The NFL Playoffs Thread

mk17 · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:31

el_dazza said:
What the HELL happened?! I went to the toilet and heard loud screaming and "HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY..." expecting a Colts TD, and it was for New Orleans! 30-17

Massive interception, plus a good kick!

el_dazza · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:40

Wow. 1st + Goal for Colts, could be an interesting finale..

el_dazza · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:44

And they blew it. Game over, Saints win.

dante6491 · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:45

Manning fluffed it in the end. Real shame that.

Viper² · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:46

Well played Saints.

Amazing story. Brees was outstanding.

sammo62 · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:48

Absolutely gutted. That £130 I get for betting on the saints is slightly comforting though.

mk17 · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:52

Got closer than expected at the end though! Well done New Orleans, they deserved it.

Yas786 · 8 Feb 2010 at 02:55

Well done to the Saints...Superbowl Champs

\o/...played an awesome game and Brees is something else.

Chuffed for them and the city of New Orleans after what they went through with Katrina...no other city deserves it more

Yas786 · 8 Feb 2010 at 11:42

Interesting fact...2 superbowl winners are teams that have come to London to play a regular season game ie NY Giants and the NO Saints.

Cosimo · 8 Feb 2010 at 11:48

Well done the Saints, it’s been a long, long wait.

Peg · 8 Feb 2010 at 12:34

dante6491 said:
Manning fluffed it in the end. Real shame that.

He fluffs it quite regularly when it comes to play offs. His stats are phenominal in the regular season but he is just ordinary when it comes to sudden death. He has 9 wins and 9 defeats in sudden death games.

rojones · 8 Feb 2010 at 12:49

Very enjoyable game to watch. As a Bengals fan i didnt mind who won, but its nice for a team like the Saints to win.

Alex_6n2 · 8 Feb 2010 at 15:20

Peg said:
He fluffs it quite regularly when it comes to play offs. His stats are phenominal in the regular season but he is just ordinary when it comes to sudden death. He has 9 wins and 9 defeats in sudden death games.

Yep. He choked when he knew it all came down to him. The Saints knew exactly what he was doing and the CB didn't even need to charge that hard to get to the inside and make the intercept. He tried to force it too much because the pressure was on.

Brees did an awesome job however!

qqg3 · 8 Feb 2010 at 15:48

dante6491 said:
The only advert I want to see is the Harry Potter theme park one. I want to see how much Daniel Radcliffe had to do to earn $10million.

All the ads are here: SUperbowl ads @ CBS.

DanMc07 · 8 Feb 2010 at 16:59

Always have faith!!!!

. What a season

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antijoke · 8 Feb 2010 at 17:10

Gutted I missed the game last night. :/

Is there anywhere to watch a replay? BBC Iplayer?

Edit: just seen the intercept on the BBC site, that was a pretty sweet play.

Creature · 8 Feb 2010 at 17:12

Aye, it's on the iPlayer, all 5 hours of it

antijoke · 8 Feb 2010 at 17:14

Creature said:
Aye, it's on the iPlayer, all 5 hours of it

Awesome, all I need to do now is ditch the other half for 5 hours. That's no easy task.

Big Kev · 8 Feb 2010 at 20:13

Saw up to half time and I thought the Saints had blown it by not taking the field goal, but when they did manage to get the three points, I had a feeling that the tide had turned.

Roll on next season, where I hope the Pats are back on form.

Scuzi · 11 Feb 2010 at 10:46

Spawn said:
Chuffed for them and the city of New Orleans after what they went through with Katrina...no other city deserves it more

I gotta agree with this. I just got back from New Orleans this morning and the atmosphere there is electric right now. Everyone is on a high. I have never seen such massive support for a team by EVERYONE in a city. Seriously, all you had to do was shout WHO DAT! and everyone would stop what they were doing to shout back, honk their horn, high five you etc... It rocked! The Saints homecoming parade was immense too. 800,000 people lined the streets to welcome them home. That's a record for New Orleans, even beating the biggest Mardi Gras parades! It goes to show how much this win means to the people.

Happy Lombardi Gras!