NFL 2019: Championship Weekend!!!

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Down to two very good games, both on Sunday:

Tennessee at Kansas City, 3:05 p.m. (CBS - Nantz/Romo)

Green Bay at San Francisco, 6:40 p.m. (Fox - Buck/Aikman)

For historical reasons I'd love to see a KC-Green Bay Super Bowl. But I don't see KC or SF losing.

Anyway, no rooting interests here. Just hoping for a pair of fun and entertaining games.

KC-SF would be the Steve Bono revenge game we've all waited so long to see.

My hope is for a KC vs GB SB but I have zero faith in Andy Reid and the current darkest timeline means theirs no way SF doesn't make it in and win the whole thing.

I think we can pretty much agree that we have three great games to look forward to, regardless of who comes out of each conference. Will be bummed if the Titans win on Sunday, but, two weeks of rest and hype will make Derrick Henry a wealthy man.

If the Chiefs make it, either team will make for great backstories. I like the idea of GB being the last stop on the KC Revenge Tour. But playing SF with a drafted QB after so many false hope QBs from SF would make for a fun story, too. I mean, SF would be playing with a QB acquired the way the Chiefs had been acquiring their QBs, proving there is no one way to find a franchise QB.

Tennessee is the only team I don't actively want to lose. So, go Gumbies.

Ought to be an interesting Super Bowl regardless. I'll watch the Titans vs. KC game at least, and maybe catch the closing half of Packers vs. 49ers.

MilkmanDanimal wrote:

KC-SF would be the Steve Bono revenge game we've all waited so long to see.

Wait who is seeking revenge on who in this scenario?

Niners by 30 again.

Kidding. Just win.

I'm not convinced JG (again, my wife is always calling him Jeanine Garroffolo) is a franchise QB. He threw an awful pick Saturday and then Kyle took the ball out of his hands the rest of the game, calling 30/36 running plays.

He is 12/11/12 in DYAR/DVOA/QBR this year with Kyle Shanahan, widely agreed to be one of the best play callers in the game, mentoring him.

For some context:
Brad Johnson (2002 Bucs): 10/11 in DYAR/DVOA
Trent Dilfer (2000 BAL): 39/39
PIT QB (2005): 7/2
Eli (2007): 40/34
Eli (2011): 8/9
Russell (2013): 9/8

The counterargument is he's playing a full year and with a team that obviously doesn't need him to ball out to win. And he's 1-0 in playoff games! He's about to go to the SB and could even win! More experience and he'll climb the ranks, make fewer mistakes and become the BAMF folks believe he could become.

I'd defer to some of the SF watchers here on how much they like him and whether the team keeps him past this contract.

But he is enough to get his team the #1 seed in the playoffs. He may not be a HoF caliber franchise QB, but he can guide a good team to wins over good teams. That’s a franchise QB.

I guarantee you Belichick regrets letting Brady screw up his long term plans at QB. I think JG has a Brady like career under Belichick.

If JG gets to the Super Bowl, it’s just going to make the Patriot offseason more uncomfortable.

NFL 2019: Wild Card Weekend!
NFL 2019: Divisional Weekend!!
NFL 2019: Championship Weekend!!!

What you did there; I see it.

Rat Boy wrote:
NFL 2019: Wild Card Weekend!
NFL 2019: Divisional Weekend!!
NFL 2019: Championship Weekend!!!

What you did there; I see it.

You, sir, have the eyes of an eagle. /bow

Top_Shelf wrote:

I'd defer to some of the SF watchers here on how much they like him and whether the team keeps him past this contract.

Keep in mind you're talking about someone who has just finished up their literal 1st full year of starting, and while coming off an ACL tear. He's played fewer games than Baker Mayfield.

Yes, he's been in the league for a while, but so had Steve Young sitting behind Montana, and Steve Young didn't become "Steve Young" until he was 31 and on about his 40th career start. Jimmy's 28 and is on career start number 27.

So as for what the team is likely to think about him when 2023 rolls around, I'd say, any opinion would be wildly premature.

I vote for anything that isn't KC-GB, because I'm not ready for that many State Farm commercials.

Double Double Discount Double take!

Mr Bismarck wrote:

I vote for anything that isn't KC-GB, because I'm not ready for that many State Farm commercials.

I hadn't thought about this. I'm not sure there's more reason to root against both KC and GB.

If the packers over the 49ers prevail
and the Chiefs pull down those Titans' briefs,
They'll show them on Fox,
they'll probably add Fletcher Cox.
They'll show them on streams,
There will definitely be memes.
They'll show them on CBS,
Oh, yes, it will be a mess.
They'll show them on Hulu,
Even at the all star game in Honolulu.
They'll show them with Pat,
It will make you want to hit your tv with a bat.
They'll show them with Rodgers,
At least he didn't text anyone his todger.
They'll show them here,
They'll show them there,
Madden will be pulling out his hair,
When they show those state farm commercials everywhere.

Sorry, for the bad Dr Seuss. For some reason thinking about all the state farm commercials made me think of Green Eggs and Ham and I needed to tag the post.

Jason Garrett in as OC for the Giants.

Eh.

Sounds like a Gettleman Guy!

garion333 wrote:

Jason Garrett in as OC for the Giants.

Jags say "hold my Pabst", interview Scott Linehan for OC position.

*Legion* wrote:
garion333 wrote:

Jason Garrett in as OC for the Giants.

Jags say "hold my Pabst", interview Scott Linehan for OC position.

I honestly thought he was out of football.

*Legion* wrote:
MilkmanDanimal wrote:

KC-SF would be the Steve Bono revenge game we've all waited so long to see.

Wait who is seeking revenge on who in this scenario?

Elvis Grbac, on himself?

However, I do believe there are owners who don’t know all of the best candidates or how to find them. I truly believe there are more Lovie Smiths, Jim Caldwells, and Mike Tomlins in our coaching ranks today. We just need a better mechanism to discover them

This would be a perfect use of a minor league. You could run every diversity program you want, as aggressively as you want, and help build up the coaching talent pipeline, and other pipelines like officiating too. And target women as well as minorities. Basically take the Rooney Rule and the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship and crank them to 11 in this league.

Not that that would solve the "last step" problem of actually getting picked for the NFL job, but it would certainly help make the candidate pool be less whitewashed.

It would eliminate the self-propagation of “not enough minorities in decision making positions” too.

*Ed Orgeron voice* Geaux Ninahs

And... Chiefs, probably. I mean it wouldn't be all that surprising if the Titans win again, but Kansas City would have to be as bad for an entire game as they were in last week's first quarter.

I feel like pointlessly arguing before the game tomorrow, and after watching one of the NFL 100 shows at work today, if you had to choose one WR from any point in NFL history for one game (say, a Conference Championship), who would you pick?

My head says Jerry Rice, but my heart says Randy Moss.

Rice. That's like the easiest question ever.

Prederick wrote:

I feel like pointlessly arguing before the game tomorrow, and after watching one of the NFL 100 shows at work today, if you had to choose one WR from any point in NFL history for one game (say, a Conference Championship), who would you pick?

My head says Jerry Rice, but my heart says Randy Moss.

Calvin Johnson or Julio Jones. Johnson is a beast and has the second best game ever (total receiving yards in one game) at 329. Julio Jones is #6, 20, and 26. Probably going to have to go with Julio. Jerry Rice is 8 and 37.

Rice makes the most sense. But I'm going with the WR1 for the first prolific passing offense that awed me as a kid.

*Legion* wrote:

Rice. That's like the easiest question ever.

How did such a smart guy end up a Jags fan?

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