DeSi_PatzGal

Hate to say this but i dont mind this loss cuz of few reasons
-Belichick hardly make any bad decision..but when he does(spy gate or this one)
you gonna love rest of the season trust me!
-Colts can have this win..@ Belichick expense..but think about it..next time
when Bill will meet colts..do you think he wont remember allll this (What they're saying - Extra Points - Boston.com) ...and ..and.. have he lost twice with same team?
-So id rather take next win with em...wouldn't you?
-Last but not least...Ravens gonna take care of Colts Winning streak next week and we will take care of Saints!

Mountain_Commando

well, isn't this a breath of fresh air. i think this is only the second or third optimistic thread to the two dozen pessimist ones.

- there is a loooooong 4x merged thread about BB's 4th and 2 call. I'm not going anywhere near that thread, but I'll just say that I think it was the right call, and an incredibly brave one at that. Faulk gets 6 more inches and BB would have have been the genius with the balls of steel.

- the Colts' have 7 more games to go before they can claim a perfect season. IF they do go 16-0, then they would have earned our respect...just like they deserve respect for their incredible game last night.

- We have 7 more of our own games to think about. IF we meet the Colts again, we'll think about it then.

btw, I'm desi too

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

"I don't mind this loss":

- either football isn't that important to you or

- you don't know how important of a game the Pats blew last night.

Not only did the Pats lose to another AFC team, all of their 3 losses have come from an AFC team. The Colts have taken five out of the last six from the Pats. Collapses like this is going to crush any confidence the Pats had if they have to meet Indy again in the playoffs. If you expect the Pats to be a "super bowl team", they have to win games like this.

DeSi_PatzGal

n sky is fallinggg !

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

Exactly my point. You don't care that much about football. There's nothing wrong with that.

"n sky is fallingg!" Whatever that is.

Metaphors

Only 1 more game in Indy later this year and then the Pats won't make that trip again until 2013.

Jangles

No...

This loss wouldn't have been demoralzing if the Colts had just come out and outplayed us.

Instead we had this game won and completely **** down our leg. Losing this way was the worst possible way IMO

Satchboogie3

Well, I of course hate losing to the Colts, especially in the manor we did last night, but I do think there may be some serious silver lining here. This game could be the one that makes this team/defense man up and get better. I'm also wondering if some of the defensive players will see the 4th and 2 decision as an "insult" to the defense and try to prove to BB that they (on defense) can be dominant and clutch. Maybe this game is the perfect motivation that this young defense needed.

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This is the year. We put our failures in the past, it's a new year, a new defense. It's time to prove to the league that the Patriots are back and aren't going anywhere and they will be the last ones standing in Feb.
Update: Well that didn't work out as I had planned. Next year baby, next year 19-0 we go. Next year.

PatsFanInVa

Gotta agree w/Dezi. HeyBro, it's one game. If you didn't notice, this game was at Indy. So while it's great to have HFA over them, as unlikely as that seems anyway given the records, it's pretty much still one game.

I don't see us losing the division. I don't see this game looming as a soul-destroying memory for anybody. The ridiculous "sky is falling" talk reflects something really annoying to me, personally - the idea that "mojo" or "magic" or some other undefinable thingy went away in 04 and is away for ever now (or alternately, that there's a conspiracy against us ever winning anything of any importance.)

If you truly believe the Pats can want it enough, and do play at a high enough level to compete, getting in the tourney gives you all the opportunity you need.

This loss is one damn game and we all need to come down off the ledge and think about being a damn good 3-loss team, where the losses have all been close, the wins have often been blowouts (just not epic 07-style blowouts,) the QB is better every week (hey spoiled kids: We coulda had Carson Palmer 1 yr later, rather than a more-or-less instant comeback,) and the biggest games have not been "never in doubt" losses.

Pats football is very important to me, personally. It makes no sense but it is. I bet it's important to guys like Brady and Belichick (and the rest of the actual team) too, and I doubt they're all wearing sackcloth and ashes and wailing and gnashing their teeth.

Get over it, is my advice. There's a division to win and then a playoff run ahead of this team. This is one traditional november rivalry game... not the damn be-all-and-end-all.

PFnV

Patspsycho

You're the one that doesn't know.

We still have control of our division. That's what is important.