Tournament time in foxboro. don't really know what to expect today...is this the week our guys hit on all cylinders or continue to play sporadic football? i'm hoping for a big effort with some new wrinkles. Patriots by 6. whatcha thinking about this one?

Since I don't actually bet, I'll take a win by any point spread!

If I were a bettin' man: Pats by 14+. And Oh I hope they "touch" TB a couple more times today, those 15 yarders are sweet.

Patriots running game will win this one, Have fun at the game Slip

Pats 26
Ravens 17

Look for a "trick" play or two for the Pats. They have not used too may tricks this season. Perhaps we will see Edleman (sp?) throw a pass in this game...

I think Pats will win big. Maybe by 14. I'm an optomist. :)

No comment other than lets see which cream rises to the top!:err:

BB turns on! in play off but without Welker will see the tone in 1st quarter!

1st quarter has not been the problem....4th quarter has been!:wall::wall:

They just said that Wes Welker will miss all next year :(
I think his clone :love: will be a big part today if they double cover Randy

i need to stream this live

anyone have a :point: link?

Ray Rice WOW!

Wow.......ugly start. You guys let me know how this one turns out. They sure look like a big pile of doo doo the first 2 minutes of the game and its gonna be 14 zip Ravens?!?!?!?:wall: I think I will go see Avatar!:devil2:

0-14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy Avatar, go IMAX 3D but it might be really, really crowded with Pats fans already.

1st quarter has not been the problem....4th quarter has been!:wall::wall:
14-0 Ravens with less than 5 mins into the 1st.

1st quarter is now a problem.

Bad start for the boys.

thats an awful big hole to dig yourself out of against this defense.

1 and done

Go Cowboys

So........a 50 yard td run by the Ravens, a Brady fumble for another td then we almost fumble on the punt??? Now a Brady sack??? Did we come to play or be played??

I just got in. I thought Gene and Gil were lying:smash:

No comment other than lets see which cream rises to the top!:err:

We are getting "CREAMED"!!!

men vs boys....:smash::smash: wow - i'm shocked - maybe i should go with larry....

Called all local cinemas......they had a sudden run on Avatar tickets!!:confused:

Pats look good though? Its early? They will come out better in the second half? Does anyone have a time machine???

This is the worst the Pats have ever looked.Another turnover that results in a score of 21-0.

I think I'm gonna change the channel.

Nice INT Pats!:fury:

Good news is I got 2 Avatar tickets for Warwick Don at 2:20.....had to pay $150.00 for the pair but it will be better than watching the Pats!:uhuh:

21 zip still in the first quarter? We can come back from this.........right??:confused: RIGHT????:jump1:

we can't hang.....oh well

Ummmm........I got some plugs need tendin' to. See you later.

Now where did I put that darn Jets pennant??

This game is a dandy.....another nice pic Brady!!! Ohhhh just stove my head in with a broad ax!!!!:wall::wall:

Its gonna be 28 zip by the end of the 1st! We still have the ponies to come back from this if Baltimore does not take the field for the second quarter!!!

I bet Slip is on his way home!

If that footbridge was already finished in Foxboro it would be full of people leaving I bet!

this is the worst quarter of football i've ever seen them play.....i now know we suck....:wall:

Anyone for 28-0? Brady should have stayed home with the baby today.

Whew! I feel better its only 24 nuthin' instead of 28 zip! Thank gooness!

Whew, held them to 3 points, only 24-ZIP!

Listen to them boo-birds!

I am going to hit 18,000 posts by the time this game ends!!!:smash::smash::smash:

Wow....that was almost another pic. Good. Real good. Is there a slaughter rule in the NFL?

Thank goodness for Harpoon UFO Pale Ale.Got plenty of them to dull the pain.

Only a month before Daytona.

They should run the screen again, and pump fake, the safety will bite, and Moss will be open, he was just then .

Awesome, hike it fast now

Quick put in Maroney so he can fumble!

Road to recovery, 24-7 and 2 1/2 quarters left. Let's see if we can hold them scoreless for the remainder!

MinI Welker :love:

time to thru drill a couple of hundred..............

This is difficult to watch. And to think I could be making progress on my bathroom right about now.

-spence

The 3rd Brady Int pretty much ends it.

Break out the fork,this roast is done.

There's always next year! One and OUT......................

WOW
My Raiders played these Ravens much tougher last week !
:uhuh:
Does Randy (I play when I want to) Moss even have a catch yet ???
:rotf2:

But they lost? And it wasn't the playoffs! Closest the Raiders get to the playoffs is when they play their last game of the season!:rotf2::rotf2::rotf2::rotf2::rotf2:

if we were going to play like the Raiders I would have rather not made the playoffs. very embarrassing, now I know how Ron has felt the last decade. sux's

if we were going to play like the Raiders I would have rather not made the playoffs. very embarrassing, now I know how Ron has felt the last decade. sux's



Actually it's been 7 years :wall:
8 years ago we had a pretty damn good team and played in the super bowl.
If Al Davis lives a few more years, no doubt it WILL be a decade !

They just got there asses handed to them on platinum platter.

Ravens didn't just play well,they played insane!

Gotta go for it, need 3 td's and 9 left nothing to lose at this point..

Mini Welker 4th and long, good for a Patriots 1st down

Zgame over.

We got robbed there he had his right hand around Watson pulling on him early.

Yeah Bill if we got that call we might have won?!:doh:

You never know what is going to happen in a ball game, it could have just as easily went the other way, Baltimore has gotten good pressure all day causing the turnovers.

Moss better be injured, or he is the biggest bitch in the NFL.

Completely dominated. Better team won.

Patriots have a LOT of holes to fill.

O-Line: Light flat out sucks. Mankins and Neal are FAs.
D-Line: Wilfork and Green are FAs. Non-existant Pass Rush, completely run over today.
LB: No pass rush with the rare occassion that TBC gets through.
CB: Bodden will be gone, Wilhite and Wheatley are useless and Springs can't stay on the field.
S: Meriweather cannot tackle. He may have made the Pro Bowl, but he seems afraid of any sort of contact. Sanders is JAG. Chung hardly saw any defensive snaps.

RB: Maroney needs to work on his hands this entire offseason. Otherwise he's gone.

But at least we don't have JaMarcus Russell, Darrius Heyward-Bey and Al Davis.
Ahhhhh it's almost draft time!

I'm glad I had to work all day today and couldn't watch the game... *sigh*

I think Maroney is gone anyway! Did he even play today??:confused:

Did he even play today??

Yes at least one play, happened to be near mid-field.

gone after he chiiped lewis into brady.....methinks brady panicked and turned the wrong way. patriots got beat up....bad.

Worst performance Brady ever had. Gane was over 10 minutes into the first quarter.

They just didn't bring it with them today. The way the first quarter went , they couldn't have beaten any NFL team today. :(

O-Line: Light flat out sucks. Mankins and Neal are FAs.
D-Line: Wilfork and Green are FAs. Non-existant Pass Rush, completely run over today.
LB: No pass rush with the rare occassion that TBC gets through.
CB: Bodden will be gone, Wilhite and Wheatley are useless and Springs can't stay on the field.
S: Meriweather cannot tackle. He may have made the Pro Bowl, but he seems afraid of any sort of contact. Sanders is JAG. Chung hardly saw any defensive snaps.

RB: Maroney needs to work on his hands this entire offseason. Otherwise he's gone.


I've been looking forward to the off-season for the draft and any other changes they make for a while now.

A lot of things just don't seem to click with this team. Time for some new blood. New names, better skills, and last but not least more passion. Better not screw up those draft picks.

I'd have to say I really don't get the "fire Belichick" mentality that's out there though. Seems more then a little early for that.

Weak game & a weak season! Brady is soft now, I'm not saying he can't be great but I think he's gt that been there done that kinda attitude. This team needs a shake up. I don't know what exactly but something or someone major needs to go or come in.

he's been Gazelle'd
He'll be in Brazil next week sunning by the pool

I've been looking forward to the off-season for the draft and any other changes they make for a while now.

A lot of things just don't seem to click with this team. Time for some new blood. New names, better skills, and last but not least more passion. Better not screw up those draft picks.

I'd have to say I really don't get the "fire Belichick" mentality that's out there though. Seems more then a little early for that.

Too be fair to Belichick he was spread out way too thin this season. That clown they had calling plays obviously needed help. It's funny that these "fans" who are calling for BBs head, forget the 70's, 80's and 90's.

This team forgot how to win the close games. What was very telling for me was the fact that the player who played IN A PLAYOFF GAME with the most fire, guts, heart, balls, emotion was a 40year old backup linebacker.

Patriots running game will win this one, Have fun at the game Slip

thanks vb, had some fun, it was cold , the offense sucked, lost my voice, got windburned face, frozen feet, beer spilled on me. all in all a sucky game to be at in Jan.
can't win them all I guess
I had some fun even through the dejection of all the sloppy play.

trade Matt light for a right tackle next year, get some good draft picks, improve the D, get some more receivers. better luck next year and hope we don't get Gisseled again:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

WOW
My Raiders played these Ravens much tougher last week !
:uhuh:
Does Randy (I play when I want to) Moss even have a catch yet ???
:rotf2:

:( ya that says a lot :wall:

moss had no catches first half :yak5:
5 in second half

if we were going to play like the Raiders I would have rather not made the playoffs. very embarrassing, now I know how Ron has felt the last decade. sux's

atleast you got yours cowboys still in it

I'd have to say I really don't get the "fire Belichick" mentality that's out there though. Seems more then a little early for that.

people who say that don't have a clue

:( ya that says a lot :wall:

moss had no catches first half :yak5:
5 in second half


5 catches for 48 years, 1 of those catches 19 yards, not exactly Jerry Rice playoff type numbers !!!

Its gonna be 28 zip by the end of the 1st! We still have the ponies to come back from this if Baltimore does not take the field for the second quarter!!!

I bet Slip is on his way home!

If that footbridge was already finished in Foxboro it would be full of people leaving I bet!

most stayed to second half anyway, but all thru the 3rd they were leaving in droves

I left when it was 33-14 :wall:

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

5 catches for 48 years, 1 of those catches 19 yards, not exactly Jerry Rice playoff type numbers !!!

no kidding

the JV's showed up to play the varsity

what happened to my pats? they were ill=prepared or scared

What was very telling for me was the fact that the player who played IN A PLAYOFF GAME with the most fire, guts, heart, balls, emotion was a 40year old backup linebacker.

That said it all to me too. Him and Kevin Faulk. Very few other players on the team seem to have that passion. Looked like a lot of guys didn't have their head in the game in this game and others this year. I wouldn't dare claim to know who or why there seems to be that ethic in the Pats, but it seems to be there.

Maybe they need to get back to going to movies as a team and other stuff like back in the winning years. they need that all for one and one for all attitude, us against the world, come out as a team stuff

I'll have a word with Bill.

Fire Bill?? That's pretty stupid!

And so this season ends and preparing for the next one begins tomorrow!

one of the reasons for the poor play is this team lost it's 'tude.....gone the way of the finesse soft teams. a couple of seasons ago they could tough it out with anydody. time for a rebuild- could be a tall task considering the draft track record.

one of the reasons for the poor play is this team lost it's 'tude.....gone the way of the finesse soft teams. a couple of seasons ago they could tough it out with anydody. time for a rebuild- could be a tall task considering the draft track record.

Yup. They seem to have the "We are the Patriots, we won 3 Super Bowls" attitude and it doesn't work anymore.

Your point about the drafts is spot on. And the part that really upsets me is the fact that it seems like any fan can see we need LBs in the worst way. And the people in charge of picking can't. :wall: We passed on Matthews, Laurinaitis, and Maualuga in last year's draft. Every damn Packer game, I see Matthews flying all around the QB. Lil' Animal or Maualuga would have solidified our ILB core for years and years.

Although I do think last season's draft will turn out better than it appears, I would gladly trade Chung for one of those LBs.

Maybe they need to get back to going to movies as a team and other stuff like back in the winning years. they need that all for one and one for all attitude, us against the world, come out as a team stuff

I'll have a word with Bill.

Give him a plug and tell him to draft 2 pass-rushers!

Give him a plug and tell him to draft 2 pass-rushers!

The best d-lineman in the draft is Suh out of Nebraska, and he'll be long gone. He may even go as the top pick overall.

All those years of trading down to avoid top draft position signing bonuses, of letting veterans walk rather than paying them, throwing guys like Vrabel into a trade when there was no need to--how long can you sustain a defense? Especially when your 3 biggest defensive F/A signings, Colvin, Thomas and Burgess, turned out to be busts and/or locker room cancers.

Get 54 back as Locker Room and Sideline Captain of 'tude!

come on guys you can't win all the time. Were spoiled. I guess you forget the old patriots and how much they sucked every year. That is what drove me to be a cowboys fan, that and relatives in Texas. The better team won. i never thought they would go very far this playoffs. Didn't think they would look that bad though. No consistency. At least we don't have to root for the jets to beat indy. They took some chances and it didn't work out draft wise and contract wise. , like that doesn't happen to other teams? ask Ron about that. Everything is a gamble. They let plenty of veterans play and not walk, no? Colvin was very good until he hurt his hip. I don't know. I thought he had plan and this year it didn't work out like he hoped. Losing all those coaches year after year didn't help either. Show me another team that lost that much coaching talent over a period of time and still remained very competitive. Be hard to do. Always next year. I think they got as far as they were going to IMO. Just stinks they didn't even make a game of it.

The best d-lineman in the draft is Suh out of Nebraska, and he'll be long gone. He may even go as the top pick overall.


I'm glad there's more than one pass rusher in the draft. Obviously we have no shot at Suh (but what a player)

Just a couple off the top of my head.
Carlos Dunlap-Florida: Has had a couple off field issues.
Jerry Hughes-TCU: Could move to OLB. Maybe bigger stats due to competition.
Sergio Kindle-Texas: Another guy who could shift to OLB.
Jason Pierre-Paul-South Florida: Stepped up this year with teammate George Selvie having a down year.

Need to trade up in draft for pass rusher

need to sign Julius Peppers

Need to give Vince what he wants or damn close to it, not franchise

need to solidify coaching and coordinators.

would like another bigtime receiver like a Brandon Marshall

get a tight end

most of all TRADE MATT LIGHT for a right tackle and put Vollmer left.
Then kick Koppen in the arse and tell him to get the hell with it.

time is running short Paul, Tom is not getting any younger, Welker will most likely be gone all next year, time to focus

oh ya, I gave them a 50/50 shot Sunday :hs: so I was prepared but hopeful, it still hurts

I agree with the Professor. I did'nt expect them to make past the first game. Baltimore is not the team to fall behind on with a weak offensive line.

Ray Lewis looked good. They really touched Brady, it put him on edge.