Open Thread
Super Bowl Open Thread: Giants and Patriots
There's not much to add about the overhyped game of the year. I would point out the detailed statistical analysis by Aaron Schatz at Football Outsiders. If you look at the stats over the course of the entire season, the Patriots are the superior team. But if you only look at the past five weeks, then the Giants are the better team. Which would confirm the conventional wisdom I've heard from several people over the past week: the Giants are peaking at the right time.
Super Bowl Morning Open Thread
It's about 8 hours until the Super Bowl and I hope all is well. I assume the Patriots don't plan to release anymore players before the start of the game. And if you hadn't heard, the Giants are Super Bowl Champions!
Pro Bowl Open Thread: NFC vs. AFC
Just because. With so many Green Bay Packers players, and the entire coaching staff there too, it's a little bit more interesting than normal. Maybe Aaron Rodgers will tweet during the game.
NFC Championship Open Thread: Giants at 49ers
If I'm watching, I'll be drinking and expecting the 49ers to win. Which means I've probably jinxed them and the Giants are going to the Super Bowl instead.
AFC Championship Open Thread: Ravens at Patriots
I could see this going either way. The Ravens are more balanced (decent offense, awesome defense) than the Patriots (awesome offense, close your eyes bad defense). But the Patriots were pretty good at forcing turnovers. The Ravens need Joe Flacco to lead them on some scoring drives and avoid turnovers.
Fourth Quarter Open Thread: Giants at Packers
The Green Bay Packers defense did its part, but the offense missed out on an opportunity with an Aaron Rodgers fumble. Still they put three points on the board and end the quarter on the move for another score. Keep up the rally over the Giants.
Packers 13, Giants 20.
Third Quarter Playoff Open Thread: Giants at Packers
No surprises on defense for the Green Bay Packers. They gave up a lot of yards as usual, and a couple of embarrassingly long touchdowns to Hakeem Nicks. But the Giants have gotten the opportunities because of mistakes by the Packers offense. Dropped passes and fumbles (called and not properly called) have disrupted what the offense was trying to do. They've stopped themselves.
The good news is that 10 points isn't much for the Packers to overcome. Things can turn around quickly. The Packers start the second half with the ball, but they have to play a lot better in it.
Packers 10, Giants 20.
Second Quarter Open Thread: Giants at Packers
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