Blog - Denver Recap - late but worth the read - New England Patriots Forums

***Box_O_Rocks*** · 09-28-2006, 08:26 AM

I haven't made this guy a regular check-in yet, so this is a little late, but as noted, worth the read.
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=804...7-23f3a04266a9

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The great thing about the Patriotsâ€™ uninspired 17-7 loss to the Broncos Sunday night is that itâ€™s only Week 3. Consider this a teaching loss.

Iâ€™m sure Coach Bill Belichick will.
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In essence, this loss was more about Patriot mistakes than Denver playing well. Big plays and untimely penalties doomed the good guys in this one.
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New Englandâ€™s best chance to score was with just over 7 minutes left in the third quarter. Plummer hit tight end Kyle Johnson streaking over the middle, and Eugene Wilson leveled him. The ball popped out, but the officials ruled it was incomplete. Now, supposedly, you have to catch the ball and make a â€œfootball moveâ€ before itâ€™s a fumble, but the guy caught the ball, turned his head and took a step. What, did he have to do the Ickey Shuffle or pull a Sharpie out of his sock before a fumble was called? The NFL has so many sissy rules, itâ€™s ridiculous.
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Iâ€™m just glad itâ€™s not a division loss, and Iâ€™m just glad thereâ€™s a game next week to focus on so I can forget this borefest of a debacle.
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Did you ever think that sometimes, God shapes our bodies into a representation of our inner personality? Kind of like physical onomonopatea? Well, I think commentator Chris Collinsworth is an example of this. Heâ€™s condescending, rarely has anything insightful to say, and tries to cover up his simplistic analyses with verbal put-downs complete with face-scrunches and eye-rolls. He was awful when he worked for CBS, he is awful on HBOâ€™s â€œInside The NFLâ€ and now heâ€™s awful on NBCâ€™s new â€œFootball Night In Americaâ€ show...

PatsFan37 · 09-28-2006, 09:22 AM

Box,
Sorry, this guy doesn't make it to the 'regular read' list. What the heck is onomonopatea? Did he mean onomatopoeia? I wouldn't gush over this fellow.

On his football notes, he puts it all on NE mistakes and not on Denver play, and frankly, I thought excellent Denver play had a whole lot to do with this game. Great defense and some phenomenal clutch passes and receptions under pressure.

I miss Tom Curran.

***Box_O_Rocks*** · 09-28-2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by PatsFan37

Box,
Sorry, this guy doesn't make it to the 'regular read' list. What the heck is onomonopatea? Did he mean onomatopoeia? I wouldn't gush over this fellow.

On his football notes, he puts it all on NE mistakes and not on Denver play, and frankly, I thought excellent Denver play had a whole lot to do with this game. Great defense and some phenomenal clutch passes and receptions under pressure.

I miss Tom Curran.

Heh, I'm easy to please, and while Denver played well, the Pats' own problems where what killed them. This goes back to the Belichick favorite, 'I have no control over that so I'm focusing on the things I can control.' In this case, that's the Patriots' blocking, play-calling, etc. The Pats have allowed Denver's team to beat a lot of individual efforts in the latest confrontations. Still, there is plenty of time for this group to form an identity, preferably an aggressive, winning one.

Thanks for the spelling correction, I was wearing out the track ball trying to find an online dictionary who who could translate him for me. It does seem as if the word was 25 cents spent in the wrong manner.