# NFL 2022: Conference Championship Week **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 25, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794 "2023-01-25T17:08:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 7
**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 31, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/121 "2023-01-31T18:27:36Z")
Mitch Trubisky, Matt Cassell, and Vince Young can all call themselves Pro Bowl QBs. ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/122 "2023-01-31T18:30:24Z")
I suspect that the three new alternates were only named after the league contacted them, and they agreed to actually participate. If so, it’s possible that others were contacted, and declined. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/123 "2023-01-31T18:39:51Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > So in two years we can look forward to Aaron Rodgers being the QB for the Vikings. And he’ll be sleeping with an actress to be named later. ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/124 "2023-01-31T18:39:51Z")
There is no way that I would do it unless I was planning on retiring. Why risk injury, no matter how small the risk, for something lame like that? Didn’t a promising rookie destroy his knee during a beach flag football game one time? ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/125 "2023-01-31T18:44:26Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Didn’t a promising rookie destroy his knee during a beach flag football game one time? Yup, [Robert Edwards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwards_(gridiron_football)), a rookie running back for the Patriots in 1998. After several years of rehab, he did play again for the Dolphins in 2002, then starred in the CFL for several more seasons, but yes, that injury clearly disrupted a promising start to his career. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/126 "2023-01-31T18:46:11Z")
[Robert Edwards in 1999](https://www.patspulpit.com/2019/1/27/18199260/pro-bowl-20-years-robert-edwards-injury-new-england-patriots). Tore 3 knee ligaments, suffered nerve damage, and severed an artery that almost led to him losing his leg. Amazingly, he made it back to the NFL for a season, then spend 4 years in the CFL. ---
**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 31, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/127 "2023-01-31T18:58:10Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > There is no way that I would do it unless I was planning on retiring. Why risk injury, no matter how small the risk, for something lame like that? That’s a big part of the reason why, increasingly, players (particularly quarterbacks) who have been selected to the Pro Bowl have opted out of actually participating. Even downgrading the full-contact game to a flag football game doesn’t entirely remove that risk. ---
**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 31, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/128 "2023-01-31T19:08:17Z")
That poor guy. I hope he had some kind of insurance at least, if there even is such a thing. Apparently he was “injury prone” in college but still. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/129 "2023-02-01T14:10:27Z")
Tom Brady has retired, maybe for real this time. > ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/130 "2023-02-01T15:50:10Z")
Thanks for the ride, Brady! From the movie Creepshow 2. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/131 "2023-02-01T19:06:14Z")
Brady gave you a ride from the movies in 1987? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/132 "2023-02-01T20:30:06Z")
He had just gotten his license. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/133 "2023-02-01T21:15:25Z")
Josh Sills, a rookie reserve offensive lineman for the Eagles, was indicted this morning in Ohio for rape and kidnapping, stemming from an incident in December of 2019. The league has placed him on the commissioner’s “exempt list,” meaning that he can’t play, practice, or travel with the team. > **[NFL puts Eagles' Sills on exempt list after charges](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35570303/eagles-ol-josh-sills-indicted-rape-kidnapping-charges)** > > Eagles offensive lineman Josh Sills has been indicted by a grand jury on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping, both first-degree felonies. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/134 "2023-02-02T00:19:20Z")
Brady is one month younger than me, and in 1987 I turned 10 years old. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/135 "2023-02-02T01:14:39Z")
Not my best “he’s old” joke, I see. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/136 "2023-02-07T00:50:32Z")
Super bowl thread is up: [NFL 2022: The Super Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-the-super-bowl/979407) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/137 "2023-02-10T18:04:50Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’d give Geno Smith the comeback award. McCaffrey has always been a star. Nailed it. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/138 "2023-02-11T00:57:10Z")
While it’s nice Geno had a good year, it’s not a “Hey, you finally got better at your job” award. McCaffrey was coming back from an injury. Geno Smith was coming back from … not being good. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794/139 "2023-02-11T08:07:21Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Geno Smith was coming back from … not being good. He was really good in college…? (Even I know that doesn’t count.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794.md?page=6)