Official Niners @ Pats postgame thread

[Triumph]

Originally Posted by ArchAngel007

I knew Curtis Martin brought bad luck Jet vibes to this game

Exactly

He brought his Jets stench to Foxboro.

[CityOfChampions]

Originally Posted by scott99

Lots of props for Brady, we are so damned lucky to have him, a once in a generational talent. That being said, he has to take some of the blame for the loss. The INTs were killers, and also he got the ball back 3 times after being down 38-31, and only helped get us a field goal. That first INT killed us, though he made an amazing play to stop the Pick 6. I give Brady a C+ tonight.

You give Brady a C+??? Are you kidding me???? He single handedly put the team on his back and almost made an amazing comeback on his own. The first interception Welker was being held and should've been a PI, Brady made the tackle which saved a TD, the second INT was in Hernandez's hands but Hernandez couldn't hold on. His receivers dropped a ton of passes and his offensive line couldn't protect him at all.

[denverpatsfan]

Pats usually wins these type of games. Not today. Very sad to see them work so hard to tie it only to have 1 awful special teams play and 1 terrible blitz call ruin it.

Hopefully the Pats got the stinker behind them and can prevail in the playoffs. We are looking at a round 2 match up with Denver at Mile High.

Bring it!

Go Pats!

[BennyBledsoe]

In the name of all that is holy, never let Kyle Arrington cover any of the top two receivers on any team. I was completely flabbergasted to see him out there on such a crucial play. I'd rather have had anyone else.

[Avenger]

Originally Posted by scott99

Lots of props for Brady, we are so damned lucky to have him, a once in a generational talent. That being said, he has to take some of the blame for the loss. The INTs were killers, and also he got the ball back 3 times after being down 38-31, and only helped get us a field goal. That first INT killed us, though he made an amazing play to stop the Pick 6. I give Brady a C+ tonight.

I love Hernandez but the second INT was 100% on #81.

[PatsFaninAZ]

The playoff schedule just got about 10 times harder. Pittsburgh in the first round and Denver on the road. Not great.

Our only real hope now for some relief is to have Houston lose to Minnesota and Indy, but I don't see that happening. They will win one.

Losing to the 49ers isn't shameful. Losing to the Cardinals is, and if the Patriots lose before the AFCCG this year, you would have to say that's what did it.

It sucks that we beat both bye teams and they still get the byes, but the bottom line is neither of those teams had a bad loss. Denver lost only to Atlanta, Houston and us. Houston lost only to Green Bay and us. If we had lost only to the Niners, Seattle and Baltimore, we would have a bye. But that's the difference between a bye and needing three wins to advance to the Super Bowl. We lost to a non-playoff team, and they didn't.

[moejr]

I did see some positives. We never quit, we cam back from a 28 point hole and tied it with a chance to win. Our ST's play sucked big time tonight. That unit gave the momentum right back to the 49'ers on the ensuing kickoff after we tied it. That is what chaps my behind more than anything. I will say after hanging 31 on the niners tonight I am not worried that much about meeting them in the SB as I was.

[coolguy]

This was a great wake up call for the patriots..

lLOYD and gronk will make a great combo when he gets back.

[PatriotSeven]

Props to Tom our defense, and not so much our special teams.

Tom had one ugly interception tonight, his first, but I think his second was just bad luck with a slick ball bouncing off a receiver's hands. His comeback was truly special. Brady wanted this one bad, beginning with the tackle to stop the touchdown after his first interception.

I also know that giving up 41 points and praising the defense might sound weird but please keep in mind there would be no 28 point comeback without our defense stopping the 49ers highly efficient offense on consecutive possessions.

On top of that our offense turned it over 4 times. The second time around, if we meet again this year, will not result in the same issues. I won't blame the failure of our defense at the end on one missed tackle, because what they did before that was truly outstanding.

So congrats to them for helping us mount this crazy comeback in the second half.

And I will say this. We dominated special teams against the league least year EXCEPT against the Giants. Both losses to the Giants were due to their dominance on special teams. Tonight was no different.

We have got to figure this issue out. Focusing so much on their defense, I once again forgot what it was that the Giants did. If you pull up the special teams stats in those games and tonight you will notice they simply dominated us in field position.

[cmasspatsfan]

Originally Posted by CityOfChampions

The refs deserve to get hate for that punt return fumble debacle. So embarrassing and Ted Ginn definitely touched that.

I was in my car when that happened but Zolak and Gil both said it hit Ginn, still havent seen a replay.
Hochuli thinks hes a freaking rock star, he had a worse game than Ridley and the Pats special teams.
We play this team in good weather with Gronk and we'll win.
I couldnt believe the fans leaving the stadium after SF made it 31-3 not to mention the chicken littles that infect the game thread and feel the impulse to start a thread, we dont want to hear you cry like a baby, dont start a thread when things arent going the Pats way.
That is all, 6 in a row to til the Lombardi