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Old 09-08-2009, 07:04 PM   #1
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He was on the ESPN Preseason show and he multiple times talked about the Pats' defense negatively. He pointed out "I know it is preseason, but the Pats had the 32nd ranked defense in the league this preseason" (granted he failed to point out that only 27 of the 96 points allowed was by the first defense) and when Trey Wingo asked why no one picked the the Pats for the Super Bowl winner on the panel, Smith replied "Defense wins championships". He did speak glowingly about Brady though.
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:07 PM   #2
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:09 PM   #3
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Don't care what ESPN has to say.

Our defense is a little unknown, but we still have bill, and he is still the same.
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:10 PM   #4
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Are you ******* kidding me. Michael Smith is not "high" on the Patriots. Say it ain't so Joe.

That's it. Screw the Patriots, Im cheering for the Lions this year. Go Barry Sanders go...... Ummmm, he does play running back there still, right.









please god, tell me this post is a joke.
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:14 PM   #5
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ROFL BSPN.

You guys willingly watch that ****?
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2 out of the 3 Super Bowls we weren't picked as consensus favorites. We had question marks and we weren't perfect.

Let 'em talk.
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Any judgement based on preseason stats is . . . stupid.
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Old 09-08-2009, 07:23 PM   #8
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dont care about what he says but objectively its not wrong to say that our defense has questions right now. jason campbell of all people was able to throw at and over our corners for e.g . yes preseason granted but nothing wrong in admitting that we have lot of unknown on defense at this juncture and how it will play out unlike the offense.
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Dear Lord! The koolaide is in full effect here. I'll paraphrase: the defense is a huge question mark and it mostly looked like crap this pre-season. Who can argue with this? Also, he said defense wins championships. Who can argue with this?

Personally, I think (hope) the defense - and alll it's new parts and functions - will get better as the season goes on. A geliing of sorts. If the offense is as good as it could be - well, it will carry the defense 'till it gets "there."
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I like Smith. I think the D will surprise a tad this year, but I'm not expecting 03-04 results on D... I'm hoping the O is like 07 all the way through, including the final game.
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