Packers vs Bears - The Packers had the upper hand in most, if not all, of this game. They clearly outplayed the Bears, though it wasn't a blowout; the game, as a whole, didn't have a lot of scoring to it. The final was 21-14, Packers, making them the NFC Champions and sending them to the Super Bowl.
Jets vs Steelers - Everyone saw this one coming. There was a point where the score was 24-3 Jets, and I believe that may have actually been at halftime. Their defense and offense, compared with the Jets' inability to move the ball down the field (likely due to the Steelers' defense as well as some miscommunications within the team), shut the Jets down. To their credit, though, the Jets came alive towards the end, and were within a touchdown of winning. If they had managed to take possession of the ball in the last two or three minutes and score a touchdown, and then keep Pittsburgh from scoring, they would have won. But this elaborate plan fell through, as Pittsburgh held on to the ball in the critical moments. You knew it was over when Rex Ryan slammed his headset down. The final score was 24-19, Steelers, making them the AFC Champions and sending them to the Super Bowl.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
NFL Playoffs - Divisionals Day 2
Seahawks vs Bears - The Seahawks' miracle run ended today. They actually made a pretty good comeback, considering. For most of the game, it was a shut-out -- the Bears were ahead by twenty-something points and the score was twenty-something to zero. The final score was 35-24, but the Seahawks, though they managed to lessen the damage by a lot, could not nullify it, and they lost.
Jets vs Patriots - What a game. The Patriots had the upper hand at first, finishing the first quarter off with a field goal. But, the next quarter, the Jets went to work, making it a 14-3 score at halftime. The Patriots began to catch up the third quarter, but the fourth quarter was the big one. Both teams scored in the final quarter - the Jets added another 14 points onto their score, and the Patriots made a valiant effort to catch up, scoring 10 points. But, the game was decided even before the timer ran out -- they started celebrating (with backflips, literally) with something like 0:23 left. The final score was 28-21 Jets, leaving an intense game with the other number one seed knocked out - another upset, one might say.
Jets vs Patriots - What a game. The Patriots had the upper hand at first, finishing the first quarter off with a field goal. But, the next quarter, the Jets went to work, making it a 14-3 score at halftime. The Patriots began to catch up the third quarter, but the fourth quarter was the big one. Both teams scored in the final quarter - the Jets added another 14 points onto their score, and the Patriots made a valiant effort to catch up, scoring 10 points. But, the game was decided even before the timer ran out -- they started celebrating (with backflips, literally) with something like 0:23 left. The final score was 28-21 Jets, leaving an intense game with the other number one seed knocked out - another upset, one might say.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
NFL Playoffs - Wild Card Day 1
Saints vs Seahawks - Wow. Not only have the Seahawks been making waves with being the only team in the playoffs with a losing record (I think in league history), but they beat the Saints, and beat them pretty thoroughly. 41-36 was the final score.
Jets vs Colts - Tight game, it was. I saw the beginning and the end. The beginning, I remember, took over a quarter to get a score on the board. Indianapolis scored first, then the Jets tied it up. Fast forward to the fourth quarter, 14-13 Jets. The Colts' star kicker gets a field goal from (double-checking with ESPN here) the 50 yard line. And it was a model kick, too, all nice and straight and...it was a doozy. Problem for the Jets was, there was less than a minute on the board now. ESPN says it was at 53 seconds left. They turnover to the Jets, some good rushes, some good plays get them to the 32 yard line. The clutch catch that gets them there is close but doesn't go out of bounds, so the clock is still running. It stops at three seconds and they attempt a field goal, there, a tooth's skin away from losing. The crowd was silent until you heard a player shout "YES!!!" - field goal successful! Final score, 17-16 Jets.
Jets vs Colts - Tight game, it was. I saw the beginning and the end. The beginning, I remember, took over a quarter to get a score on the board. Indianapolis scored first, then the Jets tied it up. Fast forward to the fourth quarter, 14-13 Jets. The Colts' star kicker gets a field goal from (double-checking with ESPN here) the 50 yard line. And it was a model kick, too, all nice and straight and...it was a doozy. Problem for the Jets was, there was less than a minute on the board now. ESPN says it was at 53 seconds left. They turnover to the Jets, some good rushes, some good plays get them to the 32 yard line. The clutch catch that gets them there is close but doesn't go out of bounds, so the clock is still running. It stops at three seconds and they attempt a field goal, there, a tooth's skin away from losing. The crowd was silent until you heard a player shout "YES!!!" - field goal successful! Final score, 17-16 Jets.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Jets vs Browns - Epic Overtime
Admittedly, I missed the entire game. That is, I missed all four quarters. I walked by a TV to see the Jets-Browns score at 20-20, and a few minutes in to OT. Curious, I sit down to watch.
Again admittedly, I don't know that much about football. I know a majority of the basics, but I'm still a newbie. As such, I didn't know that there could possibly be a tie. I know that now. :)
But that isn't what happened. It was less than a minute to being a tie, but after a really failed field goal by the Jets (47 yards or so and waaaaaaaaaay off), a few turnovers, and a few good passes and crappy passes and "what was that"s, the Jets had the Browns at their own goal line. Browns had possession. We managed to force them to the fourth down, so they had to punt it. A Jet caught it and ran with it for like twenty yards; on the next play, the ball got passed, it worked, and the guy ran like hell.
I'm no football vet, but even I can tell when a runner's "broken through" the defense, when they're in the clear. There's just a change in their mannerism that feels like they're freeing up, like they're doing a final burst. I saw that in this guy as the people around me were like "holy. crap." And then, touchdown!
With only a few seconds to go, the Jets won it 26-20.
Again admittedly, I don't know that much about football. I know a majority of the basics, but I'm still a newbie. As such, I didn't know that there could possibly be a tie. I know that now. :)
But that isn't what happened. It was less than a minute to being a tie, but after a really failed field goal by the Jets (47 yards or so and waaaaaaaaaay off), a few turnovers, and a few good passes and crappy passes and "what was that"s, the Jets had the Browns at their own goal line. Browns had possession. We managed to force them to the fourth down, so they had to punt it. A Jet caught it and ran with it for like twenty yards; on the next play, the ball got passed, it worked, and the guy ran like hell.
I'm no football vet, but even I can tell when a runner's "broken through" the defense, when they're in the clear. There's just a change in their mannerism that feels like they're freeing up, like they're doing a final burst. I saw that in this guy as the people around me were like "holy. crap." And then, touchdown!
With only a few seconds to go, the Jets won it 26-20.
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