All the casual Chicago fans I know were convinced the Bears were going to the Super Bowl. The die hard fans and media were skeptical. Nice pass by Hasselbeck.
2 minute warning. Seahawks have 4th and 1 inside Bears territory. Say what you will about the regular season, but NFC Playoff Football is intense.
Play of the game here - Hawks don't get the first and the Bears are already close to a FG. And Hasselbeck botches the snap!
"Intense" being another word for "close because it's poorly played". Actually, the Colts and Ravens didn't put on any clinic on sharp play either. It just shows you how the playoffs are just completely different.
Well, that certainly explains why Holmgren went for it. Grossman and the Bears offense is monumentally sucky.
Are you kidding, the NFC playoffs have been played much better than the AFC games. Aside from maybe parts of the Jets/Pats game, the AFC has been disgraceful in the postseason.
Because the teams are BETTER. Whoever represents the NFC will lose. The AFC is the more dominant conference... These are a bunch of pretty good teams in the NFC. Very good/great teams in the AFC.
That's actually pretty much what I just said - that the AFC games have not been works of art. Having said that, these two teams look horrible a remarkably high percentage of the time.
Do you not see how shitty the defenses have been in the NFC? Teams in the AFC don't really have the ability to just shred defenses like the inept NFC. NFC games have definitely been more exciting, without a doubt. But it's the NFC, the weaker teams.
ACK. Tank Johnson with the sack. If the Hawks win the toss, I'm waiting for Hasselbeck to say "We want the ball, we're gonna score" and end up with the same result.
Lovie Smith is a moron. Way to waste 15 seconds, now giving Seattle the chance to burn the rest of the time, rather than getting Hester a chance to return the punt by taking a timeout as soon as the previous play ended.
I'd chalk much of that up to the offensive ineptitude in the AFC playoffs. McNair forcing the ball into double coverage at the one, Herm Edwards' gameplans drawn up with Cheerios on his kitchen table, the entire Jets offense screwing the pooch on a backwards pass. It's the NFL, parity rules and no team is perfect. The AFC is deeper, no doubt, but they haven't shown themselves to be the all-powerful football domination squad they're supposed to be.
