N.f.l. 2010 season (6 Viewers)

[Warrior]

All I heard all week from the experts was how the Patriots were in for a tough time in Chicago; short week, coming off a huge win, having to go on the road vs a tough team, then the doom and gloom with the weather, it would neutralize the Patriots air attack and the Bears are tough vs the run.

Patriots up 33-zip at the half, won going away. You cannot play zone or cover two vs Brady, he will rip you to pieces and find all the holes in the defense, you have to play man to man, a pop warner coach knows that.

In the meantime, the Jets would come out like gangbusters and destroy the Dolphins.

Dolphins 10-3.

Oh, and a real classy move by the Jets strength and conditioning coach tripping the Dolphin gunner on that punt..........stay classy New York.

Now all week long I'll hear about how Rogers and the Packers are going to come up here next week and shred the Patriots...................

 

[Spitfrnd]

I am happy for you that your team is doing well George. But I would offer that if they are doing well, it will speak for itself and whoever says otherwise is noise.

 

[Spitfrnd]

Skins managed to find a new way to lose (shades of "All the Right Moves"), by missing the extra point with something like 9 seconds left on the clock. Lost 17-16. I'm so proud. They played a decent first half (but didn't score as many points as they should have), and then evidently sent the offense home at halftime. Might be looking for a new kicker Monday. -- Al

I don't think it was the kicker Al; what would you call that snap? Anyway, I am pleased with the result since the season was already over and I am only interested in their draft position which is looking better all the time.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Oh, and a real classy move by the Jets strength and conditioning coach tripping the Dolphin gunner on that punt..........stay classy New York.QUOTE]

In this day and age...
what he did is almost impossible to believe...
the leauge is cracking down on "intentional damage hits"...
I hope they make a him a "whipping boy" and he gets the max allowed...

who can respect this man now?

 

[lancer]

I don't think it was the kicker Al; what would you call that snap? Anyway, I am pleased with the result since the season was already over and I am only interested in their draft position which is looking better all the time.

Hi Bill. My reference to the kicker involved the missing of the two short FG's. Didn't mean to sound like I was blaming him for the XP. The center blew that and to his credit he stood up and took all the blame after the game, saying he, and not the kicker or holder, was to blame. With 3 tough games left the draft position should improve for our team. -- Al

 

[jazzeum]

What the Jets coach did reminded me of what Woody Hayes, coach of Ohio State, did many years ago. The Buckeyes were playing Clemson (I think) and a Clemson player intercepted the ball and as he ran down the OSU sideline, Woody (not the most tolerant of people) grabbed and tackled him.

That was Woody's last game. He retired (or was forced to retire) after that.

 

[jazzeum]

Now all week long I'll hear about how Rogers and the Packers are going to come up here next week and shred the Patriots...................

I doubt Rogers will be playing for awhile; he suffered his second concussion yesterday. Hope they sit him down for the rest of the season.

 

[Louis Badolato]

All I heard all week from the experts was how the Patriots were in for a tough time in Chicago; short week, coming off a huge win, having to go on the road vs a tough team, then the doom and gloom with the weather, it would neutralize the Patriots air attack and the Bears are tough vs the run.

Patriots up 33-zip at the half, won going away. You cannot play zone or cover two vs Brady, he will rip you to pieces and find all the holes in the defense, you have to play man to man, a pop warner coach knows that.

In the meantime, the Jets would come out like gangbusters and destroy the Dolphins.

Dolphins 10-3.

Oh, and a real classy move by the Jets strength and conditioning coach tripping the Dolphin gunner on that punt..........stay classy New York.

Now all week long I'll hear about how Rogers and the Packers are going to come up here next week and shred the Patriots...................

I was routing for your Patriots, because the Bears loss helps my Giants in the NFC playoff picture. Any team that talks tough about what it is going to do to a team with Brady as a quarterback, not to mention a coach wearing a "Hoodie", is asking for a beat down. Just for the record, George, check back to a post I made several weeks ago, when I made my picks for Division champions - I had the Patriots winning the East.

I will be routing for your team again next week, and expect them to beat the daylights out of the one-dimensional Green Bay Packers (who have no running game whatsoever, and whose Quarterback, coming off his second concussion this year, may not play).

As far as what the Jets strength coach did, he should be fired by the Jets, and banned by the league, its that simple.

The Jets may not win another game this year, considering their tough schedule. As the Patriots taught the rest of the league, the Jets cannot run the ball if you put 8 in the box and dare Sanchez to beat you. Sanchez can't get in a rhythem and have any chance of success, because almost every 1st down, the defense knows the Jets are running the ball, and bring everyone up into the box. Then, on second and long, everyone knows Sanchez has to throw, again making his chances of success slim. Frankly, the Jets need to fire their offensive coordinator, the guy is so predictable its frightening.

 

[lancer]

All I heard all week from the experts was how the Patriots were in for a tough time in Chicago; short week, coming off a huge win, having to go on the road vs a tough team, then the doom and gloom with the weather, it would neutralize the Patriots air attack and the Bears are tough vs the run.

Patriots up 33-zip at the half, won going away. You cannot play zone or cover two vs Brady, he will rip you to pieces and find all the holes in the defense, you have to play man to man, a pop warner coach knows that.

In the meantime, the Jets would come out like gangbusters and destroy the Dolphins.

Dolphins 10-3.

Oh, and a real classy move by the Jets strength and conditioning coach tripping the Dolphin gunner on that punt..........stay classy New York.

Now all week long I'll hear about how Rogers and the Packers are going to come up here next week and shred the Patriots...................

Hi George. Your Patriot's are the cat's meow. No one real close right now. Brady and gang on a Super Bowl roll. Jets have been exposed. Only competition may come from the Steelers or Ravens, and they will have to play perfect ball to stay in a game with the Pats. As for the game with Green Bay, just remember that my Washington Deadskins beat them. I see no problem. -- Al

 

[Combat]

What the Jets coach did reminded me of what Woody Hayes, coach of Ohio State, did many years ago. The Buckeyes were playing Clemson (I think) and a Clemson player intercepted the ball and as he ran down the OSU sideline, Woody (not the most tolerant of people) grabbed and tackled him.

That was Woody's last game. He retired (or was forced to retire) after that.

Woody was the meanest SOB to ever to be associated with the game. And that's saying a lot. He was a complete maniac and not in a good way. He assaulted any number of reporters and even his own players. He was thrown out of a couple Rose Bowl games.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Well, looks like Cleveland is out of the playoff hunt so the Patriots can rest easy Good bad or indifferent, Bellichick is an amazing coach. You look at teams like the Ravens who are stacked with talent but still don't seem to have an identity and the Pats who start back filling their roster and then let one of their best WR's go and they keep right on rolling. Most coaches would use a Moss diversion as an out for a mediocre season. The Pats never blinked twice.

The road is going through Foxboro this year. I think the Ravens and Pittsburgh could give em a fight- beat them? Not so sure. On the NFC side, the Giants and Falcons could give them a fight in the Big Game.

All you Pats fans should be thankful that the Browns aren't still in the hunt.

 

[Warrior]

Enjoyable comments from everyone.

Bottom line is color me bad as I thought they'd be 6-10; brutal schedule, their best run stopper on the D line out for the year, their best corner out for the year, their best O lineman holding out.............and they are now 11-2.

Bill should win coach of the year, but he won't.

The Steelers and Ravens are very good teams, HFA will be huge, they need to keep their eyes on the prize here and wax Green Bay, the Bills and the Dolphins and finish 14-2. Even 13-3 tied with the Steelers gives them HFA as they beat them head to head.

Woody Hayes; talk about a guy who was not wrapped too tight.

 

[Warrior]

Well, looks like Cleveland is out of the playoff hunt so the Patriots can rest easy All you Pats fans should be thankful that the Browns aren't still in the hunt.

Losing to the Browns was the best thing to happen to the Patriots this year; losing to Mangini, the guy who dimed out the Patriots and started "Spygate" and watchng Daebold and Ryan celebrate like the Browns had just won the Super Bowl jerked a knot in Bill's kitchen, talk about a motivational tool.

Unlike 2007 when they beat a bunch of tomato cans, they've taken out the Jets, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, Steelers and Bears, very impressive......

 

[Louis Badolato]

George,

Your team will never go 6-10 with the killer B's: Bill and Brady.

The more I watch Tom Brady play, the more I am convinced he is better than Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway or any of the other greats I watched growing up.

And "the Hoodie"; he was the reason Bill Parcels made a name for himself. Just ask yourself, how many rings did Parcels win without Bill running his defense?

Frankly, I think Bill could beat just about any team with the Patriots, and then turn around the next week coach the team the Patriots beat and beat the Patriots. He just flat out outcoaches everyone he comes up against. With the exception of Brady and Welker (who are far and away the best QB and best slot receiver in the game), the Pats offense is not nearly as talented as the Falcons, the Ravens, the Giants, the Steelers, or the Saints, but with "the Hoodie" at the helm, I think they would take 2 out of 3 games against any of these teams.

And I don't even want to think about what he does with defenses. As you pointed out, your best defensive players are all injured, and statistically, your defense stinks on ice, but yet nobody scores points on them. Could you imagine what he would do coaching the Ravens defense, or the Giants D?

As a Giants fan, I hate Parcells for "retiring" after Superbowl XXV right before the next season started. Bill B. was supposed to be the Giants next head coach, but Parcels waited to retire until after he was hired away by the Browns, and we got stuck with Ray Handley. Be thankful that you ended up with Bill, as I think the Giants would have at least 1-2 more titles, maybe more, if Parcells was man enough to let the real brains take over the organization when he decided to move on, but he know that if Bill B. took over, his two titles would never be viewed as really his.

 

[Currahee Chris]

The more I watch Tom Brady play, the more I am convinced he is better than Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway or any of the other greats I watched growing up.

I'd take him over Marino any day of the week plus Sunday and Elway as well...Joe......that's another matter. Not saying one or the other- I think they are the same guy in a different uniform. The scary thing about Brady is that he is cut from Joe's cloth but has Marino's stats. I think Joe benefited from a decent, stable runner in Roger Craig which allowed him to not hae to throw the ball as much. Brady hasn't really had a Roger Craig/Tom Rathman backfield for the same length of time as Montana did, ergo, he had to throw it more. Either way, as Joe was the QB or our generation, Brady is for this one. Sorry Peyton- not really.

 

[jazzeum]

Brady is THE man for this one but Montana was one of the best ever. However, you can't mention these two without mentioning their coaches. Those men have/had a lot to do with it.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Brady is THE man for this one but Montana was one of the best ever. However, you can't mention these two without mentioning their coaches. Those men have/had a lot to do with it.

Very good point- they were both skipped over in the draft.

 

[Warrior]

Montana was one of the best ever.

Joe was brilliant.

One of my all time favorite stories about him was in the second Super Bowl the 49ers played vs the Bungles, right before they marched down the field and won the game in the closing seconds, the 49ers were huddled up and right before he called the play, Montana pointed at the crowd and said "Hey look, there's John Candy'...................the term icewater in his veins applies here.

 

[Warrior]

George,

Your team will never go 6-10 with the killer B's: Bill and Brady.

The more I watch Tom Brady play, the more I am convinced he is better than Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway or any of the other greats I watched growing up.

And "the Hoodie"; he was the reason Bill Parcels made a name for himself. Just ask yourself, how many rings did Parcels win without Bill running his defense?

Frankly, I think Bill could beat just about any team with the Patriots, and then turn around the next week coach the team the Patriots beat and beat the Patriots. He just flat out outcoaches everyone he comes up against. With the exception of Brady and Welker (who are far and away the best QB and best slot receiver in the game), the Pats offense is not nearly as talented as the Falcons, the Ravens, the Giants, the Steelers, or the Saints, but with "the Hoodie" at the helm, I think they would take 2 out of 3 games against any of these teams.

And I don't even want to think about what he does with defenses. As you pointed out, your best defensive players are all injured, and statistically, your defense stinks on ice, but yet nobody scores points on them. Could you imagine what he would do coaching the Ravens defense, or the Giants D?

As a Giants fan, I hate Parcells for "retiring" after Superbowl XXV right before the next season started. Bill B. was supposed to be the Giants next head coach, but Parcels waited to retire until after he was hired away by the Browns, and we got stuck with Ray Handley. Be thankful that you ended up with Bill, as I think the Giants would have at least 1-2 more titles, maybe more, if Parcells was man enough to let the real brains take over the organization when he decided to move on, but he know that if Bill B. took over, his two titles would never be viewed as really his.

Great points all around, shame on me for thinking with these two together 6-10 was a possibility.

BB can indeed flat out coach, they always show him on the sidelines huddled with the defense drawing up strategy, unlike other HC's who just stand there like cigar store indians.

He is the defacto DC this year, it's not wonder the defense is playing so well. It's the youngest defense in football and he's really, really coached them up.

Next year, The Patriots have two number 1's, 2's and 3's, 6 picks in the first 96 draft slots.

The rumormill up here is saying after Pioli left, BB took over the draft too, which explains all the excellent picks the past two years, the last couple of drafts with Pioli in charge were terrible...........

 

[Currahee Chris]

Next year, The Patriots have two number 1's, 2's and 3's, 6 picks in the first 96 draft slots.

I saw that, scary to say the least.