MadBuffaloDisease

"Hot damn! And I didn't mean darn."

Yep, B (cup) actress Bridgette Moynihan or however you spell it. Speaking of which, I saw Tara Reid on BDSSP last night and she was wearing an Iggles jersey. Too funny!

Too bad for you the Bills didn't start McGahee later. In the 6 games he didn't start, the Bills gave up 23 sacks. As an aside, if you average out the 16 sacks they gave up in 10 games with McGahee starting, that comes out to 26 for the season. Interesting how much difference a player makes (evne though I'm a Travis fan, I have to admit this part), and how Bledsoe can have his number of sacks cut in-half.

Maybe no news station got the videotape and it was reported as just a kid falling out of a car? I guess a dummy is possible, but that was a very real-looking dummy and it was still grasping the window frame while slipping.

Unless they were able to computer generate it, no way it was staged. And as for seeing him fall out, the camera was looking at potential bike victims, found one and then panned to see the guy try and hit him. It caught everything AS WELL AS the kid's head getting hit by a car.

"Oh wait! You're not Tom Brady!" Sorry, just couldn't resist.

Of course you won't. I'm sure you wished that pesky little game never happened. Refresh my memory where I said "blowout." And sorry that I can't predict the future. I thought that without Walt Coleman being in the picture and the performances of those teams against the Pats earler in the season, they had a good chance of winning, considering the only argument FOR the Pats winning those game was past history. But as I said, I'm picking the Pats to win the SB. I hope that's laughable as well when all is said and done, but it looks like the Pats have finally figured out how to beat teams coinvincingly and without ridiculous officiating. Good day to you sir.

Who did Smith replace? How did he perform in the playoffs and SB? Also notice the number of carries he got in the first 2 games, versus the remaining 14. And Emanuel is a nobody. I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about the 6 new starters I mentioned. Ah yes, the first game against the Colts. The Pats' defense won that game with their 3 INT's, 2 of which were returned for TD's (and considering the Colts only scored 13 points, with their first points coming at the end of the 3rd quarter, that right there was enough to win the game). Oh yeah and Smith's 94 yards and 2 TD's didn't hurt either. It wasn't Brady's 13 for 23 and 168 yards and a TD that did it, in case you were wondering. I'm referencing the AFCCG that year. Your team was pitiful for most of those games during that run, including the defense. And it was the defense that carried the team in 2001, and they started to put it together in the Jets game, seeing as how they allowed only 9 points, versus 23 against the Bengals.

I find that hard to believe, seeing as he's never coached at any level, much less in the NFL.

Ding, thanks for playing again. So what you're saying is that master personell gurus Belichick and Pioli said "well Bledsoe sucks, but lets a) go along giving him a $100M contract and b) surround him with the same talent level as the year before?" Does anyone ELSE see the absurdity in that line of thinking? And yet they won the SB with him, with him getting 100 or close to 100 yards in each SB. Go figure? And again I've never said Brady doesn't deserve ANY credit, but again he's NOT the reason they win. He's a part. However the Pats proved they could win a big game in 2001 WITH Bledsoe, however it happened. Just like they proved they could win big games without Seymour. And as for those 1st 2 games in 2001, yes the TEAM looked like crap against the Bengals, with the defense surrendering 23 points to the mighty Bengals' offense. Yes Bledsoe had a bad game against the Jets the following week, but it's not like he threw 4 INT's. You're right. Fine it was 6 new starters who were better than the players they replaced. And that was just on offense alone. On defense...oh wait. It was the same talent level as well. Suffice it to say, the Pats have an amazing coaching staff. Just when I think that they can't lose any more key players and still win, they do.

What difference does it matter WHO they replaced them with? That fact that they DID replace them means they weren't happy with the previous talent, hence it wasn't "basically the same team." In your quest to give Brady all the credit, you fail to realize, or choose to ignore, the amazing amount of turnover your team had in personnel between 2000 and 2001. On offense alone the starters added were Light, Compton, Smith, Edwards, Patten, and Wiggins, and Brown was moved up from 3rd WR to starter. Uh, re-read the "buying into the system" part, which implies having players amenable to "buying into the system," i.e. unlike Terry Glenn and the guys they got rid of. Belichick inherited players in 2000 thanks to a bad salary cap situation. Belichick also had a reputation as a dickhead while he was in Cleveland. It took him a year to implement his system and get his players and for them to buy into it. And again, why was the defense so lousy in 2000? Bledsoe? Nope. I'm expecting the Pats to win. That way if I'm wrong, I'll be happy. If I'm right, I'm right.

The Patriots win because of their coaching staff. That includes their coaching of said lines, along with the other parts. Just take a look at the Pats' O-line and where the players were drafted (or not). Take a look at their secondary. Their ability to win 2 SB's with Antowain and probably a 3rd with Dillon. Bledsoe leading them to a win in the AFCCG back in 2001. Seymour missing the Colts and Steelers games, and them still having a dominating defense. That is why I'll be happy when Weis and Crennel are gone, because it won't be so easy to replace them.

Yep it was SO good that the Pats went out and replaced 6 starters on offense, pre-Brady. Way to use your noggin there bud. This part was obviously lost on you. You see, the "genius" Belichick and Crennel couldn't make chicken salad out of chicken sh--, just like Weis couldn't with the offense and the WHOLE 4 players you mentioned. The bottom line is that Belichick has proven that once his system is in place and his players have bought into it, they can win with ANYONE. Just look at your defense this year. Neither do I. Oh and speak for yourself, which is hard enough for you as it is.

I thought the last pic was fake, just because of how few people there were around the scene. Thanks for confirming it. Oh and the first crane did have an outrigger or whatever you call it. There just wasn't enough counter-weight.

Uh, "laces OUT, Dan?!"

Oh yes, with that wonderful collection of players on the offense. Care to list them? Care to tell me how Belichick's defense looked that year? Didn't think so. Your team actually won 2 games in the playoffs convincingly and WITHOUT ref help. It's about damn time.

LOL! Yep that and Weis hold the offense back. If not for Tommy Boy, the Pats' offense would wither to dust.

He's signed with Miami for several more years. It would take a trade. Booker +/- a pick for Henry?

Remember now, it's all the QB's fault. And yes I blame Kelly for a) partying until the wee hours that morning and b) not giving Thurman the ball more.

More likely it was Belichick's geeky hands.

I'm a Bledsoe supporter, in that I don't think he was the main problem with the offense, but I'm all for an open competition. That is IF Bledsoe is still with the team. I hope he takes a paycut, but I won't hold my breath. I could even live with a trade for a draft pick.

What you're forgetting is that most of these contestants are people who work mostly on their own or head their own companies. IOW they call the shots and are used to having things their way. Put them with other people of their ilk and it's an ego-fest.

Blame Tom Brady.

I remember watching a game against the Raiders that year where Norwood missed something like 3 FG's during the game. One of my roommates said "he's lost it after that SB" and I said give him a chance. He kicked the game-winner in OT, but the handwriting was on the wall. What a shame for Norwood, Buffalo, and it's fans.

What got me was the NFCCG between the Giants and 49'ers in 1990. The Giants had knocked Montana out of the game and were ahead and trying to run out the clock, and Craig fumbles, which the Giants recover and go onto score and win. Had the Bills played the 49'ers with Young (who wasn't that good at the time, and it took him the 1st half of 1991 to get used to the WCO) starting for Montana, the Bills would have rolled on the 49'ers.