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Conference-less Superbowl

Proudiddy

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Denver was not one of the best teams this year.   They were the best team in an atrocious AFC, even though I think it's a toss up between them and the Patriots.  I think there are 4 or 5 teams in the NFC that would have beat them, and one that didn't even make the playoffs in Arizona.

 

Would've beat them the way they played that game, but if Denver showed up they would likely kill us in the Super Bowl. The only reason... Our secondary could not cover half the targets they've got. Seahawks crushed the Broncos receivers all night and didn't let them get open. We couldn't do that and neither could the Cards or Niners (Cards would be better if Mathieu was healthy but he wasn't at the end of the year and wouldn't have been for the Super Bowl).  Seahawks got it done the exact way it needed to be done and I really don't think we could've done that nor the Niners or Cards could've. And don't start with the Saints... That game would be a complete shootout with Denver winning, very similar to the Broncos-Cowboys game earlier this year.

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A blowout in the Superbowl is rare. The last one I can think of was 11 years ago - Bucs vs Raiders. I don't think anything needs to change because most of the time the Superbowl is a close game. I feel like Brady and the Patriots would have put up more of a fight though.

For a while they were all blowouts. For a while the AFC dominated as well. Short term trends do not justify mucking with the system.

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Honestly don't think Denver is as bad as they were yesterday.

With a better game plan, and actual adjustments, it could have been closer. That team basically didn't even show up though, it was a damn disgrace, the NFL should be embarrassed.

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@belding and kettle (can't multiquote on phone)... again, I haven't thought it out fully outside of the main concept, but I don't see why the seeding would be affected prior to the playoffs. If you keep the divisions, teams still play for the division championship and I would imagine head-to-head, common opponents, etc., would still determine seeding... I dont know for certain. But I'm definitely not referring to a BS, err, I mean BCS-type system. That's garbage. The seeding would be totally dependent on play alone.

I know it's possible because IIRC the NHL and NBA have discussed doing it - which the NBA would greatly benefit from considering how bad the eastern conference has been annually.

I probably read too far into what you were saying.

Still, I think rankings are too arbitrary for something like this to work. I mean, I'm tired of the Patriots getting a first round bye simply because they play in a horrible division, but by what standard would they be forced to play on the road after dominating their division?

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i wont let one game take away what they did the past two years, that's foolish.

I'm not doing that either. There were always questions about how legit they (and any AFC team for that matter) were. Questions about how they'd fare in the elements, their competition, and if there would be any drop off playing against the NFC elite because of our defenses. All of those questions have been answered multiple times over...

Remember everyone started questioning if Peyton was truly back when he went down to Atlanta and got humiliated last season? That same team that did that to Peyton, barely beat us due to a monumental coaching mistake in Atlanta, and then Cam humiliated them in December in Charlotte.

Then this season, Denver was blown out by San Diego. Sure, you can question if McCoy had something to do with that, but it proves there were a lot of vulnerabilities in Denver's makeup that hadn't yet been fully exploited because they hadn't played anyone worth a crap. Last night proved those vulnerabilities to be true.

It's just an extremely unsatisfying thought to know last night was not the best game possible and it was not played between the two best teams in the NFL.

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Yes. They pounded teams all yeah long regardless of conference. This was a match up problem. Strength vs strength and you saw the result.

 

If it was a matchup problem and Seahawks in the NFC, how would have they made it lol. NFC was the defense, AFC was the offense. Seahawks do an amazing job dropping guys in coverage against obvious passing teams and passing downs

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Then this season, Denver was blown out by San Diego. Sure, you can question if McCoy had something to do with that, but it proves there were a lot of vulnerabilities in Denver's makeup that hadn't yet been fully exploited because they hadn't played anyone worth a crap. Last night proved those vulnerabilities to be true.

27-20 is a blowout?  i'm not sure if it has to do with this boards obsession to hate Fox, but people are crazy if they can't see Denver was definitely a top team all year, they broke all types of offensive records.  i dont understand your logic here and I guess we can all disregard facts and spit out opinions if you want, but i would take Denver 6 out of 10 times against Seattle.  The first play of the game was a joke and set the precedent for what was going to happen.  Not taking anything away from Seattle, because they are certainly legit, but Denver played as bad as they possibly could while Seattle played their best.

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uhhh we beat the Saints out of the dome ?

ok, point being?  if people watched the Panthers debacle in New Orleans and you heard people calling us out as pretenders because of that one game, you probably would have fought back.  anything can happen once, but come on, they scored over 600 points this year, they mocked the entire league pretty much all year.

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