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There have been so many "bad" loses in Patriots history.
The most difficult was the Super Bowl loss to Chicago because I was convinced that the Patriots would beat the Bears especially after they kicked the field goal on the opening drive. It was all down hill from there.
There have been so many "bad" loses in Patriots history.
The most difficult was the Super Bowl loss to Chicago because I was convinced that the Patriots would beat the Bears especially after they kicked the field goal on the opening drive. It was all down hill from there.
true. for me that loss is at n.3 like the worst losses...
There have been so many "bad" loses in Patriots history.
The most difficult was the Super Bowl loss to Chicago because I was convinced that the Patriots would beat the Bears especially after they kicked the field goal on the opening drive. It was all down hill from there.
Ya gotta remember, shortly after that field goal, TE Lin Dawson went down with an injury and was forced to leave the game. In the Pats overall blocking scheme he was an important, integral part of it, and would have proven useful in handling that "46 defense".
I'm not saying the Pats would have won that game if he hadn't been injured (that was a great, great defense the Bears had that year), but I will note with interest that the following season the 2 teams played again, early in the season, with the Pats coming out on top. IIRC, one of the very first, or maybe even the first, offensive play featured a sideline pattern pass, Flutie to Fryar, that resulted in a touchdown. The Pats never looked back after that play.
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....and that's the way I see it!
Ya gotta remember, shortly after that field goal, TE Lin Dawson went down with an injury and was forced to leave the game. In the Pats overall blocking scheme he was an important, integral part of it, and would have proven useful in handling that "46 defense".
I'm not saying the Pats would have won that game if he hadn't been injured (that was a great, great defense the Bears had that year), but I will note with interest that the following season the 2 teams played again, early in the season, with the Pats coming out on top. IIRC, one of the very first, or maybe even the first, offensive play featured a sideline pattern pass, Flutie to Fryar, that resulted in a touchdown. The Pats never looked back after that play.
anyway that season was fantastic for our Patriots.
3 W on the road in the play-offs (first team ever in the NFL to arrive at the Super Bowl in that way).
1) Losing to GB in the SuperBowl. When ever I see highlights of that game it just reminds me that we had the talent to beat them. But Parcell decided to do his job interviewing that week for the follwing year instead of preparing for GB. My wife still cusses at Parcells when he is on TV.
2) Losing to Miami in 2004 when we were up like 10 points with 4 minutes to go. God I could not believe Tom's interception. And those Miami morons thought they had won the SB.
3) I used to think the Bears SB loss yet now I accept the Bears were a team of destiny.
in my opinion too we had a chance to beat GB on our 2nd Super Bowl appareance and when we were leading 14-10 i was starting to dream...
but the return kick off in td destroyed literally us...
in that moment the game was closed.
Ya gotta remember, shortly after that field goal, TE Lin Dawson went down with an injury and was forced to leave the game. In the Pats overall blocking scheme he was an important, integral part of it, and would have proven useful in handling that "46 defense".
Actually, that injury to Dawson occured on the possession where the Pats scored the FG. If you recall, the Pats recovered a Walter Payton fumble deep in Bears territory on the opening possession of the game, opening the door for a huge momentum advantage for the Pats. On first or second down of the Pats ensuing possession (I don't remember which) Dawson went out on an out pattern and blew out his knee, a very unfortunate injury. Then on third-and-long, Stanley Morgan was wide open for a TD on a post pattern but Mike Singletary made a great play by getting a finger on the pass causing it to go incomplete. The Pats had to settle for a chip shot FG and lost a lot of the momentum they had gained. I still maintain to this day that if the Pats could've scored a TD on that possession that the game could've been a lot closer. Not to say they would've won because the Bears just simply had an awesome team that season, but the outcome could've been much different because they would've had BIG MO with an early 7-0 lead.
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I'm not saying the Pats would have won that game if he hadn't been injured (that was a great, great defense the Bears had that year), but I will note with interest that the following season the 2 teams played again, early in the season, with the Pats coming out on top. IIRC, one of the very first, or maybe even the first, offensive play featured a sideline pattern pass, Flutie to Fryar, that resulted in a touchdown. The Pats never looked back after that play.
The game you are referring to was actually in 1988. Flutie was not on the team in 1986--Tony Eason was the starting QB. In that game, Flutie had a bizarre statline, going something like 9-for-30 with FOUR touchdown passes in a 30-7 rout of the Bears. I remember a big deal was made out of that outcome in that the Pats gained some measure of "revenge" for the SB XX shellacking.
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Ya gotta remember, shortly after that field goal, TE Lin Dawson went down with an injury and was forced to leave the game. In the Pats overall blocking scheme he was an important, integral part of it, and would have proven useful in handling that "46 defense".
I'm not saying the Pats would have won that game if he hadn't been injured (that was a great, great defense the Bears had that year), but I will note with interest that the following season the 2 teams played again, early in the season, with the Pats coming out on top. IIRC, one of the very first, or maybe even the first, offensive play featured a sideline pattern pass, Flutie to Fryar, that resulted in a touchdown. The Pats never looked back after that play.
With 12 minutes left in the game, the Patriots had roughly 60 yards of total offense until the Bears finally called off the dogs. 60 yards of offense in the fourth quarter of a Super Bowl! Lin Dawson wasn't that important for Christ sakes. Listen, I have that game on tape and it was a pasting. The Patriots never had a chance against that team and anyone who thinks differently needs to watch the game over. In my opinion, it's still the most lopsided Super Bowl of all-time. Lets not sugar coat it 20 year later pretending the Patriots had a chance if their blocking TE didn't go down.
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