Scholarship table
Rodgers said yesterday that had he known they would have kicked on the 8, he would have run the ball. I think he should have anyway. He likely doesn't get in but they are inside the five.
So a team coming off of a Super Bowl and pretty much a lock for the 1 seed in the Playoffs for the last month of the season played uninspiring football for the last month of the season and are now dominating the playoffs, with the exception of the 1.5 quarters their future HOF quarterback missed.But maybe the Falcons and Jets are almost as good of football teams as the Chiefs.
So, is a generational talent like AR and the Pack, going just 1-4 in NFC championships with one Super Bowl win with him at the helm, a bigger disappointment than the 1985 Bears in terms of unfulfilled legacies? No wonder AR is upset.
You could tell that entire drive was rife with indeicison, right up to the point Crosby's fg split the uprights. It wasn't a hurry up, out of fear of leaving TB too much time. But LaFleur also wasn't willing to run clock in case they didn't get in or didn't get the 2 pt conversion. La Fleur was in clock no man's land, and he sort of just never made any decision and then boom, the game was over. Always easy to second guess, but in addition to Rodgers not tucking it on 3rd down, the playcalling in the redzone seemed really uncreative/clock conservative too.
The last month of the season? Seriously? The last time the Chiefs won a game by more than 6 points before yesterday was November 1st against the mighty NY Jets. That’s two and three quarter months ago, basically the last 60% of the season.Carolina, Atlanta, Denver and the Jets all suck. The Raiders and Chargers do too. But the greatest team ever either squeaked by them or lost outright to them over the past 2.5 months. Your eye test just isn’t borne out by the facts.
Best long-stretch teams I've seen since I've been old enough to know better (chronological order):1972-73 Dolphins1974-79 Steelers1985 Bears1988-89 49ers1992-95 Cowboys2001-04 PatriotsOne thing all of those teams had in common is that they were excellent for a long time in the years before, after and/or between championships. For example, the Dolphins made the playoffs for the first time in 1970, lost SB6 the following year, capped the only undefeated season in NFL history by winning SB7, absolutely dominated the league en route to a decisive win in SB8, and lost an epic playoff game to Oakland in 1974. That's a 5-year run for a team filled with HOF players. The Chiefs aren't there, at least not yet.The Steelers won 4 SBs in 6 years, first with one of the dominant defenses ever and then with a spectacular offense. The Aikman-Smith-Irvin Cowboys won 3 SBs in 4 years and were a great team for a long time. In addition to the back-to-back SBs, the 49ers won 2 other SBs in the '80s and were still competing with the Cowboys (and winning yet another SB) well into the '90s; until Brady came along Montana was considered GOAT by many. The Patriots, I probably could have included 12-15 years in their greatness. The Bears only won the single SB, but their 85 team was as dominant as any team ever and the franchise owned its division for a decade.KC has a chance to stake its claim among these greats. First let's see what they do in two weeks. Then let's see what they do for the next couple/few years. One thing for sure: These Chiefs sure are fun to watch. Mahomes is a blast - both supremely talented and extraordinarily exciting. I hope this proves to be a "generational team," because that means Mahomes will have stayed healthy and effective for years.
Not that they have any inside knowledge at all, but Kornheiser and Wilbon each is certain that Rodgers has played his last game for the Packers.
I cannot believe the noise nationally about this. It is beyond ridiculous and will not happen! The Packers are not going to force Rodgers out after this season with 3 years left on his contract to give our QB job to a guy who was a healthy inactive all season and hasn’t thrown an NFL pass. He’s never appeared in a preseason game even. Just because he’s being groomed to replace Rodgers, he’s nowhere near ready and won’t be in 8 months. Boyle is an UDFA, so count him as no chance either. The media touting this story are either just trying to get attention with their hot take, or just unbelievably stupid.
Except it wouldn’t be GB forcing him out. Maybe before popping off, actually pay attention to what caused people to run with that theory...
And it would certainly be Packers pulling the trigger to move on based on his contract. Rodgers has zero leverage to make anything happen other than retiring.
Amazing what a top tier defense with a hellacious pass rush and the best WR grouping in the NFL can do for you. Let’s you win a NFC championship game despite being horrific and throwing 3 picks in critical moments