We’re not permitted to trash talk? In a football thread?
Yikes.
Insult the team, not the poster.
My post was supposed to be a friendly kind of joust, but OK, I take it back.
Correction. The sucko defense only allowed 45 points. Aaron Rodgers handed over the last 6 points.
In all seriousness, both pass defenses were terrible. Warner did whatever he wanted, and the Packers receivers found a lot of holes after the Cards relaxed with a big lead, but Rodgers made mistakes with the ball, and Warner didn’t. Rodgers came out with the yips in his first post season game. He settled down some in the 2nd half, but didn’t take care of the ball when it mattered most. You wouldn’t have seen favre let himself get stripped like that. You might have seen him bomb one 60 yards downfield into triple coverage and get picked, but he would have gotten the shot off. Standing around waiting for the perfect look isn’t necessarily any better than trying to thread the needle.
But still, come on. Invoking the tuck rule when the ball never hit the ground? Lame.
I didn’t realize the ball hadn’t hit the ground until it was pointed out in this thread.
Rodgers heroically got his foot out and kicked it to keep it in the air, the Cardinal defender just kind of grabbed it and marched into the end zone. It was easily the most comical play of the weekend. Sorry so many people missed it. It’s not like they didn’t replay it a dozen times.
I wasn’t disputing it. I just didn’t notice it. I was in the kitchen when it happened, and only saw the play from a distance. I thought the ball bounced off the ground. So did my dad, who was watching the game with me. Obviously, if it hit Rodgers’ foot, the tuck rule is immaterial, but I don’t think those who were discussing it realized the ball never hit the ground.
So they didn’t see it, and they couldn’t have known what happened, and yet they absolutely should comment on what happened and what the official should have ruled? Sorry, it’s late, I’m having trouble following the logic, but my position stands that the play was reshown a dozen times and in clips all over the Internet and anyone with enough interest to argue about it should just kind of maybe watch the play. That’s all I’m saying. I don’t think it’s that extreme a position.
Wow. I wasn’t able to watch this game. Incredible.
It’s a pity when you can make fun of a QB who threw 400 yds and 4TD. If he’s super-choke-o the wimp-o, well…I dunno
And Warner is talking about retiring again. The concussions are mounting up.
He has basically made it official and has been talking about it well before this game. Of course an offseason of persuasion by the Cards might have an effect on that decision, but this would be one hell of a swan song if he’s done. Might even get him into the Hall.
The same could definitely not be said about the 86 Broncos, whose defense absolutely came to play against the Giants. Didn’t much matter, though, as Phil Simms was a man among boys that day.
Warner had more numbers, though not particularly better. When given two virtually identical passer ratings, though, more is better.
22-25 for 268 yards, 3 TDs 0 Ints
But you can’t say the Broncos didn’t show up for Simms. Their defense was infinitely better than the Pack was yesterday.
Sorry, but your homerism is showing on this one. Simms was lights out, but there’s zero evidence that that Broncos defense was in any way special. The numbers in the Super Bowl obviously reinforce the fact that they didn’t “show up”. I watched that game and the Broncos were getting owned just like the Packers were, and the Packers’ credentials this year were much better.
Warner and Simms were equal in efficiency and Warner did more of it against a much better opponent based on every single measure.
Hey, c’mon. Please stop being a jerk about this. It’s not worth getting your dander up about. 
In the cold light of the morning, nothing has changed, except I have no desire to read USA Today today. At least, not the sports section. :mad:
Oh, and Dio, Favre has managed any number of his own fumbles from having held onto the ball too long. They just aren’t as memorable as his picks into triple coverage when he should have thrown the ball away. Trust me, you’ll find out soon enough this post season.
I hope 
No, he’s ignorant about football. He didn’t understand what the Psycho D is, why it wasn’t what the Packers had been using the whole game, and why I commented on it. But did his ignorance stop him from commenting? Hell No. He’s Dio.
You’re moving the goalpost. What you said was this:
That’s patently false. The Broncos defensive gameplan was infinitely better than the Packers. They actually showed up. Zero evidence? How about the halftime score of both games:
10 Broncos
9 Giants (1 TD, 1 Safety)
24 Cardinals (3 TDs, 1 FG)
10 Packers
By the second half the Broncos had been beaten down, allowing the Giants to assert themselves with an avalanche of 30 points. The Broncos showed up, but the Giants took it from them. The Packers simply never showed up. Big difference.
You claim to have watched that game. Were you making a sandwich during the first half or something?
You sound like you’re completely unfamiliar with the concept of football fan smack talk. It uses a lot of hyperbole, sarcasm, exaggeration and half-truth. It’s meant to be taken tongue in cheek, not literally. Relax. I know what the “psycho” set is, and I know they didn’t use it until late in the game (it still didn’t work).
Warner may have done it against a tougher defense, but he did it in a much easier environment. This year the average completion percentage across the league was 60.9%, and passer rating was 81.2. In 1986, those numbers were 55.4% and 71.5. It was a lot harder to complete 88% of your passes in 1986 then it is in 2010.