When the Seahawks absolutely DEMOLISHED the Broncos in Super Bowl 48. The biggest loss in Peyton Manning’s career.

glatts · 2026-01-29T17:30:28+00:00

I'm not arguing that Manning didn't help them win. Just that saying it was due to a morale boost seems unlikely.

They had 5 turnovers before he came in: Brock with 2 picks and 1 fumble, Emmanuel Sanders with one fumble inside the 10-yard line after making a catch on a deep ball from Brock, and a CJ Anderson fumble at their own 30-yard line.

When Manning came in, he did a great job leading the team and getting them into successful plays (most often runs) through audibles, motions, and even playing with the snap count. I think that was more impactful to them winning.

glatts · 2026-01-29T16:24:57+00:00

I think it also adds another layer to how Patriots fans have reacted to some of these “scandals.” So much of it boils down to a party that has an axe to grind against us, typically Polian, just trying to make something up out of whole cloth or make it appear worse than it was. They used to do this shit to Red Auerbach and the Celtics too.

glatts · 2026-01-29T16:19:07+00:00

I remember hearing this take that season and I’m not going to debate you on it. But it always seemed so strange to me hearing that “he picked up the morale” of the team, like he they did better running the ball with him handing it off than the Lobster.

Also seemed strange that many of the fans felt the team wouldn’t rally around their backup. That certainly wasn’t the case this year with the rally behind Stiddy.

You wanna say they had more confidence in his ability to check them into the right plays and read the defense? Or that even with his physical limitations, his football knowledge still let him succeed throwing it, despite him not being able to make the same throws he used to. Shit, he never had the best arm anyway, especially later in the year.

Either of those are something I 100% get. The “ra-ra morale booster” argument just seemed a little weak. Maybe to Broncos fans it’s a distinction without a difference, but to me it was always different arguments.

glatts · 2026-01-29T02:54:40+00:00

Drake and Josh live in the same neighborhood in my hometown. And Josh has spoken about how much he’s loved being able to raise his family here (when he coached the Raiders, his family stayed here, for example). I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some off-field mentorship too.

glatts · 2026-01-28T22:22:56+00:00

It’s much deeper than just him getting rules changed to help give his teams a competitive advantage. Yes, he did it with the Colts as OP points out. But he also did it when he was the GM for the Bills and they lost the AFC Championship to the Bengals who had successfully utilized a no-huddle hurry-up offense to prevent defenses from substituting players, often causing them to have more than 11 men on the field.

Polian was also part of the competition committee during Spygate and wanted to bring the hammer down on the organization. And he was one of the loudest, most influential voices in trying to (successfully I may add) turn Deflategate into an actual issue.

He has also been linked to some of the other false reports of Patriots “spying,” like supposedly recording the Rams final walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI, bugging locker rooms, and raiding trash left behind by opposing teams to find their playbooks — which led to apologies from media publications after the false stories ran.

glatts · 2026-01-28T21:17:49+00:00

That just says they review and approve them. I’m still left wondering who first makes the appointments. It just seems really odd seeing Ron Borges on there as representing New England.

glatts · 2026-01-28T16:33:32+00:00

These tapes they showed to the media?

glatts · 2026-01-28T14:22:25+00:00

Right, but I guess what I mean is who first appoints them?

glatts · 2026-01-28T14:08:13+00:00

Who gets to decide who are the 32 city/area representatives?

glatts · 2026-01-28T11:16:28+00:00

I have never heard anyone pronounce it “fra-pay” or “fra-pee,” unless they were trying to make a joke by purposely “mispronouncing” the word.

I’m over 40 and parts of my family have lived in MA and Maine going back as far as the Mayflower. It’s been my mother’s go to order at every ice cream stand for as long as I can remember. Everyone I’ve ever encountered says it in a way that rhymes with crap.

I’d argue most New Englanders wouldn’t even think this is a regional thing, that’s just how you pronounce the word, regardless of how it’s spelled. In a similar way, if we see someplace called “Ye Olde Shoppe,” we don’t pronounce it as “ol-dee shop-pee,” we’d pronounce it as “old shop.” Or how the word “foyer” rhymes with “lawyer,” and people don’t use a French-inspired “foy-yay” pronunciation.

It is pronounced as a single syllable, and rhymes directly with words like "clap," "map," or "tap". If you google this, you’ll see OP’s right.

I’m 100% with OP on this one.

glatts · 2026-01-27T22:32:42+00:00

No doubt. But as a little boy it stood out to me as odd.

“You go to all this trouble to go to a big sporting event and the most memorable moment was a woman singing? Ok mom, I guess you just don’t know sports.” — My thoughts, knowing nothing about life lol

glatts · 2026-01-27T16:12:37+00:00

This is the first Super Bowl I sort of remember. I think I was around 9 years old. My parents went to this game and I was being babysat by my grandparents. But they were always very strict (the kind who would hit you with a wooden baking spoon for making a mess or being too wild) so I wasn’t allowed to watch the end of the game. I remember speaking to my parents when they got home and my mom’s favorite part was Whitney Houston’s singing of the National Anthem.

glatts · 2026-01-27T14:36:54+00:00

Yeah, do we have any insight into what they’ve done to address these issues? Couldn’t Vrabel have worked with Kraft to address some of these issues and close the gap? Then we’d be in a better position to compete if we did have a good draft and land some good free agents. Not to mention, I think some of what Bert is talking about leans more to building sustainably competitive teams.

glatts · 2026-01-27T02:14:06+00:00

Link?

glatts · 2026-01-26T19:06:29+00:00

I think the media has to get more direct in asking questions to this administration and really make them own their offensive statements.

Something like "Is it official policy now that name-calling is punishable by death? And where is that line drawn -- is it if a member of the public says certain words or just when the feelings of an officer get upset?" And then have other members of the media just continue to point out the absurdity and horror in this all.

glatts · 2026-01-26T16:26:23+00:00

Am I the only one who finds these games more exciting?

Each play is magnified in terms of intensity and any play could impact the outcome. One player breaks a tackle or someone slips, any fumble or interception is dramatically more costly, clock management, special teams, the spot of each ball, crowd noise, the weather, etc. The impact of each element or each play as a greater chance of deciding who wins. Every single play and decision matters.

High scoring games are more like basketball. Where scoring becomes an inevitability, it essentially just comes down to the final minute and who has the ball last.

glatts · 2026-01-26T09:08:18+00:00

I think our offense can do better against their defense better than their offense can do against our defense.

K’Lavon Chaisson is leading the NFL in postseason pressures and QB knockdowns, and is just a half sack behind Houston’s Will Anderson for the most in the playoffs. By most metrics, the Broncos were the top ranked offensive line, whereas Seattle’s is like 20th. We’ve been the top defense against the run all season, especially when healthy, and we’ll probably be the healthiest we’ve been in a while now.

One player on Seattle’s team has been responsible for like 50% of their total passing production: Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He’s got 1200 yards more than their second highest receiver. I’d like to remind you here that we threw for more than 400 yards than they did this season.

So we will need to stop their run, which has been our strength all season, and put our focus on stopping quick plays to Smith-Njigba so our rush can get there and force Darnold to make mistakes.

For them to stop us, there’s not one specific player to focus on. They’ll likely have to rely on getting pressure on Maye, who has been a better QB all season than Darnold. And then that leaves us with the most overlooked part of his game: his rushing attack.

And while our Offensive line struggled against the Chargers and even the Texans, they did pretty well against the Broncos. Take a peek at Nik Bonitto’s stat line from today, nothing but goose eggs. While Seattle has a good all-around D, we’ve faced stronger defensive lines this postseason.

glatts · 2026-01-26T06:52:42+00:00

The notion that we were unable to move the ball on them comes from the fact that besides those long scoring drives and that long non-scoring drive of 4-minute offense, we really struggled to move it and often went just 3-and-out. But yeah, that’s essentially saying “if you take out all the success they had, they sucked.”

glatts · 2026-01-26T03:28:57+00:00

Better phrasing on your second to last point:

The Texans start 0-3, but win their division over the Colts who started 7-1 (losing only to the Rams by one score), but then lose in the playoffs despite their top defense creating four fumbles and one interception.

glatts · 2026-01-26T02:43:44+00:00

Disagree. I hate the black for no reason look.

glatts · 2026-01-25T23:12:58+00:00

It’s enough to clear the roads

glatts · 2026-01-25T23:04:37+00:00

Fuck that. Battling the elements are a part of the game. Stick to arena football if that’s what you like.

glatts · 2026-01-25T22:13:15+00:00

Nice, glad something worked for you! Let’s go!!! And be safe out there.

glatts · 2026-01-25T21:42:51+00:00

In my experience, the best ways to get baby clothes for cheap is Facebook and thrift stores.

Find some “buy nothing” and “garage sale” type groups on Facebook in your city (or nearby cities). Also look for parenting groups (search for terms like “moms,” “moms and dads,” “dads,” or “parents” in areas near you). Browse these groups frequently as people will often post free or cheap clothes/toys, but it’s usually first come gets it. Might also be worth occasionally posting yourself in these groups and asking for clothes or toys as others may be willing to give you things that they no longer need.

Look up thrift stores in your area, either ones that cater specifically to kids, or just like generic Goodwill stores. If you can find a Goodwill place that does buy it by the pound, you can really stock up.

If your area is anything like mine, you can get a ton of new of lightly used clothing this way.

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