i was impressed with jim leonhard
obviously he had a good game but he’s been playing well in the ravens games i’ve seen
next year when landry is back for the ravens then jim leonhard will be the backup again
if he’s a free agent we should try to get him..but i dont think he is, i never looked it up.
I’m sure everyone’s suprised the Cards won as convincingly as they did, but the Panthers have been up and down all year and the Cards defense and especially d-line is playing well at the right time. The Ravens honestly got lucky, the Titans outplayed them but with 3 turnovers in Baltimore territory, ur bound to lose (this is something we’re used to). Baltimore made the plays when they needed to and they got the win, I’ll be rooting for them next week, unless the Chargers win.
I’m going for the Chargers tommorow, and going for the Giants to win and then lose the NFC Championship. We’ll see how it all pans out.

playing in the AFC Championship!? Maybe Wade and Jason were trying too hard. We should have lost more games.

8 and 8. That means every time you won a game, you also got your ass kicked. World Champions?

So, here’s a strategy for next year…assemble the best players you can and hone your first string O & D to perfection through the first 7 games by never playing them. You play your scrubs and give them great experience, you protect your real starters from injury and then in game 8 of the season, you begin to play your ‘real’ first string. Your strategy is to NOT lose all 8 of the first games but if you do, well, you now have your fresh, injury free starters going up against the battle weary teams in the last half of the year. Win the last 8 to get into the playoffs, and then 4 more baby. The ring.

I don’t want the Giants to repeat, and I don’t like the Eagles…but since the Eagles have never won the SB, I like to see new teams win to make it harder for anyone to rival the Cowboys dynasty. ..anyways.. it’s alway better for you if someone in your own division (assuming it can’t be you) wins the SB. Their draft position drops, their schedules get harder, all of their next year games are ‘proving grounds’ for every team, their coaching staff and key players become targets for being picked off….so..why not give those gifts to the Eagles? If it’s not the Eagles, then I will root for the Giants for the same reasons.

except for the Chargers (next year) all the teams that beat the Cowboys are in the playoffs. Teams to beat Dallas and not make playoffs (Rams).

well they just got blown out of the water. The ravens D is unbelievable, they have forced over 7 turnovers against the two teams 1st and 2nd in turnover ratio.

Baltimore there with a rookie QB, and we can’t even get in the playoffs. I can’t watch any of these games.

For the first time in appr. 40 years, I’m thinking my Cubs have a better chance of a championship than my Cowboys.

That still seems to be true. Weird that both the Titans and Panthers just abandoned the run.

http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?categoryId=2957357&brand=null&videoId=3819976&n8pe6c=2

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… regarding Carolina, how do you hang your hat on the running game all season long — with great success to the tune of a 12-4 record mind you — yet in your first playoff game this year, you only run the ball 15 times and pass it 34 times.

Their strengths were DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart — not Jake Delhomme. So why da heck did they depend more on the arm and decision-making of Delhomme?

I’m still scratching my head over that one.

that’s L Fitz!

nether can steelers thatll give them 6sbs
im so so on the giants they win oh well they get raided with offers for coaching slots and players get picked up in FA. They have a respectable team i guess.

but im rooting for chargers and cardnals i think everyone here is probably doing the same,

There is no dominant team left. If we could have just gotten it together…..but NOOOOOOO…..

He has to be getting more upset by the minute. I’ll be the first to point out all the mistakes he has made since 2007, but the fact remains that he put together a talented roster that should still be in this thing.

The Steelers were actually a six seed in ’05. :)

It is an interesting era we’re currently witnessing, in the NFL. The last time a 1-seed won the Super Bowl was in ’03 with the Pats who were also the last 2-seed to win in ’04.

Now the Steelers are the only remaining team that had a 1st round bye and if they don’t win the Super Bowl this year we will have seen four straight seasons in which the Super Bowl champ has come out of the first round.

Teams just don’t seem capable of putting together complete seasons anymore.