Golfman Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, Leader said: I'll be surprised if KC doesnt handle HOU. HOU didnt look good against BUF IMO and were lucky to win that game. Extremely lucky. But they move on and we'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Nick Wright - It’s not just the resting guys in Week 17. Ravens didn’t play a real opponent after Week 14, then played on a Thursday in Week 15. Top guys played one time since December 13th & team wasn’t tested since December 8th. All that showed up today. Ryan Wood - One thing we saw today: The difference when a team gets its star running back going (Titans with Derrick Henry) and when it doesn’t (Vikings with Dalvin Cook). Which is to say the Packers should probably try to get Aaron Jones going tomorrow. Ben Fennell - Vrabel having to prepare for Brady/Patriots and then Lamar/Ravens and now onto either Mahomes/Chiefs or Watson/Texans - sheesh what a stretch. The playoffs are an absolute gauntlet Edited January 12, 2020 by Leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFP7 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Let's hope tomorrow is not like today with the first game having the favorite take care of business followed by a big upset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasquatch Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just now, KFP7 said: Let's hope tomorrow is not like today with the first game having the favorite take care of business followed by a big upset Sunday is always a reverse of Saturday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopackgonerd Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, KFP7 said: Let's hope tomorrow is not like today with the first game having the favorite take care of business followed by a big upset The difference is the ravens didn't have pretty Avis on their side and have no experience winning Ugly games. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 NFL Research - Derrick Henry is averaging 188.5 rush YPG in the 2019 playoffs, the most by a player in a single postseason in the Super Bowl era (min. 2 games). Each of the other 4 players in top 5 reside in the Pro Football HOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 33 minutes ago, Arthur Penske said: Told y’all the Vikings offensive line was gonna get wreaked by San Fran Didn't want you getting excited thinking you'd get more than one home playoff game. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexGreen#20 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just about every game this playoffs has been a classic reminder that despite the NFL's attempt to make the sport about something else, it's still about blocking, not getting blocked, tackling, and not getting tackled. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighCalebR Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, AlexGreen#20 said: Just about every game this playoffs has been a classic reminder that despite the NFL's attempt to make the sport about something else, it's still about blocking, not getting blocked, tackling, and not getting tackled. Thats the Ravens basic premise though. They just played about the worst game they could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Pretty impressive.............. Lamar: 365 yards through the air and 143 more on the ground. Henry: 195 yards on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 32 minutes ago, Golfman said: You know momentum is a real thing in sports don't you? That is something your analytics does not take into account. When it fails you give that momentum to the other team. This is a classic case of that. It's not a real, provable thing. It's wonderful to talk about when it "exists" but then it's conveniently forgotten about after a team fails to take advantage of earning it or preserving it. It's abstract at best and there are plenty of examples you can point to of teams with momentum changing moments utterly failing. Team A misses a 4th quarter FG. Team B win the OT coin flip. Team A misses a chip shot 4th quarter FG. Team B win the OT coin flip. Team B completes two miracle passes and inexplicably ties a game. Team B completes a miracle pass inside the 5 and a go ahead score in sight. Imagine if Team B won in those situations. We'd be talking about how those were momentum shifting moments. For actual analysis not using painful Packer memories: https://grantland.com/features/bill-barnwell-theory-momentum-football/ I'll also add, while I think momentum isn't necessarily real, the psychological impact *can* be meaningful, if not just a tad bit overstated. Coaches should still make the statistically advantageous decision every time. Also, one could argue that punting it away on 4th and 1s that you normally go for it would be robbing your team of "momentum" because you're not showing confidence in your offense. Especially if your defense folds. 14 minutes ago, Golfman said: You gave a team who is inferior a reason to believe, they capitalized and are now kicking their ***. Sometimes, instincts have to overtake analytics. GO back to the first one. I pretty much predicted it was not going to be successful. You could tell by the flow of the game. Maybe Jackson and the coaches are just making poor choices given the situation? Maybe you could see that the Ravens did have some warts that the Titans could expose, such as a highly questionable rushing defense and a young QB who was coming off of a 2 game rest with weapons still injured and is still unproven. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lodestar Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 With the Ravens loss, if god forbid the Packers lose tomorrow we’ll have the 27th pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Football Perspective - Only 4 times in the last 15 years has a QB started a conference championship game after winning less than 8 games in the regular season. 2019 Ryan Tannehill 2017 Nick Foles (Won) 2015 Peyton Manning (Won) 2012 Colin Kaepernick (Won) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Titans have a good chance vs. both the Texans and Chiefs. Both have been bad to awful vs. the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasquatch Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, TENINCH said: Didn't want you getting excited thinking you'd get more than one home playoff game. I don’t like “internet told ya so’s” either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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