OT - Conference Championship Sunday - Game(s) thread

Submitted by ckersh74 on

Nice to see Manning do his best Hagerup impersonation on that bobbled snap already. 

JT4104

January 19th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^

Difference in the game so far....Bronco's are winning the battle in the trenches with ease. Patriots can't run right now and the DL has been pushed around with ease.

BigCat14

January 19th, 2014 at 7:36 PM ^

Vonn Miller, Kevin Vickerson, Derek Wolfe, Chris Harris Jr., Champ Bailey hurting.  This is the playoffs and generally in any year a team is 'lucky' if they go through the season, postseason without significant injury!  Injuries happen all over sports and affect great teams.  This is a weird debate for me because of how much I enjoy TB as on of GOATs.  I also was born in Denver and have been a Bronco lifer!  I just see a lot of Michigan fans on here whinning about this game because things are not going well for one of our beloveds.  This was a competitive game, however the Broncos dominated in all phases.  

jonvalk

January 19th, 2014 at 4:25 PM ^

Week 12 was a 24-point deficit. 10 doesn't seem that daunting. The Pats WRs are getting some decent looks. An overthrown Edelman (would have been a TD) and a bad penalty have killed them. Make some halftime adjustments (Belichick's specialty) and you can get back in this.

Atrained

January 19th, 2014 at 4:30 PM ^

A couple long throws by Brady that we're sightly off is the difference in the game. Obviously there's a lot of game to go but I feel like Brady needed to play perfect to beat a more talented Denver team and it hasn't been happening.

FatGuyLittleCoat

January 19th, 2014 at 4:35 PM ^

Why has Tom Brady had only a handful of big names players to work with on offense in New England? Just seems like that team has underspent for playmakers (especially at RB and WR) ever since Brady took over from Bledsoe. I realize Randy Moss worked out and Ochocinco did not, but it seems like management hasn't given him true offensive weapons to work with throughout his career.

Cold War

January 19th, 2014 at 4:43 PM ^

This "Omaha" crap is beyond old and just annoying at this point. God help us, it will be two weeks of moronic comments about it if Denver wins.

mGrowOld

January 19th, 2014 at 4:44 PM ^

Patriots need the defense to step up.  Denver's been controlling the clock making 3rd downs and Manning's got EXREMELY lucky a couple of floaters werent picked off.

Cold War

January 19th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^

Did anyone else notice in pregame how Belichick took the wind when he won the toss for OT against the Broncos earlier this season?

NJblue2

January 19th, 2014 at 4:51 PM ^

The Patriots' D is getting owned right now. Brady has to play better and hit those deep passes he missed earlier, but it won't matter if their D does nothing.

mGrowOld

January 19th, 2014 at 4:54 PM ^

I have come to the sad conclusion that if I like a team....or....like today when I am simply rooting for a team....they absolutely MUST play soft coverage on the corners and not rush the QB.  

I have absolutely no idea what it's like to have a team I'm wanting to win do anything but play "bend but don't break" defense.

BlueDragon

January 19th, 2014 at 4:59 PM ^

Michigan Wolverines. Cleveland Browns. Pats in the playoffs.

Come to think of it, the Pats are the only palatable option for winning the league this year. Evil vs. Evil in the NFC. I don't care where Jimmy played ball, he still hypocritically talked trash about my school when in fact his club was doing the exact same thing with its players.

Cold War

January 19th, 2014 at 5:06 PM ^

Third and two feet is a passing down. They were in the freaking shotgun. What happened to my father's NFL?

Cold War

January 19th, 2014 at 5:16 PM ^

I just don't feel the Brady - Michigan connection as much as someone like Burke. Maybe it's the passing of time, or his role.

WMUgoblue

January 19th, 2014 at 5:22 PM ^

It's definitely got to be the passing of time, let's not forget one of them stayed for all four years as compared to just 2.

You can certainly appreciate the both and their respective accomplishments, but Brady is just as much, if not more of a representative of Michigan than Burke is.