NFL divisional round thread.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by donofriose

I was only referencing the remark of a QB being carried by a team. Manning was carried vs the Bills. Not sure why playing a playoff team matters for that comment. I actually think it is worst that Manning had to be "carried" (which I think is dumb anyway) vs. a non playoff team.

2012... 4th in PPG, one and done.
2007... 1st in PPG. Also had the Defense MVP on his team. One and done.

Chicago wasn't one of the best defenses of all time. I'm pretty sure Baltimore was better than them that year. Speaking of QBs... who was the QB for the Bears that year? I'm pretty sure the QB couldn't even take a snap.

Brady played Pitt, Baltimore, and Tennessee (when they had a good defense).

He also played Carolina the year when they had the best defensive line in the NFL. When the Patriots played Philly they had a great defense with what was probably the best secondary at the time.

And I agree that NE is better than Denver this year. But Brady needed to score 35 points in order to win his game against a top 10 defense. Manning needed to score 24 against the 19th best defense in the NFL and couldn't get it done. This weekend was a perfect example of why in the playoffs, Brady makes the throws that win games. Brady carried his team this weekend... Manning couldn't and failed.

I'll concede the part about the Bears defense being one of the greats. That was a big of exaggeration. However they were still pretty damn dominate. There QB was a shitty Rex Grossman. Had it been anybody else, Peyton wouldn't have won that game. That said, neither would have Brady on that Colts team. It's funny to know that the following ppg allowed defensively in 2006 were as:

1-Ravens
2- Patriots
3- Bears


Brady may have faced those teams, but none of them had QBs except for Pittsburgh.

Not sure what happened this past weekend because it seems that Flacco always has the Patriots number in the post-season. Had that been a regular season game, it would have been a lower scoring game because Flacco sucks in the regular season. I don't thing the Patriots will have to score that many points this week as I don't see Luck beating Brady in New England.


People put too much emphasis on one player. Is Eli a better QB because he's owned Brady like a bitch in two Super Bowls? Fuck no. He's not even close. It's a team game and anything can happen in one and done situations. All of these QBs need other teammates to step up. Some do, some don't.