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Re: 25 Years Ago Today, The Fish Were Squished
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Yup, once Dawson went down, we couldn't run.
Yep. He was a much more physical in-line blocker than Derrick Ramsey.
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Hannah and the line just couldn't handle the best defense ever, or even come close. We had 7 rushing yards, not good for a team that won with the run. As much as Hannah wants to blame Eason, there was no way to succeed without the OL stopping Perry, Dent and the rest.
It really was sad to watch. Proud men like Pete Brock & Hannah were tossed around like rag dolls.
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And yes, Eason did look like a deer with headlights in his eyes as he looked and saw Dent coming again and again and again.
I'm not a big fan of "What Ifs" but put the Pats 2004 offense, or 07 or 2010, I wonder what the outcome would be. Give the Bears players a year of conditioning, etc so they all are 30lbs more now. My gut tells me it wouldn't have mattered.
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BTW, I agree with the analysis then and now that the 1985 Bears were unstoppable. They used Walter Payton as a decoy since we decided that we would take him out of the offense (which we did)
The Pats 1/2 time stats were like something you see on the Weather Channel for the long range forecast for Point Barrow, Alaska.
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Re: 25 Years Ago Today, The Fish Were Squished
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Originally Posted by Patsrock
You forgot a coach. In fact they also won the AFC Championship on 1/12, also over a Florida team. Which also advanced them to a Super Bowl in New Orleans also on 1/26 against a NFC Central team.
I was lucky enough to be at that game. Along with the Snow Bowl, the biggest game in Foxboro Stadium history.
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I still sometimes allow myself to think that Eason might not have gone full Nancy, and the Patriots might have had a shot in the Super Bowl, if Dawson hadn't gotten injured.
That was a wild year, and one hell of a linebacking corps.
I was an elementary school kid for the Squish the Fish but I was huge Eason fan. Outside of him crawling into the fetal position vs. the Bears, what else did he do to warrant the Nancy designation? I wish I was old enough to know the ins and outs of what Eason was like in his prime.
I was an elementary school kid for the Squish the Fish but I was huge Eason fan. Outside of him crawling into the fetal position vs. the Bears, what else did he do to warrant the Nancy designation? I wish I was old enough to know the ins and outs of what Eason was like in his prime.
Eason's biggest problem was he played with a QB who would have played with one leg. And Eason would not play hurt.
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Two weeks of fun and hype followed that game, which was followed by the clock striking midnight on January 26, 1986. "Berry the Bears" seemed like a clever followup to "Squish the Fish", but the reality didn't go to script.
I hated DaBears for a long time after Super Bowl XX. Yeah, they were clearly the better team but I was too young to appreciate that. They were like the '86 Mets later that year...smug, arrogant and too damn good.
Great game and lead up to my first Super Bowl. A great week in New Orleans, except for the game. Much better in 2001. Arlington will be a great game, but not much of a town.
Re: 25 Years Ago Today, The Fish Were Squished
"Berry the Bears" seemed like a clever followup to "Squish the Fish", but the reality didn't go to script. 
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