PatsFanSince74

Let's see Polian spin this!

On the Pats: "With three Super Bowl titles, the Patriots will be the decade's most successful NFL franchise regardless of what happens this season...New England is an NFL-best 14-3 in the postseason during its run..."

On the Colts (#8 overall): "Even with its Super Bowl XLI victory, Indianapolis is only 7-7 during the playoffs this decade...have lost their first postseason game five times -- and...are only 1-2 vs. New England during the playoffs."

Read more: Los Angeles Lakers, New England Patriots*decade's top franchises - 2000s: The Decade in Sports - SI.com

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NovaScotiaPatsFan

See, the problem with this statement is it assumes Polian deals in logic.

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JR4

I sure hope Aluminumseats sees this article after his poll at:

Greatest Team of the Decade: Pats or Lakers?

Hey seats, SI gives some solid reasons for Lakers over PATs.
check it out.

everlong

There's no way in my mind the Colts can be higher than the Steelers on this list thus making the list a joke. I don't care what the regular season records are or that the Steelers missed the playoffs a few times in the decade. The Steelers have more SBs and they have more playoff victories than the Colts.

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patsfaninpittsburgh

The elder goober is the face of the league.

Big Ben almost kills himself on motorcyles and has legal problems.

PatsFanSince74

"legal problems" as in a euphemism for "accused of rape"

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aluminum seats

Well, no question it comes down to those two, right? Interesting that they give the Lakers 4 titles, when I think we on the board determined they could logically have 5. Considering the Pats could tie on the number of titles, it seems premature (but I understand this is when magazines have to put these kinds of things out.)

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HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

In that thread, I stated that the Lakers were the better franchise and had more success. Obviously, when comparing titles, it's an easy choice when the Lakers have 4 titles over the Patriots 3. Also, the Lakers won three straight. Pretty easy argument if you ask me. However, it's obvious that the Patriots are the best franchise in the NFL.

PatsFanSince74

yeah, it's amazing the way that Polian has been trying to spin the colts' 115 "regular season" wins into some sort of magical ticket to being declared the best NFL franchise of the decade.

he's been almost frenetic about it since they handed away the 16--0 season on sunday.

i don't think we should underestimate how dependent Polian and the Colts are, in a small market, on the Goodwill of their fans. The state and city are hurting big time economically and Irsay's sweetheart stadium deal is a real drag on municipal and state finances. Their fans are not only taxpayers who are shouldering that burden but they are also voters to whom Polian's friendly local politicians are beholden. These fans were vocal and derisive in their criticism of the decision to boot away the perfect season.

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Mountain_Commando

Sweet! SI is huge in readership. For them to put us on top is really sweet...