The 2013 NFL Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS??? Morathread

[derspiess]

God, I so want to punch Tim in the nuts right now.

No shit.

And nothing like having your team lose in the first game to completely sour the playoffs (or any tournament for that matter).  Could barely watch any of the other 3 games. 

I'll probably be over it by next Saturday, though.

[Valmy]

And ffs, Shanahan junior is a bad O-Coordinator, get rid of them!

No he isn't.  I mean he is not Bill Walsh or anything but he is not anywhere near bad.  And firing coaches left and right is what got the Skins into their current problems.  Shanahan is the only guy who can keep crazy Dan under control he needs to stay I don't care how many times he gets RG3 a career ending injury

In all seriousness I am all but but on a MRI vigil today heh.  If RG3 cannot be back for next year I am fearful for what direction this thing may take.

[Neil]

God, I so want to punch Tim in the nuts right now.

No shit.

And nothing like having your team lose in the first game to completely sour the playoffs (or any tournament for that matter).  Could barely watch any of the other 3 games. 

I'll probably be over it by next Saturday, though.

Yeah, I was thinking that would be tough for you.  It's always worse losing a game you know that the team would normally have won.  Not that the Bengals would normally beat the Texans, but rather that the Texans came out a bit flat (as they have most of their games lately) and the Bengals just played down to it.

[Kleves]

Falcons, Hawks, whatever, they're all birds of prey and the Seahawks are gonna beat their brains out.

Timmy, kindly jump off the Seahawks bandwagon, will you? They already have to beat the Falcons in an early-start east coast game; they shouldn't have to beat The Taint too.

[Grey Fox]

Unlike the Valmy taint, there is no proof of a Timmy taint in sports.

[derspiess]

Yeah, I was thinking that would be tough for you.  It's always worse losing a game you know that the team would normally have won.  Not that the Bengals would normally beat the Texans, but rather that the Texans came out a bit flat (as they have most of their games lately) and the Bengals just played down to it.

I was hoping for the Texans to continue their late-season trajectory-- which they sort of did except that they neutralized the Bengals' front four for the most part and were able to put a shit-ton of pressure on Dalton. 

The Bengals lost the ability to pass-block around the mid-season mark and Dalton just isn't one of those elite QBs that can scramble around and pull a rabbit out of a hat in those situations. 

No sense in dwelling on it-- Go Ravens

[Valmy]

Unlike the Valmy taint, there is no proof of a Timmy taint in sports.

My taint only seems to have been effective on that one particular Euro

[Neil]

Unlike the Valmy taint, there is no proof of a Timmy taint in sports.

My taint only seems to have been effective on that one particular Euro

Tell that to RG3's right knee. 

[Admiral Yi]

Gave some thought last night to Shanahan's decision to keep a gimpy RG3 in as long as he did.

If I were in his position, I would have said to myself, RG3 has gotten us to this point, he's earned the right to try and win with one leg.  Plus it's not like you get much of an upgrade with Cousins.

The only decision I have a real issue with is that zone read option play they called early in the 2nd half (the one where RG3 waddled out of bounds grimacing the whole time).

[Valmy]

Tell that to RG3's right knee. 

Hey I never bestowed my blessing on his knee

If I had just pronounced him a cripple for life after the Ravens game he probably would have recovered fully weeks ago 

[CountDeMoney]

The Bengals lost the ability to pass-block around the mid-season mark and Dalton just isn't one of those elite QBs that can scramble around and pull a rabbit out of a hat in those situations. 

No sense in dwelling on it-- Go Ravens

Sometimes I wonder if Marvin's stay has simply run its course, and a fresh approach would help with all that talent.
I mean, even successful Super Bowl winning coaches get tuned out after a while;  and I think Marvin's settled into that good-coordinator-poor-coach nook.

10 years, a .500 record.  4 playoff seasons, all first game losses.  Not a single post-season victory.

More successful coaches have been fired quicker.

[Valmy]

Yeah but it is the Bengals.  This feels like a great run to them.

[Neil]

Gave some thought last night to Shanahan's decision to keep a gimpy RG3 in as long as he did.

If I were in his position, I would have said to myself, RG3 has gotten us to this point, he's earned the right to try and win with one leg.  Plus it's not like you get much of an upgrade with Cousins.

The only decision I have a real issue with is that zone read option play they called early in the 2nd half (the one where RG3 waddled out of bounds grimacing the whole time).

It's tough for a coach.  Normally when you ask your guy 'Are you ready to go', you can normally trust him to answer you.  But when you're dealing with young talent, the coach has to be the voice of reason there.  And it's not like Shanahan doesn't have a rep for just burning through his players like matches.

[Valmy]

And it's not like Shanahan doesn't have a rep for just burning through his players like matches.

Does he have that rep?  That's not good.

[Admiral Yi]

It's tough for a coach.  Normally when you ask your guy 'Are you ready to go', you can normally trust him to answer you.  But when you're dealing with young talent, the coach has to be the voice of reason there.  And it's not like Shanahan doesn't have a rep for just burning through his players like matches.

Well I don't think RG3's readiness was any great mystery.  I'm sure it was clear to Shanahan before kickoff that he was basically immobile.  Or one tackle away from immobility.