Danny Kanell: Broncos should take late hit shots on Tom Brady

I really wanted to read this article, but Danny Kanell apparently says "you know" and "like" throughout his message....so MSN put's each and everyone into their article....I couldn't take it anymore and quit reading.

In this day and age, especially in the realm of sports, do quoatables have to include all that crap???

If I was quoting something really stupid I would insist on including them.

I thought for sure it would be the crew that left all the kicking balls back at their hotel.

since there isnt a conference title thread...

Kind of surprised at how much pressure Denver is getting on Brady. Knew Denver's D was good, but this is better than I expected...

So far I am pleasantly surprised, I didn't think this was going to be that close. The Broncos game plan has been pretty much perfect on both sides of the ball so far.

Denver is making the plays on defense that KC missed out on. KC had two sure interceptions and dropped them both. Would have changed the game just like the two INT's from Denver have so far.

This Denver pass rush is incredible. They are clearly in Brady's head now, see if they can settle him down over half time

Denver should be up at least another 7 maybe another 10.
They may live to regret not putting Brady away.

The Patriots are very lucky to be within 8 right now. Brady isn't accurate and he isn't making good decisions. I've never seen both in one game before. You can never rule Belichick out, but if this were any other team, I'd say this one's over.

I'm not really sure why people are surprised at the Denver defense. This IS the Denver defense and has been all year. You want to be one dimensional against this defense? Good luck. Remember, this was the defense you said was living off of their first half. Due to the KC injuries, they had 0 sacks adn 1 QB hit the entire game. Denver has 2 sacks and 8 QB hits in the first half.

The surprise to me is how well Manning has played. His numbers don't look great, but he's throwing the ball down the field and has been crisp. The Denver running game gets better as the game goes along due to the altitude.

The Patriots are going to adjust at halftime. I expect more passes to the running backs and I think they'll roll the pocket out a little to protect Brady. To win the game, Denver needs to make sure the turnover battle is even and continue to pressure Brady. Brady is NOT going to be held down all game. The question is if the Denver offense can have some success and the defense can get another turnover or two to ice it.

If the Denver offense dies, the Patriots will win this football game.

Hah, love the surprise by his own teammates at Peyton running with the ball.

Pats o-line is getting embarrassed.

Stop running backwards to avoid sacks. You're not R. Wilson.

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Creating a new thread for it.

This is how their o line looks every week when they aren't getting it out in 1 second. They are just plain bad. Consistently.

I'd love this shit Simms and Nantz tandem to zero in on why they haven't been able to get it out quickly like they have in every single other one of Edelmans games. As opposed to constantly harping on an offensive line that is playing at the same level they always do.

It would be nice to see a couple of mobile quarterbacks in Newton and manning going head to head in the super owl

These are exactly my thoughts at the half as well. Promising the defense for the Pats have stepped up since. But Pats need to get back in the end zone.

And they just have a big rushing gain in Q4.

Hit them in the knees! WTF

Rooting for Denver so Peyton can get his second and retire.

Man, they can't cover White can they.

That was a pretty late flag on the defensive holding.

Terrible challenge. It would serve them right to see NE get the first down.

This is gonna be hilarious when they rule it a catch, down by contact, and first down.

total WTF challenge by Denver.

Not sure that's a good challenge. I think if he DID have it (which I don't think he did), his knee might have been down before the ball came out.

Best challenge ever!

Now if only the NFL can figure out if it was a catch.

Gronk: "He grabbed my arm.
My other shoulder.
My ribcage."

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was a bad move.

I really wish teams would call a flea-flicker in that situation. Where everyone "knows" you're just going to run it an attempt to run out the clock.

Looking back at it. Pats probably should have kicked that FG on the first 4th down attempt. Their defense has held twice and given them shots at a TD.

This is where NE pulls it out of their ass.

How stacked they were on the line I agree that they might have tried *something* other than a run. I know that we get on coaches for not exhausting timeouts and not running the clock, but the clock and the timeouts are a non-issue now. And they couldn't have really run off much time with the 2:00 warning sitting there.

These last two drives/opportunities are really good demonstrations for why you don't go for it on fourth down with six and a half minutes left.

Because I'm pretty sure three field goals is nine points.

Denver really missing their starting safeties now. Game is over if they're not hurt.

Thank god for the super liberal intentional grounding rules these days, huh?

No shit. That one where he was spun around went near *nobody*.

No surprise. NE never looses

Great clutch TD catch.

agreed about the (lack of) intentional grounding calls being close, but I guess I am glad they let them play

This.

Thank God. I can watch the superbowl.

Don't they know it's going to get to Gronk ??

Miller has been getting held on every single play the whole drive. Game over anyway.

Get down Roby!

1- Should have been a holding call before Brady ever threw the ball
2- Why in the blue hell didnt he get on the ground ASAP

Would have been really something if a Pats player picked that fumble up and ran it in for the 2 point conversion.

Yay.

WTF is he thinking?

They just can't stop it. I'm not sure I wouldn't try to have Von Miller as one of the guys to cover him, he's the only player who is big and athletic enough to do it. It sounds absurd to say you can't cover a guy with a safety and a corner, but you saw the results

Two weeks of "Will this be Manning's last game?" Joy....:rolleyes:

Manning winning a SB as a Trent Dilfer impersonator would be quite a story.

Congrats to the Broncos. They played better. We were lucky to be in it at the end

Well...if he would have run it back (and he had what, one guy to beat?) that's a 4-point game, and makes an onsides kick/FG moot. Though yeah, other than that just get down.

Never fails for a missed extra point to come into play at the end.

Pats got what they deserved for backing into the playoffs. Denver played a great game and deserved to win. Congrats to them.

:)

Yup, congrats Bronco and Peyton.

For once, Bellichick lost the game with the "no kicking" FG.

In honor of Royal Rumble Sunday, a little something for the Cheatriots

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Huh?

No, you should definitely have more plastic surgery. You can never have too much!

That was so frustrating to watch, but I did say 'well it is Bellichick, he'll probably be right.'

OMG!! Her face!!

Manning 3-1 vs Brady in AFC title games. I like the sound of that!

Not kicking the FG to go to a 5 point game with that much time left really is a horrible move though, no matter who you are and who your QB is - especially when you saw what the Denver front did to him all game.

My thoughts on the game:

1) I guess pissed off Brady can't win every game himself. What a shock.

2) The excuses the Patriots (players, this is not directed at anyone on this board) gave last game was garbage reffing and injuries. Well, if the two Denver safeties were not hurt, the game never gets to where it did. Second, Von Miller was held on just about every single Patriots play in the final 5 minutes of the game. It was comical. The stunning thing is he was still getting there.

3) Manning is now 3-1 against Brady in AFC Championship games. (no, Manning didn't win this game, but when NE beats Manning due to a better defense he gets the credit so fair is fair)

4) Even with the 2 4th down miracles, the Patriots went 4-19 on 3rd or 4th down situations. The Patriots went a combined 6-33 in those situations in the two games in Denver this year. There isn't really a need to go into any further stat than that one right there. Against the rest of the NFL the Patriots converted 43.98% of the time in those situations this year. Against the Denver defense, they converted 18.18% Game over.

5) The Broncos will be underdogs in the Superbowl vs no matter who they play. The gameplan will need to stay the exact same way as today. Limit turnovers, be good on third downs and keep running the football. (even if you don't get yards, run it no matter what) This defense will keep them in the game. (I'm assuming both safeties will be ready) The offense will need to do something.

Against 'Zona, I think Denver at least has a chance.
Against Carolina, things might get really really really ugly.

Tough decision because they hadn't really been moving the ball the whole game. Either way it was both a good and bad decision at the same time. #Heisenberg

I'm loving the pressure from the Carolina D so far.

Refs letting a lot go in this one so far

I agree. . . but the gameplan can't change no matter who it is. Just like today, Denver really only has one way to win the football game. They try to do anything other than make the game ugly and they'll get throttled.

What the hell, I've dealt with plenty of Super Bowl blowouts before. Cowboys, Giants, Washington, 49ers, Seattle. . . . I've lived through all of them.

I will say that nothing would shock me with this defense. It's the real deal and has kept Denver in just about every game this season. (only KC was a two score game and it was only 29-13 despite the Chiefs starting field position being over the 50 yard line)

Panthers look scary good though.

The Cardinals called that one straight out the Tecmo Super Bowl playbook.

...that play never worked in Tecmo either.

Carolina looks scary good.

Dang, he reared back on that one.

Yikes. Might be time to watch some netflix :)

If I turn this off, are they going to fall asleep in the second half?

I'm starting to miss Manning vs Brady

I think it's time for X-Files.

I'd just recommend not turning it off given recent history :P

That was perfect execution of the Daniel Bryan running knee by the Arizona TE.

Davis isn't quite as important as Kuechly or Norman, but that is a big injury for Carolina :(

Good lord.

I always enjoy a guy signaling "my bad" when there is zero debate about whose fault something was.

*facepalm*

1. I *think* they might have been checking if #42 touched the ball while he was out of bounds.
2. Did Ginn even SEE that ball?

Yes for sure frightening!

I was yelling that at the screen/my wife. NO CRAP it was your fault, Peterson!

That was a hilarious few minutes.

well that got weird to end the half.

I luv it! Sounds about what was coming out of Pats camp prior the game sowould be great for Denver. Frankly I could care less who wins the SB 50 this was the SB thi s afternoon for us ;-)

Arizona shooting themselves in the foot.

Peterson muffs the punt,
Carolina scores TD,
Palmer fumbles the ball,
Newton throws INT,
Peterson returns to put them in excellent scoring range,
Palmer throws INT.

pretty disgusted with Palmer and the Cards right now. Just when I thought they were getting into a rhythm, the Peterson fumble was just horrible.

I would have liked to see a TD but burning 7 minutes and getting points to open the second half feels really important.

Holy Cam.

I feel your pain. This looks a lot like almost every Bengals playoff game since Palmer left.

Arizona never really showed up for this one.

well I've seen enough. Congrats to the Panthers and their fans. At least I'll have a team to root for in the Super Bowl.

Greg Olsen is going to end his career with a legit HoF case. I doubt he gets in, but if he played in a bigger market he'd be a lock with a Super Bowl win.