The Road To The Super Bowl 2019

[Darren. 5,001]

#1 Go Saints!

#2 Go Chiefs!

 

Go home Patriots!  

[Mike L 2,788]

Hey Parkey!!

See How Easy That Is??????

 

Putz

 

(sorry, I just had too)

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Darren. 5,001]

I would be OK with a Rams win IF they earned it.

 

But if those two calls from the refs they utterly miffed

decide this game, I'm gonna .... dadgummit. 

[Darren. 5,001]

Congrats Rams, but let's be honest, the game was over

if the refs made the right call in regular time.

 

I hate when refs decide the game. Hate it.

[TnRiver46 2,604]

Go chiefs!

[Mike L 2,788]

Should have never happened like that!!

 

@Catt you ok bud?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

[Sam 4,925]

The refs missed a good game.

 

 

[A-Jay 26,130]

Wow ~ 

 

That was Good & Bad.

 

A-Jay

[TnRiver46 2,604]

Hahahha . Refs or not, LA took that one. Hoping for a blowout chiefs victory now 

[Gundog 3,600]

Can't blame the refs. The Saints had to win the game and came up short. There were a couple of calls that could have been made but that is how all games go. 

[MN Fisher 525]

8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Hoping for a blowout chiefs victory now 

And everyone will see why Brady has won Super-Bowl after Super-Bowl.

 

GO PATS!

[NYWayfarer 2,420]

Well as usual my predictions are flawed. Bree’s and Brady not this year. Hopefully my AFC prediction goes sour as well. Rams Chiefs would be an infinitely better super bowl 

[OCdockskipper 2,110]

33 minutes ago, Gundog said:

Can't blame the refs. The Saints had to win the game and came up short...

I agree.  There wasn't a single pass interference call on either team in regulation, so the defensive players continued to push the envelope to see what they could get away with.  Similar to an umpire calling a certain location strikes during the game, even though by the book, those pitches should be a ball.  Both teams benefited from the lack of pass interference calls.

 

If I were a Saints fan, I would resist the temptation to blame the refs.  Your team had a 13 point lead early, a 10 point lead in the 2nd half and a 3 point lead with under 2 minutes to go.  You had the ball inside the 20 with under 2 minutes to play and, because of coaching decisions, ended up only burning 15 seconds off the clock to leave the Rams with 1 timeout and 1:44 to play.  You had the ball first in overtime and got to play the game at home, where the crowd gave your team a decided advantage as far as the ability for either offense to communicate.  Do you really want to say you needed a call at the end of the game in order to win?

 

In any case, the Saints are a great team, had a great year and most likely would have won the Super Bowl had they made it.

[OCdockskipper 2,110]

25 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

And everyone will see why Brady has won Super-Bowl after Super-Bowl...

Actually, Bradshaw & Montana were the ones who won Super Bowl after Super Bowl.  Brady is more like Roger Staubach, win a couple Super Bowls, lose a couple Super Bowls.  In fact, if he loses one more, he ties Jim Kelly!!

 

😁

41 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

Wow ~ 

 

That was Good & Bad.

 

A-Jay

A-Jay, as a Patriots fan, would you say that victory reminded you of the many close Playoff/Super Bowl games that Belichick has won over the years?  I'm not saying that McVay is the next Belichick, just that the way the game played out reminded me of the Tuck rule game as well as others.

[MN Fisher 525]

5 minutes ago, OCdockskipper said:

Actually, Bradshaw & Montana were the ones who won Super Bowl after Super Bowl.  Brady is more like Roger Staubach, win a couple Super Bowls, lose a couple Super Bowls.  In fact, if he loses one more, he ties Jim Kelly!!

Well, I don't follow football closely...just cheer for my 'hometown team' (was born in Worcester). All I know is that Brady has more SB rings than anyone else.

 

I'm kind-of, sort-of following the game now - just getting updates through Google. The Chiefs seem bent on just handing the ball back to the Pats everytime they get possession. They need to up their Offensive and Defensive lines otherwise it's going to be more than just a loss...it'll be a blowout.

[Derek1 322]

GO PATS!!!!’

[Darren. 5,001]

Welp. Chiefs should be very thankful the score is only 7-0.

 

Correction. 14-0

 

Pats D is eating Chief's O line for dinner. Was hoping for a

better game than this. Plenty of time left, but goodness, 

Chiefs better put some points up or it's gonna be a long

game....

[MN Fisher 525]

8 minutes ago, Darren. said:

Plenty of time left, but goodness, 

Chiefs better put some points up or it's gonna be a long

game....

Whelp - 2nd TD for the Pats just before the end of the Half...this is going to be a long game for Chiefs fans.

[Darren. 5,001]

4 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Whelp - 2nd TD for the Pats just before the end of the Half...this is going to be a long game for Chiefs fans.

Yep. I edited my post a minute ago to note the score.

 

Don't feel like editing it any more for the rest of the game.

 

As Mike Greenberg tweeted (ESPN):

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We are watching a coaching clinic from Bill Belichick. Best offense in the sport, unstoppable in all 17 games this year. Scoreless.

 

[jbsoonerfan 1,261]

I have coached for 13 years and I have said that an official NEVER decides the outcome of a game. However, I was proved wrong today. Saints should have won the game. Helmet to helmet, pass interference, defenseless player, you name it, and it should have been called. This is ONE time that the refs cost a team the game. 

[OCdockskipper 2,110]

48 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Well, I don't follow football closely..All I know is that Brady has more SB rings than anyone else...

Actually, Bill Belichick has more (7, he won 2 as an assistant with the Giants) and The Rooneys have six rings from their Steeler wins.  As far as players, Charles Haley (49ers & Cowboys) also has 5 rings, but since you don't follow football closely, I figure you wouldn't know what a great player he was and his history in the Super Bowl.

[flyfisher 2,969]

Bad officiating has been the norm all season and the Saints game was no different.  It didn't cost them the game.  Sure it made it more difficult but they couldn't close the deal on multiple opportunities.  

KC is back alive as well...

[MN Fisher 525]

4 minutes ago, OCdockskipper said:

Actually, Bill Belichick has more (7, he won 2 as an assistant with the Giants) and The Rooneys have six rings from their Steeler wins.  As far as players, Charles Haley (49ers & Cowboys) also has 5 rings, but since you don't follow football closely, I figure you wouldn't know what a great player he was and his history in the Super Bowl.

I was talking more of offensive side as they're the one's who score most. Owners and Coaches are a whole different ball of wax.

Just now, flyfisher said:

KC is back alive as well... 

How'd they sneak one in?!

[OCdockskipper 2,110]

18 minutes ago, jbsoonerfan said:

...This is ONE time that the refs cost a team the game. 

I disagree.  If the ref had made that call, a call they had not made the entire game for either side, they would have potentially given the game to the Saints.  However, the game was still tied at that point.  However, who knows what happens the next 3 plays (turnover?) or if the kicker even makes the kick.  The scenario would have been different, if there was less than 5 seconds left, the Rams would have approached blocking the kick differently than they did where a penalty would have been more costly.  Heck, the Rams could have even let the Saints score a touchdown on the first play in order to get the ball back & have a chance to tie.

 

The Saints had that game in their grasp, they found a way to not win.  To pick out a non-call as costing someone a game in a tie game is just factually incorrect.  For Payton to cry about it is really weak.

[jbsoonerfan 1,261]

So they decide game to game what is PI and what isn't? There wasn't a call all game that was as obvious as that one.