BradyisGod

Its so funny how badly they want to make the Jaguars into a juggernaut.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playof...fri&id=3183464

The weird thing is that it seems that everyone wants to "see history made" by having the patriots go down. Isn't it history to see them go 19-0?

Oh, and its just an observation, not something that bothers me before I get a bunch of "who cares what the media thinks" and "why do you let this stuff get to you" posts.

ShrewBeer

the jags will be easy. pitt won that game, but their coaches blew it by calling a freakin quarterback run on third and seven. we will kill either team.

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strongside

Pats will have to play their best game however, I saw a flawed team out there last night

1. coaching - stupid challenges, strange playcalling (3 straight passes in the 4th Qtr when they were up 11)

2. WR - there big but not productive

3. Defense - they got tired in the second half and couldn't mount a pass rush. Running the ball against them plays right into their hands

4. everything they do on offense is based off the running game. Garrad is at his best off the play fake. That being said its as good a running game the pats have faced since LT in last lears playoffs.

patsgo

if the pats won the same way it would be a sloppy game, the defense had lots of problems, they almost lost to a team that had a lot of injuries,da dada da samr old bullsh t

RayClay

What an incredible load of horsemanure. The Jags folded like an accordion.

Their quarterback ran a keeper on fourth down or they succeed in giving this away.

You gotta sell tickets, though (and tv ratings).

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Rob0729

I thought the Jags were lucky to get out of Pittsburgh and almost had the worst fourth quarter choke job in playoff history. They played great at times, but I thought they had too much up and down play. I also think they don't have an answer for the Pats' spread offense.

You can't just blitz Brady all day and leave one-on-one match ups for his receivers. Many teams have tried and Brady usually picks them apart. I don't see Brady throwing an INT to a d-lineman either.

richpats

"Battle" - tested or simply "Steeler"-tested? Do the Jags have any other wins to hang their hats on besides Pittsburgh?

PatsFWB

When the pats won the same way it was called a BLUEPRINT on how to beat the Pats.

MoLewisrocks

Ben left them little choice. They lost their nerve in the face of him potentially throwing it away late, too.

As for Jacksonville, Garrard is a substantial improvement over baby Huey. That said, he's a game manager. They key to this game will be limiting the run and scoring. If we get up on them early the run game won't be able to make up enough ground.

Pittsburgh had a scatter armed QB, no capacity to run and horrendous ST play and still almost ground it out.

Murphys95

Of course it helps that Pittsburgh's James Harrison was held on that play.

Garrard's "play of the game" has been replayed so many times, and the hold is so blatantly obvious (from the end zone cam), it's uncanny that no pundit has commented on it yet.

Player's get away with holding all the time; but if you take away that one play, Garrard finishes the game 9 for 21, 140 yards passing, 1 td, 2 ints, with 26 yards rushing.....not what most would consider numbers of a quarterback for a team "nobody wants to face in the playoffs."


BTW - Jags were up 28-10, then the Steelers went to a no-huddle, all pass offense and were right back in the game. Hmmmm?