NFL Playoffs 2008-2009 - Page 6

On September 10 2008 07:55 Roffles wrote:
^^If you're good, you should be rewarded. The Patriots are undeniably good, and thus they should deserve to be in the playoffs annually. It was like when Michael Jordan owned the NBA. He was good and well the fans loved it too, and it showed with multiple three-peats.

Fans wants to see good games and name players. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Tony Romo. Those are name players fans go to see. Not your Rex Grossmans and Jake Delhommes. Sorry.

On September 10 2008 08:25 KOFgokuon wrote:
Merriman's out for the year
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3578588

has vince young been found yet? anyone have any updates on this news piece?
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3577597

Not having all the facts available to us and approaching the matter prudently, we contacted Metro Police to make them aware of the situation and asked for their assistance in locating Vince," the Titans said in a statement Tuesday. "He was located at a friend's house, where we made contact with him.

"He then came to the practice facility, where it was determined that those initial concerns by his friends and family were unfounded and he returned home without incident," the Titans said.

On September 10 2008 08:18 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:


I know that. But fans also like a good underdog story (Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams of 1999, people loved watching that team come out of nowhere). They like new talent emerging amongst the talent that's been there for years. It's time for Jay Cutler, Eli Manning, Phillip Rivers, maybe Matt Ryan, VY, Jamarcus Russel, Derek Anderson. To me, especially in football, it's a lot more fun to watch a game when the outcome isn't certain. A couple years ago if the Browns were playing a team, you could almost guarantee that the Browns would lose. Now, not so much. They have a powerful offense (when they're clicking), so they can stay in many games that they wouldn't have been able to in the past. It's time for the torch to be passed on to the younger players. These guys, Brady, Manning, McNabb, they've done this for a long time, and they've all had really successful careers, but it's time the young guys started becoming the stars. (Note: Favre doesn't count, that's a completely different storyline than the one we get from the three mentioned there.)

I can't speak for everyone, and I don't want to be taken that way, I am only attempting to put across my point of view (and I do apply that to the general, yes, because I believe my way of thinking is correct, so I just assume that others think like me). Personally, I'm tired of the Colts/Patriots putting on auto-pilot to the playoffs. I was sick of seeing the Eagles in the NFC Championship every year. I was tired of the Rams killing everyone in that division for so many years. The Cowboys of the 90's... thank God they're gone. Green Bay being the only good team in the NFC North. It gets boring watching the same teams win all the time. Parody in the NFL is the reason it overtook baseball as the most popular sport in the USA, not because of the Patriots, or Tom Brady, or Peyton Manning, but because any team can win on any given Sunday. That is, and always will be the best part about football.

On September 10 2008 10:54 lilsusie wrote:
I think I agree with SweetLemons - it's always great to see new and rising faces. I was the one who was utterly thrilled with Brady's injury, call me excessive, call me what you want, but I'm so sick of him and the Pats prancing their way to the playoffs. (God I can't stand Belichick either.. but I digress) Tom's not injured forever; he hurt his knee - boohoo. The 2008-09 season is over for him, but if the Pats are really that great, then they will do well regardless. (Not AS well, as Brady IS a damn good player, but the rest of the team is still a-ok) And he'll be back next year.

I really hope that this season (Week 1 has had quite a few upsets!!) paves way for more fans to really enjoy the game - and actually have hope that their respective teams may make it far. No one wants to watch a game where they KNOW their team will lose. It's all about that small inkling of hope that keeps fans hanging on, and the influx of more possible fans.

On September 10 2008 12:33 tfeign wrote:

So you're more exciting about a sport when its league's best player isn't playing? You really think that fans would rather see a watered down season just so other teams can make the playoffs? Tiger Woods's injury made golf more exciting for fans too? How about if Flash and Jaedong get injured and can't play for the next year it would make programing more exciting for fans too? Maybe Stork can then have that inkling of hope to win a gold medal.

It's fine to state what you feel, but to claim that's how the fans generally feel is incredibly senseless. Losing the league's most examplary player is good for no one. How you feel about it is an exception, not the norm.

By the way, if you can "KNOW" when a team will lose, you'll be a rich person without ever working another day in your life. Nothing in sports is ever certain, regardless of who's playing. What no one wants to watch is a watered down league.

On September 10 2008 13:02 lilsusie wrote:



The thing with Flash/Jaedong/Tiger is that.. well they all play single player sports. We root for them because they are our favorite player. Here in Korea, when Bisu changed teams, many Hero fans STILL cheered for their favorite team, even though a strong player left. Similarly, if Brady goes to some other team, say the Jets or something (*ahem*), TOM BRADY fans may switch alliances too, however Pats fans will stay Pats fans. League's best player? He's an awesome QB, yes, but again, I don't watch football to just watch HIM play, I watch the game as a whole. (Well, I sometimes do watch him play, he's pretty darn hot with a nice ass.)

It's not watered down, it just brings people down to a more even playing field. I'd rather watch close games than watch one team beat down on another and lose interest. Maybe you just like the domination of one team, one person, but for me, football is about the individual plays that happen between players, the tackles, the sacks, the excitement of not knowing the outcome.

And come on, sometimes you just KNOW (at least are 99% sure) that if a certain team plays another, MOST LIKELY, HIGHLY POSSIBLY one team will beat the other.

On September 10 2008 13:29 tfeign wrote:

Basketball is a team sport. Michael Jordan dominated the NBA even more than Tom Brady ever had. The Bulls were literally untouchable when MJ was playing. So then when Jordan left the NBA and ended his domination, does that mean that fans were more interested in watching basketball because other teams begin to have a chance after a more leveled playing field?

Seriously, the NBA fanbase was never the same, not even close, since the days of Jordan. Whether a sport is a team sport or not doesn't at all change the fact that injury is never good for fans. Whether it be football, chess, Starcraft, or your school math competition, the result is all the same: people like watching the best of the best compete. Injury is never ever good for creating more fan interests any kind of competition whatsoever. To argue against this is only biasedly generalizing your own views and not accepting the overall reality.