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Who cares about "class"? It's about winning.
Goodell got punked even after going over their heads to reinstate a meaningless suspension for what turned out to be a witch hunt. The Pats winning it was just the icing on the cake in the commissioner's face.
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The problem with this is, "Deflategate" amounted to be a big joke and a witch hunt in the NFL, much like Bountygate. Goodell just had to reinstate that suspension, proving he thinks he's Judge Dredd as a commissioner and is everything: judge, jury and executioner. It was so satisfying to watch NE win it all and have that pompous arrogant clown of a commissioner be forced to hand that trophy to Kraft and Brady.
Your team isn't squeaky clean either...Remember 'Suck for Luck'? Outside of this forum, it's pretty much a universal acknowledgement they intentionally tanked that entire season to draft him before any other team had a chance to.
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15 minutes ago, 19colt said:
Not much for me add that hasn't been said but how many times in big games has Peyton had the lucky breaks go his way like Tom has? Seattle and Atlanta not running the ball for starters. Last night, Brady is hit as he throws, ball floats in the air and somehow it lands in Bennetts hands! In SB 48, the same thing happens to Peyton, pick 6 and game over. Then the catch on the game-tying drive by Edelman...I mean c'mon! Then the game-tying play two point conversion, the Patriots only have 6 players on the LOS but no flag is thrown...
I don't know about that, Peyton had lucky breaks too...Peyton had a 10-0 lead against New Orleans. While this board loves to scream onside kick, onside kick, he still only put up 7 points in the second half of that game and they proceeded to be outscored 31-7 after having a 10-0 start.
Peyton also got extremely lucky in the 2012 playoff game against Baltimore where his special teams put 14 points on the board, and some how some way, Denver still couldn't win that game with that much help.
Last year, Peyton got ALL the lucky breaks to win a Super Bowl with the absolute worst stats posted by a SB winning QB in NFL history. Even in the Super Bowl, thank god the defense put up 14 points to get that win, cause Peyton sure didn't do much in that game.
3 hours ago, OneNation said:I don't see how Atlanta doesn't run the ball.
You just got the ball back after unsuccessful onside kick and are in New England territory at the 41, up NINETEEEEEEEN points late 3rd
First down: 9 yard gain, pass.
Second down: run, holding
2nd and 11 at the 42 RUN THE BALL. You've ran relatively well all game. Ryan throws incomplete pass.
3rd and 11 Ryan takes a sack and out of field goal range.
Fast forward to next drive, 8:31 left 3rd and 1 at your own 36. Up SIXTEEEEEEEEEEN. You just ran for 8 yards. RUN THE BALL. Ryan strip sacked and recovered by New England.
Fast forward to next drive, 4:40 left at New England 22 yard line up 8 points. Julio Jones has just put the entire city of Atlanta on his back for the culture. RUN THE BALL. They run and lose one yard on first down.
Second down, 3:56 left at the New England 23. RUN THE BALL. We are in the process of depleting the clock and kicking a field goal to gain a two score lead. Atlanta passes and Ryan takes a terrible sack at the 35 yard line. You cannot take this sack, but that is a story for a different day. 3rd down run the ball, take another of New England's timeouts and kick the field goal, you aren't picking up 23 yards for the first down. Atlanta again passes. This time a holding penalty is thrown knocking you out of field goal range. Now it's third and forever and an incomplete pass is thrown. Atlanta punts and Tom goes on his money drive to end regulation. You do not see the ball again on offense with a legitimate chance of getting points.
The second half play calling was atrocious in this game for Atlanta.
The Falcons did this all year long.
They were not a well coached team. This happened on multiple occasions.
Falcons led the league in first half scoring the entire season. They were a first half team, not a second half team. In the second half, they just sat on their leads and more often than not, allowed teams to come back into games (hence why they had to run up scores).
They were awful with adjustments and substitutions. Not once in this game did they make proper adjustments while having a big lead, just as they didn't all year long.
This game actually played identical to their loss to the Chargers in the regular season - jumped to a 27-10 lead....then just run the ball a bit trying to sit on the lead. As soon as SD got a TD, the Falcons stopped running the ball and went pass happy. San Diego stormed a comeback and won in OT.
The Falcons did this a lot in the regular season. They usually had a big lead by half time, but as soon as their opponent started to score again in garbage time, they would abandon the run and go pass happy. Matt Ryan is not a QB who wins games all on his arm. See 2012 and 2010 for fine examples of Matty Hype being nothing but hype...
Kyle Shanahan was crowned an "offensive guru" long before he should've been. I look forward to the Falcons collapsing without him and Ryan going back to an obscure mediocre name that no one cares about.
Biggest choke job in NFL history. Couldn't have happened for a more deserving franchise and the cherry on top of the sundae is that it had to be New England of all teams: Brady getting that 5th ring to cement his legacy in history as the GOAT. RISE UP!
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Hate away, hate away....Most successful dynasty in NFL history, and they officially gave the finger to Roger Goodell after a manufactured controversy.
I think I'll always keep them as a mutual team since they stopped Carolina and now Atlanta from hoisting up the trophy.
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He just surpassed Joe Montana if people didn't think he already did with the playoff record.
Thank you Tom Brady! The Who Dat Nation owes you this one for making Roger Goodell hand you that trophy after the unlawful controversy of Deflategate. Thank you, this is redemption for Bountygate and Deflategate!!!
And THANK YOU SO MUCH for denying the Falcons a Lombardi!
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He isn't going to retire I don't think. He's looking at a big bonus next year.
However, the thought of Ben-less Steelers team that is still coached by Mike Tomlin is quite worth the laugh.
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1 minute ago, Gramz said:
I am really hoping to serve you some
tomorrow.
If I'm wrong you can serve it to me.
Oh no, i wouldn't rub it in on you.
I'm just a Saints fan who refuses to ever root for Atlanta no matter what.
I wish we could've got Dallas/NE in the Super Bowl. They were the only NFC team all year long that could've properly matched up with them. If this SB really is a blow out, we're probably going to spend the summer thinking if Dallas or Green Bay would've made it more entertaining.
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17 hours ago, southwest1 said:
Bogie, because I have so much respect for you as a regular, I will confess that I seldom watch the Falcons on TV even with NFL Sunday Ticket. Other then Dwight Freeney, I couldn't name another pass rusher on that squad without googling it.
I didn't even pay attention to the dirty birds until they faced the Seahawks & then GB in the playoffs. I probably could name more Saints defensive players off the top of my head actually.
Having said all that, go Atlanta!
Vic Beasley is pretty much their only great pass rusher.
They beat up a struggling Seattle team, and then the 31st ranked pass defense vs GB (who in all honesty, was a pretty average team this year and they have Jason Garrett to thank as to how they just barely got over Dallas)
7-0 playing teams with a pass defense ranked worse than them (Atlanta is 25th in yards, 27th in points). Add in the horrible Rams and that gets you 8-0 against garbage teams.
Went 3-4 playing teams with defenses ranked inside the top 20 at least. That is what their 11-5 record is made of.
I'm expecting a Patriots blow out....No reason they shouldn't. This Atlanta team has a horrible defense.
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Bruce, Warner, and Morten Andersen deserve the hall.
T.O. does not. At least compared to Isaac Bruce, Bruce has a ring and only had Warner for 3 years, yet consistently put up big numbers most of his career and had the most clutch catch in the 1999 Super Bowl. T.O. put up great stats in the regular season like Randy Moss, but he's not remembered for being clutch on the biggest stage with the brightest lights. He'll always be remembered for touchdown celebrations and that big baby fit he threw at McNabb after losing the Super Bowl.
Warner and Bruce should've got in last year. If they're snubbed this year, then we know the league is officially trying to erase the legacy of the GSOT while the worthless Rams are in L.A.
Morten Andersen owned several records as a kicker throughout his career. I have no idea why he's not in the Hall of Fame. He was 'the man' when it came to kicking long 50+ yard field goals, and had a storied long career spanning several teams. Saints fans and Falcons fans will always remember and appreciate him.
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This is like wondering if the Colts would've took back Jeff George after his stint with Atlanta...Cutler is our modern day Jeff George. Just subtract a bit of his passing yardage numbers and their stats are almost identical.
It ain't gonna happen. Elway will go after Romo before he goes for Cutler.
Cutler's time in Chicago is probably the most wasted of a quarterback in recent memory. He was supposed to be the guy there, and all he's going to be remembered for is getting in the NFCCG and quitting on his team while a few backups put better stats up than he did in that game.
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9 hours ago, aaron11 said:
should have been banned for life from the nfl
its harder to get reinstated from smoking weed, than it was for vick
Vick served his time, came out, has done lots of charity worked with animal foundations and a good chunk of his money went right into supporting animal rights.
The man has tried to redeem himself and deserves credit for that. He fully acknowledges his crime and has worked tirelessly trying to prevent it, I give him big credit for that.
Who should be banned for life is the woman beaters who it isn't a problem when they come back and just get slapped with a few game suspension. Greg Hardy is your Exhibit A. Josh Brown is your Exhibit B.
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On 2/1/2017 at 2:37 PM, ReMeDy said:
I hate to mix politics in this, but there's something else worth mentioning: If California secedes from the U.S. (#Calexit), what happens to those NFL teams? The NFL is called the NATIONAL football league, but what's so National about being in a state that seceded?
That is a pipe dream and probably won't happen. Only 1/3rd of the citizens in California support this petition. Mostly people living there who have money and won't be effected from a cut off to the federal government. They still need to win over the majority vote of their population which isn't going to be easy. Unless worst comes to worst, and multiple states want to secede, it probably isn't going to happen.
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This is on greedy billionaires who don't want to spend their own money and instead want tax payers to fund their stadium. Look at what Arthur Blank did. He got the city of Atlanta to fund his new weird stadium that looks like something out of a Michael Bay Transformers film. Taxes went up on house owners all in the city to fund it since he refused to spend his own money. Just wait till Atlanta is 7-9 next year and how angry those people are going to be that they're paying extra taxes to fund a team no one cares about.
If Spanos wanted a stadium so bad, he shouldn't funded it himself. It's not like he's starving for money behind those billions he has, all from being born with a silver spoon in his mouth to a rich family.
The Chargers belong in LA now since their owner is a complete joke and has made them into a laughing stock over the years. Their downward spiral began the minute they fired Marty Schottenheimer....If McCree don't fumble that ball vs the Pats in '06, they probably hoist a Lombardi up. No excuse why those awesome teams never reached the big game back then.
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I'm pretty sure they told him to pray that you have a defense that can do the job with a good front 4....something Atlanta does not have compared to the 2007 and 2011 Giants or the 2006 Colts or last year's Broncos team.
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1 hour ago, buccolts said:
This is odd from any angle.
Wasn't Matt Millen available?
Millen has seemed quite remorseful to his failures with the Lions. I doubt he ever goes back into a GM job, not after he's admitted for years now that he screwed up and will acknowledge it as a fact.
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Nowhere. He'll never get another GM job. Just the fact that Irsay gave him that job to begin with was absolutely crazy. If he goes back anywhere, it will probably be a scout and nothing more.
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No one liked Grigson. That's all you need to know, and many of us have been saying this for over a year, some have been saying it longer than that. Be glad he's gone.
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I'll watch until the Saints leave the NOLA area if that is a true possibility considering the future of our owner and management. If my team leaves, then I will stop watching for good.
I don't have a problem with the Patriots winning #5 or #6. At least someone is going to rub it in Roger Goodell's face. When he's finally out of the door, the league will be a better place.
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Jed York found his yes man! 49ers will be a dumpster fire for as long as he owns the team, period.
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On 1/25/2017 at 0:02 PM, BloodyChamp said:
This is the first I've heard of Grigson being gone (I'm not a newshound in the offseason). Maybe I'll have to go over to the Colts football forum and get everybody's take. I think it was best, and that keeping Chuck was best. However, I would park his ay double ess on a Marty Schottenheimer sized hotseast, where winning every game your supposed to win is the only option.
Irsay waited 3 weeks before firing him, long after the rest of the league did Black Monday. For a while it appeared that he was coming back. Pagano is probably gone after this year if they fail to go 8-8.
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21 hours ago, chad72 said:
I am speaking with my mind this year and not my heart, that is why!!! The numbers don't add up, 27th ranked D of the Falcons, not even top 10 in any defensive category, those teams never beat Brady. So my mind tells me Patriots.
Last year, I was at least vested with the Broncos and Peyton in my heart and a lot of numbers that were in their favor.
Take a look at this stat of #1 O vs #1 scoring D:
http://matometrix.com/news/What-happens-when-No.-1-offense-meets-No.-1-defense-in-Super-Bowl
One-sided in favor of the D. The last #1 points scoring O to win the SB was the 2009 NO Saints and they did that by shrinking the game and keeping Peyton on the sidelines. That is why I said the Falcons' only chance is to try and keep Brady on the sidelines by converting 3rd downs and giving him just about 6 or 7 possessions to work with. However, the Saints were at least Top 10 defensively in generating turnovers that year and that is how they rolled all the way including the Tracy Porter pick six in the SB. Falcons have shown me nothing, absolutely nothing defensively. Smart money should be on the Patriots.
Atlanta's defense is ranked 27th overall, and they're down at the bottom in terms of turnovers. I don't think they're anything close to the 2009 Saints. They're not even as good as last year's Panthers....
This should be an easy game for the Pats....This is hands down, the weakest opponent they've got in the SB so far, at least in terms of defensive rating.
Everyone keeps going on about Matt Ryan in a shoot out, but they were saying the same thing about Ben last week. Not a word about the Falcons horrible defense and how they can't stop nobody. Brady struggles against hard hitting defenses like Baltimore, the Giants, and the Jets from the past...Atlanta don't have that defense. They run the same scheme as Seattle, but they do not have the personnel to really match well. I wouldn't be shocked if the Pats just run all over them and score constantly.
Atlanta's game plan all season long is like watching Mike Tyson fight. They come out swinging and score on the first possession, then score again and try to force their teams to play catch up. Their game plan all year was to try and beat teams as fast as they possibly could and then make them play catch up the rest of the game while sitting on a big lead. They were bad this year in close games where they couldn't get the easy scores. They're not used to playing great defenses like NE either, so it will be curious what they do when Plan A fails of just trying to score as fast as they possibly can.
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12 hours ago, 21isSuperman said:
Look at the QBs the Pats' D has faced
Look at the defenses Atlanta has played.
They played all defenses ranked in the 20's and below. In games where they didn't, they went 3-4 in that stretch.
NE also beat Ben last week who everyone was screaming was going to beat them. They "finally were playing a good QB" and he only put 17 points on the board.
NE has played much tougher defenses this entire run than Atlanta has had to deal with.
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This is a superstition and thus isn't going to help them whatsoever.
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16 minutes ago, southwest1 said:
Ryan played great against GB but NE is like a adversary that kills you slowly with a thousand paper cuts.
Atlanta has faced back to back crappy opponents in the playoffs.
A Seattle team who is long past their golden days. The Saints scored on 7 consecutive drives vs Seattle last year. Wasn't a shock Atlanta did the same thing, since their offense is a mirror of ours. Seattle outside their home stadium was incredibly vulnerable this year.
A Green Bay team who in all honesty, had no business even being there. Injuries and stuff aside, they were the 31st ranked pass defense in the league, and if it weren't for a called back interception from Rodgers late in that game, or Jason Garrett stupidly calling for a spike on the final drive when they got 40 yards in 2 plays, the Packers wouldn't have been there at all and we would've had a much better game with Dallas/Atlanta.
NE is the more battle tested team than Atlanta getting through a top ranked Texans defense, an average but overrated Steelers team who everyone thought would put a fight. The AFC had better teams this year than the NFC.
I'm expecting NE to finally get that blow out win in the SB. For the next two weeks, Atlanta will be talked about as if they are the 1999 Rams, but fact remains; defenses win championships. NE has the #1 ranked scoring defense. 6 times the #1 ranked scoring offenses and defenses met in the SB, and 5 out of 6 times, the #1 ranked defense has won that game.
The NFC was really wide open this year cause Dallas was the true only balanced team who was dominant all season long. They were ranked in 3 out of 4 charts of top ranked defense and offense in scoring and yards. Dallas was the only NFC team who probably matches up well with the Pats. Everyone said Dak wasn't experienced but he wasn't the problem in the Green Bay game. Dak posted an even BETTER passer rating than Rodgers. If it weren't for their bone head coach Jason Garrett, the Cowboys probably would be here.
I am really hoping to serve you some
Vegas-Patriots Likely To Repeat In 2017
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If this year truly was a repeat of 2003 right down to the SB, then this could be a repeat of 2004...Pats win back to back.
I don't see how anybody is going to stop them....Half of the world will think a Mike Tomlin coached Steelers team can do it, but we know how that ends.