NFL Playoffs 2015 season - the other teams

Arky · #1 01-18-2016, 03:28 AM

I was on Denver -6.5 and -7 depending on the contest/wager. After the game started, it all came back to me how Kubes kinda puckers up and gets conservative during big games - running the ball, FG's instead of TD's, etc.... Somehow, they got the lead up to 10 with just a couple of minutes left in the game but then Pittsburgh quickly went down the field and kicked a FG to put it back at 7. So, I ended up with a win on the -6.5 line and a push on the -7 line.

All the spreads this weekend were "sharp". A couple were decided by 1 point - only Carolina winning by 7 (spread was -2.5) actually covered "well". The books seem to be on top of their game this time of year..... See Alabama vs. Clemson with 10 million dollars changing sides in the last minute on the meaningless (to the Tide) Clemson TD.

And doesn't Chris Boswell (Pittsburgh kicker) look like Mr. Dependable right about now..... Put him on the list of "ones that got away"...

WMH · #2 01-18-2016, 11:44 AM

Pretty good games this weekend.

Always amazed at the number of clock management blunders these guys have in crucial situations. It has to be a factor of all the commotion going on, as despite what we usually think about them when they lose, these coaches are all pretty smart people and know the game well. You would think they could hire someone for $100K or so, just to grab the coaches ear for these type of things.

NE/KC went about as expected. Will be interesting to see how long Belicheat stays coaching after he loses Brady. That dude is unreal. Saw an amazing stat that he has reached the conference championship 10 of 16 years. Really?

The Pack made it a better game than I thought they would. Old man Fitz came to life for the birds.

Pretty amazed that the Hawks made a game out of it. Only reason I stayed tuned in was lack of other options.

Didn't catch much of the Broncos/Steelers game. Happy Kubes and Wade won. Hope they put a spanking on NE, just don't really see that happening.

3 games left.......

HPF Bob · #3 01-24-2016, 06:02 PM

Congratulations to Gary Kubiak, Wade Phillips and Owen Daniels for reaching Super Bowl 50. What a defensive slugfest.

My goodness, the CBS crew is sucking the Patriots like you can't believe. Boomer Esiason must have had money on the game. New England played well and you can question about 70 different calls or no-calls but the bottom line is Wade's defense beat the snot out of Brady and kept him off-balance almost the entire game.

WMH · #4 01-24-2016, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Congratulations to Gary Kubiak, Wade Phillips and Owen Daniels for reaching Super Bowl 50. What a defensive slugfest.

My goodness, the CBS crew is sucking the Patriots like you can't believe. Boomer Esiason must have had money on the game. New England played well and you can question about 70 different calls or no-calls but the bottom line is Wade's defense beat the snot out of Brady and kept him off-balance almost the entire game.

Saw a tweet/Stat that Brady was hit 20 times during that game. Most in an NFL game this season. Belicheat did nothing to counter the pressure. Nutz.

barrett · #5 01-24-2016, 08:23 PM

When you play defense like that there isn't a game you can't win.

Arky · #6 01-25-2016, 01:24 AM

Early line is Carolina by 3.5 to 4.5 over Denver in "the big game".

Cam Newton is pretty dang hot right now and against the Denver defense, it should make for an intriguing matchup.....

Be prepared for the onslaught of those Peyton Manning Nationwide Ins. commercials over the next few weeks...

barrett · #7 01-25-2016, 08:01 AM

Cam is just so good in short yardage. He has to be accounted for and it makes them near unstoppable in the red zone. Combine that with a vertical passing game, and you have a guy who makes enough TDs that it more than makes up for completion percentage. They have done a great job of building an offense and team around Cam Newton's unique talents.