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3 picks in a half by Samuel has to be a record? At least a playoff record?
Vernon had 4 INTs in a playoff game in 1979. I'm having trouble finding half numbers. 7 players have 3, including Ty Law. So Samuel needs 1 more to tie the record for a playoff game.

Jacksonville is utterly rattled. This is a clownshow bro.
 

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Det is going to end up feeling a lot better about their season than Jax.

Sometimes making the playoffs doesn't end up being the best thing, this is brutal.
 

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Correct.

Sometimes you get a 9-7 Giants team with a horseshoe wedged up their collective asses and they win a SB, sometimes you get two stiff 9-8 teams that really have zero chance to win and are just cannon fodder for their opponent.

We'll see how the 9-8 Dolphins and 8-9 Bucs make out tomorrow; for the most part, you are who your record says you are.
The Giants beat three pretty solid teams, blowing out two of them, before they played the Pats in the 2011 SB. (they crushed #1 seed GB in Green Bay in Round 2) And they didn't win the SB because of a horseshoe. They just made the big plays and Welker didn't.

2007 Super Bowl? Definite horseshoe. Giants weren't 9-7 in 2007, anyway.

But in 2011, the Giants played phenomenal in the playoffs from beginning to end.
 

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I wish they had made Al say “north London derby” during the soccer read.

I would have been interested to see if he pronounced it correctly. I wonder if he would have said derby or derby. My hunch is derby. He is a pro.
 

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That throw on 3rd. He had like 30 yards on a 1 yard dumpoff and missed badly.
 

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Brandon Staley goes for the Razzle Dazzle with a no name player on 3rd and 1 in a game his team is dominating.

He's a boob.
 

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Brandon Staley goes for the Razzle Dazzle with a no name player on 3rd and 1 in a game his team is dominating.

He's a boob.
His answer when asked about the Gruden situation was by far the best answer of anyone involved in the NFL. Because of that I've always rooted hard for him.

He doesn't make it easy,
 

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Brandon Staley goes for the Razzle Dazzle with a no name player on 3rd and 1 in a game his team is dominating.

He's a boob.
Chargers winning this game will keep him around for another year. If I was a Chargers fan, I would take the loss tonight to get Payton.
 

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Are we all going to look back on Hebert missing a wide open Allen in the end zone to keep it a four score game for years?

(Narrator: No.)
 

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The Giants beat three pretty solid teams, blowing out two of them, before they played the Pats in the 2011 SB. (they crushed #1 seed GB in Green Bay in Round 2) And they didn't win the SB because of a horseshoe. They just made the big plays and Welker didn't.

2007 Super Bowl? Definite horseshoe. Giants weren't 9-7 in 2007, anyway.

But in 2011, the Giants played phenomenal in the playoffs from beginning to end.
No snark intended, but Kyle Williams' two fumbles in the NYG-SF NFCCG certainly helped. Giants got 10 points off of those, and they won 20-17. His muffed punt in OT led NYG to kick winning FG.
 

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The Giants beat three pretty solid teams, blowing out two of them, before they played the Pats in the 2011 SB. (they crushed #1 seed GB in Green Bay in Round 2) And they didn't win the SB because of a horseshoe. They just made the big plays and Welker didn't.

2007 Super Bowl? Definite horseshoe. Giants weren't 9-7 in 2007, anyway.

But in 2011, the Giants played phenomenal in the playoffs from beginning to end.
They demolished the Falcons at home, who were not a very good team.

They beat the 49ers in the NFCCG because Ted Ginn Jr was injured, so Williams was filling in for him on punt returns; he muffed one that led to a Giants TD, then fumbled another in OT that led to the game winning FG.

That's 10 points gifted to the Giants due to Ginn being injured; if he was not injured, they do not win that game, period.

They had a horseshoe up their ass in 2011, spin it anyway you want.
 

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No snark intended, but Kyle Williams' two fumbles in the NYG-SF NFCCG certainly helped. Giants got 10 points off of those, and they won 20-17. His muffed punt in OT led NYG to kick winning FG.
Every team needs a break to win SBs. The Pats got the kickoff OB against Carolina. The Warner INT for a TD. The Russ INT, obviously. Matt Ryan fumbling and then getting sacked when a FG would have ended the game. The tuck rule. The miracle fumble call against Jacksonville. The offsides against KC.

By that requirement, every team has a horseshoe up their ass. Also, genuinely, no snark intended.
 

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They demolished the Falcons at home, who were not a very good team.

They beat the 49ers in the NFCCG because Ted Ginn Jr was injured, so Williams was filling in for him on punt returns; he muffed one that led to a Giants TD, then fumbled another in OT that led to the game winning FG.

That's 10 points gifted to the Giants due to Ginn being injured; if he was not injured, they do not win that game, period.

They had a horseshoe up their ass in 2011, spin it anyway you want.
Forget Williams. Brandon Jacobs fumbled on his own 20 to end the game. Niners recovered. Clear as day. Then the Refs said his forward progress has been stopped (it hadn't and wasn't even close). That was the bull shit that screwed over that game. (I'm still bitter)
 

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They demolished the Falcons at home, who were not a very good team.

They beat the 49ers in the NFCCG because Ted Ginn Jr was injured, so Williams was filling in for him on punt returns; he muffed one that led to a Giants TD, then fumbled another in OT that led to the game winning FG.

That's 10 points gifted to the Giants due to Ginn being injured; if he was not injured, they do not win that game, period.

They had a horseshoe up their ass in 2011, spin it anyway you want.
Lol. And how about Cundiff missing a 23 yard FG against the Pats in the same year? That wasn't a horseshoe up their ass, just grit it seems.
 

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The thing the Jags have going for them is that when push comes to shove, the Chargers gonna Charger.