The Super Bowl (what we learned)

[UNI88]

That's also completely impossible to prove. We know that Philly beat AZ and would have been favored at home against AZ in the playoffs. You'd have to ask someone from Vegas on that, but I think that's probably a fair estimate.

And Vegas favored Denver in the Super Bowl.

I could be wrong but I thought the original line had Seattle has the favorite but the actual betting flipped it over to Denver's favor.

[rkwittem]

That's also completely impossible to prove. We know that Philly beat AZ and would have been favored at home against AZ in the playoffs. You'd have to ask someone from Vegas on that, but I think that's probably a fair estimate.

And Vegas favored Denver in the Super Bowl.

So? I heard they still made a profit on the Super Bowl. Betting public altered that line, I bet. I guarantee the smart guys in Vegas knew Seattle was better.

[rkwittem]

Indy can't run, they can't pass block, their defensive personnel is average with few exceptions. They made the playoffs because their division was easily the worst in the league. Quit overselling their "accomplishments" because they beat Seattle. (We both know that's at least part of the reason why you keep pumping their tires.) Indy is Andy Luck and the 7 Dwarves. That's who they are. A banged-up New England team easily out-played them. KC owned them for 2 quarters and would have likely won had they not lost most of their best players during the game. The cut-off between crap and average is not nearly as great as you make it sound.

They pounded the niners, beat the hawks, Broncos, and Chiefs twice. Yep, pure garbage.

They are crap. Would they have made the playoffs in any other division? I don't think so. They won a terrible division. Yes, those are some nice wins. I seem to remember a lot of Seachicken whining when they lost to Indy (claiming it was "gifted" to them). Nice to see Seattle fans cherry-picking the argument when it suits them.
7 of their wins came against Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee and Oakland. Their toughest games yielded some bad stuff- Rams game, Miami game, SD game, AZ game.
They still got their asses whooped when it mattered and basically no-showed 75% of the playoffs.

[kalm]

They pounded the niners, beat the hawks, Broncos, and Chiefs twice. Yep, pure garbage.

They are crap. Would they have made the playoffs in any other division? I don't think so. They won a terrible division. Yes, those are some nice wins. I seem to remember a lot of Seachicken whining when they lost to Indy (claiming it was "gifted" to them). Nice to see Seattle fans cherry-picking the argument when it suits them.
7 of their wins came against Houston, Jacksonville, Tennessee and Oakland. Their toughest games yielded some bad stuff- Rams game, Miami game, SD game, AZ game.
They still got their asses whooped when it mattered and basically no-showed 75% of the playoffs.

They beat three out of the four Conference Championship teams including the Super Bowl Champs plus they beat a playoff team from the best division in the AFC...twice. Was the AFC South strong this year? Nope. But the colts would have more than likely won the NFC North and East and would have been competitive in most of the other divisions.



"Garbage". "Crap"....