Carson Palmer tears ACL after first pass against Steelers

Tadpole · Post by **Tadpole** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:57 pm

http://www.superbowl.com/news/story/9152670

Talk about awful timing for an injury to occur. Bye-bye Bengals play-offs. I feel for Marvin Lewis, he had done one helluva job, and then this happened.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:02 pm

yeah sucks to have a big guy blocked into you like that

I liked Kimo's reaction tho, you can tell he obviously wasn't trying to hurt anyone and felt like shit that happened

that being said, Kitna played pretty ok

Hard to say what would have happened if Palmer had been able to stay in

Diekan · Post by **Diekan** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:07 pm

The Patriots will beat Denver.

Indy will beat Pitts.

The Patriots and Indy in the AFC Campionship.

Will be an interesting game to say the least.

Panthers will beat the Bears.

Seattle will destroy Washington.

Seattle and NC in the NFC Campionship.

Seattle will win.

My guess is that it will be New England and Seattle in the Super Bowl with NE winning by a field goal.

Post by **Lyion** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:53 pm

Denver is going to beat New England. I don't see the Pats winning at Mile High, with Shanahans team rested up and ready, unless Plummer has a bad game. There's a huge difference between Jax at home and Denver on the road. Denver had the toughest division and schedule, outside of SD, and will rough up New England, who had a soft schedule.

It really wouldn't surprise me if Washington beats Seattle, too. They are paper tigers. Although if Taylor doesn't play, that'll hurt the Skins a lot.

Haylo · Post by **Haylo** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:10 am

'Skins may not win against Seattle, but we have a chance for sure. Not sure where "Seattle will destroy Washington" comes from since we already beat them once this year. Granted it was an overtime win, but still we can play Seattle. I think the greatest thing going against us at the moment is going to be fatigue. We've already had to be in play-off mode for 6 weeks now.

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:43 am

Except Washington is a team of Vets, with good coaching. I doubt Fatigue will be a factor.

If anything, Seattle has more of a chance of coming out slower and getting down fast. Especially if they don't have a good plan for Moss and Portis.

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:15 am

I think it will be the Seahawks and Pats....

xaoshaen · Post by **xaoshaen** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:07 am

Diekan wrote:The Patriots will beat Denver.

Indy will beat Pitts.

The Patriots and Indy in the AFC Campionship.

Will be an interesting game to say the least.

Panthers will beat the Bears.

Seattle will destroy Washington.

Seattle and NC in the NFC Campionship.

Seattle will win.

My guess is that it will be New England and Seattle in the Super Bowl with NE winning by a field goal.

The Panthers have to play a team with actual linebackers next week. Look for another vintage Foster day: 20 carries for 50 yards and a Carolina loss.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:53 pm

All four games next weekend are rematches from the regular season with the Colts, Redskins, Broncos, and Bears winning.

LostCause · Post by **LostCause** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:07 pm

thats sad because i feel with palmer still in there they probably took that game

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:14 pm

I dunno

it's not like kitna played poorly (unlike the bengals defense)

You could say almost the same thing about the game the bengals beat the steelers

even with 4 turnovers, the steelers put up 31 pts

I think the Colts will probably beat the steelers
I'm hoping that the steelers play better and win, but i'm not willing to put any cash on it

NE will beat denver I think

Bears over Carolina (Vasher + safety is good enough to cover Smith, and there's no way Foster runs on the bears Defense)

I think seattle will stomp washington this time

Post by **Lyion** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:36 pm

We'll never know, but my guess is with Palmer in there, Cinci pastes 40 on the Steelers.

Pitt will get thoroughly killed in Indy, unless Roethlisberger has the game of his life. Martyball won't work in the dome against the Colts.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:39 pm

I think it'll depend on whether or not the steelers can quiet the crowd

if indy starts fast (like the regular season) the colts put up 40

if the steelers get the ball first, and march down the field for 10 or 11 plays and get a td, and then force the colts to punt on their 1st drive, the steelers will win 24-14

however, if the steelers have Ditka, then they win 244-0

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:24 pm

Can't help but like the Steelers as a team. Bettis is still a BEAST. And love their new QB, Mr Burger. And that long-haired samoan on the D, Palomalu, he is awesome also. Love this team.

Spliffs · Post by **Spliffs** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:21 am

New England is going to get destroyed in Denver. There is very few, if any, better home fields than Invesco at Mile High.

The stomping of Jacksonville is nothing to get excited about - they played horrifically.

Denver 34, New England 17

The Indy game will be better in my opinion. Pittsburgh is really hitting their stride, and it's up in the air if Indy still has theirs. I know Pitt had a couple of injuries in the Cinci game, and im curious how those will play out.

Indy 31, Pitt 21

Bears and Panthers will be a decent game, simply because niether team has much of an offense, and a key turnover might decide it.

Chicago 17, Carolina 13

Washington has no offense. Seattle is going to kill them.

Seattle 28, Washington 10

Those are my picks. I usually pick like shit though. It was fun to write however.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:22 pm

Tikker wrote:I think it'll depend on whether or not the steelers can quiet the crowd

if indy starts fast (like the regular season) the colts put up 40

if the steelers get the ball first, and march down the field for 10 or 11 plays and get a td, and then force the colts to punt on their 1st drive, the steelers will win 24-14

however, if the steelers have Ditka, then they win 244-0

I'm a prophet

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Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:18 pm

21-3 late in the 3rd quarter now, gogogogo

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 2:21 pm

ps, holy shit

manning sends punt team back to the sidelines, and over rules Dungy

they converted, but that kinda erodes a bit of Dungy's authority

I dunno, maybe it's just coaching to let him do it

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:09 pm

Tikker wrote:ps, holy shit

manning sends punt team back to the sidelines, and over rules Dungy

they converted, but that kinda erodes a bit of Dungy's authority

I dunno, maybe it's just coaching to let him do it

After the game, Dungy said that he told them to go for the first down but the punt them got a bit excited and ran onto the field.