Playoff Watching Thread

[nicksaviking]

55 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

If Ben Johnson moves on, I bet we see how much he was propped up too.

Yeah, with the Rams, McVey was famously calling Goffs plays for him up until the mic would cut out with 15 seconds on the play clock. They'd get to the LOS early so McVey could coach him.

Certainly Goff has learned a lot and gotten better since then, but I'm not sure he has the instincts of the top end QBs in the league.

[TheLeviathan]

41 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Yeah, with the Rams, McVey was famously calling Goffs plays for him up until the mic would cut out with 15 seconds on the play clock. They'd get to the LOS early so McVey could coach him.

Certainly Goff has learned a lot and gotten better since then, but I'm not sure he has the instincts of the top end QBs in the league.

Yup, even a great coach has a ceiling on what they can do.

[Aggies7]

The snow has arrived in PA. Too bad they didn’t move the game up to noon

[Vanimal46]

Collinsworth’s kid sounds exactly like his old man. It’s throwing me off. 

[Aggies7]

Guess the weather isn’t that much of a factor 😂 too warm down there 

[TheLeviathan]

Oh look, Hurts doesn't think 4-7 seconds to drop back is a thing!

[Aggies7]

That impenetrable rams defense from 6 days ago already looks like crap 

[Vanimal46]

I don’t think the Rams have a prayer in this game. The Bills Ravens game is gonna be great

[Vanimal46]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

That impenetrable rams defense from 6 days ago already looks like crap 

Amazing what a good OL is capable of doing 

[Aggies7]

So is it actually possible that the Vikings were the 6th best team in the nfc playoffs

[Aggies7]

What a drop off for Jake Elliot. Dude was money til this year 

[Aggies7]

That’s a catch

[nicksaviking]

7 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

I don’t think the Rams have a prayer in this game. 

The Rams are one of those teams that don't have to be the best team on the field to win games though. 

I think it could be one of those games where Philly seems to be dominating, but then you look up in the 4th quarter and realize it's a one score game somehow.

[Aggies7]

That’s a first down 

[nicksaviking]

So jealous of teams that can run it up the middle on 4th and short.......

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, nicksaviking said:

So jealous of teams that can run it up the middle on 4th and short.......

In fairness you have to try to do it with some consistency lol running every short yardage play from the shotgun isn’t the best idea

[Aggies7]

Way to go rams!

[Mike Sixel]

Slay allowed to interfere every play 

[nicksaviking]

1 minute ago, Aggies7 said:

In fairness you have to try to do it with some consistency lol

I don't know. Trying for six years with the same center seemed long enough.

[TheLeviathan]

The Rams are legit, but so are the Eagles.  This should be a good game.

[Mike Sixel]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

So jealous of teams that can run it up the middle on 4th and short.......

Or even from inside the five on first down, or second, or third...

[Vanimal46]

3 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

So jealous of teams that can run it up the middle on 4th and short.......

It’s my biggest takeaway in the playoffs so far. These teams have interior OL that can move a pile. 

[Aggies7]

Jimmy G is the rams backup 

[nicksaviking]

Hurts taking a page out of Darnold's play book.

[TheLeviathan]

1 minute ago, Vanimal46 said:

It’s my biggest takeaway in the playoffs so far. These teams have interior OL that can move a pile. 

I don't want to necessarily be that guy....but the Vikings averaged nearly 5 yards a carry against the Rams from their RBs.

 

[Aggies7]

Ran in to his own man! Could have broken it

[TheLeviathan]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

Hurts taking a page out of Darnold's play book.

The Eagles have a great offensive line.  Go ahead and count how long Hurts held it.  I'll spoil: it was a little over 4 seconds and down he goes.

You can't hold the ball longer than 2.5-3 seconds in the playoffs.  You're going to get killed.

[Aggies7]

1 minute ago, TheLeviathan said:

I don't want to necessarily be that guy....but the Vikings averaged nearly 5 yards a carry against the Rams from their RBs.

 

And as usual the coach abandoned it as quickly as possible even as his quarterback stunk up the joint 

[TheLeviathan]

Just now, Aggies7 said:

And as usual the coach abandoned it as fast as possible 

In fairness, you can't run every play. And when he tried that other kind of play  the Benny Hill music came on and our QB looked like he had just arrived on the planet and didn't know how to use his arm or brain.  Then...snowball.

[Vanimal46]

2 minutes ago, TheLeviathan said:

I don't want to necessarily be that guy....but the Vikings averaged nearly 5 yards a carry against the Rams from their RBs.

 

Wasn’t a vast majority of that gained on the long Akers run when he bounced to the outside? We just stink near the goal line with Brandel Bradbury and Risner