Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:23 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

Sheffield Hallam Warriors

I went for the trial with them (or whatever they were called back then) in 1991 Went once and that was enough for me. My RL playing days were already behind me and the nose tackle was twice as fast and tough as me yet I was a back row forward. I stuck to being an intellectual, far safer and better for my beautiful face.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:46 pm  

Back in those days, they were a single team with Sheffield Uni known as the Sheffield Zulus IIRC.

You can tell I've been overhauling my team's website and reading about all the crap teams we used to play against.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:54 pm  

McClennan wrote:

It should also be noted that Elway's stats were never that great. Sure he passed for tonnes of yards over his career (yet only topped 4,000 yds once) but his completion rates, TD/Int comparison and passer rating (his highest ever was just 92.8 and his career rating is less than both Ken O'Brien and Jeff George) were nothing like a Montana, Marino or Young. All that yet nobody disputes Elway's position amongst the elite in the sport because what he knew how to do was win. His ability to compete was probably second only to Montana and I'm sure Denver fans would take a reincarnation of that spirit over Manning and Favre's stats any day.

Elway is my favourite QB of all time and for anybody too young to remember how good he was type (John Elway's the drive) into youtube to watch how to play the QB position in the clutch in a big game.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:57 pm  

So Fisher is almost certain to become a Dolphin. God knows where that will leave us as all the other candidates we have been interviewing are less than convincing to put it mildly!

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:25 pm  

DAR130 wrote:

Elway is my favourite QB of all time and for anybody too young to remember how good he was type (John Elway's the drive) into youtube to watch how to play the QB position in the clutch in a big game.

I remember the drive that got the Broncos to the Super Bowl in 87(?), the championship game was at Cleveland and the place was as hostile as it gets, but Elway got the job done with about 5 minutes left.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:42 am  

DAR130 wrote:

Elway is my favourite QB of all time and for anybody too young to remember how good he was type (John Elway's the drive) into youtube to watch how to play the QB position in the clutch in a big game.

Alright. Eli does it weekly

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:34 pm  

Mark wrote:

Alright. Eli does it weekly

He does it with a team that wasn't over the salary cap too, unlike Elway.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:05 pm  

Just watched the NFC championship game from 2008. Charles Woodson is going to need to play better than he did that night. Plax was the MVP of that game though, Tynes missed a couple of FG's. Need to come away with 7's and not 3's sunday. Going to be tough but we can do it.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:21 pm  

Mark wrote:

Just watched the NFC championship game from 2008. Charles Woodson is going to need to play better than he did that night. Plax was the MVP of that game though, Tynes missed a couple of FG's. Need to come away with 7's and not 3's sunday. Going to be tough but we can do it.

Giants and 49ers win this weekend.

Taking Patriots/Giants Super Bowl at 18/1 before last weekend is looking a decent bet now.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:16 pm  

Packers v Ravens SB. Packers win.

I'm sure the amount of people tipping this as the upset will provide us with plenty of motivation. Anybody would think they were the SB bowl champs who've only lost once game in a year and have the MVP in waiting as our QB.