NFL Football Postseason Thread: Scores, pics, predictions and oh yeah... trash talking (Vanity)

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[panther33]

Wow. What a finish to the regular season in the National Football League. We now know the final standings for the regular season, the official playoff rankings, and the playoff schedule. There is a similar NFL thread here (thank you Counter Counter Culture), but that was before Week 17. Now everything is settled and everybody knows who made it and all that good stuff. So, here we are. Post your pics, highlights, scores, predictions and, of course, TRASH TALKING!

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PLAYOFF RANKINGS

2002 AFC Playoff Rankings:
1. Oakland
2. Tennessee
3. Pittsburgh
4. NY Jets
5. Indianapolis
6. Cleveland
OUT: Miami, New England, Denver, San Diego, Kansas City, Baltimore, Buffalo, Jacksonville, Houston, Cincinnati

2002 NFC Playoff Rankings:
1. Philadelphia
2. Tampa Bay
3. Green Bay
4. San Francisco
5. Atlanta
6. NY Giants
OUT: New Orleans, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington, Carolina, Minnesota, Arizona, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit
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PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:

Wild-card weekend
Saturday, Jan. 4
Colts at Jets, 4:30 pm on ABC
Falcons at Packers, 8:00 pm on ABC

Sunday, Jan. 5
Browns at Steelers, 1:00 pm on CBS
Giants at 49ers, 4:30 pm on FOX

Divisional playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 11
AFC game, 4:30 pm on CBS
NFC game, 8:00 pm on FOX

Sunday, Jan. 12
NFC game, 1:00 pm on FOX
AFC game, 4:30 pm on CBS

Conference championships
Sunday, Jan. 19
NFC Championship Game, 3:00 pm on FOX
AFC Championship Game, 6:30 pm on CBS

Super Bowl XXXVII
Sunday, Jan. 26
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Calif.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Right on, I was a little worried about the Falcons but they looked really good! They sure hammered the Packers.

[marajade]

Just because the playoffs have been going that way doesn't mean that all of them will...

SF beat the Giants by 3 the last time they played earlier in the season...

[marajade]

"Win the Super Bowl once, and then you can start talking."

Didn't SF win the super bowl five times in the 80s? What on earth are you talking about?

[marajade]

Well if the first minute is an indicator... the steelers have lost already...

[CounterCounterCulture]

And Cleveland opens with a touchdown!

07 Cleveland Browns
00 Pittsburgh Steelers

1st Quarter

[Hacksaw]

Clowns 7

Steelers 0

It isn't over 'till the fat lady sings....

The TD should have been challenged as the knee hit first

[Chi-townChief]

Great start for the Browns! But now, can they keep the Squealer offense contained?

[Hacksaw]

Great start for the Browns! But now, can they keep the Squealer offense contained?

Don't know - I think Kordell would be better in this type of game (quite chuckling!)

[hole_n_one]

Regardless of what the referees might think, this is not a touchdown........

[marajade]

Well you can't throw away your only two challenges you have in the first two minutes of the game...

I disagree with the call on the first challenge though... the challenge was whether or not he was in bounds, not if he had control...

[marajade]

Cower should have challenged it...

[Hacksaw]

Going back to the TV and Myron Cope on the radio - be back soon...

[motzman]

Didn't SF win the super bowl five times in the 80s? What on earth are you talking about?

Now, now, my post was clearly to Ol Sparky, about the Eagles.

What's the matter? It's not even 2:00 EST and you're already getting nervous. Niners are going down, San-Fran style.

...and GO BROWNS

[marajade]

"What's the matter?"

The matter is you don't know what you're talking about...

[bootless]

Chiming in - Go Niners!

And yes, I saw that Monday night game ... hope they got all the clankiness out then. Of course, the more scrubs than not played the second half, and OMG, what happened. It was painful, even though it was (ahem) meaningless.

[marajade]

You mean against St. Louis? Its unreasonable to think that a third string squad can beat a first string squad...

[evad]

Look for the Jets to be leading 42-0 at halftime. My team SUCKS! They do not deserve to be in the playoffs!

Hehe...good call.
The curse continues..
these Baltimore folk sure know how to hold a grudge ;-)

[CounterCounterCulture]

NO, #82, the bench is not the out-of-bounds line. This isn't football at the local park now. Talk about a late hit.

07 Cleveland Browns
00 Pittsburgh Steelers
1st Quarter

New York Giants
San Francisco 49ers
Sunday 4:30pm EST

"Welcome to Enron, y'all." Looks like must-miss TeeVee.

[hole_n_one]

What a stupid penalty......he's gotta be at least 5 yards out of bounds whe he hits the guy........

[csvset]

Interception.... to the 30... Out of bounds...