The New England Patriots 2014 Playoffs Thread

Chanur_sl said:

In my opinion the Ravens absolutely would have beaten both of those teams. Colts are in a weak division and played the Bengals who have like never won a playoff game in the coaches history and Manning who was hurt and played like garbage.

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Fucking Flacco why did he throw that ball. I have PTSD over this shit. Go twelve men or whatever the fuck.

Famm_sl said:

Of course NE will probably go back to bottom dwellers by then.

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if BB stays when Brady goes I think they'll still end up division winners. The dolphins bills and jets dont seem to be on track to getting their shit together, still.

I feel like the SB comes down to how much extra work the Seahawks offense and special teams create for the defense. If they have another game like today, I think the Patriots win. Belicheat won't puss out on 4th and goal from the 1 like McFatty did, and Brady has better receivers than Rodgers. Blount probably won't be destroying the Seahawks the way he is destroying the Colts though.

So I think the SB is really the Seahawks game to lose, but the way they played today proves they're quite capable of giving it away.

Azeth_sl said:

if BB stays when Brady goes I think they'll still end up division winners. The dolphins bills and jets dont seem to be on track to getting their shit together, still.

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I hope Rex beats your fucking asses into the turf for ten years straight. Lifelong Bills fandom.

Gavinmad_sl said:

I feel like the SB comes down to how much extra work the Seahawks offense and special teams create for the defense. If they have another game like today, I think the Patriots win. Belicheat won't puss out on 4th and goal from the 1 like McFatty did, and Brady has better receivers than Rodgers. Plus, Blount won't be destroying the Seahawks the way he is destroying the Colts.

So I think the SB is really the Seahawks game to lose, but the way they played today proves they're quite capable of giving it away.

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This is pretty accurate imo. The Seahawks won't survive another performance from the offense(minus Lynch) like that again. That said, I don't think our offense will play that way again.

i like the rex ryan hire. i think hes a fine coach and sanchez & geno tainted his rep

Gankak_sl said:

This is pretty accurate imo. The Seahawks won't survive another performance from the offense(minus Lynch) like that again. That said, I don't think our offense will play that way again.

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Had a friend text me that Wilson was playing a normal game for him. I about lost my shit laughing so hard. I mean he isn't flacco elite, but c'mon.

Rex is awesome. Sanchez can manage games but you need an elite D and run game. Wasn't enough in the window he created. Maybe Buffalo will be a different story.

someone dun got murdered

Damn, big hit on that return.

haha brandon bolden leveling that dude

It's creepy that belicheck can keep creating more Wes welkers when they get uppity and or old.

Kirun_sl said:

Probably not, but the defense also won't have the overwhelming advantage of Century Link.

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they didnt need it to shut peyton manning down last year


that was a good peyton too.

can we get Jimmy G in this game? Brady Gronk Revis etc, -> out

Could this game suck any worse? At least the hawks pack interception festival was fun.

Kirun_sl said:

Probably not, but the defense also won't have the overwhelming advantage of Century Link.

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Aside from maybe 1 wasted timeout and a pair of false starts, the 12th man didn't seem to make that big of a difference. Certainly didn't seem to be affecting Rodgers.

Gavinmad_sl said:

Aside from maybe 1 wasted timeout and a pair of false starts, the 12th man didn't seem to make that big of a difference. Certainly didn't seem to be affecting Rodgers.

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Crowd sounded way louder during the offensive come back plays. Can't say I blame them.

Gavinmad_sl said:

I feel like the SB comes down to how much extra work the Seahawks offense and special teams create for the defense. If they have another game like today, I think the Patriots win. Belicheat won't puss out on 4th and goal from the 1 like McFatty did, and Brady has better receivers than Rodgers. Blount probably won't be destroying the Seahawks the way he is destroying the Colts though.

So I think the SB is really the Seahawks game to lose, but the way they played today proves they're quite capable of giving it away.

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I don't know, I feel like Lacy was tearing it up to start, but at some point the Packers offensive playcalling just went terrible.

I really feel like this is a game where Belichick and Brady will show their experience and just gameplan the shit out of it. I could be wrong though. I also feel like the Seahawks will have way more confidence than they should after that shitshow. Whereas the Patriots have been burned in this same position so many times.

A good example of the difference between GB and NE is you don't see them stepping off the gas here even though they're up 31. McFatty was comfortable with a small 2 possession lead.