Conference Championship Predictions

[tonei.]

Que GP stage left

[Glamour Puss]

No need for that foul language towards me....read what u said...if u were still drunk my bad did not get that vibe from that post

Thanks for explaining it again after Tonei already did. Not drunk, re-read the post above this. And we are not cool.

That should clear things up for you.

Must suck to be you today, a Jets fan. GO GIANTS.

[Kyle]

Ouch Tabs, you must have done something really horrible to GP as she hates you. Sorry bro.

[igotabs]

Ouch Tabs, you must have done something really horrible to GP as she hates you. Sorry bro.

I honest don't know what I did, if anything...the last year I thought we have been cool with each other on here (wouldn't say best friends) I don't know...it seems like when she wants to have friendly dialogue it is ok, but if I do ...I am bad or whatever...whatever, if her trying to make me look like a bad person in front of my peers on here, makes her feel good....that is ok...I am done even interacting with her. My friends on here that know me off of here, know the shit I do for my friends and how I am not a bad person and as long as they know that I am ok in my eyes

[Glamour Puss]

I honest don't know what I did, if anything...the last year I thought we have been cool with each other on here (wouldn't say best friends) I don't know...it seems like when she wants to have friendly dialogue it is ok, but if I do ...I am bad or whatever...whatever, if her trying to make me look like a bad person in front of my peers on here, makes her feel good....that is ok...I am done even interacting with her. My friends on here that know me off of here, know the shit I do for my friends and how I am not a bad person and as long as they know that I am ok in my eyes

What is this high school?

Go drink some cranberry juice Abs.

[igotabs]

I think u got me confused with Rob

[Defekted]

right score, wrong team

I know man. I pretty much called this game perfectly. I envisioned a heavy weight match, filled with decapitating blows, knocked out players, fear in the eyes of every offensive player on both teams. Giants would become one dimensional REAL QUICK in the face of the Niner's run defense, with Eli putting up Brees-like pass attempt numbers (finished with +60). Niners would have trouble moving the ball against a great Giant defense but get some strikes from the unstoppable V-Train. Niners would get two key turnovers and squeak by in a classic 20-17.

I was saying this as the majority of this board laughed at me. I end up on the fucking money. Unfortunate for me, I got the teams wrong in the final score and in the turnover department. This loss will haunt me for years. Killer to swallow. Still in mourning.

[SlickBri481]

I know man. I pretty much called this game perfectly. I envisioned a heavy weight match, filled with decapitating blows, knocked out players, fear in the eyes of every offensive player on both teams. Giants would become one dimensional REAL QUICK in the face of the Niner's run defense, with Eli putting up Brees-like pass attempt numbers (finished with +60). Niners would have trouble moving the ball against a great Giant defense but get some strikes from the unstoppable V-Train. Niners would get two key turnovers and squeak by in a classic 20-17.

I was saying this as the majority of this board laughed at me. I end up on the fucking money. Unfortunate for me, I got the teams wrong in the final score and in the turnover department. This loss will haunt me for years. Killer to swallow. Still in mourning.

Yeah, this year did line up perfect for the Niners considering the Giants took out GB for you and then you guys basically had the Giants beat except for those 2 killer fumbles by Williams. It may haunt you for a while, but at least you guys had the Montana/Young years and all those titles. What have the Jets had? Joe Namath in 1968? My parents didn't even meet for another decade, lol, I don't get a whole lot of joy from the Jets SB win

[Forca Barca]

I know man. I pretty much called this game perfectly. I envisioned a heavy weight match, filled with decapitating blows, knocked out players, fear in the eyes of every offensive player on both teams. Giants would become one dimensional REAL QUICK in the face of the Niner's run defense, with Eli putting up Brees-like pass attempt numbers (finished with +60). Niners would have trouble moving the ball against a great Giant defense but get some strikes from the unstoppable V-Train. Niners would get two key turnovers and squeak by in a classic 20-17.

I was saying this as the majority of this board laughed at me. I end up on the fucking money. Unfortunate for me, I got the teams wrong in the final score and in the turnover department. This loss will haunt me for years. Killer to swallow. Still in mourning.

Def no laughter coming from over here. I knew just how tough that team would be. I thought we'd be able to run it a little more, because I thought for sure we'd lose if we became one dimensional. Eli had the second most passing attempts in a playoff win ever. Which shows the formula to winning in the playoffs is running the ball and controlling the clock. The team with 60 passes usually is on the losing end.

Crazy game. But 49ers def have a solid foundation to build on. The defense was in all of our offensive guys heads because nobody wanted to be the next Pierre Thomas. They were bracing for hits and didn't want to get caught off guard. Like I said in the other thread, nothing to be ashamed of, and the best is yet to come for you guys.

[Defekted]

Crazy game. But 49ers def have a solid foundation to build on. The defense was in all of our offensive guys heads because nobody wanted to be the next Pierre Thomas. They were bracing for hits and didn't want to get caught off guard. Like I said in the other thread, nothing to be ashamed of, and the best is yet to come for you guys.

With this Defense, I am proud of this team. You are right, nothing to be ashamed of. We will be a force for a long time.

In today's journal:
OK, Now That Was a Defense
JANUARY 24, 2012

As thrilling as the games turned out to be, the NFL's championship weekend did produce one intense disappointment: The world won't get to see any more of San Francisco's bone-rattling defense.

Before we join the rest of the sports media in a two-week all-you-can-eat prediction buffet ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, we've allowed ourselves a moment to look back. And after rewinding the film and watching it without any adrenaline to threaten our objectivity, it became pretty clear that during this year of epic passing, San Francisco played one of the greatest defensive games in playoff history.

By the time it was over, the 49ers defense had spent 58% of the game on the rainy field at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. With the 49ers offense sputtering badly (the team didn't convert a single meaningful third down all game), they stayed on the field as the Giants ran 93 plays, the most it had run all season (the average is 69 per game).

That number also included a fatiguing 58 pass attempts, which is also a season high for the Giants and 44% more than you'd see in a typical game.

While Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw for 316 yards in total, his 5.45 yards per attempt was his worst mark of the season and his quarterback rating (82.3) was also one of his lowest this season.

The 49ers sacked Manning six times, hit him seven more times and pressured him 13 times, according to numbers compiled by Pro Football Focus. This explains why after the game, Manning had to find someone to help him remove his chin strap from his forehead. The 49ers secondary was so good that on two occasions, two of its defensive backs had such a clear shot at an interception that they actually collided in mid-air.

And even as the Niners stifled the pass, they also stopped the Giants from running—holding Ahmad Bradshaw to just 74 yards, or 3.3 per carry.

But here's the really baffling part: At the end of the game, when the 49ers defense was so tired that some of its players thought they were having conversations with Bill Walsh on the sidelines, they forced the Giants to punt five times in a row. The Giants were knocking on the door of the Super Bowl and couldn't muster so much as a field goal in five straight drives.

If the 49ers hadn't fumbled a punt in overtime and handed the game to the Giants, it might have been the longest football game in history.

The tape shows that the 49ers didn't dominate the Giants with an onslaught of overwhelming blitzes. Most of the time, the Niners only sent the standard four men chasing after Manning on passing plays. Their secret, instead, was that they rarely gave the Giants a clear picture of who was bringing pressure and when.

They also excelled at stunts—plays where their defensive linemen slanted, weaved and looped around each other to create confusion and wreak havoc on the offense. Every NFL team uses stunts and disguises its pressure packages from time to time, but the 49ers were relentless with it. It makes you wonder why teams don't use the tactic on every play.

It was more than just tactics, of course. The 49ers defense, anchored by players like defensive tackle Justin Smith, linebacker Patrick Willis and safety Donte Whitner, physically outplayed the Giants. And rookie Aldon Smith, who came in for passing situations, has become a frightening figure for offenses.

The best example of the fearsome nature of the 49ers defense came with 3:04 left in the 4th quarter. The Giants had the ball on their own 26-yard line after a San Francisco punt. On first-and-10, Manning lined up in the shotgun flanked by Bradshaw and tight end Jake Ballard. The 49ers were blitzing the linebacker Willis and the safety Whitner, but that wasn't entirely apparent until after the ball was snapped. (Willis was in pass coverage, pretending to cover the underneath routes and take away the possibility of a quick slant.)

The 49ers defensive line began twisting and turning and pulling their blockers horizontally, forcing them to turn their shoulders. It was all choreographed to create a perfect hole on the right side of the Giants line for Willis, who was hunched over, sneaking closer to the line of scrimmage. At the perfect moment, Willis shot full speed through the hole, sacking Manning 2.9 seconds after the snap. The Giants punted two plays later.

The final punt forced by the 49ers defense was incredible, not because of nuanced tactics employed by San Francisco, but for the brute force still left in the bodies of the 49ers players so late in the game.

After driving to the San Francisco 45-yard line, the Giants were only 10 yards away from field-goal range. It was third down and the Giants just needed three yards to move the chains. This was the sort of moment in an NFL game when a tired defense folds.

The Giants loaded up the line with two extra blockers and sent only three receivers out into patterns. There would be only four 49ers rushers. But after the snap, Manning's pocket shrank quickly, and he began looking for an escape route.

There was nowhere to go. San Francisco defensive tackle Justin Smith bull-rushed Giants left tackle David Diehl and managed to grab Manning's left shoulder, yanking his jersey and spinning him to the ground. The Giants would punt for the fifth time in a row.

We'll never know what would have happened had the 49ers not fumbled the ensuing punt. Had the 49ers been given a chance to score, it's possible that we might have been treated to a Super Bowl that would have pitted this defense against Tom Brady's New England offense.

Watching football's mad genius, Bill Belichick, try to think his way around San Francisco's ball-hawking beasts would have been the football equivalent of a particle accelerator. It might very well have become a football tactician's wildest dream. Mysteries that have plagued coaches for centuries might finally have been solved. Route combinations from future civilizations could have resulted. Advanced football theorems may finally have been proven.

The next best thing, we guess, is hoping for another Giants-Pats thriller in Indy.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...491199182.html

[eL FryEdo]

their defense was great no doubt about that they were vicious but you still have to give the giants players credit ... eli and their defense for staying in there and getting us the W

[Defekted]

their defense was great no doubt about that they were vicious but you still have to give the giants players credit ... eli and their defense for staying in there and getting us the W

No doubt. The Gmen won this game. If the niners got two punt return fumbles in Giants territory in the 4th quarter and overtime, I would be taking it too! lol. It was an epic game by evenly matched team who played their hearts out. This was truly a game of inches. A fumble here, a dropped int there, a trip of a running back with no one in front of him here, a tough ref call there..... classic game...... if these teams played 10 times it would go 5-5 with at least 6 overtime games, lol.

[eL FryEdo]

No doubt. The Gmen won this game. If the niners got two punt return fumbles in Giants territory in the 4th quarter and overtime, I would be taking it too! lol. It was an epic game by evenly matched team who played their hearts out. This was truly a game of inches. A fumble here, a dropped int there, a trip of a running back with no one in front of him here, a tough ref call there..... classic game...... if these teams played 10 times it would go 5-5 with at least 6 overtime games, lol.

i said before the game all week that it was going to be the best game of the whole playoffs ... it was teh second best game ive ever watched other than superbowl 42

[Defekted]

i said before the game all week that it was going to be the best game of the whole playoffs ... it was teh second best game ive ever watched other than superbowl 42

I would put the Niners/Saints game as a better game than the Niners/Giants came by a hair. Only because that game involed a positive conclusion- a team winning the game. The Niners/Giants game was a negative conclusion, as was the Pats/Ravens. Fumbles and dropped touchdowns, though part of the game, is an unfortunate way to decide a game that was fought so beautifully by both teams.

[eL FryEdo]

I would put the Niners/Saints game as a better game than the Niners/Giants came by a hair. Only because that game involed a positive conclusion- a team winning the game. The Niners/Giants game was a negative conclusion, as was the Pats/Ravens. Fumbles and dropped touchdowns, though part of the game, is an unfortunate way to decide a game that was fought so beautifully by both teams.

but thats what makes it such a great game ... that those two plays are what lost the game in essence ... everything else was a blow for blow bloodbath

[Forca Barca]

I'd go as far to guarantee an NFC SB champ.

The NCC Version of "The Guarantee."