NFL playoffs live: Wes Welker benched for start of Jets-Patriots

Cindy- That was a rather good Natl Anthem

The dude is from Vienna, Va. And he has a ring that weighs more than my cat. http://wapo.st/fxOOi0

Looks like Jay Cutler ate his Dia-Wheaties this morning.

Lawyer Milloy is still in the league? Looks to have lost a step or 5.

He's lost the whole flight.

That looks like it could be a neck injury. That hurt me just watching it.

No thumbs-up from the cart.

No thumbs up...looked like his neck took a lot of the impact.

No thumbs-up from the cart.

Posted by: SMACK1 | January 16, 2011 1:19 PM

Where's the dislike button?

Sounds as if his bell was just pretty severely rung.

From the Seahawks:

INJURY UPDATE: Carlson, a head injury with feeling in his extremities, the stretcher was only pre-cautionary.

hawks might want to cover Greg Olsen

Love watching football in the snow almost as much as I like playing FB in the snow.

At least, I remember liking playing football in the snow.

More snow! More two-faces-of-Jay Cutler!

You'd have to be a real dope to pick a 10 pt road dog to win at Soldier Field.

I'm guessing after that first TD by Olsen they benched Lawyer Milloy and forgot to send in his replacement.

Who did that?

lol Dies, it's not like they were the first team in history to make the playoffs w/a losing record.

Oh, wait...

this guy

This game might not be over yet. Oh, wait. It's the NFC West.

Sometimes you should do your thinking inside the box, Diesel.

Black-Eyed Peas? Really?

I can't wait to not watch American Idol. I'd rather watch the 2007 game where the Pats beat us 52-7 on a loop.

There is a greater chance of Seattle winning this game than there is of me watching Idol. I have never seen one minute of it.

My wife loves AI. Sometimes I have to watch it with her.

No AI talk until 38-0 please.

What is Moose Johnston wearing? Nucky Thompson wants his clothing ensemble back.

Cam Cutler or Jay Newton?

2 TDs for the diabetic wonder.

Did the bears loss to the Skins change the way they play O? Seems like a different team after they were picked off four times by Hall.

Was thinking the same thing, kerz. I think I heard Lovie stepped in and asked Myway Martz to make some changes after that game.

FGs ain't gonna cut it. The Seahawks now have a better chance of getting mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day as they do winning this game.

It's only a 25-point game now. Time to pay attention. The fourth quarter is gonna be fierce. Or, perhaps, not.

With gunslinging JC throwing, Seattle my not be out just yet.

Lovie reminded Martz that Cutler isn't Warner.

Regular bear? RLB, I would have accepted any of the following..

American Black Bear, Spectacled Bear, Brown Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Sloth Bear, Sun Bear, or everybody's favorite the Panda Bear.

The Seahawks now have a better chance of getting mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day as they do winning this game.

Posted by: RomoLongballs | January 16, 2011 3:28 PM

Yeah, but what are the odds that there would be anything left of you to maul after the polar bear was done?

Oh. I see what you did.

or everybody's favorite the Panda Bear

Diesel, are you suggesting I get mauled by the thing I love the most?!

Romo, you'd never see it coming. Be afraid.

Very sporting of the Bears to let a RB throw the ball into coverage. I'm guessing he won't be doing that again. Bright side of it for the Bears is, he learned his lesson against a bad team. Versus the Packers, Jets, or Pats, that could be the difference in the game.

The Seahawks now have a better chance of getting mauled by a polar bear and a regular bear in the same day as they do winning this game.

Posted by: RomoLongballs | January 16, 2011 3:28 PM

At 28-10 the odds have improved: mauled by a polar bear and bitten by a rabid raccoon in the same month.

RLB- Those Panda SOBs have gotten a free pass for so long. Nobody but me sees them for the jerks that they are.

What if the Seahawks visit the San Diego Zoo. That would certainly give them a better chance of getting mauled.

My apologies for this one..

What if one of the Seahawks is menstruating at the San Diego Zoo. After all the bears can smell the menstruation.

I was curious and decided to see if the San Diego Zoo even has polar bears, due to the warm climate. Turns out they do, and even better, you can watch them live:

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/polarcam/index.html

And Polar Bear Cam > Snow Cam.

Sorry, Cindy.

Pretty bad on Locklear there for the Seahags. Blatantly holding your guy and he still gets 1/2 a sack = Fail.

Great, Diesel, bears. Now you're putting the whole team at risk.

Zilla, nice! Agreed, cranky bear fockers > snow.

Aaaand the Seahags regress to the mean.

Love it. Now all of these fairweather Hags fans out here in the Other Washington can go back to not caring the least bit about football.

I'm getting a hankering for some Cutler-flavored crow. Lemme rummage around the fridge and see what I can find. I can still think he's a total SJK though.

I miss the snow cam.

Also, I read that whole riff about bears as "beers."

Gotta watch out for those regular beers, they'll getcha.

How many feet of bench will Welker occupy at the start of the game?

speaking of beer. Gotta make a run..

I didn't think the Pats would look this vincible.

Curious, if both Cutler and Sanchez make it to the SB, does it vindicate Snyderrato in any way?

Pats look utterly vincible. I am aware, however, that they've had past success with comebacks.

That "Woodcock" fellow plays a lot bigger than 180.

It's also interesting to note that the Pack, Stillers, Pats, and Jets all run a 3-4 D.

I don't think it vindicates Snyderrato, but you guys tell me.

Kerz, I don't think there was anything wrong with coveting those guys. But...first, It's paying the cost of acquiring them that would have been dumb. Second, who's saying we'd have used either of them with any success? Don't get me wrong, Cutler the player could be great with Shanny at the helm, but not at the expense of Rak and Trent.

Look at the Jason Taylor era for how acquiring either of them would probably have turned out.

Long way of saying no.

I think the Pats' best chance is if genetics kicks in and Brian Schottenheimer plays Martyball.

Snyderatto vindicated by Cutler or Sanchez = No.

Shanahan switching to the 3-4 vindicated by Packers/Steelers/Patriots/Jets = Yes.

Because I said so.

That "Woodcock" fellow plays a lot bigger than 180.

Posted by: Diesel44 | January 16, 2011 6:20 PM

Principal Skinner: "It's already wiped out the dodo, the cuckoo and the nene. And it has nasty plans for the booby, the titmouse, the woodcock and the titpecker."

Shanahan switching to the 3-4 vindicated by Packers/Steelers/Patriots/Jets = Yes.

Agree 100%. Defensive rankings=power rankings.

Cutler would have cost us Trent, Orakpo, Landry, & Cooley. DHall wouldn't be in this year's Pro Bowl either.

Sanchez would have suffered a career ending injury behind our OL last YR. He has the benefit of playing behind arguably the best OL and a top 3 defense, I'm not impressed by him at all.

And I picked up Flying Dog IPA, brewed and bottled in beautiful Frederick, MD. just in case anyone was wondering..

Agree with the consensus, just one of those random thoughts that pass through my drink induced mind.

Plus both those QBs have pretty good D to help them out.

Between Sanchez and Brady...Who's more dreamy?

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Blackhawks-singer-leads-Bears-fan-in-rousing-nat?urn=nfl-308250

I don't usually get siced for the Nat'l anthem but this was way better than average. You also get a view of the dude's ring.

Stupid Jets.

Stupid Rex Ryan.

Go Steelers.

The J-e-t-s have no class and it starts with their coach.

Pittsburgh's gonna have some trouble with this Jets D. 8 sacks against Dreamy McDreamerson?

Watching 60 Minutes...

Every sign was there with Jared Loughner, even the looks of the two friends they were able to find.

^^ You know you're wearing that headband right now. No doubt.

If I'm wearing that headband then you're rawking the other friend's stache.

Hells yeah.

Here's how I see it:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3830666415_880ec80e33.jpg

As for me:

http://www.manwhole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kip.jpg

Kip-

Well, things are getting pretty serious right now. I mean, we chat online for like… two hours every day so I guess you could say things are getting pretty serious.

Your Mom goes to college...

Diesel44

The J-e-t-s have no class and it starts with their coach.

The j-e-t-s lack class, but like their coach, they got b-a-l-l-s.

Gotta Statement:

There's a certain pro football team in the Virginia-Maryland area whose fans profess that without a stellar offensive line, no team can win.

Gotta Question:

If the statement is believed to be true, how come three teams with so-so offensive lines, but gutsy young quarterbacks, Stillers-Bears-Packers are still bangin'?