PATRIOTSFANINPA

http://www.lowellsun.com/sports/ci_10306219

Coming from a New York or Indianapolis columnist I could see and even expect this type of article but from the Lowell,Mass Sun it is a bit surprising,especially since the team has not yet played a real down in the 2008 regular season.

primetime

"I don't care how good the record is this year (13-3 at worst, the way I see it)."

So basically the Patriots are going to be really good, but the whole point of the article is that the NFL no longer "fears" the Patriots because they missed going 19-0 by 3 points. Apparently you have to go undefeated to be a scary team, and you have to be scary to be a dynasty.

Teddy Panos must post on this board.

nashvillepatsfan

DUMB, DUMB, DUMB. he really lost his argument when he said the giants were the worst superbowl winners in history......did he forget the bears? good for manning finally getting his ring, but anybody in the afc wouldve beaten the bears that year.

nashvillepatsfan

perhaps he goes by the screen name of 'pf1996' ?

BadMoFo

Um, the Bears lost.

MoLewisrocks

He has managed to generate 27 comments which is likely a record for the Lowell Sun.

BadMoFo

All he's basically saying is that most teams now figure that the Patriots are beatable, and that's pretty much true, for the most part.


I do agree with this statement.

BoTown

Sounds like a chicken little to me. Or a troll. What the hell is with the comic book comparison anyway? Is he really that dumb?

Actually, what it sounds like he's TRYING to say is that the Patriots' air of invincibility is gone, that the "mystique" is gone. That the team that always finds a way to win, hasn't been able to do it for the last three years.

I think what's lost on him is perspective. Winning the Super Bowl in three out of four years is no easy task, and we take that for granted sometimes. It's very hard. One bad performance and a year's worth of preparation goes down the tubes. That's how it is.

But to hell with that "dynasty is over" crap. The Patriots are going to have a great chance at a Super Bowl every year as long as the Brady/Belichick/Pioli team is intact.

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

NE39

I don't agree with this statement:

"only two weeks after a San Diego team with a one-legged quarterback and running back came into Gillette and nearly shaved the zero from the loss column."

Look, San Diego is a good team, but they didn't come close to winning the AFC Championship. The Pats ended that game by grinding out the last 9 minutes of clock in a drive that squeezed the life out of the Chargers. It wasn't like it ended on a FG or a miracle play.

Just because you don't beat a team by 30 points, it doesn't mean you almost lost. The Chargers are a good team, but there was no doubt who was better on that day.

JSn

And how many TD's did the Chargers get that game on our haggard old D?