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lol, that was perfect. Good stuff!

 

Thanks.

There have been a couple worse, but you WILL be in select company if you don't make it (13 previous SB winners failed to make the playoffs the following year).

Between Dallas' win against NO, and the Bears last night against the Rams, maybe the proclamations about the demise of defense is a little premature. I'll make the prediction now: either Dallas or Chicago makes the NFC title game - it won't be Rams-Saints.

 

Right now if division winners make it to the divisional round it is Saints vs Cowboys and Rams vs Bears. Road teams won their season meeting.

 

Despite a dominating win at home, Saints still scare me...especially in New Orleans.

 

Reggie McKenzie fired as General Manager of the Oakland Raiders.

 

i think it shows on any give Sunday, any team can win. Look at the Dolphins yesterday pulling off 4 laterals to beat mighty NE! Somehow the Raiders beat Pittsburgh too. It's the NFL, anything can happen.

 

RAMS-Saints would be a epic battle. I'm not impressed with Mitch Tribusky. The Bears D is solid, but wow is he Jekyll and Hyde. I don't wanna see the Bears in the NFC Title game. Dallas, LA or New Orleans would be great tv.

 

He's had a couple shaky outings in a row, but one was against Minny, and last night was coming back from an injury. Before that, he had 17 TDs and just 4 INTs in his previous 6 games. If he gets back to THAT...Bears are gonna be a tough out.

 

The Rams have been held to less than 30 points twice this season (23 and 29). The Bears held them to 6, without a TD, even given the fantastic field position that INT's gave them. That was with Trubisky throwing 3 INT's of his own.

Let's define, "Solid", Catfish. Moreover, you don't think seeing Chicago would be an interesting game, given that they just beat the Rams (who you want to see) in a bruising matchup? Not understanding this in the least.

 

easy - their defense is solid. what word would you use ? why i don't wanna see them ? easy. Mitch Trubisky. I don't like him and I don't think he's that great. I got a college buddy from the suburbs of Chicago texting me after every Bears win how great Tribusky is. Well if you aren't Tom Brady or Drew Brees, then these text messages shouldn't come this often. In Mitch's case, not often AT ALL. I think the Bears defense could win a playoff game if low scoring, but what Mitch Tribusky shows up ? Having a Jekyll and Hyde Tribusky vs New Orleans, Dallas or a Rams rematch on the road could be trouble for the Bears defense. If at home in the cold, they will have an advantage, but if bad Mitch appears, they will be in trouble. So dline, i rather see the other teams I stated.

 

Lost in all this is how Cat said he wants to see Dallas in the NFC championship game.

 

I still don't see how any of this makes sense, Catfish. It just doesn't track.

Only two defenses have given up fewer points, this year, just barely being edged out by Dallas and Baltimore. They lead the league in takeaways, turnover differential, and defensive touchdowns. They're top 10 in each of passing / rushing yards (2nd in rushing) allowed. They just held the Rams to 6 points, without a TD... So, unless your definition of "Solid" is "Arguably best in the league", we're not on the same page.

I don't care if you don't like Trubisky. No sane Bears fan is saying that he's great - just that he's up and coming. Maybe your friend's an idiot, I don't know. He just threw 3 INT's and was complete garbage, and the Bears beat the Rams, previously with only one loss - a team that should be competing for a Super Bowl this year. If you're afraid of him being "Jekyl and Hyde", this last game was his "Hyde" (the bad one), and they still won. So...

You're saying "they'll be in trouble" if they don't play in slightly inclement weather? Come on, Catfish.

 

who can stop cooper? can anyone cover that guy ? sure made the eagles look silly 3 times. they have a top 3 RB too. tough to stop both on plays and drives. solid Def as well. I'm not a big Garrett or Prescott fan, but i like them over the Bears and Mitch Trubisky.

 

omg another fan that doesn't like anything but praise for his team. "solid" should be good enough, but you want "arguably the best in the league?" fine. they are arguably the best or best in the league. here's your lollipop.

they are 2 wins behind the rams and saints in wins, so yes, they will host probably 1 playoff game, but not both. so now im so wrong in saying they may not win on the road? you have 4 losses this year, so yeah winning on the road in the playoffs is hard. so go to the dome and win is tough for any team to do, besides chicago or in hot LA and win. take your pick, but it's not easy for any team to pull it off. Yeah the Bears won in spite of Trubisky. Wanna bet that won't work in the playoffs if he doesn't play well ?

 

Cooper is good and made us look silly but we also were short on defenders and the last one was actually defended but a lucky tip brought it to Cooper. If not for that the Eagles lose instead on a field goal when they can't drive down the field in 1 and 1/2 minutes to score again thanks to these amazing overtime rules.
But all that is besides the point of you saying you want to see Dallas LOL.

 

Probably the least surprising firing this year.

 

and Elliott missed a PAT.

Joe- i said good tv. Who does America wanna see in the NFC Title game? LA-New Orleans? LA-Dallas? Dallas-Chicago? Chicago-LA? etc ? It's like when the NY Jets made the AFC Title game back to back years i think with Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith or Sanchez twice. I think i took a nap during the games. Just dull and boring. That's all im saying here. i wanna see a great NFC Championship game. Who will give it to us ?

 

Vikings!



(I hope)

 

can you just win tonight so that every other team in the NFC doesn't have false hope of making the playoffs. I mean the Lions, Falcons and Packers are right back in the mix if you lose this game.

 

Beat Pittsburgh, lose your job, lol.