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I'm actually glad that the NFL finally woke up and decided to fix the games this week. They obviously fell asleep at the wheel last week by not allowing a sexy Giants-Bears matchup, or better yet Dallas-NO.

That's correct - the 03/04 teams were downright nasty. Between this year and '01 however, they may very well cheat their way to two SB wins.

I just brought it up because Price pulled a "Robert Royal" in the endzone that game

You obviously didn't attend the 2001 "helmet out of bounds" December game vs. NE

The AJ Smith/Marty feud is an interesting subplot that has inexplicably gone under the national radar for a while. Apparantly they haven't spoken to each other in years - I wouldn't be surprised if Wade was their next coach.

I heard he was getting beaten out in his respective timeslot by the 3:00am infomertials. Great title btw.

The only Patriot bitching on this board that bothers me is the whining about the media attention. Frankly they've gotten less attention than they deserve given the success they've had - I mean if Dallas or Miami had won 3 SB's this decade it would be much much worse. It's a joke that people write them off after virtually every reg. season loss: "They don't have enough WR's" - as if that's ever stopped them from winning before. It sucks that the internet, 6 espn's & nfl network weren't around during the Bills SB runs, but that doesn't really fall into the conspiracy category. However, I am part of the "they have an extraordinary track record of being lucky as hell" camp. That seems like an obvious point that only the biggest NE homers could deny.

I was also astonished that Bellicheck/Brady were getting 5.5 points vs. Rivers/Marty and put dough down immediately. But I don't agree NE should've won by more, or even should've won. I feel like I should be mailing a check to McCree & Florence.

Yeah that's a fair analysis. It's really a down year for the Big East though with Uconn being down and G'town not living up to expectations. There aren't many games left where they'll be decisive underdogs with the exception of @Pitt. Hopefully Marquette continues to play well - that's a road win that will really help their case if they are a 'bubble team' come March.

Yeah MDfan, wtf - seriously? Also notice the wild "waving of the arms" towards his WR after every int so that everyone in the stadium and watching on TV knows it wasn't his fault....very Marino-esque. I was kinda hoping Bob Sanders would say in the postgame: "I'm trying to be a good teammate, but we need more than 5 FG's next week".

I like your style.

Ding ding. I do feel bad for LT that his teammates are dumber than Vince Young, though obviously not as clutch.

McCree must be friends with Clements.

Looks that way to me too.

That's a good summary. Looked like a Titan when he was on a good team in 99/00. Too bad he never had the supporting cast for the 3-4 years he was really good.

6'1" 220....QB

Lol @ all the "Willis sucks" sentiments. Seriously though - the Colts & Seahawks couldn't get any 2nd round takers for Edge/Alexander a few years ago.

The no huddle made them play that much over their heads? I don't buy it. Again, that's a hindsight argument based on the outcome of that particular game.

Best showing of the season by far vs. 'Nova; 3 wins in a row, woot. Cincy up next.

Yeah, both Kelly and Simms were injured during that Giants game; and our D actually smothered their running game. The Dallas game was no Emmitt but still satisfying - Matt 'Darby the Dinasour'!

Yeah I dunno wtf happened in that game. It's easy to say in retrospect "they were better", but that was a bit of an 'off year' for an era in which the NFC was dominant - they beat Atlanta & Detroit in the playoffs, SanFran missed the playoffs... I know they were favored vs. the Bills, but there's really no excuse for our great OL getting manhandled by their blitz.

Exaggerate much? Surprised you didn't include Derrick Holmes.

I'll be watching a tape of Wrestlemania VIII, which was slightly less rigged.

Didn't see either game, but a couple solid road wins vs. Marquette/Rutgers stop the bleeding, at least temporarily. Villanova up next in the Dome Saturday.

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