Brady Who?

[Raven]

my patriots pride Bubble

is made of impregnable spherical diamond
that cannot be broken

and there's absolutely nothing anyone can say
that will make me think otherwise


Let me make that perfectly and ultimately clear
as i say and truly believe as i stated previously

NEVER .......the pats are the greatest team ever (to me)

they didn't have to win the super bowl to prove that (to me)

they only lost one game all season long
(and i'm very proud of them)

enough said...

[HESH2]

as good as getting a 50lbs-new york giants were the better team when it counted.

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Sorry to break your bubble, but there are a couple of other teams that went 18-1 and won the game that counted most.

84 Niners--the Greatest Team Ever.

85 Bears.

There may be others but those are the two I remember off the top of my head.

Stop being reasonable

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by BigFish

No Ronnie....we got that! Just lost 1 game....when your team goes to the Superbowl as many times as the Pats do.....you might lose 1 once in awhile!

Your starting to sound like a Yankees fan.
Great game and its unfortunate that their has to be a winner and loser the fact that the game was close speaks volumes for both teams.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by Raven

my patriots pride Bubble

is made of impregnable spherical diamond
that cannot be broken

and there's absolutely nothing anyone can say
that will make me think otherwise

Pretty much the same here.

As miserable as I am right now because it feels like a few doors closed that might never be re-opened (Seau getting a ring, Moss getting a ring, 19-0, one more Super Bowl win for our "old and slow" guys on the team) it's still been an awesome run that might not be over. Still an great core of players no matter what happens this off-season.

Being the day after the sting of it all is pretty sharp but with time I think the dominance of the past decade will come back into focus, Super Bowl loss or not. You can't take away those previous 3 Super Bowls or the record stats. The Mannings combined don't total the Patriots Super Bowl victories lately. So I'm ok with it. Misearble but ok as it was a great game and a good team won. There's been a lot of winning lately for the Pats even if the most recent biggest game wasn't a W.

Incredible game with an awesome "Brady-like" finish by Eli. The Giants wanted it and they took it by imposing their will. Can't go on the road like they did and then win it all without heart and skill. Plain and simple. Congratulations on a big and deserved win.

We know how good it feels.

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Sorry to break your bubble, but there are a couple of other teams that went 18-1 and won the game that counted most.

84 Niners--the Greatest Team Ever.

85 Bears.

There may be others but those are the two I remember off the top of my head.

I may argue that you need to add my 1976 Raiders somewhere on that list
16-1 and that 1 loss wasn't in the superbowl !

[BigFish]

Did they play an easy schedule like the 72' Dolphins?:raiders:

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Did they play an easy schedule like the 72' Dolphins?:raiders:

No,
and not only did they win the super bowl, they blew out the Vikings!

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

I may argue that you need to add my 1976 Raiders somewhere on that list
16-1 and that 1 loss wasn't in the superbowl !

ya one loss that year to who? the Patriots
:raiders:
then the refs gave the Raiders the game against the Pats in the playoffs

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

ya one loss that year to who? the Patriots
:raiders:
then the refs gave the Raiders the game against the Pats in the playoffs

You mean the team that was just on the loosing end of one of the biggest upsets of all time !

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

You mean the team that was just on the loosing end of one of the biggest upsets of all time !

yes that would be the team

[Dr.fish]

AND NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT STUFF...Did any of you happen to read where a stemcell researche Dr. has found a way to grow new heart tissue on an existing heart scaffold with adult stem cells. What's next livers...kidneys...lungs.....????? Imagine the impact THIS will have on your lives...Or maybe the new proceedures for cancer traement being done at Lehey Clinic right here in Burlington

The Super Bowl is a GAME among adult athletes much like a movie is a performance that you like to see. I think that Brady himself summed it up quite correctly when he said that he hoped the team would be ready for one more good PERFORMANCE! Well, they were not and like was previously stated it was no fault of Brady's...Regardless of where the Pats draft, they had better be looking for some big, tough OFFENSIVE line men...that poor bastage Brady spent to much of the game getting off his ass. Then to hear Mike Golick on Mike & Mike In The Morning say that the game was won by the Giants with no "wonder play"...Of course not, punny quarterbacks always break tackles by 3 gorilla linemen and have a receiver catch the ball with his helmet...hell ya it happens all the time...LMAO

The Pats played a bad game...all out blitz in the red zone with mini man Hobbs covering Buress...GREAT coaching call...that's a laugher.

Be that as it may, the best call that I've gotten in a long time came from my oldest son after the game...He's a Pats fan...but also a Yankee's (I can't imagine how) fan and he said "Now I know how dissaponted you Sox fans have been for so long...BUT..I took the Giants with the spread and made 400 bucks"...LMAO...smart assed kid...

As we Sox fans have been saying for decades..Wait "till next year!

[MrHunters]

well said dr f

[The Iceman 6]

Going to see the 2008 Superbowl Champions G-Men ring the opening bell soon...

[John E]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

No,
and not only did they win the super bowl, they blew out the Vikings!

Who didn't.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

I may argue that you need to add my 1976 Raiders somewhere on that list
16-1 and that 1 loss wasn't in the superbowl !

I would have mentioned it, but then there'd be a whole bunch of Ben Dreith references You did get that one gift wrapped to a ceratin extent.

That was during the 14 game regular season--the Niners and Bears were 15-1 regular season. They're the only two one loss SB winners since the schedule expanded--I think.

[EarnedStripes44]

Yea...why the (bleep) did they not double Burress in the end zone!!!

[EarnedStripes44]

Burress is big enough to be a small forward in the NBA

[BassDawg]

Hey Ohhhhh........

OOOHHH, AYYYY!

OOHHHH!

Doan get me started with the what ifs, and the if only's, and the freaggin' red sweatshirt, allll reddddddy!

It's bad enuff we got our azziz handed to us by a better team that day! Doan ya think yer goin' a little too far wit tha Brady who? CRAP!

The Mannings combined still doan wear as many rings as #12, and if you think he's done after this debacle, i've got some farmland in the Everglades that may be of some interest to youse and yers family. Familia mia, the PATRIOTS, we will just go back into CHAMPIONSHIP mode.

We WILL address our needs in the off season and come out on the other side of this more determined, better equipped, more unified, and with our post-game comments emblazoned upon our hearts made fervent by the sting of this colossal disappointment that will not be relinquished and will not be forgotten until the opportunity to WIN yet another Lombardi presents itself through hard work, steely resolve, and the same mettle of Greatness that has carried us thus far.

Brady who, you may ask?

The Greatest QB of All Time, not yet, but he is seated at the same table as Montana and Bradshaw and, CERTAINLY, we are witnessing NFL History in the making and seeing the living of The Legend that is Tom Brady, that's WHO!

[Backbeach Jake]

I'm a Sox fan,too. You can't touch me with your weak We are championship camels. We can go forever without the crown, but when we start we fill our trophy rooms. So we missed one, next year will be upon us soon...

[Raven]

i salute you

[BassDawg]

Thank You, Raven!

This is ONLY the Beginning. We should be riding this wave
for quite some time.

I must admit that your earlier post served as an inspiration and us like-minded PATS fans are the beating hearts and intestinal fibre that comprises Patriot Nation. I know that i woan take these naysayers and haters lying down, nor should any of us!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44

Yea...why the (bleep) did they not double Burress in the end zone!!!

Easy. The Giants went three receivers wide. They had two wide right, and Burress wide left. You double him with the free safety you leave the middle back of the end zone wide open, as well as leaving the tight end uncovered if he delay blocks at the line and slips out into a pass route.

There is no way to double cover the end zone fade. In fact, there are very few ways to defend it. You either try to get inside position and deflect it, or hope the QB overthrows it. To get inside you almost have to gamble that the call is the outside fade and not a feint to the outside and a cut back to the post.

You might ask a different question, like, how did you wind up with Hobbs on Burress instead of Samuel

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Strike_King

An even bigger question to ask is why do you call an out,send the house blitz in the red zone,leaving Hobbs on an island? Calling a blitz on a short field like that??When you call a blitz like that,you better hit or sack the QB,or you get burned....

And you are not going to get there on a blitz if the call is that end zone fade to the outside. That pass takes almost no time to deliver. Especially if the QB is in the gun--unless your shotgun snapper is the one the Cowboys have

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44

Yea...why the (bleep) did they not double Burress in the end zone!!!

and roll Brady out of the pocket in the shot gun?? Ankle must have been more of an issue because I couldn't believe he was staying pat with that rush.