Smuts' NFL Thread

[GaelicFox]

pats are rattled already

[GaelicFox]

Booooom ! Brady eats dirt

[ramboacdc]

get in! manning getting ****ed up!

[mancunianfox]

2 td's - Manning going down swinging!

Also, how good was Miller jumping that route for the INT!!

[bovril]

Makings of a classic so far.

[mancunianfox]

Brady not looking comfortable so far

[eddylcfc]

Gronk been quiet so far. Broncs doing well to keep him quiet. Manning showing some form for the first time in a while. Close game in store me thinks

[GaelicFox]

Still tight !

Brady is not getting time

I think in last 1/4 that blitz might dry up a little !

This could explode in last 1/4

That missed kick could be important

[The Bear]

They're covering Gronk the right way. Tight as ****. I'd rather give up a few PI penalties than let him get separated and run riot.

[mancunianfox]

Denver pass rush never really let's up late though because they have so many guys that can rush. It is so tight though!

[Finnegan]

Cmon Peyton! Who says he can't throw anymore?!

[mancunianfox]

Cmon Peyton! Who says he can't throw anymore?!

Well he can't (I have watched every denver game for the past four years) but I don't think that is going to stop him somehow!

[bovril]

Manning 11 yard run

[mancunianfox]

Von Miller is taking over this game.

[Finnegan]

Von Miller.

[GaelicFox]

Some finish that missed kick did in deed decide the game !

[MPH]

Last few minutes of that half was a bit like the chuckle brothers

" to me. To you .to me. To you."

[Detroit Blues]

Sure looks like Carolina vs Denver

[RedSoxUK]

If Kante and Leicester's pressing was an NFL teams defence, it would be this Panthers display.

[MPH]

[Finnegan]

Watched last night with a friend who's a big Peyton / Broncos fan and will be watching the super bowl together n'all. So I'll be cheering for the Broncos but it'll take some freak herculean performance to see them stop these Panthers, surely?

Absolute animals.

[ramboacdc]

gutted we lost that game on a missed EP but thats american football. i will be supporting the panthers in the superbowl now. cannot stand the bronco's! the pressure they put on brady though worked well, very well! 

[goose2010]

Didn't watch the panthers game and I must say I was shocked when I woke up, not by the result as much but the score line! wow that's impressive in the championship game! should make for a cracked superbowl.

[goose2010]

gutted we lost that game on a missed EP but thats american football. i will be supporting the panthers in the superbowl now. cannot stand the bronco's! the pressure they put on brady though worked well, very well! 

 

The pats are so one dimensional and to be honest quite dull to watch! glad they lost but I don't think it can be blamed on  that one PAT it was in the 1st quarter it should be blamed on their inability to convert a 3rd down!

[mancunianfox]

The pats are so one dimensional and to be honest quite dull to watch! glad they lost but I don't think it can be blamed on  that one PAT it was in the 1st quarter it should be blamed on their inability to convert a 3rd down!

 

 

Sorry, but this opinion is so far from the truth! New England have spent the last fourteen years constantly adapting and changing their whole approach season to season. Belichick is the most successful coach ever because the Pats are so good at making teams think they are going to do one thing and then doing something completely different. They were in a difficult spot in this game as they had lost both Lewis and Blount to injury this year which limited how well they could run the ball but that doesn’t mean they are a one dimensional team!

 

As for the Superbowl I think Carolina have to be considered favourites but I would still take a great defence over a great offence in the playoffs. Ultimately, I think the Panthers offensive line decides the game. If they hold up I don’t think Denver can score enough – I just suspect they won’t. Broncos will come through to win the big one in Peyton’s last ever game.