***Official AFC Championship Game Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[Doctor Detroit]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

See circa 1960-2000.

Yeah you're a huge Boston fan. Celtics down?

 

[Pai Mei]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

See circa 1960-2000.

Yeah you're a huge Boston fan. Celtics down?

 

[greenline]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

See circa 1960-2000.

Yeah you're a huge Boston fan. Celtics down?

I said New England. This is about the New England Patriots. 2000 and prior has 0 championships.

 

[phthalatemagic]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

They'll just adopt another team and stop going to Patriots/Celtics games, like usual. They may even forget they were fans in the first place.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

See circa 1960-2000.

Yeah you're a huge Boston fan. Celtics down?

I said New England. This is about the New England Patriots. 2000 and prior has 0 championships.

Boston isn't in New England? Since when?

 

[Pai Mei]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

See circa 1960-2000.

Yeah you're a huge Boston fan. Celtics down?

I said New England. This is about the New England Patriots. 2000 and prior has 0 championships.

So you believe the Celtic fanbase wasn't regional when they were dominant in the 1980s?

 

[Pai Mei]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

They'll just adopt another team and stop going to Patriots/Celtics games, like usual. They may even forget they were fans in the first place.

Pittsburgh fans are the same way. Many of them are Steelers and Indians fans. They swear off the Pirates. I have many relatives from weatern PA and they are all Indians fans. Its about being a front-runner. If the Steelers stop winning, they'll vanish from this forum in the blink of an eye.Actually as of late they are Steelers / Indians / Buckeyes fans. Its hilarious.

 

[((Morpheus))]

pretty ugly game on both sides of the ball... but i have no doubt that the best team won.

 

[BigRed]

Patriots are the best team I have ever seen,

ie you're still in high school Seriously please - NE beats SD with no LT and a banged up QB and their top receiver (Gates), plus the SD D missing numerous tackles...I'm not exactly dazzled. Don't get me wrong, they have had an amazing season, but I don't care if they destroy whoever in the SB (make no mistake they will), lmao @ the "best ever" talk because of the undefeated thing. The 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers, and 90s Cowboys would've taken them most games.

 

[Franchise Playa]

Patriots are the best team I have ever seen,

ie you're still in high school Seriously please - NE beats SD with no LT and a banged up QB and their top receiver (Gates), plus the SD D missing numerous tackles...I'm not exactly dazzled. Don't get me wrong, they have had an amazing season, but I don't care if they destroy whoever in the SB (make no mistake they will), lmao @ the "best ever" talk because of the undefeated thing. The 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers, and 90s Cowboys would've taken them most games.

So didn't NE beat the Chargers earlier in the year really badly when all of them were healthy? Or does that not count for some reason?

 

[bostonfred]

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

There were no championships in Boston from 1986 to 2001. With four major teams, that's 60 straight seasons without a championship. As a Cleveland fan, you have the Indians, Browns and Cavs. So it's similar to a 20 year drought for you. For Pittsburgh fans, it's more similar to a 30 year drought. Of course I'd rather watch four teams lose for 15 years, then see a championship, than watch two teams, and wait thirty years, but it still sucks watching your teams lose, especially when they lose in dramatic fashion like the Red Sox used to, or watch Reggie Lewis and Len Bias pass away, or watch the Patriots go 1-15 under Rod Rust and then go 2-14 two seasons later. The stretch from 1986 to 2001 was pretty brutal. But the stretch since then has more than made up for any perceived inequity, and I don't think anyone would argue that.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

There were no championships in Boston from 1986 to 2001. With four major teams, that's 60 straight seasons without a championship. As a Cleveland fan, you have the Indians, Browns and Cavs. So it's similar to a 20 year drought for you. For Pittsburgh fans, it's more similar to a 30 year drought. Of course I'd rather watch four teams lose for 15 years, then see a championship, than watch two teams, and wait thirty years, but it still sucks watching your teams lose, especially when they lose in dramatic fashion like the Red Sox used to, or watch Reggie Lewis and Len Bias pass away, or watch the Patriots go 1-15 under Rod Rust and then go 2-14 two seasons later. The stretch from 1986 to 2001 was pretty brutal. But the stretch since then has more than made up for any perceived inequity, and I don't think anyone would argue that.

That's a fair point and it makes the Philadelphia drought look even more painful. If that is possible.

 

[bostonfred]

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

There were no championships in Boston from 1986 to 2001. With four major teams, that's 60 straight seasons without a championship. As a Cleveland fan, you have the Indians, Browns and Cavs. So it's similar to a 20 year drought for you. For Pittsburgh fans, it's more similar to a 30 year drought. Of course I'd rather watch four teams lose for 15 years, then see a championship, than watch two teams, and wait thirty years, but it still sucks watching your teams lose, especially when they lose in dramatic fashion like the Red Sox used to, or watch Reggie Lewis and Len Bias pass away, or watch the Patriots go 1-15 under Rod Rust and then go 2-14 two seasons later. The stretch from 1986 to 2001 was pretty brutal. But the stretch since then has more than made up for any perceived inequity, and I don't think anyone would argue that.

That's a fair point and it makes the Philadelphia drought look even more painful. If that is possible.

Yeah, that's pretty awful. As I was rereading that, I realized I forgot to mention wasting Ray Bourque's entire career, to the point that he asked to leave the only team he'd play for so he could get a shot at the championship, because the team had deliberately stayed in a state of suck because they preferred selling hot dogs to selling playoff tickets, and the fans so totally agreed with him that they threw a tickertape parade from him in downtown Boston when Colorado won.

 

[Bad_Mo]

Patriot fans showing their lack of class by booing the Chargers when Kraft thanked them for coming to the game and getting beaten. No class at all.

Yeah, eveyone should just applaud and cheer loudly as they announce the city of the team they just beat in a too-close-for-comfort game riddled with guys that love to run their mouths.

 

[Eric]

Patriots are the best team I have ever seen,

ie you're still in high school Seriously please - NE beats SD with no LT and a banged up QB and their top receiver (Gates), plus the SD D missing numerous tackles...I'm not exactly dazzled. Don't get me wrong, they have had an amazing season, but I don't care if they destroy whoever in the SB (make no mistake they will), lmao @ the "best ever" talk because of the undefeated thing. The 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers, and 90s Cowboys would've taken them most games.

Wow, what an incredibly misinformed post.

 

[fred_1_15301]

If you are from New England, the fans here are the best on Earth. Sorry you're not.

Pretty easy to be a Boston fan right now. Show me what its like when you haven't won anything in 30 years.

They'll just adopt another team and stop going to Patriots/Celtics games, like usual. They may even forget they were fans in the first place.

Pittsburgh fans are the same way. Many of them are Steelers and Indians fans. They swear off the Pirates. I have many relatives from weatern PA and they are all Indians fans. Its about being a front-runner. If the Steelers stop winning, they'll vanish from this forum in the blink of an eye.Actually as of late they are Steelers / Indians / Buckeyes fans. Its hilarious.

The Steelers will never stop winning. Deal with it hater....

 

[stbugs]

Patriots are the best team I have ever seen,

ie you're still in high school Seriously please - NE beats SD with no LT and a banged up QB and their top receiver (Gates), plus the SD D missing numerous tackles...I'm not exactly dazzled. Don't get me wrong, they have had an amazing season, but I don't care if they destroy whoever in the SB (make no mistake they will), lmao @ the "best ever" talk because of the undefeated thing. The 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers, and 90s Cowboys would've taken them most games.

I am not even close to high school and saw the 70s Steelers play a little bit (was a Cowboys fan and saw the 35-31 Super Bowl) and was a well versed football fan in the 80s and 90s and it is a joke for anyone to say that those teams are obviously better. Did those teams have close games? Hmmm, didn't they all lose some games? Yeah, I thought so.

The problem with the Pats is that they were playing much better earlier in the season. So, you are being as bad as others in having short term memory.

How many AFC or NFC Champions were able to overcome 3 INTs by their QB and still win kind of easily?

I am not a Pats fan, but as a Brady owner this year, I watched almost every game and I think they are easily one of the best teams ever and would be in every game with all of the teams that other people think of as the greatest teams ever.

 

[phthalatemagic]

Patriot fans showing their lack of class by booing the Chargers when Kraft thanked them for coming to the game and getting beaten. No class at all.

Any boo is poor sportsmanship and it's quite common.Boos for the opposition seem pretty normal in a stadium, this doesn't seem so out of the ordinary for any team's fans in any sport.I would agree not at that time but...I'm not there "in the moment".

That makes sense before the game, during the game, after the game (if you lost)After the game, when you win a close, tough one......hmmmmmm.......

They'll never get it.

feel free to discuss

I feel free to discuss matters with or without your prompting

 

[Garts]

Michael Turner looks very slow to me.

Then you didn't see his 73 yard TD run a few years ago in INDY. He ran away from defensive backs.

 

[Tom Baker]

Really a shame LT didn't play. Maybe the Chargers still lose, but he punches in at least one of those red zone opportunities.

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today. Looks like he made the right choice. Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

 

[DanFouts]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today. Looks like he made the right choice. Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Nominee for worst post ever.You think if Eli had a torn ACL he plays half as well as Rivers??Please take your unhealthy man love for all mannings and get a room.....

 

[Road Warriors]

Patriot fans showing their lack of class by booing the Chargers when Kraft thanked them for coming to the game and getting beaten. No class at all.

Just following the classy IND fans. We thought booing the opposition was the new classy. Cuz, you know... they're classy.

 

[Clifton]

Boston - Where Dynasties are born

 

[BoltBacker]

Congratulations Patriot fans. Best team I've ever seen.

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Patriots are the best team I have ever seen,

ie you're still in high school Seriously please - NE beats SD with no LT and a banged up QB and their top receiver (Gates), plus the SD D missing numerous tackles...I'm not exactly dazzled. Don't get me wrong, they have had an amazing season, but I don't care if they destroy whoever in the SB (make no mistake they will), lmao @ the "best ever" talk because of the undefeated thing. The 70s Steelers, 80s 49ers, and 90s Cowboys would've taken them most games.

I am not even close to high school and saw the 70s Steelers play a little bit (was a Cowboys fan and saw the 35-31 Super Bowl) and was a well versed football fan in the 80s and 90s and it is a joke for anyone to say that those teams are obviously better. Did those teams have close games? Hmmm, didn't they all lose some games? Yeah, I thought so.

The problem with the Pats is that they were playing much better earlier in the season. So, you are being as bad as others in having short term memory.

How many AFC or NFC Champions were able to overcome 3 INTs by their QB and still win kind of easily?

I am not a Pats fan, but as a Brady owner this year, I watched almost every game and I think they are easily one of the best teams ever and would be in every game with all of the teams that other people think of as the greatest teams ever.

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today. Looks like he made the right choice. Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

:X Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today. Looks like he made the right choice. Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Nominee for worst post ever.You think if Eli had a torn ACL he plays half as well as Rivers??Please take your unhealthy man love for all mannings and get a room.....

Sorry you feel that way.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today. Looks like he made the right choice. Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

 

[DanFouts]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

The real funny thing about this game and really this season for Sd was the turn around of the Secondary of this squad.

Jammer improved his play a lot. Acro is becoming a beast.

What l was a little disturbed at was not being able to stop the run vs. NE

Need to improve the inside LB's a little bit.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

LOL

 

[Road Warriors]

The real funny thing about this game and really this season for Sd was the turn around of the Secondary of this squad.Jammer improved his play a lot. Acro is becoming a beast.What l was a little disturbed at was not being able to stop the run vs. NE Need to improve the inside LB's a little bit.

Jammer was a beast yesterday. It wasn't the best weather for throwing the ball around, but from what I saw, SD was going to shut down the outside receivers regardless. SD looks set for a while at the corners.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

Reading comprehension down?A HEALTHY Colts team is better than a healthy Chargers team.

Congrats on the 2 wins this year, btw.

You cannot discount the impact missing Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison had on the Colts.

Again, when less than healthy, the Chargers were better this year.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

Reading comprehension down?A HEALTHY Colts team is better than a healthy Chargers team.

Congrats on the 2 wins this year, btw.

You cannot discount the impact missing Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison had on the Colts.

Again, when less than healthy, the Chargers were better this year.

I'm not a Chargers fan and my reading comprehension is fine. I see things as they are and you seem to be a bitter Colts fan. Why do you assume that a "healthy" Colts team is better than a "healthy" Chargers team? What are you basing this on if they never played each other?

 

[Tom Baker]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

Reading comprehension down?A HEALTHY Colts team is better than a healthy Chargers team.

Congrats on the 2 wins this year, btw.

You cannot discount the impact missing Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison had on the Colts.

Again, when less than healthy, the Chargers were better this year.

Still whining about this? Colts fans trying to argue that the Colts are, in spite of the score, better than the Chargers is like LT saying that the Chargers are, in spite of the score, better than the Patriots . . .

 

[NE_REVIVAL]

The game went much like I thought it would;SD is a very good team and they played a hell of a game.

 

[Darth Cheney]

Ahhhhh and the haters come out. I wish I was here earlier but I just woke up after celebrating with a couple of Pats fans at the local pubbery. Face it haters. This is the greatest team of all time. I don't understand why you guys try to deny our celebrations? We've waited a long time for a owner,coach,team and QB of this caliber. If any of your teams actually managed to defy the modern day, free agent, loyalty means nothing NFL and build the greatest dynasty ever seen... we'd be happy for you, and celebrate alongside you. This is something you can tell your kids you were part of...the greatest team ever in NFL history. Winning this SuperBowl is the cherry on top of the sundae.

 

[phthalatemagic]

We've waited a long time for a owner,coach,team and QB of this caliber.

That's actually untrue.

 

[J Andersson]

I'm getting bored reading about the Colts in this thread.



Imho, the Colts aren't to be debated here in the Chargers at Patriots AFC Championship game thread since they, as they almost always have been (not counting last year's odd turn of events), were beaten out from the playoffs at a relatively early stage.

But I guess it's just a matter of bad luck and freak accidents that have stopped the Colts from winning 7 straight Lombardi trophies???

The Chargers made a heck of a Superbowl bid considering all adversity and the win at RCA was impressive. The future is bright in San Diego - with a young core of players on both offense (LT, Chambers and Gates aren't over the hill just yet either) and defense. With a couple of more pieces this team will be hard to stop in the future. Well done!



Regarding the Pats - Superbowl here we come! !! It was a pretty ugly win granted the sky high standards set by the team this year this year. This is the playoffs though and I expect another extremely tough game in the SB. That game will surely be a real nailbiter. I'm really impressed with what the Giants have done lately!

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

As a Chargers homer, I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses, but I really think the Chargers would have won yesterday if only they had been able to play the Colts again instead of the Patriots.

 

[pats3in4]

Congrats to the Chargers for putting together an excellent defensive gameplan. The bump-and-run in windy conditions was ideal, but they still needed the guys to make it work and they did. Jammer was outstanding. The blanketing on Welker with LB help was superb. The mixing up of blitzes and coverages definitely kept Brady off balance for much of the first half. Getting three picks considering the year Brady had was exactly what the doctor ordered, and then some.

On offense, the Chargers clearly watched tape of the Eagles/Pats game because much like AJ Feeley, Rivers was finding his WRs on incuts about 15yds downfield all game. I didn't think he'd have it in him considering his knees, but I have to tip my hat to him. Vincent Jackson impressed me because he's not just a deep threat, but will go across the middle and he did so repeatedly yesterday. Their stalling in the red zone lead to their undoing, but for a while it looked like they might pull a repeat of the Giants' 15-14 upset over SF in the January 1991 NFCCG. The Pats' defense is very much a bend-but-don't-break so the Chargers moving the ball between the 20s wasn't all that unexpected, but I don't think anyone was predicting the Pats to blank San Diego 0-for-3 in the redzone. San Diego really needed to convert.

The Pats turned on their running game in the 2nd half and really dominated thereafter, with the deflected pick to Florence (Welker's shoestring tackle saved a TD on that) and Brady's horrible underthrow to Watson picked by Cromartie keeping the score close. Maroney looked his best all year. The OL looked their best all year run blocking in that 2nd half. I'm curious if fatigue was setting in for San Diego, considering all the travel that week. Evans and Kyle Brady were making Merriman look like an overmatched rookie trying to set the edge (shades of Tully Banta-Cain's horrible game at San Diego last January). This wasn't the first playoff game in the Brady era where the 2nd-half running game saved Brady from a shaky performance...see the divisional win over Indy in January 2005. Of course it's one thing to do that vs. a porous run D like Indy, but another vs. this San Diego team.

I said last spring when the Pats reloaded at WR that they weren't loading up to beat Indy, but rather San Diego. The Pats were lucky to get out of San Diego last year with a win and they knew it. San Diego had the talent to contend for years. This hasn't changed. I look forward to the next few years of the Pats, Colts and now Chargers battling for alpha dog status in the AFC.

 

[pizzatyme]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

Reading comprehension down?A HEALTHY Colts team is better than a healthy Chargers team.

Congrats on the 2 wins this year, btw.

You cannot discount the impact missing Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison had on the Colts.

Again, when less than healthy, the Chargers were better this year.

I'm not a Chargers fan and my reading comprehension is fine. I see things as they are and you seem to be a bitter Colts fan. Why do you assume that a "healthy" Colts team is better than a "healthy" Chargers team? What are you basing this on if they never played each other?

I'm basing it on the same things the other poster was when saying a healthy Chargers team>>> than a healthy Giants team.Basically nothing in reality.

 

[BoltBacker]

The real funny thing about this game and really this season for Sd was the turn around of the Secondary of this squad.Jammer improved his play a lot. Acro is becoming a beast.What l was a little disturbed at was not being able to stop the run vs. NE Need to improve the inside LB's a little bit.

Jammer was a beast yesterday. It wasn't the best weather for throwing the ball around, but from what I saw, SD was going to shut down the outside receivers regardless. SD looks set for a while at the corners.

When Jammer got that early PI penalty my first thought was "here we go" but he did play an amazing game after that. In fact, I've NEVER seen him play the ball better than he played the ball in that game. Part of me worries it's a one game aberration and officials tend to let players be a little more "physical" in the playoffs which really helps a guy like Jammer... the other part doesn't care and just hope that guy is finally living up to his draft day billing.

 

[BoltBacker]

Congrats to the Patriots. The Chargers had their chances. It was obvious they could have used Eli today.

Looks like he made the right choice.

Looking forward to hopefully a good game.

Rivers proved he's for real. He kept the team in the game on two bad knees. I definitely think Eli has come into his own and has had a great post-season, but I don't think Eli would have won the game for them. If he had Rivers' injuries I'm not even sure he'd play. A Rivers/Eli SB would have been great to see who came out on top in head-to-head playoff competition. maybe next year.

I wonder how the game looks with Volek in there. I'd take a healthy Eli versus a gimpy Rivers anyday.Eli is in the Super Bowl. Rivers is watching the game on the tv. Is there any arguing Eli made the right choice?

Chargers had a great year. Congrats!

with Volek? please. SD wouldnt have had a chance.Eli is in the superbowl cause he plays in the NFC simple as that

Also Healthy Chargers >>>healthy Giants

and healthy Colts>>> than healthy Chargers. So what does that have to do with anything?

......Healthy Colts weren't even better than the injured Chargers. How quickly we forget that Billy Volek, Michael Turner and company moved the ball at will against that top ranked defense. The Chargers beat the Colts twice this year. How anyone can claim that the Colts were a better team is beyond me.

Reading comprehension down?A HEALTHY Colts team is better than a healthy Chargers team.

Congrats on the 2 wins this year, btw.

You cannot discount the impact missing Dwight Freeney and Marvin Harrison had on the Colts.

Again, when less than healthy, the Chargers were better this year.

I'm not a Chargers fan and my reading comprehension is fine. I see things as they are and you seem to be a bitter Colts fan. Why do you assume that a "healthy" Colts team is better than a "healthy" Chargers team? What are you basing this on if they never played each other?

I'm basing it on the same things the other poster was when saying a healthy Chargers team>>> than a healthy Giants team.Basically nothing in reality.

Somebody in this thread is like the bitter x-gf that will never recover from getting dumped.

 

[phthalatemagic]

Nice booing of the Chargers there. That was the loudest the Pats fans were all day. Terrible, terrible, terrible. I wish this team was in San Diego, Utah, or Cuba. They'd be a lot easier to not hate.

They are the worst fans in the NFL, without a doubt.

Just making a statement of fact. Perhaps the worst fans ever, of any sporting franchise in the history of sports.

 

[SeniorVBDStudent]

Nice booing of the Chargers there. That was the loudest the Pats fans were all day. Terrible, terrible, terrible. I wish this team was in San Diego, Utah, or Cuba. They'd be a lot easier to not hate.

They are the worst fans in the NFL, without a doubt.

Just making a statement of fact. Perhaps the worst fans ever, of any sporting franchise in the history of sports.

In order for these statements to be facts, you would need to be uniquely qualified, or ordained by God if you prefer, in passing judgement on what constitutes "worst". Do you claim to be so ordained?If you are confused by my question, try looking up the difference between "opinion" and "fact" in a dictionary.Hopefully, this is nothing more than some sad attempt to antagonize, as I would like to believe that you are not such a simpleton as to not understand such a trivial distinction.