A Few Thoughts about the Pats Game - Post yours as well

[Gregg]

4 minutes ago, Special K said:

One thing that shocked me was that the game winning FG was 53 yards, and it looked like it would've been good from 73 yards.

 

A 53 yarder today is like a 30 yarder from 20 years ago. I bet that Cowboys kicker could hit one from 75 yards. 

[Sojourner]

1 minute ago, Gregg said:

 

A 53 yarder today is like a 30 yarder from 20 years ago. I bet that Cowboys kicker could hit one from 75 yards. 

We have vintage 2000’s kickers then…

[WideNine]

44 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

A 53 yarder today is like a 30 yarder from 20 years ago. I bet that Cowboys kicker could hit one from 75 yards. 

 

Agree. That soccer player Dallas picked up has an insane leg.

 

Even Aubrey's 64 yard kick this year looked like he could make it from even further out.

 

 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by WideNine

[Albwan]

I think the league is steering towards a pats-chiefs afc championship ...

[dcinmuncie]

Not necessarily a thought about the patriots game, but we do tend to have a yearly 2 game losing streak. Hope we end that next Monday 

6 minutes ago, Albwan said:

I think the league is steering towards a pats-chiefs afc championship ...

That may be the most nauseating thing I’ve seen today and I performed a colonoscopy at 8 this morning 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Special Teams were outstanding against one of the best ST units in the league. 
 

Franklin clotheslined their stud punt returner, and cam Lewis violently took out Gibson and caused a fumble.
 

New punter looked solid too. Prater made his kicks. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Miyagi-Do Karate

[Success]

2 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Special Teams were outstanding against one of the best ST units in the league. 
 

Franklin clotheslined their stud punt returner, and cam Lewis violently took out Gibson and caused a fumble.
 

New punter looked solid too. Prater made his kicks. 

 

Feel terrible for Gibson, but not recovering that fumble was a biggie.  The Patriots player was just in the exact right spot.

 

[first_and_ten]

I feel that we are going to have to endure quite a few more losses. New England will win the division. 

44 minutes ago, Albwan said:

I think the league is steering towards a pats-chiefs afc championship ...

 

It's hard not to think this particular crew has some kind of grudge against the Bills. 

[Nihilarian]

36 minutes ago, Albwan said:

I think the league is steering towards a pats-chiefs afc championship ...

The Patriots have a much easier schedule with only the Bucs as a tough opponent. Umm, well, and perhaps Buffalo at NE. That is, if Buffalo fixes their secondary. 

 

Pats schedule, Saints, Titans, Browns, Falcons, Bucs, Jets, Bengals, Giants, Bills, Ravens, Jets, and Dolphins. 

 

Buffalo schedule, @ Falcons, @ Panthers, Chiefs, @ Dolphins, Bucs, @ Texans, @ Steelers, Bengals, @ Patriots, @ Browns, Philly, NY Jets. 

[stuvian]

I expected us to split the series with the Pats this year. I did not expect us to go 17 - 0. I didn't watch the entire game. What I did see made me think the Pats wanted this worse than we did. Vrabel will be a challenge every game.

We've been playing with our food for a few weeks now. KC did it last year and the Eagles are doing it this year. There are just too many games and too many injuries in a 17 game season. The league is watered down and the regular season just doesn't mean as much. 

We didn't play badly but were the less focused team on the field. I still think we're the best in the conference 

[ticketssince61]

2 hours ago, Pete said:

I thought McD should have thrown the flag on the Diggs sideline catch in live time.  Even after they did a replay, I thought it wasn’t a catch

 Was after 2 minute warning so dont think challengeable

 

But should have insisted on both review

[Playoffs?]

2 hours ago, Gregg said:

 

A 53 yarder today is like a 30 yarder from 20 years ago. I bet that Cowboys kicker could hit one from 75 yards. 

I agree. It’s getting way too easy to make 50 and 60 yarders.  I think it’s time to narrow the goal posts again… seriously. 

[Success]

I think the most disappointing thing is the realization that we're likely not going to have the same kind of lopsided record against the Pats that they had against us w/ Brady.  I can see them being a split a lot of the years moving forward. They're more competitive than we were during the drought.

 

It's kind of a silly, minor thing - just wanting to "even things up."  But I can be petty.

 

[ticketssince61]

18 minutes ago, Playoffs? said:

I agree. It’s getting way too easy to make 50 and 60 yarders.  I think it’s time to narrow the goal posts again… seriously. 

 

... and raise the crossbar

 

Teams generally start at the 30 so only need 30 yards to get to field goal range

[jlgarsh]

Can we trade the Ravens for Hopkins? Lol

[jkeerie]

The Pats won because the Bills chose last night to play their absolute worst game of the season on offense and the Pats were able to take advantage of the Bill's injuries on the D line, LB and CB.  Still...with all that...the Bills lost by 3 points.

18 minutes ago, Success said:

I think the most disappointing thing is the realization that we're likely not going to have the same kind of lopsided record against the Pats that they had against us w/ Brady.  I can see them being a split a lot of the years moving forward. They're more competitive than we were during the drought.

 

It's kind of a silly, minor thing - just wanting to "even things up."  But I can be petty.

 

They have benefited by being horrible enough to draft early in rounds, have a lot of cap space and finally a GM that knows what he's doing.

[DuckyBoys]

More of the same glaring stuff.   Couldnt overcome the 3 turnovers and all those penalties when you add some miscues and bizarre calls from Brady  I wouldn't be opposed to not seeing Knox on the field anymore  All those FA wrs Beane brought in on the cheap are good for a play or two every few games  We still need someone capable of winning 1 on 1 but the front office is too stubborn to make the big move.  Frustrating to see Maye roll to his right over and over with no defender there.  Defense once again can never stop anything when the chips are down  Struggling to remember last time they stopped a team with the chance to go ahead at the end of the game  Allen looked physically worn down by the 4th quarter.

[Ga boy]

1 hour ago, Nihilarian said:

The Patriots have a much easier schedule with only the Bucs as a tough opponent. Umm, well, and perhaps Buffalo at NE. That is, if Buffalo fixes their secondary. 

 

Pats schedule, Saints, Titans, Browns, Falcons, Bucs, Jets, Bengals, Giants, Bills, Ravens, Jets, and Dolphins. 

 

Buffalo schedule, @ Falcons, @ Panthers, Chiefs, @ Dolphins, Bucs, @ Texans, @ Steelers, Bengals, @ Patriots, @ Browns, Philly, NY Jets. 

We might lose 2 more.  Pats can lose to Saints, Falcons, Bucs, Jets, Ravens, Giants, Bills and Fins.  I say they lose 5 more.