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I think by Bachelor he meant Jesse Palmer. Wasn't he on that show? From what I've seen of Palmer, I see no reason to want him as a backup. Batch is intriguing.

Um, yeah, I made mine up too.

Vick is limited. Look at how Tampa Bay shuts him down every time they play. Yeah, if you let him play the way he wants or your defense is poor, he will torch you. But he's not going to get you a championship unless he becomes a passer.

And you're basing this on what exactly? I wish people wouldn't make arguments like this, it's hard to distinguish the rational football analysts who are ready to move on from the actual Drew haters. If you think we couldn't do worse than Drew, you must not watch much NFL football.

Did you happen to extend it out to see how long it would take him to reach a million?

You have to look at the percentage increase. 27.6%! If Drew maintains this rate of increase year over year, he will run for over 2300 yards in 2021.

There's plenty of hate to go around, isn't there? I have a limitless supply of anger, why try to quantify it?

Yeah, you can't make a firm judgment without a little bit of distance. It is interesting to ask though, if Brady were to retire after the Super Bowl, assuming the Pats win, how would he be ranked in NFL history?

What I want to know is what exactly people think Brady's weaknesses are. He doesn't have the strongest arm in the league, but as his TD to Branch showed, he can put the deep ball on the money. He's not mobile, but he can move around well in the pocket. And of course, the short- to medium-range passing game is his forte. So what exactly are people basing it on when they say he wouldn't succeed in a different system? Maybe he wouldn't, and I'm overlooking something, but I wish there were a better argument than "Brady sucks. Look how much better Manning's stats are!"

Depends how long the Patriots keep winning, doesn't it?

Now this post I can get behind.

Yeah, very true. When you have good players things go your way. What is luck is things like Givens' fumble bouncing right back to him yesterday, but most of what gets described as "luck" is players making plays.

That is what gives me hope for the future. If we can get an adaptable coaching staff we have a shot. Obviously they are not at the Patriots' level at this point, but as the season went on I got more and more comfortable with Mularkey's handling of the team.

20 each, wasn't it? Some of the best tackling I've ever seen by a QB. And that punt return that Manning took all the way - I couldn't believe it.

Hmm, let's see. Was he there one year or two before winning the Super Bowl? I can't remember.

But the Pats organization under Carroll is not the same as the Pats organization under Belicheck. It would be one thing if people were saying that the Pats, in their history, have never run up the score, but that wasn't what people were saying.

The thing about "luck" as it is brought up in regard to the Patriots and Brady is that I think they make their own luck. That is, it seems like most times after a team loses to them, they can point at a couple of plays that cost them the game, and maybe if a bounce had gone the other way.... But I think the Patriots are one of the most adaptable teams I have ever seen. They change the way they play week to week and maximize their opportunities for breaks to come their way. Most times, if they do get a bad bounce, they just step up and counter it with a good play, and the other team is left scratching their heads.

Every self-respecting Bills fan should hate the Pats at this point, but every self-respecting football fan should be able to take the blinders off and acknowledge that they are a great team.

Pete Carroll is classless, I'll agree on that. But I don't see how you can use that as evidence that BB was running up the score.

Yep. To all those calling him a "system" QB, what are the weaknesses in his game? The deep ball? Did you see his TD pass to Branch? Calling him a product of the system may have been valid after the first SB, but he has elevated his game since then. You can root against the guy and his team (it's very frustrating, but my duty as a Bills fan) without making foolish arguments.

I wouldn't bet against them. Seems the only way to keep them out of the Super Bowl is to keep them out of the playoffs.

Yeah, and Brady should too, after winning a third Super Bowl MVP. What more will he have to accomplish? And maybe Bob Kraft can cash in and sell the team.

It's the AFC Championship game. You do everything in your power to take even the slimmest possibility of a comeback. 2 touchdowns in 2+ minutes is not unheard of, even when a team has done nothing the entire game.

There are a couple of things I think. Vick will not be a championship-caliber QB unless he can get better at passing. Also, Atlanta's offense is so one-dimensional that a playoff defense can contain him and completely shut things down. They need to bring in at least one #1 receiver to give him a target besides Alge Crumpler.

The big thing for the Pats is that they will still have Pioli. As long as Belichick and Pioli are there, I think they will be able to find good assistants to support them. The OC is probably a bit of a question mark for them, but I don't think Belichick is going to have new assistants come in with completely new programs.