Champs not going to go out easily, we are going to have win straight out, we can't count on them losing any games.
No, he is an example of how one great player at any position can't win on his own. QB is the closest thing to it. I'm sorry but you can pick a lot of great players on crap teams and say its proof of something. It isn't.
What? I'm sorry but what you just said there seems to completely contradict what you said in the other thread about Football Outsiders. You were arguing in that thread that Miami needs these so called "difference makers" to take the next step, and now you're here talking about how little Calvin Johnson impacts the game, is he not a "difference maker" by your standards? You are completely shooting yourself in the foot. What wins games is good coaching, a good QB, and solid starters across the team and that is what Philbin is aiming for and that's the identity that this team is slowly but surely taking.
nfl.com quote re: stafford: "However, his progress has stalled like a Ford Pinto in the snow." ouch! True though. The way he played last night was not the image i had in my head of Stafford. Again, one thing about Tanny, he never has these completely horrible games we see out of some QBs
BTW Reggie Bush had some nice runs last night but he certainly wasn't a game changer. He's also been injured multiple times this year. Do you think Bush would have come back a week after suffering a knee injury like Daniel Thomas did?
Right. At worst Ryan has a few passes not go where he wants, misses a read on a great defensive play, gets hit while he throws etc. Stafford for example throws low percentage passes on third and short twenty yards down the field. Then throws sidearm off his back foot with minimal pressure. Stafford is an NFL talent with a college mind set.
Yup. If I'm Denver, New England, KC, Indy, us...I'd MUCH rather play Cincy in the postseason. Ravens hosting a game at M&T on wildcard weekend is a really tough W for the away team. This Ravens team is very Giants-like: the streaky QB who can get crazy hot attacking downfield, the veteran pass-rushers in Suggs and Doom, big-play WRs who can swing the game in a second, corners who can get in your face and erase mismatches. They have the chance to sneak into the playoffs like the 2007 and 2011 Giants did. Baltimore has had the Pats number for a couple years now, but I think the other AFC teams will be quietly pulling for New England to knock Baltimore out of the picture on Sunday.
