Have you?
I've watched teams beat themselves without Brady barely breaking a sweat. Teams coughing up the ball in ridiculous situations. The Colts had the most remarkable 2nd Qtr meltdown and gave them 2 tds off INTs/PT returns in a row and another free one late on. And then 5 days later the Jets did the exact same thing except waaay worse. How can you compete if you give up 21 points not counting what Brady does? You can't.
New England give up a lot of points too. Their division is retarded. They've only had to face 2 good teams on the road and lost them both(Baltimore & Seattle). Gronk is out until the playoffs. They've lost to Arizona at home. The Bills scored 59 points on them in 2 games and if Ryan Fitzpatrick didn't have a nosebleed/brainfart when he got near their 15 yd line with .30 secs left they would've lost that too. Can you really call them unstoppable? I can't.
Let's wait and see how they get on against the Texans and Niners. Is it a case of the closer Atl get to the playoffs the more nervous you become? Not sure why you're worrying about the New England anyway. Matt Ryan will be busy topping up his tan in Barbados by the time February comes around lol.
i don't even think we really need this thread anymore. the patriots are just going to murder everyone in the playoffs and super bowl unless they get p0wned by Eli and the Giants again.
they're unstoppable but Belicheat is Tom Coughlin's biotch.
points per game: last year 15th, this year 13th
yards per game: 31st, 27th
rush yards per game: 17th, 10th
pass yards per game: 31st, 29th
improved in all 4 categories. they're not "still shit" - they've gone from bad to average. and when your offense is incredible, your defense can be average and you can still kill it.
haters gonna hate.
alasdair
points per game: last year 15th, this year 13th
yards per game: 31st, 27th
rush yards per game: 17th, 10th
pass yards per game: 31st, 29th
improved in all 4 categories. they're not "still shit" - they've gone from bad to average. and when your offense is incredible, your defense can be average and you can still kill it.
haters gonna hate.
alasdair
i might agree with that but, as i say, it's not the end of the world.average? looks to me like they went fro shit to slightly less shitty.
they surely can't be worse than obnoxiously-entitled yankees fans and those appalling steelers fans whose team could be in last place in all of football and they'd continue to proclaim they're the best team in footballoh - and fwiw, i fucking hate the patriots. i work with two blowhards from boston that are the most arrogant asshole sports fans i've ever met in my entire life. which is pretty typical for NE fans. they're the absolute worst.
^ what are they going to do differently this time?.
alasdair
Go Saints!
charlie batch
i love jizz rodgers. i hope we get a fucking beast of a back for next season. i think mark ingram would work well.
this explains a lot. i hate people who, when you ask them to support the argument that, say, the steelers are the #1 team in football when they're barely in the top 15, the best they can do is "THEY JUST ARE. GO STEELERS! #1"I hate NFL fans who bring up statistics for every argument they make. I hate statistic guys.
looking at the playoff picture i think they probably will be there with the #6 seed. if new england gets #3 behind houston and baltimore, say, then we can have a bet.Steelers will make the playoffs.
and, if they had more money, poor people would be rich people...I still say when they are healthy they are the best team in the NFL.
sure, unless you miss the playoffsJust remember when the playoffs come around your regular season record doesn't mean shit.