I think they should be higher. That defense against the rigged rules is very, very impressive.

Palo's been bearish on SEA all season, called me a delusional homer when I said they were the best team late in the reg season.

him admitting the seahawks could v well be a top 10 team OAT is a massive coup

All I know iz that keyboard cat put on a way better halftime show.

I posted it earlier in the thread, CDL by tiebreak

Biggest takeway from tonight: Tom Brady confirmed GOAT

Lol

I was really surprised at that too. Pete wanted those style points.

I think Brady gets murdered too in that game.

Denver didn't choke IMO. Seattle outclassed them. That style wasn't gonna beat this Seahawks team.

Denver may well be back next year, though. IMO they'd have fared much better against any of the other NFC powers, but Seattle's a brutal stylistic matchup for them.

EDIT to add: Sorry for the tri-post. No clue how to multi-quote.

Seahawks are a bunch of thugs

TRUTH

Seems like the only way to beat Seattle is to have a very good defense, and be able to match their physicality up front. San Francisco is basically the perfect counter to Seattle, they're very evenly matched and that might be a thorn in the side of a potential Seattle dynasty.

You just have to stop Seattle's offense and hope you muster up a few scores against their D.

Fox did nothing wrong. Manning sucked on the big stage (as usual) and the Manning stooges need someone else to blame.

Seattle is the thorn in the side of a 9ers dynasty. Obv 1-2 teams in the league. NFC Championship game is gonna be the Super Bowl for the next 5 years minimum.

Lol @ Denver injuries.

Let's be honest here: Without the injuries that the Pats suffered, the SB is NE/SEA.

Was just about to ask about this, thank you!

Well, that was tough to watch. I felt going in that the game was essentially a pick 'em, with the Seahawks maybe being very small favorites. Them winning didn't surprise me, but the Broncos getting blown out like that sure did. Just an absolute mess from start to finish. Peyton was rough and haters should enjoy getting to troll his performance, but I don't think they were winning this game even if he played well. The Seahawks just put on a clinic. Peyton setting the record for completions and Demaryius setting the record for receptions in such a thorough evisceration provided at least a little unintentional comedy.

Grats to Seahawks fans, your team is going to be good for a while.

It likely came down to HFA this year and a few plays. Seattle is ****ing good though and it annoys me to say that as a 9er fan a ton. Not shocked that someone outfoxed Fox though.

A huge plus of Broncos losing is Mayweather lost 10M right? ;/

Can't wait for Skip Bayless to make this Super Bowl all about Brady.

Wasn't happy when I heard he bet on Denver. Amazing boxer and all, but man that dude says some stupid ****.

This is obviously ridiculous. The teams won't even look the same in 2-3 years.

I thought all year SEA was the best team, but still it's unlucky for DEN to lay an egg like that at the wrong time b/c the gap between these 2 teams is not THAT big. but that's the way history goes...

I imagine game thread here was decent? Surely no homers from either team was posting. That has to help quality.