BananaRepublican

I like focusing on who he is now rather than ten years ago, but to be honest I think he's better now. I think he's much better now.

We can't be constantly calling on W/L records to define a QB's play whether it's Tom's or Manning's. W/L records involve too many variables to do with team. We all know that the 2009 team lacked character, for instance, and yet here we are quoting that loss as a strike against Brady? Nope. I don't buy it. Just watch the guy play the game. Telling me he's not better than the 2001 Tom? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

PatsDeb

I don't know, I didn't think this was so negative. I think the problem (as you point out) is that they only discuss Brady, when really they should say the team hasn't played as well since the 10-0 start. I don't know how you can fault Brady for losing a 24-3 lead in Indy, in 2006 for example, or allowing Ray Rice to kill us in 2009, when he had also lost Welker. But Brady has had a few stinkers in there himself (as he freely admitted last year when we barely squeaked by in the AFCCG). I listen to Felger and Mazz for the entertainment factor, not to pump up my opinion of the Pats or Brady (which is through the roof anyway!)

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Texanman

It was on in Hou and I listened to it; pretty embarrassing for the first 2/3rds as all they did was yell at each other.
Towards the end they had some discussion and once Ted Johnson got involved then the Boston guys chilled a little bit, actually no, Zo showed a little respect. The other guy is a douche.

Grish or whatever you call him had been on earlier in the week during the afternoon slot and completely dismissed the Texans. Said they have ZERO chance of being competitive, much less winning. That got some ears perked up.

After it was over, Ted said it was the worst radio he'd ever been a part of. he has allegiance to both teams since he works in this market now and said it was very hard to listen to the two just get stupid about the whole thing.

One thing he said later in the hour caught my attention. There has been a lot of talk about how week the Texan players must be in they use the insults from the Boston media as motivation. Ted said that BB saved everything negative ever written about his team and used it for motivation. Said either he or his secretary would be combing the papers and listen to radio/tv excerpts in a attempt to find whatever bulletin board material he could use to let his team know someone thought they were not good. Funny how the Boston guys rag on the Texans for doing it when the master has been doing it forever.

I just listened in on a Boston TV reporter predict a 22 pt victory for the Pats and spend most of the time talking about Denver.

Has a team that finished with the 2nd best record in the league, a team that played 9, NINE, games against teams with winning records, ever been so summarily dismissed by everyone? Including I might add, most of their own fans. The Texans have talent, and they are pissed off.

Texans may not win on Sunday, but get ready for a very angry football team.

IllegalContact

LOL......angry.....lets see how that works out against focused

yes....the texans have talent that gets crapped on by other good teams

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FirstAndGoal

I don't like Gresh but Merloni is just awful IMHO. He puts me to sleep.

PatsDeb

Thanks for posting what happened. I agree with Ted Johnson that that was very bad radio. It's too bad because the concept was good - having both teams' radio guys on and a player who played for one team and is from the area of the other. Too bad they picked the wrong people to carry it out. Just having Zo talk to Ted Johnson would have been the better move.

Zeus

I heard the first couple of minutes and turned it off. Gresh is an embarrassment.

There are plenty of serious football fans in New England who have great respect for the Texans (I'm one of them and you will find many more on this board). Tough to win 12 games in this league ...

Sunday should be a great matchup and I'm really looking forward to it.

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Uncle Rico

It's embarrassing how much Gresh and Zo are strutting over this crap this week. I've lost a lot of respect for them.

We all know BB is the master of getting guys to play with a chip on their shoulder. His deadpanned reading of the Philadelpia parade route the night before SB39 is a classic. "It's 11:00 in case any of you want to attend that."

55 seconds into this video.

The thing is you do have the have the right guys. They have to get pi55ed, not feeling sorry for themselves, or acting like their feelings have been hurt. The Patriots also have always kept that stuff internal until afterwards. I'm not sure the Texans have the same sort of character traits. They quit that last game, and nothing I've seen of interviews with them says "angry." We'll see.

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