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By General Smuts, in General Football and Sport

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purpleronnie

purpleronnie

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On 13/01/2026 at 14:19, Golden Fox said:

Buzzing after the 49ers win!!!

 

Looked a hopeless mismatch at times, with the offense unable to run or find much rhythm, and the Eagles marching up the field with ease early on, and then Kittle going down. But stuck around, and a trick play & incredible 2nd half defensive performance with a lot of spare parts to knock out the defending champions on the road!

 

Having got trounced by Seattle at home last week & another 6 day turnaround (while LA and Chicago have 8 days???), will start as big underdogs next week, but maybe a chance to catch the Seahawks being a bit complacent...

Seeing footage of the philly fans throwing beer cans at families walking up to the stadium, makes the win even better.

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Golden Fox

Golden Fox

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4 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

Seeing footgae of the philly fans throwing beer cans at families walking up to the stadium, makes the win even better.

There is some history there, with some really nasty stuff from their fans in the Playoffs a couple of years ago, and then last year, their security guy on the sidelines got into it with the Niners players after a play.

 

A lot of the players' families didn't go to this game as they didn't want to go through it, but looks like Eagles fans have taken that as a badge of honour and licence to carry on.

purpleronnie

purpleronnie

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23 minutes ago, Golden Fox said:

There is some history there, with some really nasty stuff from their fans in the Playoffs a couple of years ago, and then last year, their security guy on the sidelines got into it with the Niners players after a play.

 

A lot of the players' families didn't go to this game as they didn't want to go through it, but looks like Eagles fans have taken that as a badge of honour and licence to carry on.

The whole club don't seem to care and seem to relish the rep and think its an advantage to the team.  That seems quite a common attitude in the states though.

SpacedX

SpacedX

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Predictions for this weekend's play off games. 

 

Bills to beat the Broncos - although the home advantage and crowd may favour the latter. Seahawks to comfortably despatch the 49ers, similarly a tricky place for San Francisco to go...plus the fabled '12th man' and all that. Seattle to go all the way this year in my opinion. Patriots to beat the Texans. Rams at Soldier Field is the one I'm most looking forward to. The weather is punishing right now, with a biting chill factor of -15. There is after all a  reason why they call it the 'Windy City'. Garoppolo is looking doubtful as back up so in spite of his long and successful College career, Stetson Bennett will step in as Stafford's replacement although he is is expected to be fully fit and starting in spite of the recent sprain in the index finger of his throwing hand. And he will once again be wearing his scuba undersuit to ward off the frigid cold. The Bears can't afford to leave it so late this time because I don't expect that the Rams will capitulate and fold like the Packers did last weekend, but I can foresee another slow start for Williams and his offence as the Rams open an early lead. Let's see how Puka and Adams handle the slippery rock solid football and surface. 

 

EDIT: Forgot to pick a winner. I think the Rams offensive plays will be too much for the Bears defence. 

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spacemunky

spacemunky

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4 hours ago, SpacedX said:

Predictions for this weekend's play off games. 

 

Bills to beat the Broncos - although the home advantage and crowd may favour the latter. Seahawks to comfortably despatch the 49ers, similarly a tricky place for San Francisco to go...plus the fabled '12th man' and all that. Seattle to go all the way this year in my opinion. Patriots to beat the Texans. Rams at Soldier Field is the one I'm most looking forward to. The weather is punishing right now, with a biting chill factor of -15. There is after all a  reason why they call it the 'Windy City'. Garoppolo is looking doubtful as back up so in spite of his long and successful College career, Stetson Bennett will step in as Stafford's replacement although he is is expected to be fully fit and starting in spite of the recent sprain in the index finger of his throwing hand. And he will once again be wearing his scuba undersuit to ward off the frigid cold. The Bears can't afford to leave it so late this time because I don't expect that the Rams will capitulate and fold like the Packers did last weekend, but I can foresee another slow start for Williams and his offence as the Rams open an early lead. Let's see how Puka and Adams handle the slippery rock solid football and surface. 

 

EDIT: Forgot to pick a winner. I think the Rams offensive plays will be too much for the Bears defence. 

Hope you are right about the Bills. Really didn't have great expectations for us in these playoffs with how we played most of this season. 

SpacedX

SpacedX

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4 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

Hope you are right about the Bills. Really didn't have great expectations for us in these playoffs with how we played most of this season. 

They certainly didn't live up to the pundits pre-season expectations.

spacemunky

spacemunky

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1 hour ago, SpacedX said:

They certainly didn't live up to the pundits pre-season expectations.

AFC was a tough call this season. Who'd have thunk KC and Baltimore missing the playoffs and the Bills as a wild card.

 

Maybe Bills with less expectations can get it done!

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