Media/Players Picking the Giants - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

ljuneau · 01-24-2008, 09:09 AM

Let's face it, we have been dealing with this stuff all season. How many times have we heard from the talking heads that our opponent has the blue-print to beat us? or matches well enough to beat us? or is on a roll and will beat us? This has been going on all season and know what? These talking heads have been wrong every time - which I'm sure p*sses them off to no end.

Let them pick the Giants based on hopeful thinking rather than sound logic. In the end, they will look like the fool.

MTaylorJ1 · 01-24-2008, 09:25 AM

That's pretty funny about Greenberg. Wouldn't he be describing almost exactly a team that's "just happy to be there". The Patriots approach is the right one. Personally, I think right around game time the fact that they're in the Super Bowl is going to hit the Giants, and all that loose, nothing to lose play is going to go right out the window.

It's almost like two college students, one who parties during exam week, and one who parties AFTER exam week, who do you think has the better time?

Haterproof · 01-24-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ljuneau

Let's face it, we have been dealing with this stuff all season. How many times have we heard from the talking heads that our opponent has the blue-print to beat us? or matches well enough to beat us? or is on a roll and will beat us? This has been going on all season and know what? These talking heads have been wrong every time - which I'm sure p*sses them off to no end.

Let them pick the Giants based on hopeful thinking rather than sound logic. In the end, they will look like the fool.

This is really getting old.I love it though.I also hope the Vegas line drops in the single digits.No one in their right frame of mind should ever pick against the Pats in the SB.Will they ever learn?

Bostonian1962 · 01-24-2008, 11:25 AM

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Can we possibly have a STICKY that lists the various talking heads, and other players who are picking the GIANTS to win the Super Bowl?

Banks from ESPNEWS outright picked the Giants to win.
Cato June was on for an interview, and he did as well.
Dr. Z picked the Giants to win.
Jerry Rice on Sirius NFL Radio said the Patriots don't match up well with the Giants, and predicted the Giants win the game.

OTHERS:

I really sorry, I didn't mean Banks from ESPN, I mean King, as in Shaun King. My appologies.

tuckeverlasting · 01-24-2008, 11:57 AM

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To each his own alamo. My experience has been that most analysts and talking heads don't know the Pats well enough to provide well-reasoned and informed opinions of what might happen in the future. Too many of them will spend the next 10 days scaring the crap out of and/or frustrating both Pats and Giants fans.

For me, this dates back to Super Bowl XXXVI when "The Professor", John Clayton, said that the Rams would win the game by 4 or 5 touchdowns. And he is supposed to be a "football" guy.

Trust me guys... turn it off. You will thank me later.

definitely. too bad their jobs didn't depend on decent analysis and getting things right. there'd be a lot less of them and we wouldn't have to put up with their biases.

Bostonian1962 · 01-24-2008, 01:49 PM

Add Jason Whitlock to the list.

Anybody know any others yet?

Skree · 01-24-2008, 01:56 PM

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I haven't watched or listened to one sports show since the Pats won the AFC Championship and I am a lot happier for it. You guys should try it. I am going to turn on the TV on Sunday, February 3 at 6:30pm and watch the Super Bowl. Everything else is nonsense.

I have done the same - so much less frustration. TV pundits are fools.

PatsFanSince74 · 01-24-2008, 01:56 PM

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I haven't watched or listened to one sports show since the Pats won the AFC Championship and I am a lot happier for it. You guys should try it. I am going to turn on the TV on Sunday, February 3 at 6:30pm and watch the Super Bowl. Everything else is nonsense.

i test my cable connection in the morning and early afternoon, but otherwise i do the same. if i see anything more than the coin toss i've turned it on too early.

NENGFAN · 01-24-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NYPatsFan

I haven't watched or listened to one sports show since the Pats won the AFC Championship and I am a lot happier for it. You guys should try it. I am going to turn on the TV on Sunday, February 3 at 6:30pm and watch the Super Bowl. Everything else is nonsense.

That's how I do it. All this means NADA!

Two teams are coming to play - one team is gonna win and by looking at both teams - PATS are favorites. Nothing will change this from now till game time.

They need to fill in this time by starting a stimulating discussion. By saying the PATS will win is not "sexy".

Absurdly Metro · 01-24-2008, 02:17 PM

These jackoffs are just trying to stir up controversy so people will pay attention to them. They know the Giants have very little chance against the Pats. It's a condition called AssendReflux and symptoms include a.) talking ***** while b.) lying out your ass.