The 1 opposing player to fear the most come playoff time... - New England Patriots Forums

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 12-04-2006, 11:16 PM

I am going to say without a doubt THE one player I fear and the one player who can hurt the Patriots in the Playoffs more so by himself than any other player on his entire team is Ladanian Tomlinson - I thought he was great in the past few years but he seems to have taken his talents to an all time high....Watching him in the past game sunday,It was scary the way he demoralized and disassembled a pretty decent Bills D-front - I know our D-Front is better but with Vrabel at his less favored spot and with Seau not there I am afraid if he gets passed the front 3 he may very well be gone,everytime he reaches that point....Of course thats only if we get to the misfortune of playing SD in the playoffs.

Who is your 1 PLAYER you don't want to face in the entire playoff team picture?..I know a TEAM is one unit,not just 1 player,but if you could avoid having the Pats play against 1 guy (either on offense or defense) who would it be?

For what its worth,the TEAM I don't want to face just happens to be the Chargers as a whole anyways....I don't worry about Peyton and Co,Peyton seems to put on Panties instead of a Jock once the big games come around and Aside from Clayton who I think is a future star I don't fear any receiver Baltimore has nor anyone on that team either,including Lewis,Reed & co on the D.

Sean Pa Patriot · 12-05-2006, 12:28 AM

I fear LT , more than I will fear Manning.. But here is the one thing with LT and its the same with Manning, that I would not fear

San Diego- Marty Schotenheimer
Indy- Tony Dungy

Pats - Bill Belichick

You know who I will take my chances with , and it is not Marty or Dungy

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 12-05-2006, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean Pa Patriot

I fear LT , more than I will fear Manning.. But here is the one thing with LT and its the same with Manning, that I would not fear

San Diego- Marty Schotenheimer
Indy- Tony Dungy

Pats - Bill Belichick

You know who I will take my chances with , and it is not Marty or Dungy

Another guy from PA,Cool - Not far from me here in the wb/scranton area

SoonerPatriot · 12-05-2006, 01:03 AM

Marty has an unbelievably good record against the Pats. They showed it last year while they were kicking our asses up and down the field. It was like 20-3 or somethign to that affect.

I fear LT but the Chargers as a whole are scary on both sides of the ball. Right now that's the only AFC team that will be in the playoffs that I don't think we could beat at the moment. I'd say Denver, but I'm not sure they're going to make it.

ironwasp · 12-05-2006, 03:41 AM

LT is playing like a beast right now, and the fragility shown by our run D during parts of Sunday's game with Detroit is a big concern. I think Rivers will give us chances but there's no doubt that on both sides of the ball, San Diego is a big problem.

Beyond that, there's not a team out there to scare us if we play to somewhere near full potential, although I'm beginning to think that the Bengals might be the sleeper in the AFC. That team has come on a quite a bit since we thrashed them in their house, and the the Run D was stout against the Ravens last week.

unoriginal · 12-05-2006, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ironwasp

LT is playing like a beast right now, and the fragility shown by our run D during parts of Sunday's game with Detroit is a big concern. I think Rivers will give us chances but there's no doubt that on both sides of the ball, San Diego is a big problem.

Beyond that, there's not a team out there to scare us if we play to somewhere near full potential, although I'm beginning to think that the Bengals might be the sleeper in the AFC. That team has come on a quite a bit since we thrashed them in their house, and the the Run D was stout against the Ravens last week.

You're imaging things. The Pats run D was fragile while the Bengals were stout?

Here is the epitome of stout defense:

NET YARDS RUSHING 89
Rushes 20 Average Per Rush 4.5

And here is what fragility looks like:

NET YARDS RUSHING 77
Rushes 22
Average Per Rush 3.5

The former is what the Ravens racked up on the Bengals, and the latter is what the Lions did to the Pats.

The only way the Bengals achieve a better run D than the Pats is if they start to play their games at the bottom of a lake.

notex · 12-05-2006, 04:13 AM

id say rex grossman -- hes scary

seriously though...LT is the best running back to play in this game EVER with two exceptions....Barry Sanders and Jim Brown......walter payton?? i really cant think of a back that can just score at will like LT...nobody was as fun to watch as Barry Sanders tho..no one can match his moves.

The only other guy that i would consider pretty scary is Larry Johnson but the Cheifs as a team dont at all..

Don't even get me started on peyton - guys got no spine... i respect him as a QB but i really think hes gatta grow a sack...that goes for Eli too while were on that topic

ps...im stuck in PA too...i call it "purgatory" tho
during football season i cant watch my pats (no hard feelings thats the only reason)...im livin in westchester right now w/ my girlfriend....hometown of Bam Margera

(originally from south shore boston)

Party on !

PatsMyBoyz! · 12-05-2006, 05:49 AM

LT,scariest player.
Chargers,scariest team.
BB,scariest coach.

PatsMyBoyz! · 12-05-2006, 06:00 AM

Don't even get me started on peyton - guys got no spine... i respect him as a QB but i really think hes gatta grow a sack...that goes for Eli too while were on that topic

Xactly.Despite our 2 recent losses I still can't shake my "totally NOT scared of the Colts" feeling. Don't get me started either lol.

patsfaninpa · 12-05-2006, 06:15 AM

After seeing us having trouble containing Kevin Jones in space. I seriously doubt we can stop LT. We would have to play bend/don't break D and hope P. Rivers screws up.

Hey, you stole my moniker!