Around Minnesota, the Vikings are claiming that the only people who claim that playoff experience doesn’t matter are teams without any.
I know that Atlanta didn’t have recent playoff experience lasyt year, and I suspect the same is true of the Chargers a few years back when they made it to the Superbowl.
Anyone know of other example?
P.S. I predict, hope, and pray that the Vikings lose!
Bucky
Well, the 'Skins went, all right. Right back to D.C. HAH! 
And on a different note…
62–Jacksonville
07–Miami
If I hadn’t seen it with my own two eyes…
What the HELL happened?!?!?! Was Miami asleep? Did Jimmy Johnson just stop caring because he wants to retire? Does he hate Dan Marino THAT much?
And the best game of the playoffs just might be tomorrow’s Tennessee-Indianapolis shoot-out.
>< DARWIN >
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grumble Goddamn bad snap…
All right…$5 says Snyder fires Dan Turk (the snapper) by Monday. Anyone else?
And at least my fantasy team ain’t doing too badly…go Brian Mitchell!!!
“You are sweet, kind, and considerate… Like a grown up boy scout with tits!” - Brian, aka SDMB’s one and only Satan.
%#@& Brad Johnson interception and fumble...can't believe the offense only got THREE %#@& points. And even then, if they’d just not turned the ball over, the defense would have won it for them.
And what was that stupid call on second down at the 33 on that last drive?? Run, or throw another swing pass to Hicks, but that stupid pass play where Brad almost got sacked out of field goal range??
The Redskins had it won, and blew it. %#@$&.
Falcon - glad your fantasy team is doing well…personally, football players don’t have a prominent place in my fantasies, but maybe that’s a gender thing! 
OK, so Indianapolis-Tennessee wasn’t that great. But what about Minnesota-St. Louis? THAT was a shoot-out. 86 freakin’ points!!
I like offense. While I was pleased that Tampa Bay beat Washington, I would have preferred a few more points.
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I beg to differ, Jab1. I thought the Colts-Titans was a classic gridiron battle, even though the Colts lost (sob, sob). I find battles like that game much more interesting than most high-scoring games. That kickers’ duel of a first half was great.
After all, when the score is 49-37, who the hell is playing defense?
I don’t understand the Jacksonville score either. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that Huard (is that how you spell his name?) will be at the helm next year. I think the Dolphins are 5-1 with Huard and 5-7 with Danny Boy. Marino was one of the great ones, but I think he is over the hill, now.
And to all you Titans fans. Peyton and the boys will continue to improve, and the Colts will tame Tennessee in the near future.
The Coyote gnaws …
but he does not swallow.
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Yeah – the dream lives on! Meet me in St Louey.
The best lack all conviction
The worst are full of passionate intensity.
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St. Louis played defense while it still made a difference in the game. They outscored the Vikings 35-0 in a 22 minute span while allowing NO first downs. Minnesoat made it look like a “shoot-out” in the end, but it was a big a can of whup ass as a 12 point loss is likely to be.
(snickering to self)
Bucky
Personally, I preferred the Titans-Colts game, too. The Vikes-Rams game was a blowout, not a shootout, after the early moments of the third quarter. That the Vikes scored a few TDs after the outcome was decided made it look closer than it was.
But Colts and Titans…if the Colts could have recovered that onside kick, who knows what would have happened. But Manning’s legerdemain in engineering that one scoring drive to make it 19-16 with 1:50 left, despite having no time-outs, was truly impressive.
More impressive, though, was the Titans’ shutting the Colts’ offense down.
Now that it’s down to four teams, who do people like? I’m going with the Titans; they’ve beat J-ville twice.
Jags 18
Bucs 21
Learn it.
Live it.
Love it.
Ah, so you’re going for the All-Florida Super Bowl, huh?
Not this year. Let Mike King get some more playing experience. That kid’s got potential!
>< DARWIN >
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Whoops! Make that Shaun King! :o
>< DARWIN >
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Ok, just so you know:
AFC - The Titans are the Cinderella, and the Cinderella always gets close, but not there
JAX - 28
TEN - 10
NFC - The Rams are just…awww…fun to watch. Derek Brooks and Warren Sapp are gonna get ripped a new one.
STL - 42
TB - 17
View every exit as an entrance someplace else
Tomorrow:
St. Louis over Tampa Bay, 30 to 10.
Jacksonville over Tennessee, 31 to 28.
See ya Monday!
>< DARWIN >
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Ok, I’ll play.
St. Louis 31, Tampa 6
Jax 21, Tenn 20
We’ll see.
Nah…here’s my predictions.
St. Louis over Tampa Bay (35-7)
Tennessee over Jacksonville (20-14)
Super Bowl: Tennessee over St. Louis (30-24)
GO TITANS!
You know how it keeps on being said that it’s so difficult, when one team has beaten another twice during the season, to make it 3-0? Finally saw some numbers on this, courtesy of this morning’s Washington Post.
Here’s how the team with the 2-0 edge has fared when trying to make it 3-0, with the home/road breakdown for the teams that were 2-0 going in:
Overall: 13-9
Home: 13-5
Road: 0-4
Since the Titans are on the road against the Jags, the numbers are against them. But I’m sticking with my story: the Titans are going to go 3-0 on the Jags.
In the other game, I like the Rams. The Redskins were a decent but not great team this year, and it took a lot of luck for the Bucs to beat ‘em at home. I don’t see the Bucs’ having a prayer (they wouldn’t be able to hear themselves say it, anyway) in the Rams’ noisy dome.
Ahh, I may as well stake a claim to precognition here.
St. Louis to beat Tampa Bay 24-17
Jacksonville over Tennessee 31-13
Super Bowl: St. Louis beats Tennessee 34-31
Um, Bricker? How can St. Louis beat Tennessee when you have them losing to Jacksonville today?
And in a random mini-rant…I HATE WATCHING FOOTBALL WHEN MY ROOMMATE IS HOME! Yes, I know playing out the last 16 seconds is boring. But as the Tennessee/Buffalo game proved, a lot can happen in a few seconds. I’m sorry…it just takes a lot of the fun out of the game when you’re watching it with someone who keeps complaining. grumble Just needed to share this.
Grrr… I really, really meant to pick the Titans to win today. I swear.
And I’m not just saying that because they have already won.
