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January 22, 2006Post-Game Open ThreadTo those who said that the MVP can't run in the playoffs, to those who said Matt Hasselbeck will choke, to those who said that John Fox is a better coach than Mike Holmgren, to those who said Steve Smith cannot be defended, to those who said Nick Goings was going to run all over the Seahawks defense, to those who said the schedule was inflated and the Hawks were the luckiest team in football, to Skip Bayless, to ESPN and SI who didn't recognize that we play football west of the Cascades until they were forced to.... You are all just, well, freaking super! A team that loves to run against a defense that has been stellar at stopping it, two young quarterbacks who were supposed to amount to nothing, one of the best offenses in the NFL versus one of the best defenses, a team with a deep history and one with no history at all, west coast versus east coast... For a Superbowl? Not bad, not bad at all. The steel curtain I FEAR NOT! See you in Detroit, baby! Posted by Starbucks Republican at January 22, 2006 10:06 PMComments
Congratulation, Mathew! I'm cheering for the Seahawks. Should be a good one. Steelers looked great against the Broncos, forcing all the errors, and Seattle walked over the Panthers. Posted by: Tully at January 22, 2006 11:07 PMBoy, after yesterday, I'm simply in awe of the Steeler D. They stopped two pretty amazing Os. Posted by: Jon Kay at January 23, 2006 09:29 AMThis looks like a great match-up and a really tough game to call. If we're going with the east-coast-versus-west-coast thing, then GO STEELERS! I was going to root for the Steelers anyway, and I don't really consider western PA to be the east coast. They have more in common with the midwest out there. Whatever. Go Steelers. Posted by: WHQ at January 23, 2006 09:39 AMThe steel wall shall come crashing down. Posted by: AR at January 23, 2006 11:05 AMThe best teams won. It's going to be hard to have a preference for the Super Bowl, but it should be a real good game. And the officiating was lots better than last weekend. But one question: when did 7 men on the line of scrimmage become the _maximum_ as well as the minimum? (Or was that foul because the tight end did not report as INeligible?) Well, at least it didn't matter for the outcome of the game. Posted by: wj at January 23, 2006 12:53 PMAre you talking about the penalty on Pittsburgh on what what have been Bettis' second TD run? I don't know why it's illegal, but if the TE is not on the line of scrimage, the WR can't "cover" him by being on the line outside the TE. I don't have a good understanding of the reasons for most illegal formation penalties, but I do know that's what the penalty was for. Posted by: WHQ at January 23, 2006 01:19 PMYeah, I've never taken the time to understand illegal formations on offense either. It's all greek to me. I'm glad that the penalty didn't affect the outcome though, since it's hard to argue that the illegal formation affected the outcome of that play in any meaningful way. Anyone else wondering now whether the "Cowher as a stubborn cementheaded run first guy" theme deserves revisiting in the wake of how the Steelers beat the Colts and Broncos? Maybe he just never had the qb whose hands he was comfortable putting the game's outcome in...or maybe the Steelers offensive coordinator successful made the case that attacking offensively was the way to go. But Bravo to them for making it happen, whoever deserves the credit besides Big Ben. Posted by: bk at January 23, 2006 03:10 PM |
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