Let's Not Think We've Won Yet
by Lady Kaede on Jan 16, 2012 4:46 PM EST
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PrintThe smart money said the Packers and the Saints were the best teams in the NFC. They weren't. They had great stats, some astounding players, the last two Superbowl championships, but they weren't the best teams. The Packers and (still in the playoffs) Patriots are in some ways effete snobs. They expect to win, they undervalue opponents without their steller reputations, and so they are always vulnerable to units that win based on being all-for-one-and-one-for-all and never giving up.
Going into San Francisco we cannot afford to look past or undervalue the 49ers, because they are as hard-nosed and tight-with-each-other a team as we are. Please READ THIS. This isn't going to be like the Falcons or the Pack, not even close. Just as we are not the same team that lost to them in the regular season, they are not the same team that beat us. They are going from strength to strength, they have a real defense, and they have every reason to be as confident as we are.
This is the real Superbowl coming. Barring injuries, bad officiating, or a sudden spate of turnovers, it seems as obvious to me as anything in the last 30 years that the NFC team is going to win the Superbowl in February. But the Niners and the Giants are going to have to go through a valley of death to get there.
Confidence is one thing. Overconfidence is deadly. Let's all please here on BBV not let our jubilation over the smack-down of the Pack lead us to sounding like the cheeseheads at APC before (and even after) their come-uppance at Lambeau.
Focus and realism are the keys. And Team above all.
FINISH.
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Two things
1) NOOOOOOOOOO! Please look past us… that’s what Harbaugh feasts on! We are the team that nobody believes in! Don’t worry about us!
2) I love your avatar. Stop SOPA indeed. But let’s not get political here.
I'm just a simple Niners fan trying to make my way in the universe.
by Tim Lincecum's Bong on Jan 16, 2012 4:54 PM EST reply actions
Welcome to BBV!
We won’t look past you if I can help it. (We’ve thrived on it the last 4 weeks ourselves!) But I’m just a voice on a blog; don’t think the team’s actually concerned with what we write here . . .
Stop SOPA.
don't worry about us looking past you
the Giants are a 9-7 team. If we were the 15-1 team, then they might be doing that.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
can i still pick the packers to win the superbowl?
If some of your members are going to troll us on our forum, don’t expect [us] to hold themselves to a higher standard. If you don’t like what we are saying, its not your forum to go ahead and correct us as a guest.
by Shoes31 on Jan 10, 2012
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 16, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
I already did
Packers vs. Eagles in the SB.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
this is the Superblow
Team TAWD:
The entire 53 man roster of the 2011 New York Giants
by The Always Well Dressed... on Jan 17, 2012 11:54 AM EST up reply actions
I'll remove the Avatar
next week, and go back to my usual. Won’t make a habit of ‘political’ here.
Promise.
Stop SOPA.
It's been said before, and I will continue to say it...
Respect all, fear none, and stay humble in victory.
Finish, finish, finish!!!
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent"
by Larry Soprano on Jan 16, 2012 5:13 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
why is this not green
If some of your members are going to troll us on our forum, don’t expect [us] to hold themselves to a higher standard. If you don’t like what we are saying, its not your forum to go ahead and correct us as a guest.
by Shoes31 on Jan 10, 2012
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 16, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
This will be the real test.
This round showed both the Saints and Packers that the whole ‘Pass first, rely on the rules to protect your QB and receivers, who-cares-about defense?’ BS needs to go back over to the AFC where it belongs!
OUR championship game will feature two old-school, punch-you-in-the-face, REAL football teams.
What worries me is that the 49ers are like the Giants but with an even bigger chip on their shoulders. We will absolutely need supreme focus, effort, and passion from every single member of this team. That’s what ALL-IN means.
Let’s Finish this!
BTW excellent usage of the word effete.
Team Win Ugly.
ESPN = Everyone Spewing Putrid Nonsense
It's On
It’s already a wrap… might as well not show up tomorrow.
Football - It's Beyond an Addiction, It's a Way of Life.
by Eagladelphia on Sep 24, 2011 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
SEPT 25 - Giants 29 - Eagles 16
Well, now I know what STOP SOPA means.
I hear ya. And I hear you on this game, too. SF is the real deal, a big strong team that wants an all-out brawl. We won’t be the baddest bunch on the field.
They can do it, but the Giants will need everything clicking to take this one.
"Allie Sherman wrecked the Giants!" - my 5th grade bus driver
That's exactly what I hope our boys are hearing
Tell JPP, Justin and Osi that they aren’t the baddest guys on the field. Yup that’s exactly what I’m hoping for.
It’s already a wrap… might as well not show up tomorrow.
Football - It's Beyond an Addiction, It's a Way of Life.
by Eagladelphia on Sep 24, 2011 11:12 PM EDT reply actions
SEPT 25 - Giants 29 - Eagles 16
This team is going to be hard to beat.
The only question about this team, could Alex Smith lead them to a late game score while they were losing was answered not once but two times last week. I am happy for the kid cause he has had a rough ride to get to this point in his career.
Our Oline better wear their big boy pants because the Niners Dline is no joke.
And lets not overlook the Ravens or Pats should we be fortunate enough to get to the SB. They are both formidable foes for anyone.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
No more score predictions...
This 4 game ride a tougher one than '08.
NOT saying the guys cannot do this – but there’s a mountain to climb in SF.
"Allie Sherman wrecked the Giants!" - my 5th grade bus driver
One correction:
But the Niners and the Giants are going to have to go through a valley of death to get there.
Both will enter into the Valley of Death…but only one will emerge from the Valley of Death!
"Allie Sherman wrecked the Giants!" - my 5th grade bus driver
They will be sound opponents.
But the other side of the coin is that, just like Green Bay, just like New Orleans – they can be beaten.
I don’t think this team is overconfident; they know what lies ahead. I don’t think Coughlin will let them get big-headed.
Quit playing not to lose. Start playing to WIN! Geeez...
Agreed
I think Eli/Gilbride will figure out how to get the ball to the wideouts downfield…too many weapons not to move the ball and put up a pretty good number.
The SF O line is huge and they can run it…a little concerned about wearing out our lighter D lineman. We’re not a shutdown D on the run, will have to commit the backers, maybe a safety if it gets a little out of hand, and then we’re back to DB’s having to cover guys in space without a lot of help.
Will be a fine line between committing to looking to shut down the SF running game and giving up too much to play action.
"Allie Sherman wrecked the Giants!" - my 5th grade bus driver
we've been pretty good against the run lately
and that starts up front with Canty, Rocky, Linval, JT, & JPP.
Everybody better strap their helmets on tight, wear all their pads, & get ready for the most physical game of the year, if not decade. People will walk away from this game remembering what Football is supposed to be played like.
I don't hate the guy, but if I saw him, I wouldn't take him out to dinner."--Amani Toomer on Trey Junkin
Talk is Cheap! Play the Game!
You can't spell Elite without ELI.
2 words.
Slobber.
Knocker.
If some of your members are going to troll us on our forum, don’t expect [us] to hold themselves to a higher standard. If you don’t like what we are saying, its not your forum to go ahead and correct us as a guest.
by Shoes31 on Jan 10, 2012
by Simms-McConkey on Jan 16, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
Ernie Accorsi once wrote in a scouting report on Eli
“Most of all, he has that quality you can’t define. Call it Magic. As Bobby Boyd told me once about Unitas, ‘Two things set him apart: His left testicle and his right testicle.’…We should move up to take him. These guys are rare you know.”
I think we will be alright this Sunday.
so basically
testicles, that is all.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
Niners will be tough to beat
I think the G-men can slow down Gore, but it’s Smith running that bothers me. Giants have trouble stopping these running QB’s from picking up first downs. I hope the coaching staff comes up with something to stop this.
It worked against AR
Discount Double Chock got his yards running it but that’s cause we had everybody covered downfield. I prefer to see the QB running, gives us a chance to hit him. You can’t cover everybody and sometimes it’s better to see the QB run for 10 than hit a WR for 18.
"We borrowed golf from the Scottish as we borrowed whiskey. Not because it is Scottish, but because it is good." Horace Hutchinson
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