On one hand, I’m glad the Cowboys got bounced. But on the other, it’s the freaking Giants that did the bouncing. So I guess I hope for the Packers to win next week. And if that happens, the next sound you’ll hear is the collective gushing of every sports journalist over the idea of Bret Favre in the Superbowl (and possibly versus Tom Terrific).
And Norv Turner? Talk about lucky. Still a sorry ass coach.
UPDATE: And now Terrell Owens is crying defending Tony Romo’s Mexico trip. LOL.
Poor Oliver.
Can you smell the sour grapes?
Of course, if Joe Gibbs had beaten the Seahawks with the top RB in the league on the bench before halftime, AND his starting QB on the bench after halftime, he’d be a freaking super-genius, right?
Only he didn’t.
What a karmic screwup this is – Norv Turner coaching a conference championship game while Joe Gibs plays golf and pushes toy race cars around the floor of his office.
I love it.
Yeah, I bet you’re happy Favre is in.
Your loss to those guys couldn’t have hurt, eh?
Favre and Packers have one week to go.
It’s the Redskins syndrome, when losers in DC become magical when they leave the town.
Happened to Al Gore too.
while Joe Gibs plays golf and pushes toy race cars around the floor of his office
And then he turns to the left and looks at his three gleaming Super Bowl rings, chuckles, then goes outside to relax with his family.
Since both Giants Superbowl wins were followed in the next season by the Skins winning it all, one would think you’d be cheering for G-men to go the distance.
Also, I’m guessing you won’t have to wait too long to see Turner make his seemingly long-overdue exit from the playoffs. He’s no Tom Coughlin, that’s for sure.
Arrggg! What a freakin game. Who would have thought that two straight weeks of hard work and dedication would beat 5 straight weeks of chillin because they won homefield advantage and had a bye.
9 straight wins on the road. Gotta love it.
Even if the Giants lose to Green Bay, it’s worth it just to have seen the Cowboys having to shut their big traps. For a team that hasn’t won a playoff game in over 10 years, you’d think they were defending champs the way they were talking all week.
Weather forecast for Green Bay on Sunday: High of 12, low 5. Game will be after sunset.
Cowboys imploded — bottom line. Coaches didn’t have them ready to play which never would have happened under Parcells. The game may have passed Parcells by coaching-wise (along with Gibbs, and a few others — not Norv!), but a Parcells-coached team wouldn’t have had 11 stupid penalties. Giants aren’t that good, but Dallas made them look good which should never have happened. Go Packers. And for the record it was only Crayton who was running his mouth — and he choked. I’m not too sure where Brandon Jacobs gets off running his mouth though. And Captain Strahan? Maybe Farve will “fall down” and give him a few more sacks to pad his overrated stats.
Hell of a job by Norv though to get his team where it is. With his big three offensive studs banged up he probably doesn’t have much of a chance against New England (and when SD loses, Norv will be blamed here) but it’s still a great job he did.
Yes, the game passed Gibbs by, thats why he went to the playoffs twice in his second tenure. Yeah, ok.
I am just glad the football gods brought their vengeance down upon the heads of Tony Dungy and the Colts.
Yes, the game passed Gibbs by, thats why he went to the playoffs twice in his second tenure. Yeah, ok.
One win, two losses in 4 years. Compared to his earlier accomplishments, I’d have to say, yeah, the game has passed him by.
That has to be the first time I’ve ever seen anybody say Michael Strahan is overrated.
As for Jacobs, 1000 yards rushing in 11 games with an average of 5 yards per carry, plus scoring the winning touchdown probably gives him some leeway. His spat of course was with Patrick Crayton who:
A. Dropped a critical third down pass that would have gone for big yards (which led to the drive where Jacobs would score the game winning TD)
B. Gave up on a potential game winning catch.
One win, two losses in 4 years. Compared to his earlier accomplishments, I’d have to say, yeah, the game has passed him by.
“The game has passed him by” is an awfully harsh verdict for Gibbs. At worst, I’d say he’s simply “lost a step,” the way an aging but still effective running back would.
One could say that Rudi Johnson has “lost a step.” One could say that “the game has passed Shaun Alexander by.”
To my mind, Gibbs is more like Rudi than Shaun. Making it to the playoffs most years of your tenure, even if you don’t win it all, can still be considered an achievement.
“The game has passed him by” is an awfully harsh verdict for Gibbs. At worst, I’d say he’s simply “lost a step,” the way an aging but still effective running back would. One could say that Rudi Johnson has “lost a step.” One could say that “the game has passed Shaun Alexander by.”
Maybe that would be true, if Johnson had “lost a step” because he made his NFL debut in 1991, or if Alexander had made his in 1990. Gibbs hadn’t coached a game in the NFL for 12 years when he made his return, and he’s 67 years old. You lose a step when you’ve played the game for a while and it’s worn you down. The game passes you by when you’ve been out of it for 12 years. Big difference.