Tedy B: "I still think about" SB42 loss

[Uncle Rico]

From today's ESPN chat. He feels our pain. Or is it we who feel his pain? probably both.

Alan (Boston)
How did you get over the 2007 super bowl loss as a player? I can't even do it as a fan.
Tedy Bruschi (1:11 PM)
I still think about it all the time. To be so close to achieving perfection and coming up short, it was the biggest loss of my career. I feel for players like Seau, Welker, Moss, players who hadn't won Super Bowls in the past before. I am extremely fortunate to have Super Bowl wins to think about and cherish.

Very classy comments about teammates.

Chat: Chat with Tedy Bruschi - SportsNation - ESPN Boston

 

[blackglass3]

Glad I am not alone

 

[Mogamedogz]

Right there with you 54.... Right there with you buddy.

 

[Sicilian]

Unfortunately, the only thing that would make it better would be going 19-0 in another season. Something I don't expect to see in my lifetime (or 21-0 if they expand the schedule), but at least as a fan there is a CHANCE we'll see it with our team. For a former player, that opportunity will never come again.

 

[Uncle Rico]

I love the way Bruschi responded last year after Polian cited the '07 Pats SB loss as the reason you don't try for perfection. Tedy, naturally, didn't back down. The whole episode was another reason I was so happy to see the C-words lose.

http://www.clicker.com/tv/espn-nfl-video/Bruschi-Calls-Out-Polian-Colts-688867/

 

[reflexblue]

Me too Teddy, me too. Its still a dark cloud hanging over my life.

 

[upstater1]

That's gotta be Patjew who asked him that early question about Randy Moss.

 

[The Brandon Five]

:beersign:

 

[BradyManny]

From today's ESPN chat. He feels our pain. Or is it we who feel his pain? probably both.



Very classy comments about teammates.

Chat: Chat with Tedy Bruschi - SportsNation - ESPN Boston

I can only imagine the pain they feel. I still think about that game often - far, far, far too often - and I'm just a fan. This is their livelihood, not just their profession, but a passion. The feeling of "what-if" they must have over that game will undoubtedly stick with them for the rest of their lives.

That said, particularly now with the Colts cowardice and failure to go for perfection, that 2007 team has nothing to be ashamed of. It should be proud of its accomplishments.

 

[BradyManny]

:beersign:

Wow.


That picture honestly makes me want to kill myself.

 

[makoute]

I can only imagine the pain they feel. I still think about that game often - far, far, far too often - and I'm just a fan. This is their livelihood, not just their profession, but a passion. The feeling of "what-if" they must have over that game will undoubtedly stick with them for the rest of their lives.

That said, particularly now with the Colts cowardice and failure to go for perfection, that 2007 team has nothing to be ashamed of. It should be proud of its accomplishments.

I have blocked it out of my memory, and every once in a while, I get a reminder from this site, or some stupid NFL commercial.

 

[51Hits]

Wow.


That picture honestly makes me want to kill myself.

That picture sums it up for me. In such disbelier you want to think your in some kind of dream or something. I remember just screaming NOOOOOOOOOO because I was in such disbalief. This thread just needs to go.

 

[BradyManny]

I have blocked it out of my memory, and every once in a while, I get a reminder from this site, or some stupid NFL commercial.

The NFL Network commercial with the Tyree pass has probably taken years off my life. It's sort of funny that, in real life, I'm an extremely mild-mannered person (take my word for it). Yet, its a good thing I don't have any sharp objects in my living room or I'd have probably jammed it through my jugular at this point thanks to that MFing commercial.

 

[Ilikehappyppl]

Oh man, that was a sad day. I remember I took work off the next day and got drunk and watched the highlights on NFLN.

G-men where a flash in the pan like I said at the time, they had no business taking history away....

Its all good, in some small town in Africa we are 19-0! least they think so

 

[The Brandon Five]

This thread has ruined my afternoon.

 

[BradyManny]

That picture sums it up for me. In such disbelier you want to think your in some kind of dream or something. I remember just screaming NOOOOOOOOOO because I was in such disbalief. This thread just needs to go.

The worst was waking up the next morning. There was about a good 5-10 seconds before I remembered what transpired the night before. That might've been the last time I was happy. (J/K).

 

[The Brandon Five]

The NFL Network commercial with the Tyree pass has probably taken years off my life. It's sort of funny that, in real life, I'm an extremely mild-mannered person (take my word for it). Yet, its a good thing I don't have any sharp objects in my living room or I'd have probably jammed it through my jugular at this point thanks to that MFing commercial.

I actually close my eyes and hit mute when the Strahan and Tyree portions of that commercial come on. It makes me want to vomit.

 

[BradyManny]

This thread has ruined my afternoon.

That close. Man. Seeing that, Moss really could've gone up and got that without Webster getting a hand on that.

Excuse me while I go vomit all over myself.

 

[Synovia]

That close. Man. Seeing that, Moss really could've gone up and got that without Webster getting a hand on that.

Excuse me while I go vomit all over myself.

Hey, if the ball hadn't been underthrown, its a touchdown. Moss had Webster beat by about 3 steps when the ball was released.

 

[jdwad246]

I am right there with everyone, I still think about it way too much. I try to look at it from a positive standpoint - three super bowl wins, taking a perfect season to the absolute last minute. I believe that the 2004 Pats would have beat the 2007 Pats - better D, balanced offense. the 2007 team was a great team, but the league caught up to them by the end. It would have been a struggle to beat the Chargers in the AFC championship had they been healthy. That being said, there cannot be a more painful way for that season to have ended. But we have dealt with it, and there is probably no other loss that could possibly hurt as worse, so we got that going for us...