mayoclinic

Different kind of games.

The 2001 Pats were a young team on the rise, going up against the overwhelmingly favored Rams. The fact that they were able to play competitively was one of the things BB build on in making a SB run.

The 2004 Pats were the defending SB champs and on a record winning streak when they went into Pittsburgh hit by some major injuries to key players (Ty Law, Rodney Harrison). They had to field a patchwork secondary.

This was a team that was trying to show that it could win on the road, win the big game, and belong among the elite teams, that laid a goose egg and got steamrolled. Totally different.

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Patspsycho

Not necessarily.. See '04 Halloween debacle in Pittsburgh. We rolled over in that one, then came back to bury them in the AFCC.

Interesting parallel: Dillion was out for that game. Taylor was out for last night.

PATSYLICIOUS

We fielded a patchwork secondary in the playoffs too that year. Randall gay as CB2 and wasn't Troy Brown the nickel back? Hank Poteat off the streets. And Asante well before he was Asante.

Also, Rodney wasn't injured in the Halloween game. I distinctly remember Bettis running him over towards the end and getting in his face.

This game is very comparable to that game. If we get healthy on OL and Brady doesn't make throws like the first pick, who knows what can happen in a rematch.

PATSNUTme

And that will mean totally nothing in January. They will either have it together by then or they won't. The NO game will mean nothing.