bottomdweller
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Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
Pats are opening up at a 7.5 point favorite.
Pats are opening up at a 7.5 point favorite.
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The 2012 New England Patriots
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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
Nice atmosphere there yesterday. Krafty bob done himself well building that stadium without gov $$$. Always have a good time there. Only heard 10,000 stillers comments too
Nice atmosphere there yesterday. Krafty bob done himself well building that stadium without gov $$$. Always have a good time there. Only heard 10,000 stillers comments too
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
They have the whole off-season to shop for one. He looked like he had one of those ACE sleeves around his forearm. The physics of the game should have told them that they needed more. I'd rather see him lose 10% of his ability to catch the ball and be on the field with a suitable brace than be out again.
Saw a note in Peter King's column that Chris Collinsworth suggested each team should have a team doctor and a player's doctor to reduce the risk of one doctor being undully influenced by who pays the check.
Obviously don't know who prescribed wrapping a paper towel around his arm and sending him out there...but it was the first thing I thought of when I saw it pre-game.
With a lot of young athletes running around the house we've had our share...in fact we had a broken ankle Friday night. When we had a broken thumb last year it was braced and wrapped properly with something we bought on the internet and it looked 10x more capable than what the Pats were using. We own a collection of walking boots, crutches and braces, maybe Gronk wants to borrow one?
Gronk, call me.
They have the whole off-season to shop for one. He looked like he had one of those ACE sleeves around his forearm. The physics of the game should have told them that they needed more. I'd rather see him lose 10% of his ability to catch the ball and be on the field with a suitable brace than be out again.
Saw a note in Peter King's column that Chris Collinsworth suggested each team should have a team doctor and a player's doctor to reduce the risk of one doctor being undully influenced by who pays the check.
Obviously don't know who prescribed wrapping a paper towel around his arm and sending him out there...but it was the first thing I thought of when I saw it pre-game.
With a lot of young athletes running around the house we've had our share...in fact we had a broken ankle Friday night. When we had a broken thumb last year it was braced and wrapped properly with something we bought on the internet and it looked 10x more capable than what the Pats were using. We own a collection of walking boots, crutches and braces, maybe Gronk wants to borrow one?
Gronk, call me.
Can't stand Peyton Gump, but I won't hang him for that loss. I still get over that TD pass at the end of regulation. You have only one job in the secondary in that situation, which is to keep the ball out of the EZ, which in that case was 65 years from the line of scrimmage. With 40 seconds left. If they had tackled the receiver after he caught the ball, even on the 10 yard line. Balt would have lost 20 seconds getting set up and then would have had to spike the ball to stop the clock, thus leaving time for one shot at the EZ. It looked like something you'd see in a crappy college bowl game.
Pats need to put their foot in the gas next game from the get go and run the aging Baltimore D off the field. Lewis and Reed are like 90 years old combined so get those guys running around. Flacco ought to be good for at least one pick.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
His arm broke in a different spot and had nothing to do with the original injury
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wolverineTrumpet
not particularly bad
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
As a Ravens fan, I can tell you, Flacco is alway good for at least one pick.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
Not sure what the Pats do in the off season but Wes probably won't be back. They still need help in the secondary and maybe pass rush although that was better than years past. Brady isn't the Brady of old but can't blame him for yesterdays loss. I thought he looked out of sorts though. A real deep threat taller than a Munchkin would be nice.
Not sure what the Pats do in the off season but Wes probably won't be back. They still need help in the secondary and maybe pass rush although that was better than years past. Brady isn't the Brady of old but can't blame him for yesterdays loss. I thought he looked out of sorts though. A real deep threat taller than a Munchkin would be nice.
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
Some Patriot-hater friend of mine on Facebook said Brady was a ****** because of what he did during the national anthem yesterday. What did he do, or is this guy just being a typical Patriot hater? All I heard was Ray Lewis sobbing during it.
Some Patriot-hater friend of mine on Facebook said Brady was a ****** because of what he did during the national anthem yesterday. What did he do, or is this guy just being a typical Patriot hater? All I heard was Ray Lewis sobbing during it.
Scarlet - apparently Brady did not have his hand over his heart while the anthem played.
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And that is disrespectful how? I don't do that either. You put your hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. Wow. Haters gonna hate I guess.
And that is disrespectful how? I don't do that either. You put your hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. Wow. Haters gonna hate I guess.
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Lot of hate going around for all things Patriots - Suggs, Sharpe, the Brady haters ... I just don't get it. Great observation on Boston Sports Media Watch (www.bostonsportsmedia.com - a great read each day if you are a Boston sports fan):
"Much is being made of Shannon Sharpe’s scowl directed towards Bill Belichick for skipping out on his one-on-one interview with CBS’ Steve Tasker. I’m actually with Sharpe here, but I don’t get why he is so shocked. On the peripheral, Belichick is a sore loser. It’s weird. But it’s also not new. The Hoodie has no use for the noise; he never asks for the adulation he gets, and certainly doesn’t soak in the hate, either. Remember, though, that’s on the peripheral. Internally, all you need to know about Belichick is this tidbit from Peter King this morning.
The postgame conversation on the field with Bill Belichick … Harbaugh: “I’ll treasure that conversation forever. Before the game, we talked, and he said maybe we should just skip the postgame handshake because it’s such a circus. I said I didn’t know; I thought we should do it, it’s just the right thing to do. And we did. He was so classy, so gracious. Complimentary about how we played, about our game plan, about how tough it is to play us. I told him how much we pattern our organization around theirs, how much we study them.”
Lot of hate going around for all things Patriots - Suggs, Sharpe, the Brady haters ... I just don't get it. Great observation on Boston Sports Media Watch (www.bostonsportsmedia.com - a great read each day if you are a Boston sports fan):
"Much is being made of Shannon Sharpe’s scowl directed towards Bill Belichick for skipping out on his one-on-one interview with CBS’ Steve Tasker. I’m actually with Sharpe here, but I don’t get why he is so shocked. On the peripheral, Belichick is a sore loser. It’s weird. But it’s also not new. The Hoodie has no use for the noise; he never asks for the adulation he gets, and certainly doesn’t soak in the hate, either. Remember, though, that’s on the peripheral. Internally, all you need to know about Belichick is this tidbit from Peter King this morning.
The postgame conversation on the field with Bill Belichick … Harbaugh: “I’ll treasure that conversation forever. Before the game, we talked, and he said maybe we should just skip the postgame handshake because it’s such a circus. I said I didn’t know; I thought we should do it, it’s just the right thing to do. And we did. He was so classy, so gracious. Complimentary about how we played, about our game plan, about how tough it is to play us. I told him how much we pattern our organization around theirs, how much we study them.”
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
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well 'tanks for nuttin danny!!'
because the loser patsies blew it, i have to suffer through two full weeks of 'all ray lewis, all the time'
!!!!!!
well 'tanks for nuttin danny!!'
because the loser patsies blew it, i have to suffer through two full weeks of 'all ray lewis, all the time'
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I know, it's killing me.
well 'tanks for nuttin danny!!'
because the loser patsies blew it, i have to suffer through two full weeks of 'all ray lewis, all the time'
I know, it's killing me.
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
The loss of Talib early really illustrated just how important that acquisition was. Once Baltimore opened it up in the second half, with Talib and Chandler Jones (best cover guy and one of the only pass rushers on the team) on the bench, they had no answers.
They pretty much spent the first two and a half quarters in Baltimore territory and scored one touchdown. That was the ballgame.
Good season overall. One of the last four standing. They're short on picks in the draft this year, having traded away rounds 4, 5, and 6.
The loss of Talib early really illustrated just how important that acquisition was. Once Baltimore opened it up in the second half, with Talib and Chandler Jones (best cover guy and one of the only pass rushers on the team) on the bench, they had no answers.
They pretty much spent the first two and a half quarters in Baltimore territory and scored one touchdown. That was the ballgame.
Good season overall. One of the last four standing. They're short on picks in the draft this year, having traded away rounds 4, 5, and 6.
Patman
Rodent of Unusual Size
I still say the media class hasn't been happy ever since we defeated the greatest show on turf
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Look, I know people don't want to admit it but Brady deservers considerable blame for this game. When he wasn't throwing behind receivers he was refusing to leg out easy 1st downs against lumbering 500 pound linemen. A reasonable view of his playoffs since the last Super Bowl win finds that he's been awful in 2 Super Bowls and the last 3 AFC championships, two of which the team won (Balt last year, SD in 07 when Tomlinson was out and the QB played on a broken leg). I can't tell you all of football history, but I don't remember too many 35 year old QB's winning it all, in fact the only one that I recall doing so is a fascinating contrast with Brady.
One of the best SB plays I ever watched live was late in the game of the Denver-Green Bay contest with 37 year old John Elway's team the heavy underdog against the defending champs. In it the aging geezer took off on a busted play to try and get the first done and hurled his old @zz into the air into three defenders and went pinwheeling to the ground. Far from laying there like a corpse he was the first one up yelling and screaming because he picked up the 1st down.
Brady doesn't have that kind of fire in him anymore at this age. He's been consistantly losing to good teams in the playoffs and beating ones that don't belong there for awhile now. Wish it weren't true but the rest of the Pats are the same way. Aside from Welker and Gronk I don't see anybody else laying it all on the line in big games anymore. Really, who on D for the Pats is anybody afraid of? There's no big hitters in the secondary and the LB's aren't exactly headhunters. Couple that with an anemic pass rush and you have no SB yet again.
Look, I know people don't want to admit it but Brady deservers considerable blame for this game. When he wasn't throwing behind receivers he was refusing to leg out easy 1st downs against lumbering 500 pound linemen. A reasonable view of his playoffs since the last Super Bowl win finds that he's been awful in 2 Super Bowls and the last 3 AFC championships, two of which the team won (Balt last year, SD in 07 when Tomlinson was out and the QB played on a broken leg). I can't tell you all of football history, but I don't remember too many 35 year old QB's winning it all, in fact the only one that I recall doing so is a fascinating contrast with Brady.
One of the best SB plays I ever watched live was late in the game of the Denver-Green Bay contest with 37 year old John Elway's team the heavy underdog against the defending champs. In it the aging geezer took off on a busted play to try and get the first done and hurled his old @zz into the air into three defenders and went pinwheeling to the ground. Far from laying there like a corpse he was the first one up yelling and screaming because he picked up the 1st down.
Brady doesn't have that kind of fire in him anymore at this age. He's been consistantly losing to good teams in the playoffs and beating ones that don't belong there for awhile now. Wish it weren't true but the rest of the Pats are the same way. Aside from Welker and Gronk I don't see anybody else laying it all on the line in big games anymore. Really, who on D for the Pats is anybody afraid of? There's no big hitters in the secondary and the LB's aren't exactly headhunters. Couple that with an anemic pass rush and you have no SB yet again.
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
to be great.
There's lots of blame to go around, dropped passes, poor time management, poor play calling, no pass rush, I last saw Wilfork on a milk carton. But in the end I think you're right in that Brady hasn't been very good in the playoffs the last few years. Doesn't have that little something you need
to be great.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
I saw tommy "Ty Cobb 'ing" it for a first down there!
I saw tommy "Ty Cobb 'ing" it for a first down there!
Re: The 2012 New England Patriots
That was a ***** move on Brady's part, no doubt. And, yes, he deserves some blame for the loss. But, this was a collective failure. Until we have a defense that can do what Baltimore did to us or what SF did to Atlanta in the 2nd half, we will not be winning another SB. I don't care how good the offense is. When they aren't perfect, we have no other way of winning.
That was a ***** move on Brady's part, no doubt. And, yes, he deserves some blame for the loss. But, this was a collective failure. Until we have a defense that can do what Baltimore did to us or what SF did to Atlanta in the 2nd half, we will not be winning another SB. I don't care how good the offense is. When they aren't perfect, we have no other way of winning.