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Over under on how often "Harbowl" will be used by the media during Superbowl week?
10 billion sound about right?
Over under on how often "Harbowl" will be used by the media during Superbowl week?
10 billion sound about right?
I suppose you can call me one of the "Elite QB" purists. Flacco has the tools and may now finally be adding the mental aspect to join those ranks, while Kap has a high ceiling and the apparent intangibles required to eventually add himself to the mix as well.
I don't disagree with your top 5, but whichever of these QB's wins this game will have an argument to be a solid top 10 with potential to go higher if they add another stellar year/deep playoff run or two
Maybe we're just seeing 2 guys who will ultimately be top 5 striking while the team that surrounds them is hot?
pretty much
Im calling it now..... squidward goes out with injury sometime in this game and Alex Smith walks on to the field
I don't know if I agree with Ghazi's argument..
Eli and Big Ben weren't considered elite QBs until their teams won a ring, maybe not even until their 2nd SBs, tbh..based on talent and regular season performance, neither guy would be considered top 5..
So, let's say Flacco has another great game and wins the SB, is it a stretch to claim he's an elite QB?..
I think you'd have to. His past playoff failures can be attributed to youth--and I've been saying for years how awful Cam Cameron was as an OC. Look what happens when you take the handcuffs off him.
If he indeed plays another great game and wins the SB, his SB path would look like this:
1. Andrew Luck and the Colts--horrible team, but he outshined the future GOAT
2. Peyton Manning--outshines the Sheriff in 0-degree weather on the road
3. Tom Brady--outplayed a 3x SB champion in his backyard in swirling winds.
4. Beating the 49ers defense.
Throw in 9 total playoff wins and that's quite a resume since 2008.
Big Ben is definitely a top 5-6 QB now, but he absolutely was NOT during the first Super Bowl.
I've never ever felt like Manning was an "elite" QB
I don't buy the "elite QB" stuff. What the is the definition of an elite QB anyway? Even if Flacco or Kap wins it all this year, no way can they be considered top 5 QBs. so whats the definition of elite? top 10? Really? Just being in the top 1/3 of QBs in the NFL? Then Matt Ryan has to be considered elite too..
Every team that wins a Super Bowl usually has its own different formula. There's no one set formula.
LMFAO squidward
I'm goin for the Ray Lewis and the Ravens.
Ok finally decided. Rooting for the 49ers. I'd much rather see Randy Moss get a ring than ing Bernard Pollard. Sorry Reed.
There's no need to break down this game. Generic ass opinion, but if the Niners simply execute they win. They have one of the most ridiculously stacked rosters in NFL history. Everybody knows it, but some had their questions about QB. Kap has answered those questions. Ravens shot in this game is for some good fortune in the turnover department and execution errors by the Niners. Quite frankly they're here because the Broncos and Pats failed to execute, not because they were the clearly better team. Niners are here because they executed and have the best team/talent in football, not because their opponents ed up. There was NOTHING the Packers could do to stop the Niners offense with their roster, and the Falcons put up about as good a fight as they could and still lost on their home field.
Niners got this
SNL on Ray Lewis
That TV funhouse bit is about as good as it gets
"I didn't kill no mother in' lion"
Ray of Light was one of the greatest skits I've seen. My friends and I still watch it about once a month.That TV funhouse bit is about as good as it gets
"I didn't kill no mother in' lion"
As to the recent clip, whatever. I don't think there's anything absurd about the emotion he's been showing this month. The only real shame is that all this Lewis talk is masking the fact that it's probably the last ride for other players like Birk and Moss. Not to mention there's probably about three dozen or so players for whom this will be their only chance to play in this game.
It's also pretty funny that Dilfer and soon Lewis work for Disney now.
I'm not a Ray hater by any means. I like the guy and just enjoyed those skits, especially Ray of Light.
As for the emotion, I think it's genuine with a dash of showmanship for the cameras. AFAIK, he's always been like that and the media just chooses to focus on it more than they do on other things which is why I think he gets such a negative rap.
Do I find some of it corny and cliche' ridden? Sure. But he is who he is so whatever.
Ravens as the underdog once again, just like against Manning and Giselo.
Flacco will beast and the Ravens will win.
Many Americans sportsmen put on acting shows for the cameras. MJ on that flue game, Kobe every now and then trying to imitate him, Sampras, Agassi, Rod (and many other tennis players), Ray Lewis, Brett Favre. I think it's a cultural thing, tbrh.
I don't necessarily disagree, but please tell me you're not insinuating that it's unique to American culture.
It's not unique but it's more common. As a soccer fan you know that Ronaldo is one of the kings of playing the cameras but it's not that common in that sport or other sports that aren't so popular in the US. I think it has to do with the fact that there is less "showmanship" (I don't know if this is the right word but is the best one I can come up now to try to describe it) surrounding sports outside the US. For example, there are no cool individual introductions or big ass screens showing clips of the players before each match and things like that. You guys are the masters of Showmanship, which is not a bad thing, imho. It makes it more entertaning and helps sell the product better. It has its downfalls like some players being too conscious of the cameras and overplaying some (lol Pierce going out on a wheelchair) but even these things are funny and great for the spectators so I prefer it this way all day, tbh. I would love for soccer to be more like American sports in this sense.
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