Patriots 2010: the Year We Make Contracts

[mookie1995]

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Why are they wearing the throwbacks? I thought they did that last year because it was a milestone anniversary for the AFL or something.

3rd jersey. (stillers have worn their "75th anniversary" thirds after the fact too)

[walrus]

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Jets lose so Pats want to follow suit, ugly game

[amherstblackbear]

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As long as the Pats are within a TD going into the 4th quarter...at least we know Favre is good for a 4th quarter pick or two.

[Priceless]

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As long as the Pats are within a TD going into the 4th quarter...at least we know Favre is good for a 4th quarter pick or two.

Not in the 4th yet, but we'll take it.

[amherstblackbear]

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Looks like I overreacted (like last week) to some early shakiness by the defense. It hasn't been a bad effort.

[Priceless]

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Farve can't throw any picks from the bench.

[amherstblackbear]

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Beat me to it. I was just going to complain about the Patriots eliminating one of their advantages over the last 7-8 minutes of the game. Now the other side has a QB, too.

[amherstblackbear]

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Wow. That was a terrible false start call right there. Clearly defensive offsides.

[amherstblackbear]

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Thank you, Minnesota, for that attempted arm-tackle.

[mookie1995]

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why did brady take a knee there twice?

[walrus]

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Apparently to kill the clock

[Priceless]

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The Pats have the best record in the NFL.

[Jon]

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The Pats have the best record in the NFL.

I'm still not sure we're still in the real world.

[gusforhobey89]

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Bizzaro World

[IrishWildcat]

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I honestly feel this team is better than a lot of people think. The past few weeks have been ugly, ugly games. But you know what's funny? WE'VE WON EACH WEEK!

That's the difference between the Patriots from 2001-2005 and what we've seen the past few years. During the Super Bowl run, the Pats won games ugly. There weren't a ton of fancy plays...anything big came from gutting it out and taking advantage of an opportunity, forcing another team to make a mistake. We rarely ran up the score on another team. It might have been ugly, but we won.

We have won ugly the pasty few weeks. We have a bruising runner in BenJarvus Green-Ellis. We have a possession (read: high percentage, high efficiency) passing game. With Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Buffalo left on the schedule, we should at the very least be a 10-win team. Pittsburgh, Indy, Jets, Packers, and Dolphins are pretty much toss-ups, but even if we win against Miami, Green Bay, and the Jets, that would be 13. The Jets have a favorable schedule for the rest of the season, with their only real challenges coming from Houston, Pittsburgh, and the Pats. But that's all just a matter of playing around with schedules and whatnot.

That being said, Pats can't overlook the Browns coming off the bye. Look what happened to the Saints.