THE 5TH DOWNREPORT
* Kickoff
* Touchdown
* Extra Point
* Fumble
* Interception
* 2 Min. Warning
* Coin Toss
* Under Review
* Sudden Death
* Hall of Fame
* Blitz
* On the Sidelines
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♦ Top 10 Individual Super Bowl Performances ♦ 2 weeks is too long ♦ The Trentonian newspaper stinks ♦ Giants will out-rush the Pats ♦ And the Super Bowl MVP is... ♦ Will Favre retire? ♦ Kevin Faulk the Pats MVP ♦ Our Super Bowl picks |
~ Kickoff ~
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~ Touchdown ~
~ Extra Point ~
~ Fumble ~
RE: 2 Week Super Bowl Lag and the Media
It has become abundantly clear that there's absolutely no need for the Super Bowl to be played 2 weeks after the championship
games. If it wasn't clear before, this year has seemed to crystalize it. Folks, it's a football game, no more, no less. It isn't
a hostage situation played out on the world stage where things are changing hour by hour, minute by minute. We mean: we had a good
practice, the ankle's still a little sore, etc. What else do you get?
And here's the funny thing, if someone says something even remotely controversial (not sure how picking your own team to win is controversial
like Plax did), all you hear is people saying that he shouldn't have said that. That it'll fire up the Patriots. Come on. Play this game
the following Sunday. If that's not enough time, then play it on Monday or move the championship games to Saturday... something, anything to
prevent this 2 week lag.
~ Interception ~
RE: The Trentonian (NJ) Newspaper
There was an advertisement for an issue of the Trentonian newspaper with a special Super Bowl section. The section was good
as I opened the first page and saw Super Bowl 1 with a brief recap and the complete box score with all the individual stats.
This continued up until Super Bowl 8, where there was only a brief recap of the game, no box score. What started as a great source
of information turned into meaningless fluff. This pattern continued throughout the rest of the paper. Complete box scores for
most games with the exception of Super Bowls 8, 9, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, and 41. What could
have been a great publication instead turned out to be a junior high school-like project. (Also, some of the box scores that were given
were cut off and incomplete.)
~ 2 Minute Warning ~
Key Games:
SUPER BOWL 42
New York Giants vs. New England Patriots
~ Coin Toss ~
This Week's Picks:
JB: (183-83) (8-2) Joe Namath Guarantee (11-6)
MD: (182-84) (8-2) Joe Namath Guarantee (12-5)
RE: Top 10 Individual Super Bowl Performances
10) Terrell Davis (SB 32, 30-157-3 TDs)
~ Sudden Death ~
Any Questions?
Q: Who will have more catches in the Super Bowl: P. Burress or R. Moss?
Q: What team will have more rushing yards in the Super Bowl?
Q: Will Brett Favre retire before the 2008 season?
Q: Should there be 2 weeks between the Championship Games and the Super Bowl?
~ Hall of Fame ~
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~ Blitz ~
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~ On the Sidelines ~
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AFC East
Bills
#11 pick in 2008 draft
Dolphins
#1 pick in 2008 draft
Jets
#6 pick in 2008 draft
Patriots
With a lot of people getting caught up with the Giants this past week, perhaps we forgot how good the Patriots are. Don't see or hear of any reason the Pats will not go out in business-like fashion and win this game, capping off a 19-0 season. No need to spell out what they need to do, they know how to do it
AFC South
Colts
No first round pick. Their #29 pick goes to the 49ers
Jaguars
#26 pick in 2008 draft
Texans
#18 pick in 2008 draft
Titans
#24 pick in 2008 draft
AFC North
Bengals
#9 pick in 2008 draft
Browns
No first round pick, their #22 pick goes to the Cowboys
Ravens
#8 pick in 2008 draft
Steelers
#23 pick in 2008 draft
AFC West
Broncos
#12 pick in 2008 draft
Chargers
#27 pick in 2008 draft
Chiefs
Either #3, #4, or #5 pick in 2008 draft (subject to coin flip between Chiefs, Raiders, and Falcons)
Raiders
Either #3, #4, or #5 pick in 2008 draft (subject to coin flip between Chiefs, Raiders, and Falcons)
NFC East
Cowboys
#22 pick (from the Browns) and #28 pick in 2008 draft
Eagles
#19 pick in 2008 draft
Giants
Must score TDs, not FGs. Cannot play too conservatively even if the game is going that way. Cannot have turnovers and must use Jacobs and Bradshaw solidly. No need to make the huge play if it's not there. Can't have Plax catch 12 balls, but drop 2 in the end zone. And, Jacobs better not stick the ball out when he's nearing the goaline. DBs: don't be heroes. Watch the underneath more instead of the deep ball to Moss
Redskins
#21 pick in 2008 draft
NFC South
Buccaneers
#20 pick in 2008 draft
Falcons
Either #3, #4, or #5 pick in 2008 draft (subject to coin flip between Chiefs, Raiders, and Falcons)
Panthers
#13 pick in 2008 draft
Saints
#10 pick in 2008 draft
NFC North
Bears
#14 pick in 2008 draft
Lions
#15 pick in 2008 draft
Packers
#30 pick in 2008 draft
Vikings
#17 pick in 2008 draft
NFC West
Cardinals
#16 pick in 2008 draft
49ers
#29 pick (from Indy) in 2008 draft
Rams
#2 pick in 2008 draft
Seahawks
#25 pick in 2008 draft
The Super Bowl should really be played in the home stadium of the team who had the better record. Somebody better tell these DBs that they're all not Neon Deion. Make the INT, hit the deck (before you get hit), especially in the playoffs, especially in the Super Bowl. Let's put to rest the notion that the punter is a weapon. If you have to rely on your punter as an offensive strong point, you're pretty much in trouble. Of all the Patriots weapons, none is more unheralded than Kevin Faulk. Perfection is not 16-0, it's 19-0.
Sunday, February 3, 2008 - Glendale, Arizona
Patriots over Giants
MVP: Randy Moss
Giants over Patriots
MVP: Eli Manning
~ Under Review ~
9) Troy Aikman (SB 27, 22/30-273-4 TDs)
8) Joe Montana (SB 19, 24/35-331-3 TDs)
7) Jerry Rice (SB 29, 10-149-3 TDs)
6) Marcus Allen (SB 18, 20-191-2 TDs)
5) Phil Simms (SB 21, 22/25-268-3 TDs)
4) Jerry Rice (SB 23, 11-215-1 TD)
3) Timmy Smith (SB 22, 22-204-2 TDs)
2) Joe Montana (SB 24, 22/29-297-5 TDs)
1) Steve Young (SB 29, 24/36-325-6 TDs)
A: P. Burress.
A: The Giants.
A: No.
A: No.
