Divisional Playoffs: New Orleans Saints vs. San Francisco 49ers
by Chris Pokorny on Jan 14, 2012 3:00 PM EST
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PrintAll four games this weekend feature some of the most intriguing matchups you can get in football. The Divisional Round of the playoffs kicks off with the high-powered Saints offense going up against the stingy defense of the 49ers. For as good as Drew Brees is, the Saints' offense is not as successful on the road. Remember -- the Saints lost their road playoff game to an NFC West team last year. The 49ers stick to a unique/creative game plan that won't blow you away, but will get the job done. With that said, I have to take my chances on Brees continuing to roll and the 49ers being unable to catch up late.
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Game: New Orleans Saints vs. San Francisco 49ers
Date/Time: Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EST
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Yeah, this 1:30 start time is bull crap.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
What time do the Steelers play? Tomorrow?
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 3:41 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I’m looking more forward to tonight’s Tebow Show.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
That’s the other game tonight? Hellz yeah!
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured. He flies these people and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave & Buster’s), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard-line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
I mean, that is really just above and beyond. Really sweet.
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Lol Dave and Busters is an awesome choice!
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 4:40 PM EST up reply actions
He’s a flat out great guy. Don’t know why people hate him for being a good human. Look at last week after he beat the Steelers. He was more happy with the family he brought out and was able to spend time with. He is the definition of humanitarian.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
I’m sold on him as being a good person, just not the QB skills yet.
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I’m trying so hard to hate him, and I just can’t do it. I’m an OSU fan and firmly against his beliefs, but I can’t fault most of the things he does to help people. It’s frustrating.
by Legoman0721 on Jan 14, 2012 5:22 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Without getting into a huge discussion, suffice to say not everyone agrees on what makes someone a good or bad person.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 14, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t know why people hate him for being a good human.
It’s not for being a good human, it’s for the in-your-face religiosity. I mean when Kurt Warner says you are going over the top with the Jesus stuff, you are going over the top. Also, he put himself out there as an advocate against abortion rights in what many people (including me) think was a very misleading commercial. If you are going to put yourself out there on a hot-button issue, expect to take some sh!t for it. Now, let’s not turn this into a talk of politics or abortion; the point is that when you put yourself out there, you are going to get some flack.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
Right. Flying someone with a terrible injury or disease out to the game and giving them such great treatment is awesome. It truly is, and I respect that. But he’s done a lot of stuff I disagree with.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 14, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
I got it now. Every time I switched to Fox it was a commercial.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not convinced they do.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 14, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
That prediction is still in play… Barely….
by Legoman0721 on Jan 14, 2012 5:25 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
That would have been last week when the Stoolers got Tebowed…
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
That was more fun, but this one is more interesting.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Bingo.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Saints coming back. 9ers look flustered.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions
Calling it right now. Saints win by 20
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:14 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Saints players can’t comprehend what’s happening.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
Starting to remind me of the Bills 51-3 AFC Champ game rout of the Raiders in 1990…don’t ask me why I made that correlation, it just came to mind.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
They need to go to Haight-Ashbury for a bit and chill.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
That place is over rated. But I did get a $150 pipe there once.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:21 PM EST up reply actions
Saints have played about as poor of a quarter of football as humanly possibly.
Unless the Saints continue to turn it over and give the 49ers the ball inside their red zone, Bress will get it cranked up and start torching their defensive backfield.
The Saints will realize that Alex Smith can only throw slants, and start sitting on those routes.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:22 PM EST up reply actions
Brees better step it up in these next two possessions.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
Saints are going to go down and score, force a 3 and out, and this game is done.
The 49ers can’t hang with the Saints.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
My thoughts exactly.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
It sucks that Payton has to waste a challenge on this.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions
when did that movie come out? 10 years ago?
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
A lot of people like it. I think it’s stupid.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
I watched it a couple times. It has a few moments but I have no clue how you make a series out of it.
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
All the voices in the cartoon are the real people in the movie. They must need money.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
The whole game thread should be .gifs…the Browns aren’t playing so why not laugh? In fact, I propose an entire game thread of all .gifs…
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Please don’t. I don’t think you understand the internet.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
Well since I run a web development company, I would say you’re incorrect. Anyway, it was meant to be humorous. Might want to relax a bit…
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
by Kosar19 on Jan 14, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
No one would be able to load the thread. The gifs would stop working.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
by notthatnoise on Jan 14, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
Clearly. He always dunks. He just sat there and couldn’t even figure out how to spike it.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
HOW DARE THE SAINTS!!! DON’T THEY KNOW THEY ARE RISKING HIS LIFE!!! THEY SHOULD LOSE DRAFT PICKS!!!!
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
You’re still ignorant to concussions.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
You’re still ignorant to big boy football.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
Hardly.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:43 PM EST up reply actions
Grown ass man wants to play, let him play.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
Shouldn’t be his decision. A lot of grown men are idiots.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions
I have many libertarian leanings, but I can’t agree with this. Guy in his early 20s is not mature enough to make that decision, and more importantly, if he has a freakin concussion, he sure as hell ain’t in the right mind to make the decision.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:45 PM EST up reply actions
True story.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions
These guys all know the risks going into this.
You want to play, let them play.
No one seems to mind when these guys play on busted knees, or backs. In fact, we call them tough. When former and current players say they want to play, who are we to say differently?
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
Different kinds of injuries. An ACL is usually non life threatening and easy to diagnose and cure. Concussions are a completely different animal.
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by SpecialBrownie on Jan 14, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
As someone who has suffered an ACL injury and concussions, I will argue your point. I was in a car wreck in high school that busted my head up so bad, I couldn’t watch TV or look at a computer monitor for 8 weeks.
I got over it. My ACL injury, has caused three more surgeries for my knee, has developed such a bad case of arthritis, I knee a full knee replacement at the age of 30. I can’t get out of bed when it is cold out without meds.
So sorry if I don’t get fully behind the whole “but the head is so much different!” movement.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
That is a pretty ironic slip up there. Need*
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions
The brain is different. When you have a chance, you should read this (loosely related) series in the NY Times about Derek Boogard, a hockey enforcer. Not a hockey fan, but this was a fascinating series, and it shows the dangers of constant head injuries.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
The Boogard case was sad (I live here in MN, it was huge news here).
I understand that the head injuries have an effect, I just don’t see why if a guy wants to keep playing (and make sure he doesn’t get Wally Pipped), then we have no reason to say no.
I don’t like the whole “because they aren’t in a right sense of mind” argument because I see former and current non-concussed players say they want to play with concussions. I think that excuse is a cop-out.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe not your 20 point win, but the TD/3 out/TD is looking good.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
I still think Brees and the Saints pull this out, but the 49ers are playing great D on them right now.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:46 PM EST reply actions
And the Saints are still moving the ball. This offense is scary good.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
Are you kidding me? Drew Brees is ridiculous. I’d take him over Rodgers. Yeah, I said it.
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by TheDriveStillHurts on Jan 14, 2012 5:50 PM EST reply actions
GAME ON!
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Interesting on these Crabtree drops. Guys been playing WR how many years? Little had more catches than Julio Jones last year.
You just opened up a whole new can of worms for this thread, but I like it.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
If you post a picture in a gamethread, use the head line so it can be collapsed.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
The shoe with the black trim is really special.
by Brownie's Year on Jan 14, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
Have to make sure everyone know he has a boo-boo
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
by Kosar19 on Jan 14, 2012 6:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
How does one become a Minion?
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Alex Smith learned to catch from Braylon.
by Legoman0721 on Jan 14, 2012 8:23 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
When this game finishes and the other one starts, switch over to this thread:
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Aside from the Saints’ turnovers this is a classic matchup and display of great execution on both sides of the ball. Very impressive.
That was my understanding.
by burntorangeandbrown on Jan 14, 2012 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
Hell of a game. Man, Sproles is one fast little frigging cannon ball.
That was my understanding.
by burntorangeandbrown on Jan 14, 2012 7:46 PM EST reply actions
Both teams playing great. Great game all around.
That was my understanding.
by burntorangeandbrown on Jan 14, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions
Big mistake scoring that TD….Brees time.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Ha! I had the same thought. I was hoping Smith didn’t step out.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Think Shurmer would have the balls to call that?
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
Nope.
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
Of course. Watch these post season games make me realize how far off the Browns are from competing at this level.
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
It would have gone for a loss of two and everyone here would say it was a gutless call.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 7:58 PM EST up reply actions
How would that be gutless? Stupid maybe, if he didn’t set it up like SF schemed to do all game.
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
It was a QB sneak on 3rd and long to set up a FG to take the lead.
Shurmur did almost the exact same thing and was murdered on here for it. San Fran’s just went for a TD because the Saints blitzed the house.
by Bernie19Kosar on Jan 14, 2012 8:02 PM EST up reply actions
Not the same scenario. Not set up the whole game like that play was.
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. Great game.
That was my understanding.
by burntorangeandbrown on Jan 14, 2012 7:56 PM EST up reply actions
Here comes the Drive….
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
In awe of the job Harbaugh has done with this team. Definitely a better coach than QB.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Jan 14, 2012 8:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
There’s your Cleveland Classic™: 49ers edition
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by emily522 on Jan 14, 2012 8:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
What a game, now the 49ers still have time to drive too.
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Wish our Brownies could play like this.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Jan 14, 2012 8:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Mismanaging clock!
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Jan 14, 2012 8:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Vernon Davis killing Saints.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Jan 14, 2012 8:09 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Absolutely great game.
That was my understanding.
by burntorangeandbrown on Jan 14, 2012 8:11 PM EST reply actions
What a game. My gosh.
I take this optimism shit seriously.
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by The Licensed Optimist on Jan 14, 2012 8:12 PM EST reply actions
Can we transplant Harbaugh’s passion into Murmur???
Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein - Joe Theismann
by Kosar19 on Jan 14, 2012 8:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Mike singletary must feel so inept
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Jan 14, 2012 8:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Thus ends my DBN Playoff Challenge run. I had Brees, Colston, and Graham.
Resident Tim Couch Apologist.
But wait, you can replace guys each and every week.
"The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins."
Yeah, but you get extra points if you had them in the previous round. Now I’ll have to replace my QB, a WR, and my TE.
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The Saints D looked better than I expect today.
by kingcrimson2 on Jan 14, 2012 8:18 PM EST up reply actions
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