Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Tue Jan 17, 2012 5:16 pm  

Galloping Ghost wrote:

Can any of the Patriots fans on here tell me anything about Licht? The guy is being interviewed for the Bears GM job, just wondering if some of you can tell me how much he has had to do with the Pats success? Thanks in advance.

Not much it seems:

Licht, in fact, has not even had a seat in the Patriots' exclusive draft room.

The brains in the draft room seem to be Belichick, Ernie Adams & Nick Cassario who the Colts wanted.

Although he did apparently recommend Woodhead and former Bear Mark Anderson.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:44 pm  

Peyton Manning has just fired Jim Caldwell.... Seriously though who do we reckon will be the new coach? Theres not a lot of big name coaches knocking about IMO unless they tempt Cowher or Gruden! I bet he had his usual look on his face when he was told

Peyton Manning has just fired Jim Caldwell.... Seriously though who do we reckon will be the new coach? Theres not a lot of big name coaches knocking about IMO unless they tempt Cowher or Gruden! I bet he had his usual look on his face when he was told

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:04 am  

Worried about the Niners sunday. Alex Smith finally looked like the number 1 pick he once was.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:15 pm  

Simmering Gaints-49ers rivalry adds another chapter. I like the bit about how the styles have almost flipped i.e. Giants with passing attack and 49ers with physical football. Having grown up watching this rivalry I can't wait for Sunday. It's like a real blast from my teenage years. Also tidy article here on Candlestick Park which hosts a record 8th NFC Championship game. The best conference championship games of all-time. I can still remember watching the 15-13 (pretty sure that was live on C4) and '84 games (the latter was broadcast highlights a week after the game and I still didn't know the score by then). Finally nice one here from former Vikings GM and Titans president Jeff Diamond who has experienced winning and losing in the championship game.

Simmering Gaints-49ers rivalry adds another chapter. I like the bit about how the styles have almost flipped i.e. Giants with passing attack and 49ers with physical football. Having grown up watching this rivalry I can't wait for Sunday. It's like a real blast from my teenage years. Also tidy article here on Candlestick Park which hosts a record 8th NFC Championship game. The best conference championship games of all-time. I can still remember watching the 15-13 (pretty sure that was live on C4) and '84 games (the latter was broadcast highlights a week after the game and I still didn't know the score by then). Finally nice one here from former Vikings GM and Titans president Jeff Diamond who has experienced winning and losing in the championship game.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:17 pm  

Mark wrote:

Worried about the Niners sunday. Alex Smith finally looked like the number 1 pick he once was.

Maybe he has the stability he needed there.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:08 pm  

Eli Manning has more playoff wins at Lambeau than Aaron Rodgers.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:12 am  

The 49ers have lost more NFC Championship games than the Giants have been in.

This will be just the fourth time ever that two former number one picks have faced off in the postseason.

The Giants have never lost a NFC Championship game.

The Giants have conceded an average of 8pts more per game but have scored just 0.8pts per game more than the 49ers.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:26 am  

Teams who beat the reigning SB Champions in the Wildcard/Divisional Round are apparently 0-13 the following week.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:11 am  

mike mccoy seems to be red hoy favourite for the fins cancelling all other interviews

he led a poor 8-8 broncos with a QB that is so cr@p even the phins would not want him

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:20 am  

Rams rumoured to be the home team at this years Wembley game. Probably against the Jets. If we are going down this road then I'd imagine we will be leaving St Louis when the lease is up on the Edward Jones dome in 2014 (I think).