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Old 03-11-2007, 08:43 PM   #1
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We have some weapons, some saftey and inside LB is still needed, but is this team a failure, if we do not reach the super bowl.. After 1 week of FA, and know anything is possible, but I am predicting a AFC Title game of Denver at the Pats..
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Old 03-11-2007, 08:52 PM   #2
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I am excited but prefer to follow BB's mantra: one game at a time.

Still many interesting phases for us fans: draft, training camp, more signings, and hopefully no significant injury before the 1st game. Gosh - can't believe that September is so far away...
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We have some weapons, some saftey and inside LB is still needed, but is this team a failure, if we do not reach the super bowl.. After 1 week of FA, and know anything is possible, but I am predicting a AFC Title game of Denver at the Pats..
Signing FA big names means absolutely NOTHING unless these FA signees can gel as a T-E-A-M and then show us what got them paid the big $$$.

I am reluctant and probably the only one on the forum who thinks it takes more than just big names to fill a roster with SB talent..It takes all 52 guys on the same page and thriving for the same thing - The SB Championship - HOWEVER,Sometimes these players only want the big contracts with BIG money that acompanies them and when they get it they fail to keep up the play that got them their big money to begin with,just satisfied in making the big bucks.

Ask the Washington Redskins who have some of the biggest and best names in FA this past decade....How many SB titles have they won...hmmmm NONE, - Why? Because those big name players could not gel and get them where Snyder expected them to be - and thats in the SB. - I won't blame Gibbs on the failures of that team,He will never be anything less than an excellent coach and one of the best ever IMO,old or not he is still one of the best.

Lets see Welker and Stallworth run the routes correctly on a constant basis and lets see Adalius play like the dominating defensive player he was in Baltimore before packing our bags for Arizona,Shall we?.
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C'mon, really ..... do you really want to be like a Yankees fan ?

Just enjoy this great team.

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Im enjoying it and I know championships are not won in March, but we have taken a huge step this first week of 07
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Yes.....anything but a SB win is a failure.

I do believe that is the obvious sentiment in the Patriot locker room from comments over the past years. Why would this year be any different?
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Im enjoying it and I know championships are not won in March, but we have taken a huge step this first week of 07
What I can say is one thing...We have more talented players on this team than we did at the end of January,Thats for sure.

What I cannot say is that we are a Super Bowl caliber team until I see the team in action and looking like a T-E-A-M,Hopefully injury free as well would help
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C'mon, really ..... do you really want to be like a Yankees fan ?

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Well said. I'm very optimistic about the coming season but to call a team which doesn't win a Super Bowl a failure is just unrealistic. Last year we were disappointed because we didn't get to the Super Bowl, but 28 of the 32 teams would have loved to change places with us.
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Well said. I'm very optimistic about the coming season but to call a team which doesn't win a Super Bowl a failure is just unrealistic. Last year we were disappointed because we didn't get to the Super Bowl, but 28 of the 32 teams would have loved to change places with us.
Ask fans of the 1990s Bills if they were a failure those years...I'm betting 95% say yes
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I think we can't get ahead of ourselves. We didn't sign Lawrence Taylor, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice & Lance Allworth in their primes, we signed Adalius Thomas, Sammy Morris, Donte Stallworth & Wes Welker. They should all be major contibutors to the team, but with a viscous schedule, and the usual injuries we always seem to get, nothing is guaranteed. I think if we wind up with some key rookies from the draft, and guys like Eugene Wilson and Rodney Harrison play as well, or 90% as well as the SB years, then we might see something special.

If you go on the premise that we were probably the second best team in the league last year, despite a viscous schedule, we should still beat most of those teams, possibly a repeat of the 12-4 record of last year.

Too many IF's, and until we can prove we can beat the Colts, they are still the best in the NFL, and favorites to win it again. If the stars align correctly (players play up to their potentials, no injuries, homefield advantage, etc), then maybe we get Lombardi #4. Lot's of IF's though. I certainly like this team better than last year's.

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