10 Bold predictions for the rest of the season
by Meatface on Oct 23, 2011 10:10 PM EDT
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Let me first start off by saying that I wont do any wins or losses, so it will really just be bold predictions for Patriots Players.
10. Devin McCourty will be better but not nearly as good as last year
McCourty has been really really bad so far. I honestly could not tell you exactly why he is not covering receivers as well as he was last season, but hes not. We all could have accepted a year less than last years pro bowl season but McCourty has been just awful and honestly I think part of the reason he is still playing this many snaps is that the Patriots really only have 3 usable CB's right now. McCourty will be better after the bye but that wont be hard as he really couldn't be any worse than he has been.
9. Kyle Arrington will lead the Patriots in Interceptions
I'd love to say that Arrington has picked up the slack for McCourty, but while Arrington has been playing well he hasnt made for McCourtys poor play. Arrington does currently lead the team with 4 INT's and I expect he will continue to get his hands on the ball and finish the year leading the team in Interceptions.
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8. Mark Anderson or Andre Carterwill have 12 or more sacks
Mark Anderson and Andre Carter have gotten better each week and currently Anderson has 3.5 Sacks and Carter has 2.5. Last year Mike Wright and Tully Banta-Cain led the team with 6 sacks for Wright and 5 for Tully. Anderson and Carter are already half way there and I think that their improved play will lead to more sacks as the season goes on. Anderson had 12 sacks in his rookie year and Carter had 12.5 back in 2002.
7. Kevin Faulk will outperform Danny Woodhead
Danny Woodhead in 2010 was explosive and great on 3rd down. He had 926 total yards in 14 games and had 5.6 yards per rush, this year he is at 4.1 yards per rush. Not a terrible fall off but he also hasn't been very good at blocking and the Patriots seemed to be using Green-Ellis in that role more this season. Faulk has come back to practice and will likely be activated for the Steelers game. Woodhead overall has been equal to or better than Faulk as a 3DRB, but not being an elf Faulk is a better blocker than Woodhead. Faulk will be looking to prove himself and his better blocking I think will lead Faulk to get more snaps than Woodhead and if that happens there wont be many snaps for Woodhead as Green-Ellis, Ridley and Faulk would all be ahead of him on the depth chart.
6. Tom Brady will surpass 5,000 yards, but not win the MVP
Tom Brady has thrown for 2163 yards through 6 games so far this season and could very well surpass his outstanding 4,806 passing yards from 2007. Tom Brady is on a historic pace and the offense is going to get better as the season goes on with hopefully Ochocinco becoming a bigger part of the offense. Tom Brady Will throw over 5,000 yards but this is Aaron Rodger's Year and unless Rodgers has a catastrophic collapse he will win the MVP. The thing that will likely set him back is going to be his high INT numbers; Brady has never thrown more than 14 Interceptions but he has 8 so far this season and that's in stark contrast to his four last year. Rodgers also has a much easier schedule, but those INT's are whats keeping Brady from being the best QB in the NFL right now.
5. OchoCinco will bounce back in a good way
Chad has been disappointing this season with only 9 receptions for 136 yards and much has been made about how he has not had the impact that we thought he would. My prediction is that's over and Ocho will a awesome second half and will put up at least 600 yards with 5 TD's. He may not break out next week but he will soon and the tandem of Welker and OchoCinco will make the Patriots offense nearly unstoppable.
4. BenJarvus Green-Ellis will rush have another 1,000 yard rushing season.
Nobody thought BenJarvus Green-Ellis would rush for 1,000 yards last season and coming into this season most people thought he would not be able to get to 1,000 yards with pass heavy Patriots drafting a pair of young running backs who were sure to get snaps. The Lawfirm has rushed for 391 yards in 6 games and he had 259 yards through 6 last year. A large part of this is that the Patriots have been a lot more balanced in pass and run plays than they have been in years.
3. The Patriots will finish the regular season 15-1
The Patriots have three challenging games coming up against the Steelers, Giants and Jets but after that they are playing 1 team with a record over .500 and that's the Buffallo Bills in week 17. The Patriots will beat the Steelers, the Giants have played one game against teams over .500 and we've already beaten the Jets once and those are the only challenging opponents.
2. Wes Welker will break Jerry Rice's single season receiving yards record
Wes Welker has 785 receiving yards through 6 games and will easily eclipse Jerry Rice's single season record of 1,848 before week 17. Welker is having a hell of a season to say the least and will earn himself a nice pay raise
1. The Patriots will go to the Superbowl!
I wont say the Patriots will win the Superbowl but they will make it to the Superbowl and finally win a playoff game after going 0-2 since the 2007 Superbowl.
Those are my ten bold predictions call me an idiot all you want in the comments!
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id say 9 is the only non bold one
but most are realistic… 12 sacks for on of the ends may be a bit unrealistic
I like the way you think.
I’m not holding my breath for Carter or Anderson to eclipse 12 sacks. I agree that this is the year Rodgers wins his first MVP award. I just hope he doesn’t capture 16-0 as well. I sincerely hope that McCourty finds his way. And I don’t think Ochocinco will ever in sync with Brady, atleast not this year. Maybe if they keep him in the offseason and he has a whole another year to learn the Patriots’ system and playbook, then he could do well but he’s currently in oblivion.
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C'mon man
If you’re going to be bold enough to predict the Patriots will make it to the Super Bowl, at least go the distance and predict that they’ll win it, lol.
Tom Brady not winning the league MVP is okay with me. Let Rodgers have it and let Brady take home that other MVP from the Super Bowl instead.
Danny Woodhead needs to get into rhythm again on the offense and I was glad to see him be a part of that game-winning drive last week. If Kevin Faulk eclipsed him I wouldn’t be surprised one bit.
The more I learn about Andre Carter the more I love the man. He says he’s still learning the defense, but he’s producing while learning and making his presence known out there. I have loved watching him, right before the snap, gearing up for a blitz. It’s like he’s all charged up.
I’m giving McCourty time to improve his game before going all sour on him. He’ll get it fixed because he’s the type of player that cares.
Benny is at the top of his game – again. More power to the plugger. I won an discussion with a guy this morning who insisted that Mendenhall was having a way better year than Green-Ellis. We looked up the stats and he had to agree I was right. Heh heh. Guess I can be a tad competitive as well as being a homer. : )
Keep the faith!
Most people who aren't Pats fans think we don't have a running game.
They can’t get past the pass first mentality or the lack of a running back they can actually name.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 24, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
So does this mean that Tom Brady is not the best quarterback and Aaron Rodgers is?
Because I would say that is a pretty bold claim to make in itself. You could have an entire fanpost dedicated to the boldness of such a claim.
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
What does "best quarterback" mean?
Does it mean statistically? Passer rating? Wins? Eh. Aaron Rodgers is having a terrific season – so is Cam Newton. I wouldn’t trade either of them for Tom Brady. That’s a media debate that in the end doesn’t mean squat. It’s similar to the NFLN’s 100 best players series. Tom Brady was number one on their list but what does that mean? Nothing now, since he still has to go out there every week and perform at a high level.
Keep the faith!
Well I was just nit-picking one of his predictions
Didn’t mean to start something. For that I apologize.
To be honest I’d take Tom Brady’s career against any other quarterback in history. Does my opinion matter? Nope lol
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
My reply sounded more defensive than intended
I just meant to point out how differently people in general take what it means to be the best, and it turned into a Brady defense. Sorry about that.
Keep the faith!
With the amount of banter that goes on about Brady vs (insert quarterback's name here)
I can see how most Patriots fans would have a quick reflex to the suggestion or a gag-reflex.
No need to apologize either. All in good fun (:
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
by TheGr8Henry on Oct 25, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Rodgers has played
like the perfect QB. Albeit against much weaker competition, but he has played better than any QB I’ve ever seen play.
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
Yes ever
He’s done almost nothing wrong, he doesn’t miss throws, doesn’t make bad decisions (which he really shouldn’t with that receiving core), he can buy a lot time for himself and his already great WRs, he just has no holes in his game right now. I mean how much better can a player play right now?
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
rogers has not had to dig himself out of any holes
They havnt had any “do or die” series yet, the Pats unfortunately have had some. But when they did, Brady did, well, the Brady Drill and got us the W. Brady is proven, not perfect but given the choice of Brady or Rodgers with 1:30 left and down by 4, gimme Brady everytime. I got the chance to watch the game yesterday, and yes Rodgers had great stats. But if you look at it, and factor in the sacks that he took, it was as great. I understand that it is safer to take the sack, but in those times where you need to use clock management, like the last 90 seconds, you never want to take a sack, you want to get rid of the ball, not lose any yards and stop the clock, which Rodgers is just not comfortable doing. The current Packers remind me of the ’07 Pats (sorry to bring this up, it pains me just as much), where they had a great offense led by a QB having a record year, with a decent defense and just steam rolled opponents, not being tested, not even being down, save the first game. Fast forward to Feb 3, and the Giants are upsetting everything, getting to the QB, forcing sacks and bad throws, because nothing like that had happened that whole season and it was unfamiliar ground. We all know how that ended. (Stupid sticky helmet!)
by Shanon Kelly Ludden on Oct 24, 2011 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The issue...
…is that something had to happen on offense so Brady had to dig them out of the hole- and this season, those holes have been Brady’s own fault. Brady has had to have success in the final two minutes because he didn’t have success for all of the previous 58. Rodgers has done a great job of not getting the Packers into any holes.
by Richard Hill on Oct 25, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Well even if the loss is solely on Brady's shoulders (which it should)
the Patriots are still 5-1 lol
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
Did you miss 07 and 2010?
Or Manning’s 04 season? Or Brees in 09?
I’d put them all above Rodgers’ 2011.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
For now.
End of the season might be different. He’s on pace for 5400+ yards, 45+ TDs, 7- INTs, 71.5% completion, and nearly 10 yards/attempt. That is easily the best quarterback season of all time. Most yards, best completion rate, better YPA rate than any Manning/Brees/Brady season, top 5 TD season, fewer INTs than Brady’s 2007 year.
That’s absurd. Wait until the end of the season because I don’t think he can keep up this pace, but if he does it’s the best ever.
by Richard Hill on Oct 25, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
ProFootballFocus has the DVOA rating
I like the DVOA because it is adjusted for opponent. We’ll see where Rodgers stands after this season.
Don’t forget that Rodgers is playing under the easiest rules in NFL history to throw the football.
Brady’s 2007 was before the “Brady rule” and before the defenseless receiver rule.
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
You didn't see Tom Brady in 2007?
Because 7 games into that 2007 season with 3 brand new wide receivers and a completely different offense (Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Dante Stallworth), Tom Brady was:
169-229 passing for 2125 yards, 27 touchdowns and just 2 interceptions and a 137.91 passer rating.
Aaron Rodgers is currently 171-239 passing for 2372 yards, 20 touchdowns and 3 interceptions and a 125.7 passer rating.
Considering the fact that Rodgers has played with his receivers far longer than Brady had played with his, that Rodgers has played fairly weak competition, and the NFL is as pass-ridiculous as ever, I find it odd that you have never seen a quarterback play this good.
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
2007 we had the AFC North and the NFC East
The Cowboys (div winner), Giants, and Redskins all made the playoffs that year and we played all of them in the regular season.
We also played the Steelers, and it could be said the Titans got into the playoffs because of the losses we dealt in the North. Browns would have gotten in with one more win.
Our schedule in 2007 was as hard as it could be. The AFC South looked like the stronger division based on wins, but they had easy schedules that year (they went against the AFC West and NFC South – both divisions had one team above .500)
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 25, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
The Redskins made the playoffs that year? What a crazy year that was then haha
And those first 7 games Brady played were against the Jets, Chargers, Bills, Bengals, Browns, Cowboys, and Dolphins.
If I remember correctly the Cowboys were undefeated heading into that match-up (the Colts were as well when the Patriots played them later that year).
Just a remarkable year that ended in the worst way. I just don’t see how what Rodgers is doing is better to someone than what Brady did. Oh well, we live in a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately sports world.
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by TheGr8Henry on Oct 25, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
The Skins cornerback got shot to death and they kind of rallied around his death.
Just like the Giants, they got hot at the right time (and most of the NFC sucked), so they carried on into what I believe was a one and done in the playoffs.
It’s funny, though, because if I told you or just about anyone that three NFC East teams made the playoffs, everyone would say Cowboys, Eagles, Giants and send the Skins home for January, but the Eagles were the fourth placed team in the NFC East that year. Weird.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 25, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions
McNabb broke his ankle, from memory.
And the Skins were beaten in Seattle, who then lost to Green Bay.
I know this because I’ve tried to work out the seedings for that year based on the 12 team pool, rather than 2 pools of 6 divided by conference. All so we wouldn’t play the Giants in the Super Bowl.
It’s not as sad as it sounds.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Great player. On and off the field.
Also he was a safety SMP. ;)
I’ll take 11 players with heart on the field over 11 guys with just talent. Talent is fleeting, it goes away over time. Heart is what drives you to be better. To push yourself beyond what you think your capabilities are. To show us that when you strive, all things are possible.- SMP
Ok, couldn't even remember his name to look him up.
All I could remember is the hit he laid on some guy in the Pro Bowl – probably the hardest hit in the history of that game. I knew he was a DB, assumed he was a CB, but yeah, that’s the guy.
Should have googled it or something.
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by SlotMachinePlayer on Oct 26, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Not just the records being good,
That year was probably the best league-wide, as to the standard of football. Not like, say, last year, where 14-2 wasn’t really a 14-2.
If that makes sense.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Back when record actually meant something? lol
Man's only as good as the strength of his/her convictions
These I disagree with:
Pats going 15-1, Pats going to the Superbowl, and Brady not being MVP. Its not so much that I disagree as its too early to say, especially for the SB and MVP categories.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 25, 2011 12:17 AM EDT reply actions
And to be honest I don't see Rodgers keeping this up
look at last Sunday, the “best team in the league” could barely beat a team that is in the running for Luck. True, the Vikings are a very good 1-5 team, but I also think the Packers are barely worthy of 6-0. If the Packers finish with a record like 12-4 whereas the Pats are 14-2, I see the MVP going to Brady as long as the stats are within the same ballpark.
Superbowl is too early to say, and I guess I just don’t see the Pats losing one game. It seems like they’d either go undefeated or lose more then one, and obviously they can’t go undefeated.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 25, 2011 12:20 AM EDT reply actions
Except there was almost nothing more Rodgers could have done in that game.
He had 6 incompletions in 30 passes, of which 3 were very catchable passes and one was a spike. The Packers D is not playing at the level it was at the end of last year, but as of right now Rodgers is certainly looking like he is head and shoulders above the rest. Is it possible that that could change, definitely. But there are no reasons beside injury where I see him having a major drop off.
I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it
Yea, but look at where his TDs came from
one on a short field, the other on a busted coverage that I could probably have made.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 25, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
And all of Brady's throws for TD's have been into quadruple coverage....
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No, but then again Brady is getting
20-30% of the hype Rodgers gets.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 25, 2011 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Trade ya Maybin for a 1st and 3rd. =)
And the home of the .... JETS!!!
Now lets get a G-D snack!!!
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by Noble_Lance on Oct 25, 2011 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
You are on the wrong site.
I heard that would be a good pickup on Phinsider.
I'm not drunk, I'm......hydrated.
I think Rodgers is playing by far the best a quarterback has played this year. Brady is on a very bad interception
rate at this point. That is what have not as confident as i usually am, in a Pats win week in week out. He may throw 20+ ints this season. I doubt it, but u never know. As for the SB appearance, its doable. Especially with the Ravens being so inept at times like they were on MNF. Interestingly enough the only team that may stop us from the SB is the Jets.
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
I'm not as down on the interceptions as I probably should be
Some of the bounces/tipped balls just aren’t going the Patriots way. Remember against the Ravens last year Ed Reed could have had at least two interceptions that uncharacteristically went through his hands. This year, defenders have made some really athletic catches to grab interceptions that weren’t made by other players last season.
Luck figures in some of those tipped ball scenarios, and that luck, plus a conscientious effort by Brady to take care of the football, certainly favored the Patriots last year. I’m just seeing a return to more normal stats so far. Although there’s still no excuse for a 4-INT game.
Keep the faith!
Yeah those tipped balls are an issue. Hence why i would hate to face Ravens in the playoffs. Ngata is athletic enough
to rise up with his hands and tip a few. And their pass rush of course, and the awesome Reed in the backfield. Thank goodness Flacco would be our ace in the hole in a showdown though :)
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
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by PatNation85 on Oct 26, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
absolutely
Watching Baltimore get absolutely stonewalled Monday night was just odd (and wicked cool all at the same time.)
That game was a testament to how much motivation and emotion, added to talent, can make all the difference in a game. The Jags have no offense outside of Maurice Jones-Drew and the Ravens knew that going in – but yet couldn’t muster enough offense themselves to put any points on the board to help out their defense. Only allowing 12 points to an opposing team should be a job well done on the defensive side, but it still wasn’t enough.
If Cam Cameron can’t figure out a way for his offense to produce points soon, they won’t be an issue come playoff time.
Keep the faith!
I guareente
If we meet the Ravens come playoff time there will be people who pick the Ravens solely based on the 2009 game we played without Welker. The general perception is we can’t beat the Ravens in the playoffs.
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
Agreed
and that loss doesn’t bother me as much now either after the realization that 2009 was just a lousy team all the way around. Most people forget that they didn’t have Welker, and even if they had won, they weren’t going to the Super Bowl without him.
Keep the faith!
If we won
we possibly could have played the colts again
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by BostonBeasts on Oct 27, 2011 7:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Get past Baltimore,
Then have to go to SD to play the Chargers, 13-3 and on a 10 game winning streak. Without Welker… Dunno. If they had ground out the win over the Ravens, they might have been confident enough to get past the Chargers (with the Chargers’ help, of course) and the Indy game would probably have been another shootout. And then they could have been annihilated by the Saints a fortnight later – no way they win the Super Bowl.
I’d rather have lost the WC game to a hyped up Ravens team than lose another AFCCG to Indy.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Same.
You know, I really am starting to this this “oh the Patriots are becoming playoff chokers” thing is a myth. We’ve really only lost two games – the Giants should have been a win no matter how you look at it. And considering the 09 team was vastly different then our current, TE and run game heavy Moss free team, all I can count after that is the Jets. And to me the Jets was just an off-day, not so much because it was the playoffs, but like the Cleveland game. What happens this year will be key: another loss, depending on who it is too and how, could prove my theory false, or could really put the nail in the coffin for the idea that we’ve become chokers.
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by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Starting to doubt this*
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by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
The reality is we lost two playoff games during transition years
Basically, this team during its rebuilding managed to make the playoffs and not much else. I don’t really think there is all that much to be ashamed of.
This year there can’t be any excuses though. The offense is pretty much set and the defense although reformed should be good enough to work for this team. They aren’t necessarily playing the best right now but other than at safety I think this team has enough talent that they should be able to make some noise in the playoffs.
I loathe posting this because of my stance on resigning Welker to major money
but whatev’s…
Brady (needing 283.3/gm) will eclipse 5000 yards, mostly on the back of his first 3 games
Welker (106.3/gm) will not eclipse Rice’s record
Because of those, ie, relying less on TB’s arm, NE will be a SB team, and because of the difficulty winning back-to-back Super Bowls, GB will come up short this year. Get the duck boats ready.
I like this Pat’s team. It seems to be equipped this year to beat its nemesis: Teams such as the Jets and Ravens who would shut slow down Brady, leaving a game’s outcome to our running game which hadn’t been equipped in the past to win games. But this year, not only is our running game vastly improved but our defense seems capable enough to blank anemic offenses, such as what those Jets and Ravens feature. Last year our defense couldn’t stop anything.
Of course this will be put to the test @Jets in 3 weeks, but I feel this team will win that game.
I also doubt we go 15-1. If this team is to play such as it did the past two games (the team I really like), there will be closer contests. One bad bounce here, one tipped ball there; we will not end the season w/o another loss.
I don't think they will go 15-1,
But it’s not inconceivable. Would you pick against them in any game over the last half of the year?
And I don’t think Welker was ever going to pass Rice’s yardage record, but he’s still right around the Marvin Harrison season catches record.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Who?
You picking the Steelers this week? Giants? Jets? Chiefs? Eagles? You going to pick against the Pats (provided nothing terrible happens, touch wood) in any of these games?
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
You have to pick one,
otherwise it just looks like you’re making a statement you don’t believe is true.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
I don't know about that
A loss to any of those teams is possible, but not inevitable. The Steelers could win if the Pats don’t ‘execute’ and play sloppy; the Giants could put on their past Super Bowl hats and win for the same reasons with the Steelers. They’re good teams. A loss against the Jets in NY after Rexy tweaks a few things isn’t out of the question, but the Pats beat them earlier and could do it again. I don’t think the Pats will lose to either the Chiefs or Eagles, but then, again, I didn’t think they’d lose to the Bills this year or the Browns last season.
Keep the faith!
But you're not picking against them,
You’re just saying you see them losing one of them.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
Right
I actually would pick the Pats to win each game individually : ) Make sense now?
Keep the faith!
So would I.
But you can’t do that and then predict they won’t finish 15-1.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
The two games that are most worrisome in my opinion, is that Eagles game and the 2nd
Jets game. I think we’ll beat the Jets, but may have an off game vs Eagles. Then again i’ve seen lesser QB’s torch their secondary.
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
Agree about the Philly game
They’ve got a lot of speed. Any let down in that game and we’re DOOOOOMED!
Thanks, Marima. Perfect!
It would suck so much if we lost
to the Giants. We face them once every four years and I don’t want Brady to retire losing twice in a row to this guy.
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
by Chris Kole on Oct 27, 2011 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
But look at how well he can balance the football on the tips of his fingers while standing on one leg
Keep the faith!
All to disguise from his football playing ineptitude.
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Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
by PatNation85 on Oct 27, 2011 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Stats I want for the Giants game:
Score: 100-0
Pats turnovers diff: +8
Touchdown passes: 6
Touchdown runs: 2
Sacks: 12
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by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Dude, you're low balling us.
Add at the very least 2 to each stat.
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by PatNation85 on Oct 28, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
kinda tough
to say “football playing ineptitude” isn’t it?
I mean, as a Pats fan?
Not meant to be a “troll” comment but i’m sure you’ll take it that way.
But, he was just good enough to make it 18-1 instead of 19-0 right?
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Not meant as a troll comment?
Come on.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
right trollster
it’s totally unreasonable to say that it’s a little tough to say the person that ended your perfect season is inept.
i’m sorry, i should say “you’re right, the guy who did that to you, totally inept….it was all luck, it was all the refs, it was all Goodell” is that better trollorino?
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Have you seen him play a game at all over the last 8 seasons?
Clearly not. Even Giants fans say he’s inept.
But then your football knowledge is so lacking (it’s evident, you follow the Steelers – probably started after they beat the Cardinals in 08, if you’re even that old), you’d probably be the only person in the world that thought he won that game for the Giants.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
you are right
just as i’m sure you started following the Pats after the terrorist attacks…of course both of our claims are totally ridiculous, and have no merit…but if it’s to “win” an argument, what the hell…
Stats say Manning is pretty good, however he’s in New York, so every mistake is blown up. you should be smart enough to know that with your “football knowledge”
Even so, he is STILL the qb that made your team 18-1…so…
He did what Grogan, Flutie, Bledsoe, Millen, Wilson, and Eason couldn’t do…
So…as long as you can resort to childish insults (your little crutch) or excuses…i guess you can spin it how you want to
Ok, trollerinski?
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and funny that you would say Manning didn't win them the game
yet, in earlier comments, you claimed Brady won the games for the Pats…
isn’t it funny how you can twist things to fit your agenda?
There is one HUGE difference..
Manning threw the GAME WINNING TOUCHDOWN
no field goal involved…
god damn you’re easy
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Just curious, will you stick around, after our game on Sunday? Or disappear
like all the other deflated fans that had previously stuck around at PP leading up to a game?
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
by PatNation85 on Oct 28, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions
We'll get posters who return
- and not just to troll. It’s always appreciated, especially after a tough game, no matter what the outcome.
Coming by to gloat or to oh-so-helpfully offer advice on what the Pats can do to correct the mistakes they made (like that one guy did earlier this season), is not.
Keep the faith!
Was that the Bills troll?
The nerve.
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
A Steelers troll
What’s Brady’s record against them? Like 7-1? Going by that alone you would think the Steelers were, I dunno, the Cardinals or something. Go home Steelers troll, and stop acting like the Giants accomplishment is you’re accomplishment.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
your*
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
right.
so i’m a “steelers” troll for wanting to annoy someone who has been annoying everyone on our site this entire week with ridiculous comments.
that’s fine if you feel that way, but you can check my other comments i’ve made on your site. I understand if it’s not worth the effort.
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Whom r u referring to exactly?
In GOD I TRUST>In BB i trust......faith where it belongs!!
Life is about who makes it, not who makes it the fastest! Drive slow homie.
you can hit "up" and it will show you
the person that said “A Steelers troll” of course
the one below this, that starts with the title “i will”, hit up on that one and it will go to your comment
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i will
i don’t care, i’m sorry if others get offended, everything after the first comment was meant for isn…he’s always trolling. Yes i guess i should be the bigger man, but my daddy raised me to get revenge lol.
Those comments really have nothing to do with what’s coming up. The first comment, to me was just being honest.
However, after mr troll let me know that it bunched his panties, i took the opportunity to give him a little payback..
sorry if i offended you guys. I have actually been coming on your site to AVOID the lowest common denominator from your site that have infiltrated ours. Everyone i’ve seen on your site has been super cool. And i’ve actually been able to talk about football.
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Ok I have no idea what is going on
I saw a dude bringing up 18-1, which, unless we’re already discussing that, is basically a declaration of war. Sorry if you didn’t mean it that way, but thats how I’ll respond. I’m also sorry if some Pat fan has been trolling you, but, like I said, things seem to have been going on that I didn’t know about it so I’ll stay out of that.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 29, 2011 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions
i wasn't the one that said the 18-1 thing
however i did make my original comment, about how it’s hard to say he’s inept when he’s the man responsible for that super bowl loss…“luck” or not.
But isn got offended, every comment after that was directed toward him or his partner in crime Chris Kole..
As i’ve said, everyone on this site has been awesome,except those two and i hadn’t even seen those two here until after that comment. They were too busy trolling our site.
If you feel i’m a “Steeler troll” i don’t know what to say. I will say that i do respond to other trolls, because i enjoy when conflicts are brought to me, because i’m sick in the head i guess. But i never go around trying to start stuff, ever. Not even to Ravens fans.
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Wait wait wait
How am I a troll? For for not sharing the same opinion as you. All I’ve said on the Steelers site is
Ike Taylor isn’t Darelle Revis and there are three teams that match-up better with the patriots then Steelers. How is that considered trolling to you? Are you so arrogant that those things seem so blatantly wrong and useless that I must be trolling. Did I bring up things that have little relevance in the discussion like Spygate or 18-1? No. Did I call your QB a pussy or belittle the city of Pittsburgh or it’s fan base as a whole (all things you did btw to NE)? No. Did I come on there and yell Raplisbugrer Raplisburger Raplisburger? No.
So how in the world have I been a troll anymore than you have been this week?
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
Also
I’m sure the Steelers are going to lose.
In games where Simms/Nantz call them, the Steelers are like 6-20
You can tell by the way Simms talks about the Steelers, they are doomed lol
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put that in to what their over all record is in that time
it’s pretty crazy, that’s a high percentage of losses over the years.
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i doubt he loses to them again
Hey President Brady, Can you sign my Son ?
by BostonBeasts on Oct 28, 2011 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions
"blank anemic offenses, such as what those jets..."
didn’t we put up 21 on you guys and had our anemic defense (that week) been able to stop you, likely 28 for a win. Aren’t we averaging 20 a game, take away the ravens game 26 per game?
Hmm, don’t let fan bias cloud your judgement there buddy.
It's common knowlegde
the Jets offense is an anemic offense
Taylor Price will be the starter by the end of the season (Said before Training Camp)
they have blood deficiencies?
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No, Eli is not.
That pass was luck – and if anyone deserved credit, it would be Tyree.
2007 was a fluke: Eli shouldn’t have beat the Buccaneers, shouldn’t have beat the Cowboys, sure as hell shouldn’t have beat the Packers, and sure as hell shouldn’t have beat the Pats. If he went on to be a great QB after that fluke like Brady did then ok, maybe I’m wrong.
But he hasn’t. He’s just gone on to be one of the leagues biggest turnover machines and victim of some of the most amusing chokes and late-season collapses in NFL history.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 2:37 PM EDT reply actions
To further crap on you're arguement,
Do you, Steelers fan, consider Eli to be “good” at football? Stop thinking of us as Pats fans for a second, and just look at the facts – Does Eli score anything above average? A few games in 2007 does not make up for an overall disappointing career.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 28, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
and no luck has ever happened to the Pats right?
like when uncle zebra erased a clear fumble?
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Not sure what you're talking about there, but my point is
for each time the Pats get “lucky” and win 25-20, theres about six other times when they won 35-7. You can’t say that for the Giants.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 29, 2011 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions
i was only talking about one thing
tuck rule lol…Not saying the Pats always get lucky…but luck has fallen on them
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The rule was called correctly
but a LOT of people have trouble with the rule itself and then blame the Patriots for it being called.
Keep the faith!
I have a problem with the rule itself (as did Pereira, while he was in charge)
But the rule’s there, the call is the correct one.
"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West
in the video oughat just linked to me
that rule was not called correctly, he wasn’t in the act of tucking, he had already tucked, and had it between both hands, meaning that the “act” had been restarted.
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All I've got to add to this is,
if Eli had an OL and played in a scheme that favored QB’s, yeah, I think he’d be damn good. Playing where he is though? No, not really. He bites. Too many mistakes, too many 30 yd hail mary’s.
Kid has got an arm though, oh boy.
Peyton
has a bad OL and idiots filling his organization, and yet he is generally considered one of the best of our time, if not of all time.
Oh my god a floor zombie! Oh wait, thats you
- Toby Turner
by New Century Silver on Oct 29, 2011 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions
wasn't Peyton's line
really good until about 2 years ago? You’re still right about Peyton, he does have idiots filling his organization, he does seem to perform miracles, but i’m pretty sure his line was pretty good most of his career…Not Pats line good…but still damn good
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I see what you meant now
by “I predict this will end badly for you”
what you meant was all my "offensive’ comments would just be deleted…
oh well, i don’t consider that a bad beat…but whatever
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ok, I’m sorry, but luck is an excuse. would’ve should’ve could’ve….wouldn’t have, shouldn’t have….
he DID beat those teams. He should have beat them, because he did. what should have happened did. I understand that it probably still stings, but calling it luck is as ridiculous as our fans saying you guys won the 01 championship game because of the cheating.
it’s just excuses. And what are you saying about your team, if a guy that wasn’t supposed to beat all those teams, actually beat them? I mean one or two “luck” games…i could see it. But you just named 4 teams man. How can you justify that comment? He did it… he avoided the sack, got the ball off, Tyree made a great catch, he took them the rest of the way, and brady took a bad sack, game over…
I’m sorry, excuses are weak man.
As far as how good Manning is…he’s probably just outside the top ten as far as qb’s but definitely better that Dirty, or Romo
He’s only really had two horrible seasons. He hasn’t had many great seasons either, but to try to say he’s not a good player is just sour grapes man. He won that game, and Brady choked…
It’s ok isn’t it? they still had three more earlier in the decade right?
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I know we see it differently here
But I see that game as the Giants defense winning it more than Eli. But he was able to score three more points than the Pats so… he only needed one more point to win a championship.
Keep the faith!
Well
of course the defense was stellar. They are probably more responsible
But it takes a good QB to march your team down the field with that little time left, in the biggest game of your life. And “luck” or not, he still got it done, and that’s all that matters.
And to say he sucks, to me, isn’t accurate. As i’ve said before, he’s had some rough seasons, but every QB ever has had at least 2 bad statistical seasons.
In a way, i see saying Manning didn’t have much to do with it is like saying Brady didn’t have anything to do with the Rams super bowl. While i suppose arguments can be made for or against both, they still got it done
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Sometimes
Teams win superbowls because of QBs (Colts in 06, Saints a couple years ago). And sometimes, they’ll win the superbowl despite the QB (Giants)
by indy pats fan on Oct 30, 2011 2:56 AM EDT up reply actions
sorry.i would by that if you brought up
Dilfer or Brad Johnson..
but the quarterback of the Giants is who beat you…he drove the team down, and passed the GAME WINNING touchdown
i understand the “boston-new york” but come on man…
it’s not anything like what the Ravens or Bucs did….
the quarterback took that team down the field when it mattered, and did more than Brady to win the game. Brady did not do enough, he failed his team, period.
Eli did the job, he lead the team…
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and also
The ironic part about the Colts winning the super bowl that year, is that that was some of the worst football Peyton has played, the whole playoffs..
The Defense got their head out of their ass, and the team was firing on all cylinders
But i regress…Eli is a New York QB ..and i know how Boston sports teams feel about New Yorkers, so think what you will
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regress=digress...oops
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and geez "buy" not "by"
i’ve been isn’ing
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Having lived within 15 minutes of Indianapolis my whole life until I moved for college
The whole “blind hate because of geographical position” doesn’t really apply to me.
To say that he did more than Brady shows that you have no idea whatsoever what happened in that game. Brady led the Patriots down to a go-ahead TD with only a couple minutes left. Eli “led” the Giants by throwing what should have been a surefire game-sealing pick and passes that were only catches because of the receivers making great plays, not because Eli made good throws.
by indy pats fan on Oct 30, 2011 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions
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