Prognastic
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I can give you information to better your understaniding of the game of football- but I have no ability to refresh the brain cells you lost in the accident.
How about you just answer the questions Brainiac.
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So is AKC saying that he'd rather have Losman than Brady?
How many QBs besides Manning would he prefer on his team over Brady?
Does AKC dispute the fact that Brady is most likely a first ballot Hall of Famer?
AKC likes quoting selective statistics doesnt he?
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Wow, you are either seriously mentally ill or intellectually dishonest.
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The following guys in your list are all UFA and will be looking for their pay day....All are not going to re-sign with the Pats....
Patrick Pass
Heath Evans
Troy Brown
Daniel Graham
Tully Banta Cain
Asante Samuel
May be the loss to the colts takes away the aura of invincibility from them.....
Personally, the Pats should only sign 2-3 of those players.
1. Asante Samuel - even if they have to franchise him.
2. Daniel Graham
3. If he decides to keep playing; Troy Brown
The rest can be replaced
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Wow, Peyton Manning is a great QB! What are you going to tell us next, that water is wet? How about that there's no oxygen in space?
Come on, break some more ground here.
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Want to look at the Pats? Lets look at the Pats and how they're "getting older" shall we?
Offensive line;
Matt Light
Logan Mankins
Dan Koppen
Stephen Neal
Nick Kazcur
Ryan O'Callaghan
ALL these guys are locked up and have no more than 6 years NFL experience i.e YOUNG
Defensive Line
Richard Seymour
Ty Warren
Vince Wilfork
Jarvis Green
Mike Wright
Again, all but Warren locked up long term and again, none over 30.
Quarterback; Need I even? Brady will be 30 in August
Running backs
Laurence Maroney
Corey Dillon (if he comes back)
Kevin Faulk
Patrick Pass
Heath Evans.
Maroney will be a 2nd year player (and starter) next season. Faulk is entering his 6th or 7th year. Dillon most likely will retire or come back in a Jerome Bettis type 3rd down and short role.
Wide Receivers;
Chad Jackson
Troy Brown
Jabar Gaffney
Reche Caldwell
This area needs addressing despite Caldwell's and Gaffney's solid play this post season. Troy Brown may hang them up as well.
Tight Ends
Benjamin Watson
Daniel Graham
David Thomas
Graham is a FA but my feeling is that he comes back. All are sub-30
Linebackers;
Tedy Bruschi - 10 year vet 34 yrs old
Rosevelt Colvin - 30 years old
Mike Vrabel - 32 years old
Tully Banta-Cain - 27
Junior Seau? - 3 years older than dirt
Secondary (assuming Samuel comes back)
Ellis Hobbs
Asante Samuel
Randall Gay
Eugene Wilson
Rodney Harrison
Artrelle Hawkins
James Sanders
Harrison is 35 and now injury prone. Wilson has had a rash of injuries as well but is only 27. Sanders and Hawkins got some very valuable starting experience this year at Safety.
Throw in the rookie kicker and there are only about 3 areas that need some sort of upgrades with Linebacker being the most important. They'll be dominant in the AFC East at the very least while Belichick and Brady are on the team and maybe longer provided they continue to embrace their current philosophy.
I can see them franchising Asante Samuel if a deal cannot be reached;
I can see them using a lot of their cap room to go after a Lance Briggs
I can also see them addressing LB/Safety and even WR in the draft. They have 2 #1's and rarely miss on first rounders; (Seymour, Wilfork, Warren, Watson, Graham, Maroney, Mankins)
Sorry folks but the forecast in Buffalo calls for gloom and doom for the forseeable future.
Looks to me like the Pats are getting younger
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None of this erases the last 7 years or so of football futility in Buffalo however.
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i started this thread and im sorry to see it degenerate into a pissing contest. but when u break it down it all comes down to one thing: either you believe pats can do no wrong (i.e. you've totally bought into "mystique") or if you believe as i do that they have their fair share of flaws and stumbles and like anyone facing a very difficult need to fill several high profile positions they will stumble some.
to all the mystique lovers i'd put forth the following:
- if pats are so perfect they don't lose branch and are probably playing in miami in 2 weeks. i consider that a huge blunder;
- they made a good move getting seau to press the now useless bruschi (not their fault seau got hurt) but they did nothing to address the high likelihood harrison wouldn't be the same player after total knee reconstruction at 33. another blunder that could have cost them a trip to south florida;
- this is the 2nd year in a row theyve failed to make the super bowl. last year they didnt even advance past the wild card round. their only win came against san diego who i think were ripe for the taking by anyone in post season due to their immaturity and loser of a post-season coach marty. they were in the playoffs mostly due to playing in a division with 3 other teams mired in rebuilding. all of this tells me theyre a "dynasty" clearly in decline. symbolically, losing the conference final to a team they "owned" like the colts is a very powerful confirmation of this. bills and jets promise to be better next season so pats wont have a cakewalk to the division title again.
conclusion: pats will have a tough job filling all their needs and won't be as good next season, continuing their "wrong side" of dynasty trend. again think noll, landry, shula, how invicible they looked at the top and how they went out.
While Deion Branch was a very good WR for the Pats, how'd he help Seattle get back to the Super Bowl this year? Oh wait....
They do need to address LB and safety in the off-season
2nd year in a row they didnt make the Super Bowl? You say that like its easy to do or something.
San Diego was NOT ripe for the taking, they just were ripe on that particular day. Much like the 01 Rams. Keep HOPING that the Pats are in decline however because you have to hang your hat on something to make yourself believe that come August and September that your team has a shot at the playoffs.
conclusion; pats will have a tough time filling their needs (as will 31 other teams) and may or may not be as good next season. They are however for the most part getting younger in most areas of the team with the exception of the two listed above and they are pretty much a lock to win between 10-13 games per year during this "Brady-Belichick" run.
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I truly, truly believe that the Bills win the division next year. They seem complete, they seem well grounded, and have the foundation.
But... the LB corp is in general depleting. Seau, Vrabel, and Bruschi are done next year.
CB Samuel and Gay are gone next year, and Rashad Baker (pffffft) won't make much of depth for them at safety.
O-Line they'll pull someone out of their ass, Brady is due for a slump year, Maroney IS a feature back, Patrick Pass is on his way out, and WR's are nada.
case in point, they're set on the lines and at QB/HB.
They'll need a TON of help in the offseason to keep this team above the Bills/Jets/Dolphins.
Just like the Dolphins were supposed to take the mantle THIS year? Keep predicting it though, one of these years it has to come true I guess.
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I have to fervently disagree here. I am not sold on Tom Brady as a quarterback. I am sold on the New England system. Bellechick seeks players he can plug in to his gameplan to perform one task well and he/they/everyone succeeds. It's so complicated it's simple. Christ, even Bledsoe found success in New England and he's a disastard.
If thats the case then why were the Pats 5-11 in 2000 under Bledsoe & Belichick?
Check the Pats record pre & post Brady. He's a first ballot Hall of Famer who upon entering Canton will drop trou and proceed to take a crap on Jim Kelly's bust.
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Yeah, all the messes facing America are Bush's doing. There's no piss poor decision making currently affecting us from the nearly 5 decades the Democrats had almost total control of the Legislative. You parrots are at least consistant. Stupid, but consistant.
Apparently, we lived in a utopian society prior to 2000.
Who knew?
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I didnt say one word about officiating. The refs did a decent job. The Pats lost and the Colts won, there's nothing more to say.
I'd still take my chances on NE winning another Super Bowl before Buffalo.
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None of that erases the fact that;
Patriots - 3 Super Bowl trophies
Bills - Wide Right followed by 3 consecutive thumpings.
Enjoy what little you have.
Cant wait to see all the love for J.P Losman next season.
I'm going to sit back and re-read that last sentence while giggling like a little girl.....
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If the Pats can put effective pressure on Manning and the offense can mix up the run and pass on the Colts D then the Pats should win. The Colts D "flipped the switch" because the KC and Balt offensive gameplan was to simply run the ball despite there being 8-9 guys in the box all day. They couldnt pass the ball if and when they wanted to because they suck and they were behind which allowed Freeney and the pass rushers to simply tee off.
Dont underestimate "Clock Killin" Corey Dillon's impact in this game if the Pats are ahead/tied or down by only a few.
Patriots 27
Colts 17
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So because Losman wasnt exactly horrible in the regular season, this means he could ramp it up in the playoffs against the top teams in the NFL?
Delirious you are
Reality you must find hmm?
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Patriots 31
Saints 17
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I see a lot of jealousy disguised as anger and hatred here. You hate only that which you wish to become.
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Pats are -3.5 against the Colts this week. Hence the underdog tag?
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NE will need to address the LB position as well as secondary especially if they dont franchise Asante Samuel. They may wish to draft another WR or acquire one via free agency. I could see them trading down for a first rounder next year as well like they did in 02.
They'll be a force in the AFC East for years and years to come. Buffalo will have to fight the Jets for second fiddle.
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No conspiracy, just straight out cheating. $100 says steroids are now uncommon within the pats locker room.
Um, steroids are a part of the Chargers locker room. Just ask Shawne Merriman and Luis Castillo. Tell me again how the Patriots cheat?
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Best way to make the playoffs next year?
Petition the league for a move to the NFC North or West division.
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The offensive hold is an excellent prevention to sacks!
Its only holding when the yellow flag flies.
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How about NOT letting Marvin Harrison run free? How many times does this guy run wild all over the field uncovered? This dude might be the best route runner ever not named Jerry Rice.
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Same as they did against the Rams, Panthers, and Eagles int he Superbowl....same as the Giants did in January 1991
I'm detecting some serious sour grapes and some serious buying into conspiracy theory nation.
Peyton Manning is better than any West Coast QB
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Again with your selective statistics. Did Brady bang your daughter or your mother or something and then run off right before he became a FUTURE HALL OF FAMER? Why do you have such an axe to grind with him? He's a winning QB who isnt defined by conventional methods. He's not the most gifted in any area but he's a winner and I'll take that any day over the Manning's, the Vick's, the Palmer's or the J.P Losmans of the world.