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage with mustard is amazing.
The one where he avoids pressure by just going backwards and throws off the back foot from 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage with mustard is amazing.
I'm sure they wouldn't have moved the game if KC-area public safety officials didn't prefer that to the regularly scheduled noon CT start time. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
I mean, that's true, the best did:
Unitas: 290 TDs to 253 INTs
Len Dawson: 239 to 183
Bart Starr: 152 to 138
which I think makes the point that Namath isn't in the conversation (not saying you were saying he was in the conversation)
Prescott only threw 16 passes this year with Dallas down by more than a TD. Curious to see how Linehan (and, naturally, Dak) responds, maintain they need to go beyond the vanilla stuff that got them here. That works against middling teams, but as Rodgers is showing today, they're not going to be any kind of pushover.
If Namath played under the same rules as the modern NFL and benefitted from the same modern medical miracles taken for granted now, he would have the same inflated stats that everyone is ga-ga about. But granted, his stats do not hold up to such modern all time greats.
Really the medical miracles is what he needed. Namath was an incredible quarterback, at the time one of the best ever seen, and then he tore his knee and it really never healed correctly and was crippled.