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THE key to Victory come Saturday night @ Seattle

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Start fast just like Dallas did earlier this year. Score TDs on our first 2-3 possessions and keep them scoreless. That field was so quiet, you could have heard a pin drop until garbage time.

We MUST neutralize the 12th man. I'll the leave the Xs and Os to commenters, but make no mistake ladies and gents, we have to start fast and never look back! That is THE key to winning this game. We can no longer afford to say that we "have to execute better", that we "have to start fast", that we "can't make dumb mistakes", this Saturday night, we have to do what we've been hearing from our players. We need the offense to take the bull by the horns and poo all over their Defense!

Neutralize the crowd, we'll be playing in the NFC Championship game, one game away from the ultimate prize

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So you're saying score more points than they do?

Good to know.

I should have expected a thoughtless quip like this would come. I'm saying score early and often to get the crowd out of the game. This is exactly how Dallas beat them on their home field. Just think, the "lowly" Panthers go in there and punch them in a the mouth a few times, only we don't stop (rendering fans in the stadium and at home watching shocked and most importantly, Silent). Their fans aren't expecting it and neither is anyone else. I'd love for the Stadium to be clearing out midway through the 4th quarter.

So yes mr señor smarty pants, score more points. But u don't take the crowd out of it by kicking a last second winning FG. You do it by starting fast as I mentioned, and never looking back.

That's how u knock off the Defending World Champs in their house.

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Their crowd didn't earn their reputation by being a fairweather wine and cheese type fanbase (at least the ones that make it to the home games). I don't see us taking their crowd out of it unless it's a blowout late in the 4th. Certainly not after a couple TDs presumably in the first quarter like you are suggesting. And if we're able to score on our first 2-3 possessions despite the crowd noise, then apparently we are OK playing in those conditions...I wouldn't say that quieting the crowd is the key to winning if we're so successful in spite of it.

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Their crowd didn't earn their reputation by being a fairweather wine and cheese type fanbase (at least the ones that make it to the home games). I don't see us taking their crowd out of it unless it's a blowout late in the 4th. Certainly not after a couple TDs presumably in the first quarter like you are suggesting. And if we're able to score on our first 2-3 possessions despite the crowd noise, then apparently we are OK playing in those conditions...I wouldn't say that quieting the crowd is the key to winning if we're so successful in spite of it.

 

I mean, their stadium was constructed to amplify noise. I won't say their fans are better than Philedelphia or Green Bay at making noise, but you can make the argument that it isn't really just the fan noise.

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