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9 hours ago, GoPats said:
I wasn't specifically talking about that drive. It wasn't just that final drive. But thank you for blueprinting a basic football concept for me.
Also, while math is not my strongest suit, I'm good on basic addition.
People thought Atlanta threw too much throughout the second half. The drive you're talking about was sort of the cherry on top. But the criticisms extended beyond that drive.
I had also mentioned the drive before that where Ryan got strip sacked on 3rd and 1 and gave the Patriots the ball on the Falcons 30.
There was also that drive after the first Patriots TD where the Falcons recovered that onside kick and pretty much started out at the Patriots 40 (Patriots were flagged for touching it too early). I know a holding penalty was involved but the Falcons somehow didn't get any points out of that drive either.
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1 hour ago, GoPats said:
What's kind of funny/ironic about this...
The Jags keep the ball on the ground to try to burn clock, and the reaction is, "WHY DID THEY PLAY IT SO CONSERVATIVE???!!!"But the Falcons, who have a MUCH better passing attack than Jacksonville, try to throw it in last year's Super Bowl and everyone is all, "OMG WHY ARE THEY NOT RUNNING IT TO KILL CLOCK????!!"
Nothing against you of course, I just think it's funny!
Because the Falcons had a 1st and 10 at the Pats 22 yard line up 8. All you do is run 3 times and make the Patriots burn their timeouts. At the worst it's around a 40 yard FG for a kicker who's largely been money. You go up 11 and make the Patriots score twice. And if the Patriots still pull it out, the offense wouldn't be blamed, it'd be the defense for allowing two scoring drives and the special teams for giving up an onside kick in between. Also if you go up 11 the Patriots would need a two point conversion on one of their drives to keep a tie in play, if they miss it they need another touchdown.
Instead the Falcons played like someone playing Madden for the first time and took themselves out of FG range.
Not only that but the prior drive where Ryan was strip-sacked on a 3rd and 1. If you run it and get it, you keep the drive alive and take time off the clock, and it's still a 16 point game. If you run and don't get it, you can at least punt it away and make the Patriots go the length of the field and not give them a short field on that fumble recovery.
Why am I reliving this again?
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9 hours ago, Chrisaaron1023 said:
A lower seed would win 3 games in the playoffs and make the Superbowl? That was the trend for a few years. But when was the last time 1 and 1 didn't face off against each other? 2012?
I get what you're saying, but last year, it was a 1 and a 2. Falcons had the number 2 seed (#1 seeded Cowboys lost at home to the Packers).
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2 hours ago, Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hoosiers said:
Having a coach who is willing to adjust his game plan...
wonder what the will look and feel like next year 
I’m thinking McD might just bring a little of this to Indy.
I don't know, McDaniels' head coaching tenure in Denver still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Seemed to have lost control of the team and had set them back a couple years until the Broncos found a get out of jail free card in Peyton. Maybe he will have learned from that and matured a bit as he goes to Indy.
But if he bombs out with the Colts I'd imagine he'd be on the next flight back to New England and they'd probably go for another collection of Lombardis as Brady tries to push 50.
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25 minutes ago, MariGOATa said:
Peyton Manning has never carried a team to win the superbowl. In 2006, Colts defense in the playoff gave up 16.2pts/game which is better than 3 of the 4 playoff defense Brady had during his superbowl year. On offense, Manning threw 3tds to 7ints for the whole playoff (4games total). That Colts team won the superbowl in spite of Manning terrible performance with Manning almost costing them.
In 2015, Denver defense in the playoff gave up 14.6pts/game which is better than all 4 of Brady's playoff defense that won the superbowl. Manning on offense got 2 tds to 1ints for the whole playoff (3games total). Again Manning basically did nothing on offense to help that team in the playoff.
The Patriots defense in the playoff in 2001 gave up 15.7pts/game, 19pts/game in 2003, 17 pts/game in 2004, and 20.7 pts/game in 2015.
On offense during playoff, Brady threw 1td - 1int in 2001, 5tds - 2ints in 2003, 5tds - 0ints in 2004, and 10tds - 4ints in 2015. (3games total each year)
Except in 2006 Manning played 3 of the best defenses in the NFL in the postseason. He led the team to five FG drives against the Ravens, who arguably had the best defense in football that season, and had to do it in Baltimore. No one was going to go into Baltimore and drop 400 yards and 4 TDs on that team. He did just about as well as you could for a QB in Baltimore that year.
In the AFCCG (again, against one of the top ranked defenses in football) Manning only threw one TD, but his other scoring drives included a 1 yard QB sneak, the game-winning TD run by Addai (Manning drove them down the field and they started running the ball inside the 10 to try to take some time off the clock/make the Pats use TOs), and the Jeff Saturday fumble recovery that Rhodes fumbled. He drove them down the field on each scoring drive but they were able to run it in since they got inside the 5 each time. Does the fact that he only had one passing TD detract from all of that?
In the Super Bowl (against arguably the best defense in the NFC), Manning didn't have a terrible game. He shook off an early pick and had a decent game the rest of the way out. He didn't need to light the Bears up by himself since the running game was working, why change that? Who is he, the 2016 Falcons who kept passing up 28-3?
I can't speak for the Chiefs game (I think he threw three picks), since I don't remember how that game played out, I just remember the defense completely shutting down the Chiefs.
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1 minute ago, JimJaime said:
I am more afraid of their D line than anything along or Blount could tell them. The key stopping Brady, like Manning, is getting pressure without blitzing and the Eagles can do that they can win. Heck more important than that is no Gronk would hamper them big time.
so in one word .. No. I am just going to enjoy it as this may be the last one. (I know the end is closer than the beginning)
Knowing our luck the end is probably like 10 years away lol
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1 minute ago, oldunclemark said:
Will the Eagles play this well in 2 weeks
Are the Browns a good football team?
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Eagles give you the textbook reason on why you defer to the second half. Opening drive TDs normally mean nothing.
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So I'm hearing the refs took a TD off the board for the Jaguars when they recovered a fumble and was ruled down by contact when he wasn't? Why am I not surprised?
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1 minute ago, Chrisaaron1023 said:
In the fourth Quarter.. up by 10
My mom was asking me what was going on with the Patriots when I went downstairs to get dinner (it was the 3rd quarter when I went downstairs). I wasn't watching the game in my room (since the outcome was all but pre-determined anyway) but she asked me what was going on with the Patriots. I told her not to worry and that they'd win. Now to go into work tomorrow and listen to a bunch of Patriots fans be like Cleveland Browns fans for a day and act like they just saw their team win a game for the first time and that they couldn't believe they won when everyone across the country knew they'd pull it out.
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Didn't I say James Harrison would get a big stripsack for the Patriots in the playoffs when they picked him up?
At least got the Jaguars part of my 44-20 score right.
And now to watch what team will be carved up by the Patriots in the SB.
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44-20 Patriots will be the final. Have zero confidence in the Jags' D as the Steelers put 42 on them last week and the 49ers put 44 on them a month ago. Belichick's gameplan will be pretty easy as he'll just take the run away and make Bortles beat them. Probably not watching this game so there's my prediction.
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6 minutes ago, GoPats said:
The Jaguars are capable of holding the Patriots to 20 points or less, if they game-plan and execute well. Then if you're Jacksonville you hope for a turnover or two that allows you to put some easy points up. It'll all depend on whether or not they can get to Brady while rushing just four. Don't discount Coughlin's role with Jacksonville... he knows the formula and if he has the players to pull it off, they could make it very tough for Brady.
Minnesota and Philly are fairly similar. But I think it benefits the Patriots that the three remaining teams aren't as familiar with them (and vice-versa).
Anything can happen... I certainly didn't see the Patriots losing to the Jets in the 2010 divisional round, or the year before (same round) versus the Ravens. No one really did. So you never really know what'll happen.
That Jets loss in 2010 is still the most shocking loss. The Patriots were 14-2 and pretty much rolled through the year. Didn't turn the ball over for like 10 straight games or something (they had that fumble in that meaningless game against the Dolphins in Week 17). Everything went right for them that season. I didn't even want them to play the Jets that round (given the 45-3 MNF destruction a month prior), I thought their toughest opponent in the divisional round would be Baltimore, and then I was holding out hope for Peyton in the AFCCG.
I wasn't so shocked by the loss to Baltimore the prior year though. That was one of the more weaker Patriots teams of this run. The Ravens also came into Foxboro during the regular season and grinded them down to the last play. I think the Ravens lost that game after a 4th down pass bounced off Clayton's chest. By the time they met in the playoffs I thought the Patriots had regressed from that point in the season as well. Even if the Patriots got by the Ravens they had much tougher opponents up ahead in the Chargers and Colts, both of which they'd have to play on the road as well.
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You know, it was Mularkey's fault that the called false start was changed into a neutral zone infraction and that the final second at Gillette can take 5 seconds before it winds down to zero. Also his fault for the weak OPI on Decker too. And his fault a face mask on Henry didn't get called on 4th down either.
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9 minutes ago, GoPats said:
I thought that was an awful coaching job by Tomlin... just awful. He has zero situational awareness and allowing his players to publicly look past Jacksonville was (obviously) a poor show of leadership (in fact, he set the example for it two months ago or whenever it was).
I think the Jags will hold their own next week. Really this game is going to be on Bortles, because there's no way the Pats will let Fournette run all over them. It'll actually be a similar game-plan to what we just saw with Tennessee.
That's my exact thinking on this game. Bortles was more or less trash against the Bills, and the Steelers I think lost that game more than the Jaguars won it.
Not to mention, that defense has been exposed in recent weeks. Not just the Steelers, but the 49ers dropped 40 on them too, so I see them as no threat at all to the Patriots.
When the Patriots get to the Super Bowl, the gameplan is going to be the same again, either have Case Keenum or Nick Foles beat you. Outside of Keenum's lucky throw at the end he didn't play all that great. Kept throwing off his back foot and made plenty of poor decisions. I'm surprised he was only picked off once the entire game. I'm sure both QBs would play like garbage and leave their defenses out to dry.
I was pretty much relying on the Saints at this point, and that New England's toughest path to the Super Bowl would be through Kansas City and Pittsburgh. But all three teams combined to choke as hard as Atlanta last year.
So, who will the Patriots be hosting next year when they open on Thursday Night? Your home opponents are the Jets, Bills, Dolphins, Packers, Vikings, Texans, Colts, and Chiefs.
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Well, congrats to the Patriots on their 6th Super Bowl!
They go against Blake Bortles and then either Nick Foles or Case Keenum.
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NFL eliminated that "in the grasp" rule, right?
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Rather have the Saints win, no chance the Patriots lose to a Case Keenum led team in the Vikings.
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Congrats to the Patriots on their 3rd round bye as well!
(No, a Blake Bortles-led team isn't beating the Patriots in Foxboro).
(And yes, that defense will be torn apart as well).
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I'm sure this is how the Jaguars will play in Foxboro next week. Just substitute "Boogeyman" for "Patriots."
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YOU COULDN'T SNEAK TO GAIN HALF AN INCH?
Now for the Jaguars to blow down the field and put this game away.
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Well, Blake Bortles is going to go to Foxboro next week and get slapped silly.
I'm sure the defense will forget how to play defense too.
Congrats to the AFC Champion Patriots!
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Only Brady can chuck a pass up across his body and it falls right into Amendola's lap.
Patriots Laws of Physics at work!
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Brady gets like 30 minutes to throw the ball, Amendola's wide open, and the refs toss the flag in for an insurance policy. Teamwork!
Also, while math is not my strongest suit, I'm good on basic addition.
wonder what the will look and feel like next year 
Will you be watching the Super Bowl?
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I'm sure the Patriots gameplan is just show up on the field, walk over to the Eagles sideline, go "Boo!" and then the whole Eagles team will bolt the field in fear.