Foxboro Mike
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Anchorman is a GREAT movie. Saw it 3x in the theatre - I missed many punchlines because you couldn't hear the dialogue over people laughing.
A must-have DVD.
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You're 100% correct in your Patriot analysis. There's not one area you can point to and say, "Do this, and they can't beat you." That was the case, even pre-Dillon. Now's it even more pronounced. The Jets decided last week that Dillon wasn't going to beat them, and made Brady do it.
I'm really impressed with what Mularkey has done with the Bills. He's really established an identity for Buffalo quickly, and that's not easy to do.
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We shall see...
Look at the probable Gauntlet to the Super Bowl the Bills have to run
IF we make the playoffs:
at Indy (12-3)
at Pittsburgh (14-1)
at New England (13-2)
Hopefully we would jump out to big leads & DB wouldn't be put in that situation,
realistically he's going to have to step up in at least one of those games.
Here's hoping for the best!
GO DREW!!!
If that were to happen, that would have to go down as maybe the best SB run ever... even better than the '85 Pats (won @NYJ, @LARaiders, @MIA).
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Just as I'd take Russell over Chamberlain and Emmitt over Barry, I'll take Brady over Manning. Of course, I'm more biased than a Kennedy at a Democratic Convention, but I don't worry when I see Tin Manning under center against the Patriots. He'll make the big mistake when it counts.
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I've never denigrated Jim Kelly. Kelly was Favre before Favre was Favre.
Did that make sense?
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I just think there are a lot of factors that go into winning a Super Bowl. To say someone is not a great quarterback because they never won the big one is a very simplistic view. Your argument above is a slightly different point and it could be that Marino was too selfish and that was the reason he never won. But to say because he never won, he was not one of the best is wrong to me.
Here I think the fact that Emmitt had an amazing O-line really played to his advantage. The fact that Barry lost big yardage to me just demonstrates to me how bad his O-line was. Give Barry the Cowboys starting 4 and how could he NOT move forward every time?
The Lions zone-blocked for Sanders, letting him pick/choose openings. The Cowboys ran more set plays, pulled guards, tackles, trapped, etc. Sanders was a homerun hitter who strikes out 200 times (Dave Kingman). Emmitt Smith was a batting champion who could also hit for power (Albert Pujols, Manny Ramirez).
Just because you don't win it all doesn't mean you aren't a good player at whatever you do. I'd just rather have a guy that wins, not just puts up gaudy stats. It's the old Bill Russell/Wilt Chamberlain argument.
Put it this way: Would you have traded Kelly for Marino, straight up?
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What I find odd is that all Pats fans seem to despise Manning. Why is that? I was asking my boyfriend that question last night (he's a Browns fan). He also thinks Manning is one of the best - better than Marino. Whenever, I talk to football fans of any team other than the Pats - the vast majority give Manning his props. Only Pats fans appear to hate him. It has to be connected to Tom Brady but it just seems strange to me to be so insecure about Brady. He's a great quarterback, but he did not win those Super Bowls singlehandedly. He has the better team and the clearly better coach - so why can't Pats fans admit that Manning is the better quarterback?
I think most Patriot fans see a lot of a young Bledsoe in Manning. That's all. I may be wrong. Manning always seems to spit the bit when it matters, although he's gotten better each year. We'll see.
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I agree - just because Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, etc. would give up a lot for one Super Bowl ring does NOT diminish the fact that they were great quarterbacks. Just because Trent Dilfer has a ring does not mean he's a better quarterback than Jim Kelly.
I was reading Bill Simmons - who is a very funny guy but has the typical Pats' fan POV - and he argued that Brady was better than Manning in the same way that Emmitt is better than Barry Sanders. I.e. Emmitt has rings and Barry does not. Right - I'm sure if you switched Emmitt and Barry and put Barry on that loaded Cowboys team - Barry wouldn't have any Super Bowl rings and Emmitt would - sure... That shows how dumb that kind of reasoning is.
Well said, but I disagree with you. The reason why Marino never succeeded was that his team became too dependent on him throwing the ball to succeed. They always helped out Marino, providing him with weapons, but always to the detriment of a running game (Mark Higgs, Sammie Smith, Bernie Parmalee, etc) and the defense. At least Manning HAS the running game, but the Colts don't choose to exercise that dimension often.
I will go to my grave claiming Emmitt was better than Barry. Emmitt scored TDs, moved the chains, was always moving forward, and didn't put his team in 2nd-long, 3rd-long a lot by losing big yardage. Barry was great, don't misunderstand me, but I'd take Emmitt every day of the week and twice on Sundays.
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Au contraire, LA. As a matter of fact, Doza, Thurman's Helmet, and myself came back over to TBD last Monday night/Tuesday morning so we could take our lumps. THAT'S something you should respect. Not one of us ran and hid after a tough loss, unlike some of your especially thin-skinned brethren on this board.
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It's going to be entertaining watching this board turn on Tin Manning when the Bills face the Colts in round one.
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That was in the late 90s after the State of Mass. wouldn't let the Pats build a stadium in South Boston on the waterfront (and the Pats were already owned by Kraft). With the threat of Kraft building outside Massachusetts (they also looked to build in Providence), a compromise was reached between Kraft and the Mass. Legislature to build CMGI Field (nee Gillette Stadium) behind the old Foxboro Stadium.
In 1993, a St. Louis native named James Busch Orthwein owned the Patriots, buying them from (shudder) Victor Kiam. Orthwein bought the team with the intention of moving to St. Louis or selling to the highest bidder. When Orthwein tried to move the team to St. Louis, Bob Kraft - who owned Foxboro Stadium at the time - wouldn't let Orthwein move the team, as he held an ironclad lease for where the Pats would play until late in the '00 decade. Orthwein wound up selling the team to Kraft (a Boston native), and the rest, as they say, is history.
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I've said this previously, but I think it applies again here:
If losing in Miami works out as well as the whole 31-0 debacle, then my team will be THE SINGLE MOST DYNASTIC TEAM IN THE SALARY CAP ERA!!
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If the Bills and Pats were to meet for the AFC title, we would probably be in need of a restraining order to keep us from being at each other's throats.
The media would have a field-day with the storylines. Hopefully Richard Seymour will be healthy by then!!!
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I feel like I should say something, but as usual, I have nothing to add.
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I'm leaving for the day and won't have 'net access until very late tonight/early tomorrow. FYI.
Mike
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I don't believe it's necessary for you to question the integrity of the same moderating team who have tolerated your lies and vitriol-
up to this point at least!
So what's the date of this famous bet of yours? Or is it all a smokescreen of deceipt?
You know another great question- what was the Bill's Charity I chose? Surely you kept a record of my acceptance of the bet and who I wanted you to pay if I won?
BWAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, who's doing it?
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What administrator is doing this search for the PM?
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For clarification:
Two Patsy fans and one of their water-carriers are promulgating a false story that they had a bet, and in order to attract the inattentive they included a Children's Charity in their accusations.
The current status is that they've been called out to accept the same bet the honest party has accepted- lifetime banishment if an archive search proves they are lying.
You'll notice they're real quiet right now. We're simply waiting for them to accept the bet.
I was away from the computer. I'm back, and not backing down.
Let's access the old board if we can. You're on, scumbag.
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You think WE beat some dead horses?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Hackett = Gilbride?