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Last night sucked but its over and now its time to focus on what this could do moving forward and why they still could get home field advantage.
1. Build on the offensive momentum and chemistry this team has built - TB has now had 4 straight 300+ yard games.
2. It will get some of its key missing pieces back on offense namely Morris, Aiken, Tate and Taylor
3. Hopefully the defensive injuries are not serious and they will have the key players back that's made them one of the best defenses in league this year
4. They can still secure the #2 seed in the playoffs which still guarantees them a bye
5. Even if Indy secures the #1 seed, they would likely face Pittsburgh, Denver or San Diego in the playoffs - not easy wins
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Last night sucked but its over and now its time to focus on what this could do moving forward and why they still could get home field advantage.
1. Build on the offensive momentum and chemistry this team has built - TB has now had 4 straight 300+ yard games.
2. It will get some of its key missing pieces back on offense namely Morris, Aiken, Tate and Taylor
3. Hopefully the defensive injuries are not serious and they will have the key players back that's made them one of the best defenses in league this year
4. They can still secure the #2 seed in the playoffs which still guarantees them a bye
5. Even if Indy secures the #1 seed, they would likely face Pittsburgh, Denver or San Diego in the playoffs - not easy wins
I think that we just need to focus on getting that playoff Bye. The Bengals have San Diego and Minnesota left. All we have to do is hope they lose at least one of these games and win out the rest of the schedule. I think the only really tough game we have is against New Orleans which I think we can beat. Denver I think will lose at least 2 more games. That would leave (I think):
1. Indy
2. New England
3. Cincinatti
4. San Diego/Denver
5. Pitt
6. Baltimore
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Last night sucked but its over and now its time to focus on what this could do moving forward and why they still could get home field advantage.
1. Build on the offensive momentum and chemistry this team has built - TB has now had 4 straight 300+ yard games.
2. It will get some of its key missing pieces back on offense namely Morris, Aiken, Tate and Taylor
3. Hopefully the defensive injuries are not serious and they will have the key players back that's made them one of the best defenses in league this year
4. They can still secure the #2 seed in the playoffs which still guarantees them a bye
5. Even if Indy secures the #1 seed, they would likely face Pittsburgh, Denver or San Diego in the playoffs - not easy wins
I agree with some of your points...
1. Yes, our O has looked very good the past 4 weeks. No complaining there.
2. Tate is on IR and isnt coming back...We do need Morris and Taylor to come back to take the load off of Maroney and Faulk
3. Yes, hopefully TBC's injury is not serious and we get can get our full DL back
4. We can still get the #2 seed is right, but I wouldnt mind playing on wild card weekend. It wouldnt be the end of the world.
5. Why be afraid of the Colts? We proved that we can go to Indy and play with them. We should want to see them again, not have someone beat them for us.
I'll say one thing - if the Colts are the class of the NFL this year, and we dominated them all night in their house, what does that say about our team?
I think the offense looks like it's coming together nicely. The OL is playing leaps and bounds better than it was earlier in the year, the defense needs to get healthy but still has a lot of promise, and special teams look to be some of the best in recent memory.
bingo. Trouncing the weak sisters of the NFL is wearing thin. As week 10 approaches the Pats have zero wins in an opponents stadium. Zero. We need a win against a good team to get back a little of our self respect.
I think that we just need to focus on getting that playoff Bye. The Bengals have San Diego and Minnesota left. All we have to do is hope they lose at least one of these games and win out the rest of the schedule. I think the only really tough game we have is against New Orleans which I think we can beat. Denver I think will lose at least 2 more games. That would leave (I think):
1. Indy
2. New England
3. Cincinatti
4. San Diego/Denver
5. Pitt
6. Baltimore
I'm not positive but I would think Cincinatti would hold a tiebreak over us since they are undefeated in their division. We most likely have to finish with a better record than them unless at least one of our remaining losses is the Saints or Panthers and theirs are all AFC opponents.
bingo. Trouncing the weak sisters of the NFL is wearing thin. As week 10 approaches the Pats have zero wins in an opponents stadium. Zero. We need a win against a good team to get back a little of our self respect.
We'll get our chance 2 weeks from today vs the Saints....
1. Build on the offensive momentum and chemistry this team has built - TB has now had 4 straight 300+ yard games.
It took me a second to realize this, but, yeah, you're right. I'm sure they'll be playing up this fact just like when Manning did something similar this season. . . .
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2. It will get some of its key missing pieces back on offense namely Morris, Aiken, Tate and Taylor
No Tate, but the others should be back. :crosses fingers:
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4. They can still secure the #2 seed in the playoffs which still guarantees them a bye
True.
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5. Even if Indy secures the #1 seed, they would likely face Pittsburgh, Denver or San Diego in the playoffs - not easy wins
True, especially San Diego. . . .
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