# NFL 2020: Conference Championship Week **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 21, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093 "2021-01-21T13:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/41 "2021-01-24T23:03:34Z")
Why the fuck did they kick a field goal there? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/42 "2021-01-24T23:05:38Z")
It means that, if they can stop the Bucs here, and get the ball back, they don’t need to rely on a 2-point conversion after a TD to tie (which historically is about a 50% success rate). I’m not sure I like the decision, but they have been struggling inside the 10 today, so LaFleur may not have been confident about scoring a TD there. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/43 "2021-01-24T23:08:28Z")
I think we’ve now answered the question Brady or Belechek. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/44 "2021-01-24T23:09:37Z")
Not that Brady isn’t the GOAT, but he’s floated a bunch of passes today. If the Bucs hold on and win, the win really belongs to their defense. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/45 "2021-01-24T23:11:27Z")
Fucking hell. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/46 "2021-01-24T23:14:09Z")
50-Year-Old Moment: Someone asked me at the liquor store just now, “Wow you hear about the Buccaneers?” I said, “What about my fucking ears??” 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/47 "2021-01-24T23:17:40Z")
The only thing more annoying than the loss is the announcers blowing smoke up the ass of a guy who threw three fucking interceptions. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/48 "2021-01-24T23:26:03Z")
Too bad the Pack could not take advantage of those (yes, I flipped the channel after giving up) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/49 "2021-01-24T23:28:01Z")
First time a team gets Super Bowl at home! (too bad there won’t be the same size crowd as usual) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/50 "2021-01-24T23:31:42Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It means that, if they can stop the Bucs here, and get the ball back, they don’t need to rely on a 2-point conversion after a TD to tie (which historically is about a 50% success rate). I get that and I am not anything close to a football expert but it seems like a very very poor decision to me strategically. I was stunned that they didn’t go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/51 "2021-01-24T23:34:14Z")
A 4th and goal from the opponents’ 8 yard line is very difficult to score on. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/52 "2021-01-24T23:35:30Z")
So, the Buccaneers become the first team to play a Super Bowl home game. The team with the longest losing streak in terms of both games (first 26 as a franchise) and seasons (14 straight; 13 with at least 10 losses) and had won precisely one road playoff game prior to this season. Win or lose, that’s something their fans will have for the rest of time. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/53 "2021-01-24T23:36:10Z")
Also, the Tampa area has had all three of its franchises play for titles this season. I wonder if that’s a record or not. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/54 "2021-01-24T23:39:31Z")
At KC, I was hoping that the kid was going do a Jimi and play taps in the middle of the anthem. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/55 "2021-01-24T23:43:03Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > A 4th and goal from the opponents’ 8 yard line is very difficult to score on. More difficult than getting the ball back after the opponent getting the ball with a few ticks over two minutes and then scoring a touchdown. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/56 "2021-01-24T23:44:37Z")
KC looks like they might have more than 50% capacity tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/57 "2021-01-25T00:12:30Z")
What was the point of NOT going for the TD on 4th down for GB? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/58 "2021-01-25T00:13:06Z")
It does, but as it is with veteran pitchers in baseball, it is so with veteran QBs in NFL that the truly good or great ones know how to win games even when they’ve lost some of the mustard on their fast ball. Statistically, Brady’s probably been in decline in terms of accuracy and consistency over the last 3 years, but he can still make the right plays - big plays - at the right time and manage ‘the game within the game.’ In Joe Montana’s legendary 1982 NFC title game against Dallas, he threw three INTs but still managed to pull off one of the great drives in modern football history. I think Brady’s pretty much cut from the same cloth. Don’t over analyze his stats: Brady is arguable the greatest of his generation(s), and maybe the best ever. Meanwhile, trying to ignore the King of Blowhards Skip Bayless’ ridiculous takes about how Belichick and Aaron Rodgers are overrated - my ass. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/59 "2021-01-25T00:14:22Z")
I saw that! Some cities are just begging for COVID, I guess. Jee-zus! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093/60 "2021-01-25T00:15:26Z")
Didn’t Boston have the Sox, Bruins, and Pats play in titles one year? 2018-19 I wanna say? The Celtics were conspicuously absent, lol. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-conference-championship-week/931093.md?page=4)