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Garrick · January 11, 2016

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ItsOKImAPilot · January 11, 2016

ItsOKImAPilot · January 11, 2016

Congrats Packers fans. Now get out of my face!

ToffeeDan · January 11, 2016

Pack are back. About time!! Seriously thought A Rod was struggling with an injury. Go Pack Go. Bring the Bacon Home.

803 Toffee · January 11, 2016

Panthers and Seahawks will be the battle of the bandwagons. I was hoping for some fresh blood to advance. Looking forward to the games this weekend.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · January 11, 2016

So the Packers won?

Does that mean Aaron Rodgers is back to being a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDD MAN!!!! again?

I turned on the Texans game, saw they were 20-0 down, and turned it straight off again

JJ Watt deserves better

davek · January 11, 2016

I only just caught up with this season's games. I take it that if the Pats get bodies back they're favourites to win again? Brady with 5 wins would settle arguments between him or Montana.

ItsOKImAPilot · January 11, 2016

Now that I have all of the feelings out of my system, I am happy with Washington's season. We were never a playoff team (no NFCE team was), and although I am still disappointed in the way they played last night, I think this was a huge step in the right direction. This year was supposed to be a rebuilding year but they played some great football. This comes to mind when I think about the progress: http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/rankings?pollId=1000&week=1

Congrats again to the Packers though and the Packers fans here on GOT. I'll be pulling for the Pack against the Cardinals so this loss doesn't look so awful.

ItsOKImAPilot · January 11, 2016

davek said:
I only just caught up with this season's games. I take it that if the Pats get bodies back they're favourites to win again? Brady with 5 wins would settle arguments between him or Montana.

I don't think the Pats can hold up against the Chiefs' pass rush even when healthy. Going into this weekend I would say it doesn't matter who comes from the AFC since the NFC looked to dominate, but now I am not so sure. Would love a Seattle vs New England revenge match though.

davek · January 11, 2016

ItsOKImAPilot said:
I don't think the Pats can hold up against the Chiefs' pass rush even when healthy. Going into this weekend I would say it doesn't matter who comes from the AFC since the NFC looked to dominate, but now I am not so sure. Would love a Seattle vs New England revenge match though.

Home field advantage will count for something though, as will the Pat's post season experience. They've been poor in the last few games, granted, but course and distance specialists need to be respected.

A repeat of last season's SB would be a great spectacle, yes. Carroll must still have nightmares.

ilikecheese · January 11, 2016

803 Toffee said:
Panthers and Seahawks will be the battle of the bandwagons. I was hoping for some fresh blood to advance. Looking forward to the games this weekend.

The Seahawks retired the number 12 in 1984. The bandwagon narrative doesn't fly with a fan base who has created a very hostile environment for well over 3 decades.

117 consecutive sellouts would also debunk this myth.

Sure we've picked up some along the way, but every good team does.

ItsOKImAPilot · January 11, 2016

davek said:
Home field advantage will count for something though, as will the Pat's post season experience. They've been poor in the last few games, granted, but course and distance specialists need to be respected.

A repeat of last season's SB would be a great spectacle, yes. Carroll must still have nightmares.

That's true. Going on the road to Foxboro and getting their 12th consecutive win is no small order, but if there is an AFC team that can beat the Pats it's the Chiefs.

I'm sure Carroll has chewed through 4,000 packs of every time he thinks about it. Still funny to this day.

Mikey_Fitzgerald · January 11, 2016

Just noticed Pittsburgh won as well

I bet Stephen A was loving it on First Take today!

Both his Steelers and Aaron Rodgers picked up big wins

803 Toffee · January 11, 2016

ilikecheese said:
The Seahawks retired the number 12 in 1984. The bandwagon narrative doesn't fly with a fan base who has created a very hostile environment for well over 3 decades.

117 consecutive sellouts would also debunk this myth.

Sure we've picked up some along the way, but every good team does.

Definitely. No argument there. Success bring them out in full force. It just seems that their "loyalty" will be up for grabs this weekend. Not implying you're one of them, it just seems from my perspective on social media that the Super Bowl win brought along a lot of non fans.

wm02 · January 11, 2016

davek said:
I only just caught up with this season's games. I take it that if the Pats get bodies back they're favourites to win again? Brady with 5 wins would settle arguments between him or Montana.

Given the different eras (free agency and league-wide parity), I think Brady has already eclipsed what Montana achieved. Those Niners teams were loaded (Roger Craig, Clark, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, etc.). Compare that to the receivers that Brady has had.