Official Super Bowl Thread

[redskins5044]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Well, if Welker had held on to that ball, it was the kill.

Agree that drop changed the game, if he catches that they at least get a FG and then forces giants to get a TD and then that final drive would have only needed a FG.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by biffle

I don't think it will be talked about, but to me one of the big stories was the Pats trying to run the clock out on their second to last possession rather than going for the kill.

If Welker catches that ball. Game over!!

[biffle]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

If Welker catches that ball. Game over!!

No, it wouldn't have been. But the point is, they spent the whole drive trying to run clock rather than get a clinching score. I think it misses the point to focus solely on the one play they missed the kill on, rather than all the plays on which they didn't even try for it.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by biffle

No, it wouldn't have been. But the point is, they spent the whole drive trying to run clock rather than get a clinching score. I think it misses the point to focus solely on the one play they missed the kill on, rather than all the plays on which they didn't even try for it.

Games over, it would have been a backbreaker and I believe they score a TD.

[biffle]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

Games over, it would have been a backbreaker and I believe they score a TD.

It was nowhere near the end zone and there were 4 minutes left. But again, beside thepoint.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

If Welker catches that ball. Game over!!

If Lee Evans holds onto that pass, it's Game over and they aren't even in the Super Bowl.

If Cundiff doesn't shank his kick, they might not make it in over time.


If Tom Brady's mysterious fumble called back with the "tuck rule", they never beat the Oakland Raiders on route to their first game.

If Vinateri misses both of those Super Bowl game winners, they would be 1-5 in the Super Bowl.



Lots of ifs.

[Ruhskins]

Congrats Giants, more importantly f*ck the Pats.

[Higskin]

Ho hum, aside from all the hoopla it felt like just another in-season Sunday football game.

Not saying we were a SB team but still gets me that we beat the Giants twice.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Higskin

Ho hum, aside from all the hoopla it felt like just another in-season Sunday football game.

Not saying we were a SB team but still gets me that we beat the Giants twice.

Well if we beat teams like Buffalo and the Eagles when they were 1-4 (or whatever) maybe we're atop the division at 9-7 and in the playoffs. But what's done is done.

[Higskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well if we beat teams like Buffalo and the Eagles when they were 1-4 (or whatever) maybe we're atop the division at 9-7 and in the playoffs. But what's done is done.

This about sums up how a lot of us are feeling and why Shanahan said at the end of the season that we are close.

The New York Giants are Off to the Super Bowl, So What Does That Say About the Redskins? | Redskins 101

If you want to be a smart ass about it it simply means that the Redskins beat the NFC Champions twice (last season they beat the Green Bay Packers as well), but I think it means a little more than that.

This wasn't like last season where the Redskins beat the Packers early on before the Aaron Rodgers machine was up and running at full capacity. No the Redskins beat the Giants twice, decisively.

In the greater scheme of things it makes Rex Grossman's start of the season prediction of the Redskins winning the NFC East seem like it could have been true with a bounce here and a call there.

Don't get me wrong 5-11 is a terrible record and in all honesty I shouldn't even be considering this a possibility but the Redskins were not as bad as their record. The team's two quarterbacks maybe, but not the entire team.

If you compare the Giants and the Redskins you'll see strikingly similar teams. Both have excellent defenses that keep teams out of the endzone and could force timely turnovers to give their respective offenses a chance late in games.

They both have an excellent tandem of running backs who compliment each other very well. The Giants have the edge at wide receiver (but just barely) and the Redskins have the edge at tight end.

So where is the different between the 9-7 Giants who won the division and the 5-11 Redskins who swept the Giants?

Surprise, surprise it's at quite possibly the more important position on the field, the quarterback.

The Giants have Eli Manning who at times can look a little Rex-ish but can also mimic his older brother in clutch situations . And then you have the Redskins who have Rex Grossman and John Beck.

I've been saying this for the past six or seven seasons now, "if the Redskins have had an honest to god franchise quarterback they'd be a threat in the NFC."

That isn't to say they'd be Super Bowl bound, but I think the Giants have proven (twice now) that all you need to do is get into the playoffs and anything can happen.

[NC_Skins]

Glad Brady lost again. He had the ball last and didn't come through when Eli did.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

At least we can say we dominated the Super Bowl champions twice this season.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689

At least we can say we dominated the Super Bowl champions twice this season.

....nope, ya see they were'nt the Super Bowl Champs when you played them.But they are now.

[MTK]

Go ahead and punch Eli's ticket for the Hall.

[DynamiteRave]

I don't really feel 1 way other another about the Giants winning, as long as they're not beating the Redskins.

So congrats to the Giants fans.