2022 Playoffs

[RiverDog]

I'm looking forward to the games Saturday and Sunday. Should be four competitive contests. There was talk at the end of the season about Derek Henry possibly returning for the playoffs but I haven't heard an update lately.

We should hear something today:

"We'll see and make a determination on him tomorrow," Vrabel said. "Obviously, I think his workload probably increased throughout the week."

https://www.nfl.com/news/mike-vrabel-de ... als-friday

[NorthHawk]

Henry is practicing and the decision as to whether he will play is to be made today.

[trents]

The Titans are still a formidable club without Henry. They continued to win after he went down.

[Hawktawk]

The Titans are still a formidable club without Henry. They continued to win after he went down.

That's because they are coached by a formidable coach. Vrabel is my favorite coach in the league right now. Tough and hard nosed, dry and glib but funny. I think if Henrys ready hes going but they continued winning minus Julio Jones and also Brown who is a top wideout in the league. I heard they had over 70 players play in games due to injuries and covid.

And as Hasslebeck said of former certified bust and china doll Tannehill " he wins boring". I dont have a dog in the fight . I think Cincy is a good story and Burrows is becoming one of my favorite QBs but Im a big fan of Vrabel. Mad respect that he kept his teams head in the game down 15 vs Seattle and wrecked our season.

[trents]

Upate, Henry to start: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/331 ... ti-bengals

[RiverDog]

I doubt that he sees more than 8-10 touches. But who knows. Cam Akres sure had a heck of an impact in the Rams game against the Cards.

[Hawktawk]

I doubt that he sees more than 8-10 touches. But who knows. Cam Akres sure had a heck of an impact in the Rams game against the Cards.

Hard to say the impact. This is for sure. Saying hes a go makes Cincy prepare for him.

PFF grades the Titans as the worst ever #1 seed roster. That's why the coach is so well regarded.

[Rambo2014]

Take it to the bank! or Bookie

GB 34
SF 31

Rams 32
TB 27

Cinn 35
Titans 27

KC 42
Buf 35

[NorthHawk]

Sometimes when a star returns the others seem to let down a little.
We'll see if that happens to the Titans or not, but they have had good chemistry since Henry was injured.

[RiverDog]

Sometimes when a star returns the others seem to let down a little.
We'll see if that happens to the Titans or not, but they have had good chemistry since Henry was injured.

I think that the Titans have enough firepower even without Henry to get past the Bengals but that the winner of KC/Buffalo will take them out next weekend.

Tonight's game will be interesting. It's a foregone conclusion that the Niners will try to run the ball, with Garoppolo lame and fresh off a horrible 4th quarter performance with temperatures forecast for the single digits. The Niners defense looked great last week. This one could be the upset of the playoffs.

[Hawktawk]

Great game so far . Vrabels a great coach . If he had a better qb he wouldn’t lose . Burrows is good . Taking a pounding

[Aseahawkfan]

Great game so far . Vrabels a great coach . If he had a better qb he wouldn’t lose . Burrows is good . Taking a pounding

You were right on the Titans. That loss doesn't feel near as bad now. Titans are a legitimate Super Bowl contender. That team is brutal.

[RiverDog]

Joe Burrow needs to learn how to manage a pass rush. Nine sacks, over half of which were on him. Titans bailed him out. I can't believe that the Titans handed the ball off to Henry 7 yards deep on 4th and short. Tannehill throwing into coverage on 3rd and 5 bailed out the Bengals. Except for the TD catch that Brown made, I thought it was a pretty poorly played game. Sort of like Niners-Cowboys, a game both teams deserved to lose.

[RiverDog]

Man, Garoppolo sure sucks. Niners are luckier than all get out to be down just 7-0 at the half.

[jshawaii22]

this game reminds me of one the greatest games in Seahawk times, the overtime comeback against these Green Bay Packers... with Russell looking like Jimmy G with those 5 Int's. We really sucked for 54 minutes or thereabouts. I'm rooting for the 49ers right now. Just don't want AR in the SB.

[c_hawkbob]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

[Oly]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

Amen

I only saw the last few minutes, but Deebo is a hell of a player. Without that clutch 1st down, I wonder if the length on that last FG was enough.

[RiverDog]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

Me, too! Now all that has to happen is for Tampa Bay to lose and we'll be rid of two giant hemorrhoids on one weekend.

[TriCitySam]

Feel good about SF - a team we beat twice. As for the Titans, they left potentially 4 points on the table going for the 2 pointer and the 4th and 1.

[mykc14]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

Yeah- seeing him lose in the playoffs at all is always, but at home is a little sweeter! Great regular season QB, but only 1 SB appearance?? Crazy! I think his career record is 11-10 in the playoffs. I wonder if this was his last game as a Packer?

[Stream Hawk]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

So true. I was 100% rooting for 9ers. And it was the first time that I didn’t doubt or waiver. Although I must admit that was surprising! Their defense was freaking nails, and they have some (annoyingly) superstars on offense.

[I-5]

Love love LOVE seeing Karron Rogers lose at home in the playoffs!

First time ever rooting for the Niners, and it felt good! Rodgers needed to go down like that.

[Aseahawkfan]

Rodgers is the MVP of the league eh? And better than Brady. Whatever.

[trents]

Only ominous thing going forward for SF is that it looked like they got a bunch of players dinged up, including Deebo Samuels. Oh well, I'm rooting for the Bills the rest of the way anyhoo. But those were two very competitive games today. Defense seemed to carry the load in both games.

Jimmy G. got away with several ill advised throws in the game today. He'd better make better decisions from here on out.

[jshawaii22]

How many of those ill advised throws were more about the -10 degree wind-chill and his frozen fingers? I'll wager quite a few. Notice that AR stopped throwing as much as the game went on, too.
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As much as I'm stoked AR lost, that totally screwed up our Seahawks football pool. The Packers were my #1 high seen... arrrrggggg....

[RiverDog]

Feel good about SF - a team we beat twice. As for the Titans, they left potentially 4 points on the table going for the 2 pointer and the 4th and 1.

Agreed about the 2pt. conversion, that was stupid. But the 4th and 1 was at the 35 yard line, meaning it would have been a 53 yard FG outdoors on a cold day, so it was a good decision to go for it. But handing the ball off to Henry 5 yards behind the LOS was stupid. QB sneak was the preferred play.

[Hawktawk]

Joe Burrow needs to learn how to manage a pass rush. Nine sacks, over half of which were on him. Titans bailed him out. I can't believe that the Titans handed the ball off to Henry 7 yards deep on 4th and short. Tannehill throwing into coverage on 3rd and 5 bailed out the Bengals. Except for the TD catch that Brown made, I thought it was a pretty poorly played game. Sort of like Niners-Cowboys, a game both teams deserved to lose.

The way I see it Burrows was sacked a record number of times and used the one play he had left to drop another dime to set up the game winner . Tannehill was brutal despite facing a fraction of the pressure . Burrows is going to be great . My opinion of Vrabel hasn’t changed a bit . He’s a great coach who dialed up a defensive effort that would have broken most QBs .

In the end Tannehill will only get you so far .

[c_hawkbob]

As much as I'm stoked AR lost, that totally screwed up our Seahawks football pool. The Packers were my #1 high seen... arrrrggggg....

I wouldn't worry too much about it, You and Riv are the only ones with any points at all so far this weekend.

[Hawktawk]

Rodgers is the MVP of the league eh? And better than Brady. Whatever.

Yeah Rodgers isn’t as lucky as Brady . This is almost certainly his last year there now. Bye bye . Although I sense an NFC West title game . Brady is mulling his future apparently . It could be now the way this week is going

[RiverDog]

The way I see it Burrows was sacked a record number of times and used the one play he had left to drop another dime to set up the game winner . Tannehill was brutal despite facing a fraction of the pressure . Burrows is going to be great . My opinion of Vrabel hasn’t changed a bit . He’s a great coach who dialed up a defensive effort that would have broken most QBs .

In the end Tannehill will only get you so far .

First it was Geno, then it was Penny, and now it's Vrabel. Once you see a shiny new object, you don't take your eyes off it. There's nothing wrong with Mike Vrabel as he's an OK coach, but he's not going to get within sniffing distance of COTY. The last two seasons, he's been one and done in the playoffs.

The weather surely had something to do with it, but yesterday was without a doubt the worst quarterbacking performances I've seen in two consecutive playoff games since I started watching football. The Niners keep winning in spite of Garoppolo. He got away with a couple of poor throws that could have easily been pick 6's.

[Uppercut]

The two games yesterday probably had PC gyrating in his chair. Lots of D, overcoming mistakes, gritty play, getting behind, low score, and winning in the fourth quarter.

[Hawktawk]

[quote="RiverDog"]

First it was Geno, then it was Penny, and now it's Vrabel. Once you see a shiny new object, you don't take your eyes off it. There's nothing wrong with Mike Vrabel as he's an OK coach, but he's not going to get within sniffing distance of COTY. The last two seasons, he's been one and done in the playoffs.

Well maybe it’s a shiny object or you have dim eyesight . Geno played well , the team couldn’t have been worse than Russel scissor hand . Especially the first 2 weeks . Plenty in the media and fan base agree with me . Penney was the best back in the league last 6 weeks . The numbers don’t lie . And the most recent articles I’ve read are speculating on what tough decisions we need to make on Carson now.
Vrabels one of the best coaches in the league . Came from 15 down and wrecked our season . Unfortunately he can’t read the field and throw the ball . He’s a QB away . I would trade Pc and his entire staff for Vrabel right now .

Mad props to the Bengals coach and his young superstar . I don’t see them getting by whoever wins today but who knows

.Garropolo is awful . Rodgers tough guy personna hides a total insecurity in playoff pressure . He lost to the 9er special team .

[NorthHawk]

Rodgers didn't lose that game, just like Garoppolo didn't win it.
The GB Special Teams lost it and have been pretty poor all season long.

[Hawktawk]

Rodgers didn't lose that game, just like Garoppolo didn't win it.
The GB Special Teams lost it and have been pretty poor all season long.

Rodgers is the MVP and guided his team to 10 points . He got beat by a team that didn’t score an offensive TD. Franchise QBs who put up 10 points and fail repeatedly to ice the game have to look in the mirror . As for ice can we stop talking about how zero temperatures are some home field advantage , Robbie Gould said pregame he knew his foot would be black and blue after the game kicking a rock . Receivers dropped stuff they usually catch . I wish we had DeeBo. Jesus man …..

[RiverDog]

Rodgers didn't lose that game, just like Garoppolo didn't win it. The GB Special Teams lost it and have been pretty poor all season long.

Actually I thought that the difference in the game was the Niners defense. Outside of that first drive, they played the best defensive game in the playoffs thus far. But yes, the Niners special teams played great, a complete turnaround of what they did last week vs. the Cowboys and from what the Niners fans have told me, has been a problem for them all season. Their special teams coach might have saved his job with that performance yesterday.

The games yesterday were far from perfect as each losing team could have won it if not for some really bone head errors and the winners can count their lucky stars, but they were entertaining, both games being won on a walk off FG. It might be the first single day in the playoffs where none of the participating teams broke 20 points.

[RiverDog]

First it was Geno, then it was Penny, and now it's Vrabel. Once you see a shiny new object, you don't take your eyes off it. There's nothing wrong with Mike Vrabel as he's an OK coach, but he's not going to get within sniffing distance of COTY. The last two seasons, he's been one and done in the playoffs.

Well maybe it’s a shiny object or you have dim eyesight.

No need to get defensive. I'm just pulling your chain a bit.

The jury is still out on Mike Vrabel. He's done an admirable job in the regular season but hasn't done all that much in the post season as his last two playoff appearances have resulted in one and done. Although I want a change at HC just as badly as you do, at this point, Vrabel couldn't carry Pete's jockstrap. He's one of a handful of promising HC's that have yet to prove themselves.

Mad props to the Bengals coach and his young superstar . I don’t see them getting by whoever wins today but who knows

The Bengals were the surprise team this season and their coach may be in the running for COTY (although for my money, the Raiders HC gets that nod), but Joe Burrow has a long way to go before he can take his place amongst the top 10 QB's in the league. He did not play well at all yesterday. The Bengals won in spite of his performance, not because of it.

Garoppolo is awful. Rodgers tough guy persona hides a total insecurity in playoff pressure . He lost to the 9er special team .

That we agree on.

[Hawktawk]

Burrows got sacked 9 times , hit many more including what sure looked like an illegal low hit that hurt him from his reaction . He still threw for 384 yards . And dropped a perfect dime on the one throw he had time to set up the winning kick .

Again my friend these are all snapshots just like Geno and Penney . But Burrows became the only man in history to throw for over 400 yards and 4 plus TDs with no picks in back to back games a year removed from a destroyed knee . One was 525 yards . This is a kid with peach fuzz but cocky screaming at the camera “ we’re coming for it all” . I think it was an impressive win as was the 9 er win , January playoff football . Zach Taylor looks like the best of the McVeigh tree. As for Vrabel he coached up a team down 2 TDs twice in the second half and destroyed our season . Confused our 35 million qb , pantsed Carrol and had his way jock strap or no . Stole our soul for 21. I’d make the trade today . One coach is going up and the other is going down . Hopefully not too soon . We will know soon enough .

[RiverDog]

Burrows got sacked 9 times , hit many more including what sure looked like an illegal low hit that hurt him from his reaction . He still threw for 384 yards . And dropped a perfect dime on the one throw he had time to set up the winning kick.

He didn't throw for 384, he threw for 348. Besides, you have to take off the sack yards he gave up which brings his net passing down to 280. His QBR was just 28.0.

Lots of quarterbacks throw for big yardage and drop perfect dimes from time to time, but not many take 9 sacks in a playoff game.

Burrow was making the same mistakes yesterday that you've been so critical of Russell for. He did not play well, and had it not been for his opposing QB playing even worse there's no way they would have won that game.

[RiverDog]

Man, the Rams are shredding Tampa Bay. 17-3 barely into the 2nd quarter, 10 first downs and they were on defense to start the game. Bucs look lost, committing PF penalties, Brady is 3-10.

[Aseahawkfan]

Bengals getting this far is crazy.