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NFL Thread: RAVENS SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS

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Preseason cranks up tomorrow and that means we're less than a month from games that count.

This is the best time of year.
 
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I am not a fan of either team and I am not a hater of either team. So I am speaking solely as a football fan here.


That was one of the worst Super Bowls I've seen in a while. So many awful things happened. The officiating was very iffy at times. The play calling by the Ravens was beyond stupid at points in the second half. And what the hell was up with that blackout? Jeez and they complain about MetLife getting a Super Bowl? (BTW, I totally agree with MEtlife getting one for the sole purpose of a potential bad weather Super Bowl. That would be awesome!).

And Flacco getting MVP? Look I defended the guy and I am glad to see him succeed, but game MVP? That really has become the Quarterback award then. Sure he had a good first half, but there were chances in the 2nd to extend drives, make key plays, drain the clock, and even just flat out win the game, and he couldn't make it happen. Just an an example, if he had led the Ravens to getting a 1st down at the end, they wouldn't have even had to do that flukey stuff with the Punter. And some of the plays he did make were largely made by unbelievable individual efforts by receivers like Boldin. To me, MVP was Jacoby Jones. His touchdown juke and kickoff return for a TD at the start of the half were the two most dynamic plays of the game, were amazing individual displays of ability, and in the end, helped to secure the win.

Honestly, except for a few plays and some drama in the last Niners drive, this game didn't have a whole lot going for it and wasn't as fun to watch as some of the other recent Super Bowls.

All of that said, congrats to the Ravens on winning the Super Bowl! I live in MD, so I have a lot of friends that are happy about this win, so it is really cool to see that kind of happiness around the area. And hey, Ray Lewis gets to retire as champ. That is pretty fucking awesome.
 
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@ Piers: It's just trolling that a lot of non Americans do. This isn't some trailblazing schtick he's doing. He's not wrong though. On the other hand, aside from soccer and I guess lol cricket, America has the elite leagues in other popular sports. If basketball continues to grow in China, it'll become the most popular sport since MILLIONS CONSEQUENTLY BILLIONS live there. I love anyone that gets that reference.


Is the Meadowlands next season? BLIZZARD PLEASE.
 
#7,287 ·
Ok...

So Colts and Panthers in the Super Bowl next season? Yeah, that's my early pick guys.

Actually fuck that. Seattle will get HFA. Colts v Seahawks then.

NFC West you failures. South, North, and East had NO PROBLEM winning their Super Bowls. NFC West: the forever spared affair division.
 
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Now that the Super Bowl is over, we can talk about Free Agency and guys being fired. Greg Jennings, Dwayne Bowe, Wes Welker, and Mike Wallace are among the top WR Free Agents. I believe one of them is going to Miami, another to New England, and another to San Diego or Kansas City.

So I'll guess:

Mike Wallace: New England
Greg Jennings: Miami
Dwayne Bowe: Kansas City
Wes Welker: San Diego
 
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Reggie Bush is the only RB worth a shit assuming S-Jax stays with the Rams (player option). Really don't think Miami will try to retain him. So he'll be a Packer.

Patriots will replace Welker with Amendola. Amendola will be awesome with Brady.

Oh yeah and Tony Gonzalez will not retire.
 
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Yeah Dallas is fucked. No cap space at all. No future prospect at QB. No offensive line. Another 8-8 mediocre spare fest. They're just good enough to win some games and just bad enough to lose some. That Lions game a few years ago is a microcosm of what they are. Good enough to jump out to a big lead, and bad enough to give it all away.
 
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Johnny Football, aka Mr. Cowboy, future star QB of the Cowboys, will pull an Eli Manning and refuse to play for the bad team he is drafted by and will be traded to Dallas for a couple 1sts, Romo, Murray, and the Jumbotron.

Worry not Cowboy fans, JERRAH will buy a new Jumbotron.
 
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Watched my first American football game yesterday, and I was impressed. Entertaining. Couple of questions.

Why the long season break?
Theres up to almost hundred players per team, whats the best way to follow everything? I am guessing just know and understand the key players each team have?
How do you tell apart the tactical play they are going with?

Cheers.
 
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Stacks, neither of these teams are going to be in the Super Bowl most likely. Defenses are going to catch up to this read option, and it's game over for most of these type of QBs. CAM being the biggest exception...



There is a long break because this game is brutal to the body. So it's really that the season is short.

The only way for the game to make more sense is to just keep watching it. Things will just start to click. Reading stuff about tactics and strategy will help too once you get the difference and pros and cons of say...a 4-3 defense versus a 3-4 defense...and the variations of both defensive schemes.
 
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really bad officiating towards the end:

-Ed Reed offsides on the 2-point conversion and that wasnt called
-Holding on Crabtree on 4th & goal and that wasnt called and Delanie Walker was practically tackled in that play as well and no flag
-Holding during Ravens last punt that allowed the punter to run around in the end zone longer and that wasnt called

say what you will about the blackout but at the end the refs really looked the other way in benefit of the Ravens...

And whats the deal with no penalty on that raven player that pushed the ref....during the season a pittsburgh player gets a personal foul penalty called on him when he cursed at the ref but yet this raven player pushes a ref and there is no penalty....

Hopefully Niners get another shot at a superbowl because they got robbed from this one....

Nevertheless Flacco deserved the MVP more than any other raven player. The guy was 11 TD and 0 INT in this playoffs and outplayed both Manning and Brady...The guy had a Montana like playoff run this year and def deserved the MVP...
 
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he threw the ball late or didn't throw to open guys when he should have a couple times. there was a play where Moss was open on a curl route but when Kaep threw it he was covered. Also on a 3rd down play in the Red Zone Crabtree was in a position to get the first and he held onto it.

Hopefully he can get better at anticapating throws with going into a offseason as a starter.
 
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