# 2012 NFL Playoffs Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 4, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401 "2012-01-04T18:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![Phlint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Phlint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlint)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/742 "2012-01-22T21:47:43Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > Was that Tebow’s… that saved Brady from that pick? What does Tebow have to do with the game today? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/743 "2012-01-22T22:13:45Z")
Is it really legal to grab onto a facemask while stiff-arming? No one commented on it while watching the touchdown replays. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/744 "2012-01-22T22:34:26Z")
No touchdown. Right call. They get another chance, though. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/745 "2012-01-22T22:37:29Z")
Ouch, nice TD. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/746 "2012-01-22T22:50:35Z")
That was one damn beautiful cacth for the INT. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/747 "2012-01-22T22:53:53Z")
> [@Phlint](#): > > What does Tebow have to do with the game today? Generally the reason for the ritualistic cannibalism are to attain the power/whatever desirable quality of the person you are eating. I thought, at the last week’s game, Brady might’ve taken whatever Tebow had … but apparently not, as it didn’t work with the next pick. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/748 "2012-01-22T23:10:57Z")
Fuck fuck fuck ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/749 "2012-01-22T23:11:27Z")
You know what I mean? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/750 "2012-01-22T23:11:32Z")
That’s gotta hurt. Nice gutsy win by the finesse team. ---
**Author:** ![Ennui](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ennui/32/3396_2.png) [@Ennui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ennui)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/751 "2012-01-22T23:12:25Z")
“IT’S NO GOOD IT’S NO GOOD.” Good. Good game, down to the last. Let’s hope the late game is as entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/752 "2012-01-22T23:12:38Z")
That kick was a gimme, but it was a good game and the Patriots earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/753 "2012-01-22T23:16:44Z")
Wow. So glad the Ravens are out, but felt dirty rooting for the Patriots. Luckily, I get to root against the Pats in the SB. I almost feel bad for Cundiff, though. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/754 "2012-01-22T23:18:37Z")
That’s gotta suck for Cundiff. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/755 "2012-01-22T23:19:00Z")
No wind whatsoever… ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/756 "2012-01-22T23:20:36Z")
Despite the outcome of the game I hope that fans see Flacco definitely has great talent, and more often then not it was receivers that let him down. He left it all on the field today. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/757 "2012-01-22T23:23:27Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Despite the outcome of the game I hope that fans see Flacco definitely has great talent, and more often then not it was receivers that let him down. He left it all on the field today. Impressed me. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/758 "2012-01-22T23:24:58Z")
Pats fan here. I couldn’t feel like we deserved to win that game any less. But I’ll take it. I think I need a defibrillator. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/759 "2012-01-22T23:40:25Z")
Real classy, SF. During the national anthem, you’re loudly booing whenever the camera passes over a Giant? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/760 "2012-01-22T23:42:05Z")
Thank goodness no harbaugh vs harbaugh SB. I’m a Pats fan, but I don’t understand why that end zone strip didn’t get a review for possession. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401/761 "2012-01-22T23:59:07Z")
That was a close call for the Giants. I like the way they came out throwing. Between the 49ers run D and the weather reports for a sloppy second half, it’s a good plan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2012-nfl-playoffs-discussion-thread/608401.md?page=39)