PATRIOTSFANINPA

Don't get me wrong,its hard to win 2 games in a row in the NFL,let alone 11 games in a row but when you sit and look at the schedule Manning has had,its easy to see that the #1 seed was very obtainable once he settled in as their QB.

The 11 game winning streak consisted of opposing teams that had a combined 68-108 in wins vs. losses which includes division opponents twice and in a division is which the other 3 teams had a record of 13-35.

How lucky has Manning been who almost always throughout his career got chump teams in the division he plays in?

The 2012 Denver Broncos team has not had a visitor in Mile High who has had a winning record and their only loss at home was to a team that is in the playoffs and has a good record and all their losses includes teams in the playoffs.

The only 2 wins against playoff teams (Cincy & Balt) were on the road


Folks....The bottom line is Denver has beaten the Sisters Of The Poor all season and lost to most of the teams in the playoff picture.

Denver to me is the weakest #1 seed in the NFL in over a decade and is a pretender at 13-3

The first team to enter Mile High might very well walk out the winner
of that game.

At 13-3,I still think Denver is B.S. and like that kicker Vanderjagt once said,that team is "ripe for the picking"...he was wrong then but I think the 2012 Broncos are the lightest challenged 13-3 team ever.

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neuronet

Manning is playing very well. I think you are deluded to think they aren't very good. I wish you were right, though.

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The difference is that Brady calmly calls audibles while Manning flaps like a chicken, barks 11 code words, and makes sure every camera in the stadium has documented his once-in-a-generation (and patented, I believe) ability to see a defensive formation and change the play. Both have the same effect, but Manning transcends measurable human intellect while Brady merely chooses a different play.

Sciz

I agree with the premise, but it's hard to say what that means moving forward. I believe the 2010 Pats set a record for most playoff teams beaten in the regular season, and we all know how that turned out.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

Manning is playing well,especially at his age,but his defense has crapped the bed against top QBs like Matt Ryan,Tom Brady and Matt Schaub who is real good at times and bad the next.

The only time his defense has impressed against a quality QB was Brees in week 2 but back then the Saints started off slow and Brees was very rusty.

The Broncos defense when tested against a good QB and WR corps has failed just about every time in 2012

Shockt327

This is the exact same type of argument people were making against the Pats last year.

Elijah

Patriots were killing great teams in the 2010 regular season and choked hard at home against the Jets.

Patriots only beat up on bad teams last year and almost won the Super Bowl.

I.M. Fletcher

The beauty of your statement is that its based on what has happened, but will be proven true or false in not too long.

Personally, I dont think you can blame a team for playing a weak schedule, nor for struggling early.

They are the number 1 seed, they won the games and everybody else lost at least one more than they should have, but it doesnt really matter. They will have to beat us and either the Colts or Ravens, which are the two teams in the AFC I would choose to miss in round 2.

supafly

I can't see how anyone could possibly add much of anything else after this post. It pretty much sums it up nicely.

I certainly "get" what the OP is stating, and he does have a point, but as you said that really doesn't mean much moving forward. If anything it could amount to part of the "luck equation" that most SB winning teams find down the stretch of the season.

One thing I do know...Manning is a very experienced and solid QB who is playing at an extremely high level right now, with a very nice supporting cast to boot. We've seen much lesser talent march right down the field all over this defense. Thomas is a nightmare on the outside, and Decker (and even Stokely) + Tamme are well rehersed in the offense that Manning runs.

They have a viable enough running game to help keep the balance, a very decent defense at times, and most importantly....an incredible homefield advantage.

They may not have faced elite competition all year long, but they certainly have the capacity to win the AFC title and beat us.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

I'll bet if you check the total records of the Pats 2010 opponents,its way better than Denver has gone through.

The 2012 Denver Broncos remind me of the 2009 Patriots more than any other team,remember that year we could not beat a team in the regular season with a winning record and only got into the postseason by beating the weak teams but got spanked once the team played its first playoff game.

supafly

Just out of curiosity, you'll be rooting for the Houston Texans next weekend then, I presume?

You'd rather face the Texans than the winner of BAL/IND?

I am just curious. I don't exactly have much of an opinion yet. I do think that we'll see a different HOU team the second time around though, so that would be my concern.

They certainly have enough talent in Foster/A.Johnson/Daniels to give this team a hell of a game in a rematch.

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