2018 Divisional Discussion Thread

If Minnesota wins and a meteorite strikes Foxboro, we could have the shittiest pair of QBs in Super Bowl history!

This was a funny way of describing Tomlin, et al:

(From Twitter)
Scott Lemieux‏ @LemieuxLGM

Tomlin is a top 5 NFL coach for sure, but...that game looked like the Steelers coaching staff went to a breakfast with bottomless Bloody Marys at 6AM and were determined to get their money's worth.

1:44 PM - 14 Jan 2018

Top 5...is he though?

Saints getting screwed by penalties.

Does anyone want Floyd's non-catch to be a TD?

It's not enough for Aikman to be a monotone bozo, now Buck is oh so cleverly quoting the bud shit ads. I'm not really sure I want to watch football anymore

Shit, the Vikings sureare good.

Would've liked the Vikings to actually go for it there.

So glad to see the Vikings not stupidly calling a time out on that fourth down. Losing five yards at midfield before a punt is no big deal.

Ducking unbelievable

The commentary about Bortles being phenomenal is killing me. He completed 50% for 200 something yards. I get that the bar is low but come on.

NO has started moving the ball.

Almost the entire quarter gone on just two drives.

Pre-2017 Keenum has entered the building.

Wow, Vikings fans have to be having PTSD about their previous playoff heartbreaks.

As bad as Keenum's desperation throw was for a QB... that coaching decision by Payton was worse. 3rd and 1 is not the time for High School Harry.

Saints score to take the lead. Now which Keenum are we going to see?

Thielen with a big catch

If they don't pick up this third down, the Vikings will be leaving a lot of time on the clock (assuming they make the kick).

That's a mildly clutch kick.

89 seconds and a TO is a looonnnngggggggg time

Too much time left, even with one timeout I think the Saints chances are good.

Forbath gives them the lead! Now can the defense hold.

This is way too much time for Brees

This game has certainly turned into a very good one. By far the best of the weekend.

This almost feels inevitable for the Saints here.

Minnesota should be bringing huge pressure. If you're going to give up a score, make it happen quickly enough that you can answer.

Tons of time to go for a TD here.

With a third down stop here the Vikings could get the ball back with at least a bit of time, and some timeouts.

Glad to see Saints don't just stop and try a long FG. So many coaches are too afraid of rare events like turnovers that they don't take the effort to dramatically increase FG %.

What a game! Vikings are a great team, but Brees is a Hall of Fame quarterback.

Welp, one big pass play or two and Minnesota still has a shot. Or maybe just another chance for FG-related heartbreak.

That's fucking miraculous

The ghost of Brett Favre just possessed Case Keenum

Holy fuck balls.

Marcus Williams, man. All he had to do was grab Diggs and tackle him. The game would have been over.

What have I just seen. I honestly felt almost dramatic tension on that play just because the game seemed completely, utterly over. WTH. An all-time crazy finish.

Foles
Keenum
Bortles
and Brady

So much for Ryan, Brees, and Roethlisberger!

Rahim Moore-level blunder. Hell, probably worse.

Holy hell what a finish!!?? Best playoff game wver??

I don't get the "we must kick the extra point!"
What if the teams just don't want to? Can the Saints filibuster this result??

As sloppy as the NFL is about following rules, the "we have to kick to finalize the game" is so stupid

Still this was the best day of football in who knows how many years

What just happened?

That was a great game. It's just too bad that the moment that will be remembered is a negative one, in that it was far more about one person's terrible failure than anybody doing anything right.

Wow, I have no words. For Vikings fans, Does this cancel out the 1972 Hail Mary by Staubach?

Give credit where credit is due. The Panthers made both of these teams great. They gave Ginn to the Saints and took Matt Kalil from the Vikings.

Okay, so Williams clearly realized he was going to hit Diggs too early and ducked out of the way to avoid the spot foul and field goal try. Probably should've just blown him up and hoped for the Mike Pereira "interference isn't interference if you wait until the ball is almost to the receiver" interpretation from before the punt block.

I can't wait to hear Paul Allen's play by play call of this on KFAN. I bet it will be something like:

"HEEEEE'S LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!!!!!!"

Wow, congrats Vikings fans!

Just unbelievable. Sort of a Peyton Manning way to lose a playoff game, no? Poor Brees.

I imagine that somewhere Will is deliriously happy

That was just insane. I realize Williams was (had to be) worried about DPI, but you just can't take yourself out of the play like that.

MIN has to be favored over whoever comes out of the AFC.

Speechless

Well, it was just a bit more than 42 years ago that I was about 100 yards away from Drew Pearson making a great hidden push off on Nate Wright, as Krause was just a split second late in giving help, after Vikings dt Doug Sutherland, executing a great bull rush, was flat out tackled by the Cowboys guard. I was a kid, and didn't anticipate all the brutal playoff losses to come, so I thought that as bad as it could be. HA!

Yeah, this one makes up for '75, especially since that one was a divisional game as well. Still have some miles to go, but that was fun to watch.

Looking ahead -

AFCCG: zzzzzzz. I'll bet there's CBS execs on suicide watch right now. How many people outside of NE and N. Fla are going to watch this one? Anyway, NE cruises past Jax and their overrated defense to another SB.

NFCCG: Nick Foles vs. Case Keenum. Just like everyone predicted, right? Defense should be the bigger story. I'll say Minny by a FG.

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