GAME 1 Has Arrived: The New England Patriots Vs. The Kansas City Chiefs (3 Viewers)

[KarmaPolice]

As a Dolphins fan......i have to take what I can get. I love watching them suffer.

SUFFER!!!!!!

Pats could go 8-8 and still win this garbage division.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Hunt just tapped out? 

 

[Todem]

The last three times the Pats lost their season opener before tonight:  2001, 2003, 2014. Just saying.

CRAZY STAT!!!!!

Just wow.

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Really? I mean, Pats are elite,and it's weird to see them play pedestrian football, but the Chiefs have been one of the better teams in the AFC for the past three years. And it's week one, when teams are still settling into their groove.

Surprising, maybe, but not unheard of.  

No team is unbeatable.

Most points and most yards ever against Bill Belichik in 23 years of coaching. No one saw this coming lol

 

[NutterButter]

Punt? 

  Its 4th and 24 on their own 1.   I'm not sure any team has ever not punted within that context.

 

[SoBeDad]

Wrong side of 40.....the wall comes hard and fast.

5 more years? My ###!!!!

Garrapolo. But it hasn't all been on Brady. Edelman is a big loss and KC shut down Gronkowski.

 

[Rhythmdoctor]

Peyton calling Tom after the game. "It comes quickly buddy."

Favre joining in via skype.

 

[Todem]

Pats could go 8-8 and still win this garbage division.

No doubt.....it’s putrid this year!!!

 

[kwille]

That empty stadium ... wow.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

4 more yards & I hit another bonus. 

60 &'counting for Hunt. 

 

[Rhythmdoctor]

This game ain't over YET.

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Really great game, and great convo in this thread, gents -- made it that much more enjoyable.

GL with the rest of your fantasy week, and hope all the games this weekend are as entertaining (and with way less injuries).

Peace.

 

[NutterButter]

No doubt.....it’s putrid this year!!!

I know you're just throwing out some reverse psychology my fellow dolphin fan

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Booooooooo

 

[Todem]

Garrapolo. But it hasn't all been on Brady. Edelman is a big loss and KC shut down Gronkowski.

Oh yeah. I am just having a little fun. Gotta enjoy this because it is rare.

But KC really stepped up. Losing Julian is like taking Tom’s security blanket away. Edelman is a vital piece. Tom loves him.

 

[FishTacoTuesday]

Reid should go for 2 here

 

[Ghost Rider]

Pats could go 8-8 and still win this garbage division.

Patriots will still win 12-14 games. This was possibly the best team they will face all season. 

 

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Hunt ROY

 

[hagmania]

Good start to the season tbh.

 

[Insein]

Well we got the score we expected but not the result.

 

[NutterButter]

Patriots will still win 12-14 games. This was possibly the best team they will face all season. 

Absolutely especially if you don't take the raiders or steelers into account

 

[The Frankman]

Guys... Do you know Charcandrick West and Kareem Hunt combined for over 270 total yards from scrimmage? What a tandem!

 

[modogg]

Empty stadium

kind of like the team by the end of the game. Weird to see Brady those last 5-8 minutes. Boston/New England fans i totally expect it. Pretty sure there are Tom Brady jerseys burning in the parking lot right now

 

[bostonfred]

Nice game chiefs. Hunt and hill look like the real deal, defense looks awesome, hope for your sake Barry isnt seriously hurt. 

Sucks to lose the first one but 4 swingy plays decided this game - the two bombs to hunt and hill, and the two 4th and inches stops.  The injuries worry me more than the loss, hope they don't lose Edelman Mitchell Hightower and amendola all by week 1. 

 

[bud29]

Good thing KC fired the GM who drafted Hunt...And Hill...And Peters...

 

[Bigboy10182000]

Chiefs with 4 TDs and 356 yards in the second half. Jeez. 

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Patriots will still win 12-14 games. This was possibly the best team they will face all season. 

Buffalo down? 

 

[modogg]

maybe next time they adjust the defense a bit to stop doubling Kelce the whole time and maybe get someone to shadow Hunt?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Good thing KC fired the GM who drafted Hunt...And Hill...And Peters...

Crazy, why?

 

[The Jacket]

Absolutely especially if you don't take the raiders or steelers into account

Steelers perhaps. Chiefs have been dumping on the Raiders for a couple years now. They're an ascending team but the Raiders won't beat the Patriots. 

 

[NutterButter]

To think if Ware didn't get hurt, Hunt wouldn't have gotten nearly as many carries and maybe he doesn't get into a groove.

 

[ffldrew]

Problem for the Chiefs is that may have been the Battle of Chancellorsville - with Berry going down with Achilles.

 

[The Jacket]

Good thing KC fired the GM who drafted Hunt...And Hill...And Peters...

No... Veach and Reid were behind all these guys. Especially Mahomes. This isn't the Browns we're talking about. Chiefs are an upper-echelon managed team, they planned it all. Apparently Veach has been the engine behind it all for a while now.

 

[NutterButter]

Steelers perhaps. Chiefs have been dumping on the Raiders for a couple years now. They're an ascending team but the Raiders won't beat the Patriots. 

Same can be said for the steelers if we're going off of past results.   Raiders are one of the favs to win the superbowl.

 

[Anarchy99]

ESPN reporting Berry has a partially torn Achilles. 

 

[The Jacket]

ESPN reporting Berry has a partially torn Achilles. 

####### ####

I don't think I've ever seen anyone else in the league do what Berry did to Gronk. Chiefs can't afford to lose him. Dammit. 

 

[Grigs Allmoon]

ESPN reporting Berry has a partially torn Achilles. 

Not a Chiefs fan, but that wold suck.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Just heard a stat: Pats had been 105-0 in foxboro when entering 4th with a lead. 

They hadn't lost in that scenario since 2000.  

 

[rockaction]

I was wondering what would happen this year with injuries and these first few games. It seems like the CBA and the lack of prep time really begins to affect these guys once they get in pressured, regular-season situations, but I'm arm chairing it, so I could be totally wrong.  

 

[Anarchy99]

Either I read it wrong or ESPN tweaked what they had posted. In any event, here is what they have up: Berry has what the Chiefs are calling a potentially torn Achilles Tendon. 

 

[bud29]

Crazy, why?

Will put my reply to this in the KC team thread, as it's relevant there and that thread could use some more action.

 

[bud29]

ESPN reporting Berry has a partially torn Achilles. 

Totally irreplaceable part of the defense. ####.

 

[zoonation]

Devastating for the Championship hopes. Brutal.  

 

[[scooter]]

Punt? 

  Its 4th and 24 on their own 1.   I'm not sure any team has ever not punted within that context.

Closest example since 1994 was when the Rams went for it on 4th-and-20 from their 9-yard-line while trailing by 14 with 2:44 remaining.

 

[irish eyes]

I'm shocked the human china doll amendola is hurt AGAIN! Why bother putting him on the field. He's good for about 5 plays a game.

 

[Thunderlips]

One game is one game.....and it isn't like Andy Reid is a chump or KC is a dog team, but Brady looked flat as hell last night.  

I'm sure it's already been said before on the thread.....but things worked out well for NE the last time they got their ### kicked by KC. 

 

[NutterButter]

Closest example since 1994 was when the Rams went for it on 4th-and-20 from their 9-yard-line while trailing by 14 with 2:44 remaining.

Oh yeah, I remember that play.   

 

[pantherclub]

Did anyone else think that Gronk looked really slow last night?  I dont remember him being that sluggish before.

 

[Anarchy99]

Did anyone else think that Gronk looked really slow last night?  I dont remember him being that sluggish before.

I'm guessing he was both rusty and tentative. He hasn't done much for months, and they more than likely treated him with kid gloves in training camp. There were some reports of him getting blown up in contact drills trying to block over the summer. I think they may have toned it down some for him after that.

 

[pantherclub]

I'm guessing he was both rusty and tentative. He hasn't done much for months, and they more than likely treated him with kid gloves in training camp. There were some reports of him getting blown up in contact drills trying to block over the summer. I think they may have toned it down some for him after that.

Thanks should be interesting to watch the next few games to see how he does.  Another couple of outings like that and he may be the proverbial buy low.  Or he could be on the fast track down due to injury after injury.