2013 NFL Playoffs/Super Bowl
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You seem to be scared somewhere in the back of your mind because some people think our MAN is better than your pretty boy.
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Well, I'm still, sad, mad, and chilled to the bone after that game. It was 9 degrees and minus 4 wind chill, and I had a Coke that froze solid by the 3rd quarter.
The Broncos had their chances to put it away and let the Ravens stay in it, and the Ravens had some big plays today and just wouldn't go away... Hats off to them
The gacked field goal right before half, lack of help for Champ in the secondary, not converting that last 3rd down in the game, allowing Jacoby Jones to get behind coverage, and then kneeling down with 30 seconds left in regulation are the biggest letdowns I saw. It also hurt that Moreno got injured, and our pass rush just disappeared tonight. And the conservative play calling at the end and in overtime. I cannot believe we didn't at least get in within long field goal range for Prater. I am just sad, mad and very frustrated.
And I wish someone would have said they were bringing replacement refs back for that game. That was pathetic! There were so many atrocious calls on both sides throughout the game.
The non PI call on the pick 6, two phantom PI calls on Carter and Champ, as well as the bobbled catch on the sidelines they allowed kept those Ravens drives alive. It was almost as if they were told to keep them in the game........a friend of mine said before the game the Broncos were going to lose because the Illuminati said so.....hmmmmmmmmm
Well, it was a season that surpassed my expectations, Peyton can still play, and I'm happy about that, but this one is gonna hurt for a long time.
One positive note - We got upset in the 1996 playoffs at home by Jacksonville, and then went one to win the next two SuperBowls back to back...........maybe history will repeat!
Well, I'm still, sad, mad, and chilled to the bone after that game. It was 9 degrees and minus 4 wind chill, and I had a Coke that froze solid by the 3rd quarter.
The Broncos had their chances to put it away and let the Ravens stay in it, and the Ravens had some big plays today and just wouldn't go away... Hats off to them
The gacked field goal right before half, lack of help for Champ in the secondary, not converting that last 3rd down in the game, allowing Jacoby Jones to get behind coverage, and then kneeling down with 30 seconds left in regulation are the biggest letdowns I saw. It also hurt that Moreno got injured, and our pass rush just disappeared tonight. And the conservative play calling at the end and in overtime. I cannot believe we didn't at least get in within long field goal range for Prater. I am just sad, mad and very frustrated.
And I wish someone would have said they were bringing replacement refs back for that game. That was pathetic! There were so many atrocious calls on both sides throughout the game.
The non PI call on the pick 6, two phantom PI calls on Carter and Champ, as well as the bobbled catch on the sidelines they allowed kept those Ravens drives alive. It was almost as if they were told to keep them in the game........a friend of mine said before the game the Broncos were going to lose because the Illuminati said so.....hmmmmmmmmm
Well, it was a season that surpassed my expectations, Peyton can still play, and I'm happy about that, but this one is gonna hurt for a long time.
One positive note - We got upset in the 1996 playoffs at home by Jacksonville, and then went one to win the next two SuperBowls back to back...........maybe history will repeat!
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Why don't you just wait until the Super Bowl is over to make your predictions, then it will be exact.
Yes indeed!
And you two ARE the only only ones, It wasn't just Manning out there vs. the Ravens today.
I didn't see anyone on TV after the game blaming Manning. Only you.
An interesting stat -
The number 1 seed is 13-10 in divisional playoff games. I would have figured a better record than that.
The number 1 seed is 13-10 in divisional playoff games. I would have figured a better record than that.
please don't even make that comparison.those two are not even close. Dilfer himself will tell you that. you don't like peyton manning that's fine. he's still one of the greatest Qbs to ever play because his positive stats say so, not me.you want to only concentrate on the negative that's your choice. I have no interest going in circles here Tom. Done....
I Completely agree. couldn't have said it better myself bill. I don't need to say anything else.
No, I just think those people are dunces.
At least now Peyton has 3 more weeks than he thought to go make 4000 more commercials.
ON a different note -
Can you imagine what the Texans are thinking now after seeing Trindon Holliday tonight? They cut him and we picked him up mid-season. Those two runs were the best part of the game, the stadium just exploded........twice.
Can you imagine what the Texans are thinking now after seeing Trindon Holliday tonight? They cut him and we picked him up mid-season. Those two runs were the best part of the game, the stadium just exploded........twice.
I was gonna say freezing your nads off but toes will do. that's some wicked weather.
We'll see after the AFC Championship game next week,but I just think that this is Joe Flacco's year to break into the great/elite(although elite is a stretch) QB status,& the possibility of the Ravens' winning the Super Bowl would be a step in the right direction. It's very safe to assume that this year's SB winner will come out of the AFC. We'll find out today who the Ravens will play next week,& then we'll take it from there. With all of the boneheaded things that Ben Roethlesberger has done in the past,how many people would seriously consider him an elite QB if he hadn't of led the Steelers to 2 Super Bowl wins already?
Woody Paige: Conservative John Fox brings Broncos to their knees
POSTED: 01/12/2013 08:37:30 PM MST
UPDATED: 01/12/2013 11:00:12 PM MSTBy Woody Paige
The Denver Post
The cold, hard fact is the Broncos lost everything Saturday.
And they blew it.
They lost the overtime coin toss. They lost a cinch victory with 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter by blowing coverage. They lost the game on an intercepted pass late in the fifth quarter. They lost the playoff game early in the sixth quarter on a 47-yard field goal.
They lost their chance at a ninth AFC championship game. They lost the opportunity for the franchise to win a third Super Bowl. Peyton Manning lost the prospect of playing a Super Bowl in his hometown of New Orleans and winning a second NFL championship.
The Broncos lost the lead four times. They lost two interceptions and a fumble, all Manning turnovers. They lost a dozen arguments with the officials. They lost a rare home playoff game.
The Broncos lost everything from the regular season in one historic postseason game. In a frozen conundrum on a Dr. Zhivago kind of day, in the chilliest and longest playoff game in Denver history, Ravens 38, Broncos 35.
Rather than Holliday, Hillman and the Hallelujah High Way, it was to Hades in a Handbasket.
Everybody shares the blame, but coach John Fox should get more than his share for his conservative approach.
After the Ravens shocked a bitterly cold crowd with a 70-yard balloon bomb from Joe Flacco to Jacoby Jones, with just over half a minute to go, to tie the game for the fifth time, at 35-35, the Broncos had the ball at their 20-yard line, had two timeouts and had the quarterback who had produced more winning drives in the fourth quarter than anybody else who ever played the game.
What did Fox choose to do?
He had Manning take a knee.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Even though Matt Prater had Charliebrowned a field-goal attempt earlier, scuffing the ground before he kicked the football, the Broncos could have gotten him into range again by picking up about 35 to 40 yards in the final half minute of regulation.
Post Poll - Broncos Lose in OT
Who do you most blame for the Broncos' 38-35 loss in overtime to the Ravens on Saturday in the NFL playoffs?
Broncos coach John Fox: His trademark conservatism cost the team any chance to win in overtime.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning: QB's three turnovers impossible for his team to overcome.
Broncos safety Rahim Moore: Allowed game-tying TD with less than a minute remaining in regulation.
They had time and timeouts for six plays.
You don't want to go into overtime against anyone, but especially against a veteran team that had badly damaged the Broncos' defense four times in four quarters.
Anything can happen in overtime.
And the worst ultimately did.
It's one thing for Fox to order punts on fourth-and-1, or run out the clock at the end of a first half when he also had timeouts to spare. But it's entirely another to not take a legitimate crack at winning the game in regulation when you have Manning and those receivers and a kicker such as Prater.
Remember what happened to the Pittsburgh Steelers a year ago in a playoff game here? The Broncos, Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas beat them on the first play in an extra period. (Thomas caught what should have been the winning touchdown pass in the fourth quarter Saturday.)
In the last playoff game in Denver the unusual occurred. Fox had to know better.
But he surrendered with 30 seconds to go. Manning looked less than in agreement when he took the snap, dropped to a knee, tossed the ball to the referee and departed the field as the clock expired.
Thirty seconds can be an eternity for Manning.
The Broncos couldn't score in overtime, but stopped the Ravens. Then, when the Broncos appeared headed toward victory, Manning, rolling right, tried to thread a throw to Brandon Stokley back over the middle. The Ravens intercepted it.
The steam that rose from the mouths of 75,000 in the near-zero temperatures was the air going out of the stadium.
Three plays.
The plays weren't "Phantom of the Opera," "Wicked" and "Guys and Dolls," but they were big hits back in Baltimore.
The Ravens had only three plays worth anything in the first half and yet they were tied 21-21 at the break. All three went for touchdowns. The first was a 59-yard strike from Flacco to Torrey Smith. That was followed by an interception on a deflected pass for a touchdown, and Flacco and Smith again connected just before halftime. Otherwise, the Ravens would have been frozen out. Instead, they were tied.
The Ravens had only a couple of plays in the second half, but one went for 70 yards with 31 seconds left, and was really, in reflection, enough.
So it seemed they would score in the second overtime following the interception. The Broncos acted finished.
The Ravens did score, and the Broncos were finished.
And, just like that, one of the most successful seasons in Broncos history was over, and success had become failure.
All three teams on the field Saturday generally had issues. The Broncos, the Ravens and the officials, who acted suspiciously like replacements.
But the Broncos were the real losers.
Woody Paige: 303-954-1095, woody@woodypaige.com or twitter.com/woodypaige
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POSTED: 01/12/2013 08:37:30 PM MST
UPDATED: 01/12/2013 11:00:12 PM MSTBy Woody Paige
The Denver Post
The cold, hard fact is the Broncos lost everything Saturday.
And they blew it.
They lost the overtime coin toss. They lost a cinch victory with 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter by blowing coverage. They lost the game on an intercepted pass late in the fifth quarter. They lost the playoff game early in the sixth quarter on a 47-yard field goal.
They lost their chance at a ninth AFC championship game. They lost the opportunity for the franchise to win a third Super Bowl. Peyton Manning lost the prospect of playing a Super Bowl in his hometown of New Orleans and winning a second NFL championship.
The Broncos lost the lead four times. They lost two interceptions and a fumble, all Manning turnovers. They lost a dozen arguments with the officials. They lost a rare home playoff game.
The Broncos lost everything from the regular season in one historic postseason game. In a frozen conundrum on a Dr. Zhivago kind of day, in the chilliest and longest playoff game in Denver history, Ravens 38, Broncos 35.
Rather than Holliday, Hillman and the Hallelujah High Way, it was to Hades in a Handbasket.
Everybody shares the blame, but coach John Fox should get more than his share for his conservative approach.
After the Ravens shocked a bitterly cold crowd with a 70-yard balloon bomb from Joe Flacco to Jacoby Jones, with just over half a minute to go, to tie the game for the fifth time, at 35-35, the Broncos had the ball at their 20-yard line, had two timeouts and had the quarterback who had produced more winning drives in the fourth quarter than anybody else who ever played the game.
What did Fox choose to do?
He had Manning take a knee.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Even though Matt Prater had Charliebrowned a field-goal attempt earlier, scuffing the ground before he kicked the football, the Broncos could have gotten him into range again by picking up about 35 to 40 yards in the final half minute of regulation.
Post Poll - Broncos Lose in OT
Who do you most blame for the Broncos' 38-35 loss in overtime to the Ravens on Saturday in the NFL playoffs?
Broncos coach John Fox: His trademark conservatism cost the team any chance to win in overtime.
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning: QB's three turnovers impossible for his team to overcome.
Broncos safety Rahim Moore: Allowed game-tying TD with less than a minute remaining in regulation.
They had time and timeouts for six plays.
You don't want to go into overtime against anyone, but especially against a veteran team that had badly damaged the Broncos' defense four times in four quarters.
Anything can happen in overtime.
And the worst ultimately did.
It's one thing for Fox to order punts on fourth-and-1, or run out the clock at the end of a first half when he also had timeouts to spare. But it's entirely another to not take a legitimate crack at winning the game in regulation when you have Manning and those receivers and a kicker such as Prater.
Remember what happened to the Pittsburgh Steelers a year ago in a playoff game here? The Broncos, Tim Tebow and Demaryius Thomas beat them on the first play in an extra period. (Thomas caught what should have been the winning touchdown pass in the fourth quarter Saturday.)
In the last playoff game in Denver the unusual occurred. Fox had to know better.
But he surrendered with 30 seconds to go. Manning looked less than in agreement when he took the snap, dropped to a knee, tossed the ball to the referee and departed the field as the clock expired.
Thirty seconds can be an eternity for Manning.
The Broncos couldn't score in overtime, but stopped the Ravens. Then, when the Broncos appeared headed toward victory, Manning, rolling right, tried to thread a throw to Brandon Stokley back over the middle. The Ravens intercepted it.
The steam that rose from the mouths of 75,000 in the near-zero temperatures was the air going out of the stadium.
Three plays.
The plays weren't "Phantom of the Opera," "Wicked" and "Guys and Dolls," but they were big hits back in Baltimore.
The Ravens had only three plays worth anything in the first half and yet they were tied 21-21 at the break. All three went for touchdowns. The first was a 59-yard strike from Flacco to Torrey Smith. That was followed by an interception on a deflected pass for a touchdown, and Flacco and Smith again connected just before halftime. Otherwise, the Ravens would have been frozen out. Instead, they were tied.
The Ravens had only a couple of plays in the second half, but one went for 70 yards with 31 seconds left, and was really, in reflection, enough.
So it seemed they would score in the second overtime following the interception. The Broncos acted finished.
The Ravens did score, and the Broncos were finished.
And, just like that, one of the most successful seasons in Broncos history was over, and success had become failure.
All three teams on the field Saturday generally had issues. The Broncos, the Ravens and the officials, who acted suspiciously like replacements.
But the Broncos were the real losers.
Woody Paige: 303-954-1095, woody@woodypaige.com or twitter.com/woodypaige
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They said last night that was the first time all season that Holliday was on the losing team. The Texans were still undefeated when they let him go, and the Broncos were in the middle of their winning streak when they picked him up.
