Rob0729

You really need to stop spreading this falicy that the Pats are a Jeckyl and Hyde team (your words to describe them in another post). The Pats are not a Jeckyl and Hyde team like you are trying to intimate.

The Pats will not come out like they did against Jacksonville. Why? Because the Texans are not a 3 win team; the Pats are not going sit/not dress Dennard, Talib, Gronk, and Spikes and Cunningham and Bolden are no longer suspended; and the Texans are not going to play like they have nothing to lose because the game means nothing to them.

The Jacksonville game was one game and a very unique situation. It has no bearing on this game. It wasn't like the Pats have had slow starts like that game very often. In fact, unlike ast year, they have actually been more of a fast starting team for most of the year.

In fact, the Pats have had more of a problem this year building sizeable leads and letting teams get back into the game than they have had slow starts out of the gate. In two of their four losses (Baltimore and Seattle), they Pats had leads for most of the game only to blow it in the fourth. The only quality team the Pats started out slow out of the gates against was San Fran and that probably had to do with a short week after a big game and the weather.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

They sure are a Jekyll and Hyde team many times this year...what does it matter if they start out slow and end fast or they start out fast and end slow?...the bottom line is,they can't slack again in EITHER half and need to keep intensity up from start to finish like they are capable of.

You can't be up and down in a game the playoffs and survive to advance....they need to play 60 minutes like they did against the Jets,Texans and Dolphins if they want to go where they expect to go and we hope they go.

They started off poorly against Baltimore and the Jets in previous playoff years and it cost them,this team is more talented than either of the 2009 or 2010 teams so there shouldn't be a repeat of those divisional disappointments this year if they play hard from the kickoff.

There isn't a Patriot player or coach who would disagree with these sentiments

Deus Irae

Green Bay
Baltimore
Seattle
Houston

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Petersen23

1. Baltimore- they have experience and I am still not sold on Peyton Manning in Denver given who they have played this year

2. Seattle- Hottest team in NFL, enough said

3. Green Bay- look good but San Fran looks better, could happen though

4. Houston- Pats fan through and through... Pats have to get up for this game: Houston could break my heart, but doubtful

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Rob0729

Every team has highs and lows like that. That isn't Jeckyl and Hyde. It is the fact there is no dominant teams in the NFL.

If your best argument is "look at the Jags game" for why the Pats could lose, then the Pats should book their hotel rooms in Denver. Seriously, if you are comparing the Pats' effort against a three win team in what everyone thought would be an easy win with a lot players out against a the Divisional Round of the playoffs as the same, I just don't know what to tell you.

The Pats are one of the most consistent teams in the NFL. Acting like we don't know what team will show up on Sunday is a little foolish.

JackBauer

This is very insightful. Not to mention the fact that this applies to, well, every single team in the playoffs?

PATRIOTSFANINPA

That I agree it does...and the team that plays 4 quarters with the most intensity and stronger desire will win...obviously.

Teams in the playoffs are closer matched talent wise because it takes a good team to make it in the tournament....thats why you usually can't get away with a bad quarter or two like you might in the regular season or it makes it tough to win.

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PATRIOTSFANINPA

Must keep that consistency in the playoffs when it counts to win it all ... It was there in 2001,2003 and 2004. ...it needs to be on sunday and hopefully forward.

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Deus Irae

In 2001 and 2003, the Patriots pulled first round wins out of their ass after not getting it done on offense, scoring 16 (in OT) and 17 points respectively.

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brdmaverick

Liklihood of Upset

1.) Green Bay
2.) Seattle
3.) Houston
4.) Baltimore

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