Foxboro Mike

Hackett = Gilbride?

Anchorman is a GREAT movie. Saw it 3x in the theatre - I missed many punchlines because you couldn't hear the dialogue over people laughing. A must-have DVD.

You're 100% correct in your Patriot analysis. There's not one area you can point to and say, "Do this, and they can't beat you." That was the case, even pre-Dillon. Now's it even more pronounced. The Jets decided last week that Dillon wasn't going to beat them, and made Brady do it. I'm really impressed with what Mularkey has done with the Bills. He's really established an identity for Buffalo quickly, and that's not easy to do.

If that were to happen, that would have to go down as maybe the best SB run ever... even better than the '85 Pats (won @NYJ, @LARaiders, @MIA).

Which in turn is trumped only by your beligerence. What's your problem, meat? We're having a football discussion. I'm not allowed to disagree, meat? Thought you were better than that.

Just as I'd take Russell over Chamberlain and Emmitt over Barry, I'll take Brady over Manning. Of course, I'm more biased than a Kennedy at a Democratic Convention, but I don't worry when I see Tin Manning under center against the Patriots. He'll make the big mistake when it counts.

Smart ones would.

I've never denigrated Jim Kelly. Kelly was Favre before Favre was Favre. Did that make sense?

Kelly put his team in position to win one, the problem was, he didn't have Adam Vinatieri.

Thank you for understanding my point. Pats fans wouldn't ever, ever, ever trade Brady for Manning.

The Lions zone-blocked for Sanders, letting him pick/choose openings. The Cowboys ran more set plays, pulled guards, tackles, trapped, etc. Sanders was a homerun hitter who strikes out 200 times (Dave Kingman). Emmitt Smith was a batting champion who could also hit for power (Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez). Just because you don't win it all doesn't mean you aren't a good player at whatever you do. I'd just rather have a guy that wins, not just puts up gaudy stats. It's the old Bill Russell/Wilt Chamberlain argument. Put it this way: Would you have traded Kelly for Marino, straight up?

I think most Patriot fans see a lot of a young Bledsoe in Manning. That's all. I may be wrong. Manning always seems to spit the bit when it matters, although he's gotten better each year. We'll see.

Well said, but I disagree with you. The reason why Marino never succeeded was that his team became too dependent on him throwing the ball to succeed. They always helped out Marino, providing him with weapons, but always to the detriment of a running game (Mark Higgs, Sammie Smith, Bernie Parmalee, etc) and the defense. At least Manning HAS the running game, but the Colts don't choose to exercise that dimension often. I will go to my grave claiming Emmitt was better than Barry. Emmitt scored TDs, moved the chains, was always moving forward, and didn't put his team in 2nd-long, 3rd-long a lot by losing big yardage. Barry was great, don't misunderstand me, but I'd take Emmitt every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Au contraire, LA. As a matter of fact, Doza, Thurman's Helmet, and myself came back over to TBD last Monday night/Tuesday morning so we could take our lumps. THAT'S something you should respect. Not one of us ran and hid after a tough loss, unlike some of your especially thin-skinned brethren on this board.

It's going to be entertaining watching this board turn on Tin Manning when the Bills face the Colts in round one.