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NFL - OT | SUPERB OWL | Even when you lose, you win
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Chiefs sign a good third WR and 2-3 good additions on defense and we're right back in it back year. I've got us versus the Bills for the AFC.
Bengals were so close. Need to use this offseason to buff up that offensive line, and for the love of god get rid of Eli Apple, although that last touchdown, no one was going to stop Kupp from catching it. Regardless good season for them. Now as a Vikings fan hopefully O'Connell can be the guy.
The Bengals already had a miracle run this year. If you play those Titans and Chiefs games 10 times, there's no way the Bengals win the majority of the games. They had a magical run and the magic finally died in the final seconds with their o-line.
No telling what happens from here with the team and if they ever sniff this spot again.
No telling what happens from here with the team and if they ever sniff this spot again.
People really think its easy to just jump right back to a superbowl if you're not Tom Brady. I would be shocked to see LA or the Bagles back anytime soon. throw 17 games a season on top of that its gonna be damn hard for a lot of teams, especially fighting off injuries all year.
Yeah, him or Mahomes after another AFCC nail biter. Dude is legit. He was a coin toss away from being a SB champion.
Yeah. What Brady & and the Pats did was an anomaly. Rodgers hasn't been back, Brees never went back. Seattle never recovered.
Only 3 QBs won more than 1 Super Bowl during the Brady era, Peyton, Eli and Ben.
From a coaches perspective, Andy Reid has been in I think 9 championship games and 3 Super Bowls with only 1 ring to show for it.
Burrow is the guy but there are no guarantees.
Eh, the Browns and Steelers are going to fall off pretty quick and shouldn't pose too much of a threat. The Ravens will still be tough.
Right, but let's not make it seem like Mahomes has fallen off a cliff. They score a TD at any point in the second half, they would have been playing tonight. Plenty of time for Mahomes to get a couple more rings.
But that's not my point. Like. At all. The point is Mahomes IS great, like the barometer for great young QBs, and even HE struggles to get back to the mountain top. Because of that, I would never just pencil in anything for any lesser QB (and Joe Burrow is great, but he's not Patrick Mahomes).
Hmm…I think LA, Cincinnati, GB*, Titans, Buffalo, KC, AZ* are locks for playoffs again. So it won't be that much of a shock to see either of them back in.
*Pending QB drama
Thank you for this.
I don't think the Steelers are anywhere close to done. One of the most successful franchises in NFL history with a great coach. Yeah they don't have a QB right now but they will get one. The Browns are whatever. The Ravens are a threat. Burrow is a great talent but that is a tough division.
It's not the worst bet in the world. Assuming the Bills stay intact, they've got as good a shot as any in the AFC.
QBs don't just grow on trees. They will be out of it for at least a few years.
I worry for Joe Burrow. Bengals gotta go all in on O-line this offseason or else he's gonna get Luck'd.
Either team could feasibly still have the firepower to make it back here next year, but it's definitely not something to take for granted. LA came pretty close to not winning their division by the end of the season despite the stacked roster, and both teams had to survive a good amount of late-game drama in the playoffs just to get there at all. New England exceeded expectations this year with a rookie QB who'll have experience under his belt now, if Aaron Rodgers leaves Green Bay then that entire division could be complete chaos, San Francisco and Arizona could both still challenge the Rams, and at this point the AFC North is looking like it could be a complete tossup. Just like the Bengals themselves, there's always a chance of a worst-to-first situation, and no telling how free agency will shake things out further. Step back in time to a year ago and who'd have thought that the Rams would look like this today?
Anyway, it's on to draft time now. It's a weird feeling this year, like we're lacking a clear and obvious top pick. Hard to predict who's potentially going to pick up a truly transformational player.
Anyway, it's on to draft time now. It's a weird feeling this year, like we're lacking a clear and obvious top pick. Hard to predict who's potentially going to pick up a truly transformational player.
That just kinda proves NinjaScooter 's point.
Winning is hard in the NFL and every year there's 1 or 2 teams that just need a few bounces to have gone another way and they would have been in the Super Bowl. That's been my entire football life since 2010.
Guys like Brees and Rodgers were always either just one TD, one defensive stop, or Brandon fucking Bostick just not going for the ball away from the Super Bowl.
The other reality is that Mahomes is one guy on a starting lineup of 22 players plus special teams. There's no guarantee that he'll have a championship level team every single season. Even the Pats went 10 years with only two appearances and zero wins. Brady was very fortunate that they built him a second dynasty.
Havent readthe posts yet but i hope Im not in the minority that the rams were basically gifted this stupid win with those two/three?? drive extending penalties before the end of regulaiton. Wack. Wack. Awful how the refs decided within the last two minutes to actually start calling anything. Bengals were robbed
LA has a better shot then Cincinnati.
Cincinnati is going to have a harder path with guys like Mahomes, Allen, Herbert and Jackson.
The Rams are in a conference that is a lot weaker at the QB position. There's also questions about the other teams in their division. Will Wilson be back in Seattle, how is Lance going to do in SF and what's going on with Kyler in Arizona. Green Bay is going to massively fall off a cliff if Rodgers leaves as well. Brady is gone too.
Making it to the playoffs every year means absolutely nothing. Ask Aaron Rodgers how many times should he have been playing in the Super Bowl the last 10 years..Again like I said, nobody is walking into multiple superbowls unless its Tom Brady. The dude has clearly spoiled y'all Lol.
Don't worry you're not alone. There are other people in this thread who don't know what the hell they are talking about.
Cool Bengals were gifted 7 points with Higgins though right?
And they missed a blatant hold by Ramsey before that that would've been a Higgins TD too.
Refs were overall just bad. Kept there whistles in their mouth at the worst moments and then stopped at the worst moment. But congrats to Stafford and Kupp, I'm happy to see them get rings. Fuck Kroenke tho.
Congrats Matt Stafford, your suffering in Detroit paid off in a way things like that rarely do. I feel for the city of Cincinnati tonight. I truly do and hope you eventually get one, just the same as I hope it for my team.
Love this energy.
Rodgers dominated the weak ass NFC North for over a decade, and were NFC champs mulitiple times. Dudes been to 1 Super Bowl 1. The Rams having an easier path than the Bangels is an easy assessment based on the AFC QBs. Rams barely pulled this season off with a duct taped together super star roster. Again, its hard as fuck to make it..
Bengals fan? You have absolutely nothing to be upset about because they came to play. The future for the Bengals is hella good and we will see them again in the SB. It was a great game to finished an amazing 2022 playoffs.
Best halftime show I've ever seen. Only been watching since 2003 or so but damn that was epic
Don't know man, the Ramsey face mask no call was game changing. Ramsey was on him like glue and would have picked that off hadn't he pulled pulled his mask. They had to make up for that so they started flagging the shit out of the Bengals late to give the Rams the go ahead TD.
People gotta stop saying the Bengals are gonna be back. The future is not guaranteed in the NFL
Bills, Chiefs, Titans, Patriots and possibly Baltimore will be tough but Burrow is good and that D is solid too. They are young and now experienced. I think they'll be back.
That's true, but as stated, they are young; one of the youngest in the league IIRC. I believe they'll get back. I'm not saying next year or that they will be perennial AFC champs, but good enough to be in the conversation.
Im just saying, there's a reason the Bengals went like 30 years between playoff wins. And its not just because they didn't have Joe Burrow.