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what did you learn from superbowl 47?

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I learned the pistol and read option is here to stay and dual threat QBs makes average offenses elite. Kaepernick and that 9ers offense is almost unstoppable. But their defense gave up at least 27 points in all their playoff games(ouchhh, painful). The ravens played the pistol the best this year but still gave up 30 points per. While they stymied the high powered NE offense.

The ravens minus that aging defense and boldin will be an average team. Because they are in the afc they might win 9 games. The ravens will make a mistake if they sign flacco to a long term contract. Most of his throws were mostly desperation jump balls where his receivers won most of the battles. It would be an insult to football players if flacco is one of the highest paid player. Nothing against the guy, though. The flukiest Superbowl since Eli. The better team did not win and I hate that but this is football not basketball.

Bill Cowher can eat poo for suggesting that the 9ers should put in Alex Smith. No wonder he only barely won one Superbowl in his 16 years of coaching the talent-filled Steelers. That idiot can barely say a word without spitting on everyone. I liked the body language of the other panelists when he said that, they wouldn't even entertain him. It proves how those idiots can spit out anything with no ramification.

Lastly, I would love to see Cam behind the ravens OL. And of course that's wishful thinking.

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I learned that Ray Lewis is too old for this poo. He was the weakest link and the 49ers exploited him to keep the game close. The read option and pistol will never be as effective in the future. It will be game planned for, in some cases it may be drafted for. It has a place in this league but Kaepernick will need to develop beyond it to win consistently. You could run a high school offense and it would look pretty good with the athletes San Fran put on the field this year. Let's see who leaves for bigger money.

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The Niners offense was extremely "stoppable" in the first half. They only got effective after the Baltimore defense started showing it's age.

But heck, even then the Ravens still held them out of the end zone on four plays with five yards to go. "Unstoppable" offenses don't get shut out five yards from paydirt.

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The Niners offense was extremely "stoppable" in the first half. They only got effective after the Baltimore defense started showing it's age.

But heck, even then the Ravens still held them out of the end zone on four plays with five yards to go. "Unstoppable" offenses don't get shut out five yards from paydirt.

They barely punted in the game. Their defense was giving up jump balls all over the place and couldn't get to flacco. they're gonna be a team on a mission next year, plus they're young. Hopefully we can have a side by side comparison between kaep & cam in the playoff next year.

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I learned that Ray Lewis is too old for this poo. He was the weakest link and the 49ers exploited him to keep the game close. The read option and pistol will never be as effective in the future. It will be game planned for, in some cases it may be drafted for. It has a place in this league but Kaepernick will need to develop beyond it to win consistently. You could run a high school offense and it would look pretty good with the athletes San Fran put on the field this year. Let's see who leaves for bigger money.

It also looked good with the lack of athletes the redskins have. It may not be an every down formation or play but it's an added dimension. You sound quite sure of yourself that the option will NEVER be as effective. No play will ever be effective on every down. Defensive players gets paid too.

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Jerome Boger is a shitty head ref, even by replacement ref standards

Agree. The refs got scared and didn't wanna be the cause of Lewis not going out on top. But still, he failed to do his job. The best team didn't win. That's kind of sad.

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That its not a good idea to eat a 24 oz porter house steak the night before the superbowl and then pile superbowl food on top of it. :(

I'm sure you're a hard working man so a little splurge on Superbowl week doesn't hurt.

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I learned that is SF tries to do the Pistol offense as their base offense they will struggle just like Carolina did. A part of your offense is good. Base offense bad.

Agree. Just like the play action, you have to mix it up. It would be stupid for a team to limit their options(no pun intended. Heck! I intend it)

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