The NFL "Sorry to Make You Cry" Challenge XIII

[gnome]

Eagles

[WildCat]

Patriots.

And if they win it's because they cheated again and gave the Eagles the flu.

[shemp]

But the real question is: WHO'S GOING TO WIN PUPPY BOWL XIV AND KITTEN BOWL V?

[Doctor X]

--J.D.

[Doctor X]

Super Bowl Pickies:
*NFL Schedule

--J.D.[/font]

[Rob Lister]

Is it too late to get in on this?

[shemp]

Just in case things go badly wrong, is there a Star Trek marathon tonight?

[gnome]

There's always a star trek marathon on Netflix.

[Anaxagoras]

Iggles score first touchdown!!!

[Anaxagoras]

Patriots trailing at halftime. Ha! When has that ever happened before!!

[izittrue]

Where’s the defense?
Good game other than that.

[Doctor X]

Where is the play calling?

I mean, seriously.

Got to put some blame on Pats offense for some really unnecessary stupid plays. Gostowski will get shit, I am aware, but, you know, why fuck around like that on a kick-off?

Anyway . . . cannot complain after last year or the game against Seattle.

--J.D.

[Anaxagoras]

I guess they finally ran out of magic.

[Doctor X]

Well, no.

They could have "easily" won it if the Philly D did not finally get to Brady. Neither team's D really showed up this game. More than two minutes with a make-up non-DPI call when the Philly D was a sieve? Thought for once the Pats would have the ability to win it by having the last possession.

But give credit for the Philly D making a play much like the Pats D did against Seattle at the right time.

Where I think a lot of legitimate criticism will come down will be, like, not just taking a knee and starting on the 25 rather than fuck about and end up on your own 5. That is Pete Carroll Level Foolishness. Throwing the ball to Brady? Why? Why do that?

And that will be the problem for whomever gets Josh--he overthinks things sometimes. When you have Brady it sometimes works.

--J.D.

[Carr]

and a night in the box!

[shemp]

Red Sox equipment truck heads south in two weeks!



























WHAT?

[Grammatron]

Excellent game for those who did not have a team in the Super Bowl. I think the both sides played well with very few mistakes. Patriots still almost won despite being in a whole the entire game.

[Evolver]

Excellent game for those who did not have a team in the Super Bowl. I think the both sides played well with very few mistakes. Patriots still almost won despite being in a whole the entire game.

Agreed.

But not excellent if you like watching good defensive play, for the most part.

[Doctor X]

Funny, I expected the Screaming Hordes of You Lost This . . . for ME!!11!Eleventys to be screaming about:

• 1. "Adam Veritek* I am Not" Gostkowski
  2. Offensive Stupidity Gadget Plays
  3. THE GOAT FUMBLED!!1!! BROADWAY JOE NO FUMBL! SAMMY BAUGH!!!1!

Nope.

They are screaming about benching Malcolm Butler. Who played not-well all year. So somehow Butler would . . . what? Neither defense could stop anything. There were two critical defensive plays:

1. Pats interception—lucky—that ended up becoming a score.
2. Eagles strip/fumble

Other than that, neither defense showed up. What “hurts” is that with about 2:40 and Brady and the ball most probably only worried if the Pats would leave too much clock for Eagles to march right back down.

Now here is a Conspiracy Theory: this was a “weirdly” ref’d game. Some “make-up calls.” All of which really did not matter. For some unfathomable reason, the Pats were NOT called for the BLATANT DPI on the two-point conversion. So, assuming Pats march right down and score, 6 points gives them the lead. WITH the 2 points, the TD + Extra Point (*cough cough* Gostkowski *cough*) it is only a tie.

Can you imagine that? Pats find a way, as they did all game, to shred the D only worried about the clock running out as in not leaving the Eagles enough time to shred them back yet again?

THE FIX WAS IN FOR THE PATS!!1!!!

Funnily enough, still assuming the same strip sack—no reason not to—the 4 points lost by Gostkowski did not actually matter. Pats would still have been down by 1, strip, Eagles FG, Pats still have to get a TD with ~1:00 left . . . same stupid play on the kick-off.

Funny ol’ game.

Cannot complain after SB 49 and 51.

--J.D.
*An "ionic" moment from the Late Boston Mayor "Mumbles" Menino.

[izittrue]

Thanks again Doc X for keeping stats for another fun season of kneeling during the my flag is bigger than your flag challenge. !!11