Keegs

Ok i know you guys know your stuff so please correct if i am wrong about any facts. I missed week 17 last year, but to the best of my knowledge we had our 2nd string playing against the dolphins in the 2nd half.
Now i might be wrong but if we lost, we would Play Jacksonville (obviously)
BUT if we won we would play Pittsburgh......

so based on what i heard from the game, we had the "we don't care" attitude about our last game. If we lost with out backups, its ok cuz we play the jags, but if our backups win we'll play pitt (the hot team)

Now i never thought of this before but has anyone ever got the feeling that all those bad things happened in the Broncos game b/c we took the "easy route"???

I think playing Pitt would have been much better for this team.

I'm not saying the ref's calls, but our own mistakes....... The fumbles, Brady's throw, that crappy blocking..........

could this have happened b/c we took the easy way, and played the crappy playoff team?

I thought the jags were weak last year and the absolute worst team in the playoffs.......

I realize that BB's preparation is second to none, but watching the nfl network i thought about it today and it bothered the **** outta me....

If you aren't at least a little superstitious, you are going to think this is stupid. Or if you've read some of my other threads, you might think it is stupid regardless... but either way lemme know what you think...

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SeanBruschi54

They rested all their starting players because they already secured a playoff spot. Why risk getting any player hurt like Brady or Bruschi. Our team already had massive injuries why add more.


In short they didnt care who they played was the attidtude. They'll play whoever they face.

Keegs

yeah that is the other side of it, it makes much more sense and was definitely the smart thing to do in my opinion.

I was just thinking crazy i guess.

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SeanBruschi54

I heard them say the same thing on the NFL network and thought it was a load of crap they even brought such a thing up.

Keegs

yeah it's not like i wanted to believe it... but it just irritated me thinking about it.

I think im just still disapointed in how it ended.

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LloydBraun

When we win the next 2-3 Super Bowls, we will look back at the Denver fiasco costing us 5 or 6 in a row.

I am serious, this team will be deadly with Dillon and Maroney behind 12.

SeanBruschi54

Every news outlet just bashes the hell out of this team. the NFL network did an entire piece on the AFC East and said how the Patriots still will dominate the division. yet when it came time to pick the playoff teams they picked the Pats to lose the division to the Dolphins and miss the playoffs.

Patjew

MANY people didn't think that was too crazy then. Let's not forget that very wide 2-point conversion pass.

I'm not at all a consipracy theorist, but I would not be shocked to someday read that the Pats did not exactly play to win that game.

Did that somehow result in them playing poorly against Denver. I don't think so.

OK, I'm going to get my head down now.

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spacecrime

That's what I recall, also. It is not uncommon for teams without a bye to rest regulars the last week of the season. And we damn near won the game, Cassel to Childress. That would have stopped all the "dolphins are on a roll from last year' blathering by the talking heads.

pats1

2nd half?

Cassel was in there by the 2nd quarter.