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Indefinite New England Patriots Thread (8 Viewers)
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SengerCJ
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I wouldn't mind them going after either of these guys, though I don't see it happening, with the offense rolling as well as it is.
Run It Up
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Gotta look at it in comparison to the competition. Peyton has more top tier weapons than anyone. Can't beat the Broncos then the season is over.
Kool-Aid Larry
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Brady on pace to match his '10 numbers (the year he won unanimous MVP).
In other news, Eisen 12 minute rant on the Jets organization. I don't feel sorry for Jets fans often, but when I do, its sandwiched between extended bouts of smiling.
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SengerCJ
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Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 1m1 minute ago
The #Bucs are finishing up a trade to send LB Jonathan Casillas to the #Patriots, source says.
Looks like this is exciting as today is going to get. Anyone know anything about this guy?
The #Bucs are finishing up a trade to send LB Jonathan Casillas to the #Patriots, source says.
Looks like this is exciting as today is going to get. Anyone know anything about this guy?
Run It Up
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Nothing but what I read from his draft profile. Quick guy 4.5 40, smaller than your average linebacker 6'1".
Kool-Aid Larry
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he's been inactive the past few weeks, and I think dane fletcher pretty much took his lunch when foster was out, if that means anything to you.
he's depth + special teams
he's depth + special teams
Run It Up
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What a ####### game! Peyton looked like Peyton in Foxboro, Brady looked like Brady in Foxboro and the Pats D played lights out the whole game.
Couple reasonable drops from Lafell, couple bad drops from Lafell. Edelman looked like Welker incarnate this game. Gronk unstoppable as always. Vereen doing what he does (including drop anything behind him.) Was a little bummed to see Tyms and Wright all but removed from the gameplan, but they got some good work out of Develin. Browner looked amazing when he wasn't drawing flags, but that kind of aggressive play is exactly what their defense needs. D-Line looked great. Collins, Hightower and Ayers looked amazing. The DBs literally killed it out there. Finally, the OLine while allowing a ton of pressure on some plays, overall looked pretty damn good.
Entire Pats D for game MVP. Flying high after this win, going into a bye. The better team won!
Couple reasonable drops from Lafell, couple bad drops from Lafell. Edelman looked like Welker incarnate this game. Gronk unstoppable as always. Vereen doing what he does (including drop anything behind him.) Was a little bummed to see Tyms and Wright all but removed from the gameplan, but they got some good work out of Develin. Browner looked amazing when he wasn't drawing flags, but that kind of aggressive play is exactly what their defense needs. D-Line looked great. Collins, Hightower and Ayers looked amazing. The DBs literally killed it out there. Finally, the OLine while allowing a ton of pressure on some plays, overall looked pretty damn good.
Entire Pats D for game MVP. Flying high after this win, going into a bye. The better team won!
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Oh #### no. Are you kidding? Did you see the abuse Pats fans took in here a few weeks ago? Even idiot Giant fans like Koya were piling on, bringing up a Superbowl win from 7 years ago on the day after their hapless team got shut out by the Eagles 27-0.Hell no. Pile on, Pats fans. You deserve it.
Last four road games are @Ind, @GB, @SD, @NYJ. Would any Pats fan here be seriously unhappy with two wins out of these four?
msudaisy26
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2 wins is the floor. The Jets are a hot mess, and San Diego is really starting to look bad and their defense is horrible. I give them a 50/50 shot at the other 2 games.. Plus they want homefield advantage. I don't have Denver or Indys schedule infront of me, but you have to think the Pats need to finish at least 12 - 4 and probably 13 - 3 to get it.
Anarchy99
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DEN: @OAK, @STL, MIA, @KC, BUF, @SD, @CIN, OAK
IND: @NYG, NE, JAX, WAS, @CLE, HOU, @DAL, @TEN
NE: @IND, DET, @GB, @SD, MIA, @NYJ, BUF
Really amazed to see the Pats playing THIS well after how BAD they looked at the start of the year. Astounding really. Congrats to the Pats -- you just might have the best QB of all time at the helm. When it looked like he was done, he's picked the team up emotionally and put them on his back.
I'm also convinced that Bill B is one of the greatest coaches of all time. Opposing fans love to hate on him, but he is just an incredible coach.
I'm also convinced that Bill B is one of the greatest coaches of all time. Opposing fans love to hate on him, but he is just an incredible coach.
msudaisy26
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Thanks for that
The floor for Denver and I mean worst case is 6 - 2. We should expect 7 - 1 and not be surprised if they go 8 - 0
The floor for Indy is 5 - 3. We should expect 5 - 3 or 6 - 2. I really would be surprised if they did better than 6 - 2
That being said New England needs to be shooting for 7 - 1. Win all the home games and 3 - 1 in the road games.
Kool-Aid Larry
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well, we've got a down week now for the media to jerk us off and the negative nancies to find something to complain about, then it's on to indy!!
that should be a pretty tough game, and a little weird just a week after beating peyton, so we've got that to focus our attention on without having to go through the whole schedule.
frankly, I think these teams should be more worried about playing us than we are of them, and to answer the above poster's question --- I'm upset every time they lose a game, so I'm not really hoping for any losses.
let's just beat indy.
denver wasn't our superbowl
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Kool-Aid Larry
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btw, this is for brady and mr kraft 
best owner and qb in football
best owner and qb in football
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devouredbychaos
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Anyone else surprised to see Malcolm Butler so involved? Not too shabby. Lots of role players on this defense. Dennard inactive again but I think it's mainly because they're shifting him around for a new role and they're not fully confident that he's got it down yet.
Honestly I don't think the next 5 or 6 games look too scary with the way this team is playing. @Indy and @GB are really the big ones for me, but they're all winnable. I really wouldn't be shocked to see them go 6-0 or 5-1 the rest of the way if everyone stays somewhat healthy. I was at the game last night and that was definitely the loudest I've heard that place in years.
Honestly I don't think the next 5 or 6 games look too scary with the way this team is playing. @Indy and @GB are really the big ones for me, but they're all winnable. I really wouldn't be shocked to see them go 6-0 or 5-1 the rest of the way if everyone stays somewhat healthy. I was at the game last night and that was definitely the loudest I've heard that place in years.
Baloney Sandwich
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The biggest key for the Pats is staying healthy, if they can somehow avoid any more major injuries to their core players on both sides of the ball than this team should be in great shape.
Went to the game yesterday, crowd was awesome and as usual Peyton spit the bit. I'm still in disbelief over the improvement they have made in the last month. I sill think if we end up going to Denver in Jan. it may be a completely different story. Lets hope for good health and continued improvement going forward. They seem to be peaking right now, just hope they can duplicate that in a couple of months.
The playoffs are a completely different animal. I would just once like to see them be the team who is physical and punches the other team in the mouth (like yesterday) as opposed to taking it in the playoffs. Cautiously optimistic but there is a lot of football left to be played. One thing for sure is both the AFC and NFC are wide open at this point and there are a lot of possible SB scenarios. Like every year it depends on who gets hot down the stretch.
The playoffs are a completely different animal. I would just once like to see them be the team who is physical and punches the other team in the mouth (like yesterday) as opposed to taking it in the playoffs. Cautiously optimistic but there is a lot of football left to be played. One thing for sure is both the AFC and NFC are wide open at this point and there are a lot of possible SB scenarios. Like every year it depends on who gets hot down the stretch.
Kool-Aid Larry
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what new role?
I was kind of surprised to see it, but we all saw butler lookin' all fresh in pre, and I guess the guy just passed dennard up.
blake
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This isn't exactly about the Patriots, though does involve their starting quarterback, so I apologize. I just figured someone in this thread would have answer to my question.
I love The Audible podcasts. They are arguably the greatest thing on this site. While I'm not Cecil Lammey's biggest fan, there is one thing that has always bugged me that I've been curious about for quite a while and I never thought to ask. For those who listen and/or know what I'm talking about, why does he pronounce Tom Brady's name with a childish "Tom Braaadaaaay" 9 out of 10 times? It is really grating.
I love The Audible podcasts. They are arguably the greatest thing on this site. While I'm not Cecil Lammey's biggest fan, there is one thing that has always bugged me that I've been curious about for quite a while and I never thought to ask. For those who listen and/or know what I'm talking about, why does he pronounce Tom Brady's name with a childish "Tom Braaadaaaay" 9 out of 10 times? It is really grating.
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Kool-Aid Larry
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cecil?
that's just his schtick, as far as I know -- idk if there's a specific reference there.
I really just listen to the idp one and some couches, so I haven't heard him recently.
in my imagination I always just assumed he grew up idolizing robin williams.
blake
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Yes, I was curious if there was a specific reference. If there was, at least it would make more sense...but still be very childish.
The last sentence, about Robin Williams, I can definitely see, which is not a good thing for me. I dislike his disingenuous sounding announcer voice, especially when he thanks people for listening, which I feel was only spurred on by Sigmund. Cecil never used to thank people, EVER, for listening, but Sigmund always has and always sounds earnest in doing so. In fact, On the Couch is the key podcast to listen to for me, primarily because it is always interesting and because Cecil isn't on it and it is Sigmund's baby.
re: Cecil?
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Kool-Aid Larry
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also, I don't know if you guys listen to belichick's weei spot on mondays, but I thought last monday was kind of an interesting one --- early in the show he talked about the state of the patriots when he took over
says he expected it to be a 4 yr project to get that ship righted because of the cap issues
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edit: also, from miguel ------------
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Kool-Aid Larry
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don't think I'd go that far, but he's probably just not worth what he was getting paid, which I'd imagine was their evaluation.
with the salary cap everything is just a numbers trade off.
you can keep mankins at top tier money or motor on with some guy making peanuts + use that money for other players + tim wright + some other guy in the draft next year making peanuts on another 4 yr rookie deal --- most likely a top pick in the round.