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I guess in Miami, winning a close games while going 8-0 in the second half of the season, means you're not that good.
No perfect ending for Pats
By Greg Stoda
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 31, 2007
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New England will not win the Super Bowl.
The Patriots are a wonderful team, and, if they emerge from the playoffs as champions, would deserve a seat at the table in the NFL's best-ever debate.
But they won't.
The sense of New England's invincibility is diminishing - yes, despite its historic 16-0 record standing as stout argument to the contrary - and, in fact, has been all but torn down four times during the second half of the regular season:
Patriots 24, Colts 20
Patriots 31, Eagles 28
Patriots 27, Ravens 24
Patriots 38, Giants 35
............
And though the Patriots draw a first-round by as the top-seeded team in the AFC, they are stuck in a bracket stuffed four deep - Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Jacksonville - with formidable potential opponents.
....................
But it says here that the Colts will beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game by reversing the score of the first meeting between the teams.
Never will a 17-1 record look so sad.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2007/12/31/a3cc_stoda_1231.html
No perfect ending for Pats
By Greg Stoda
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 31, 2007
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New England will not win the Super Bowl.
The Patriots are a wonderful team, and, if they emerge from the playoffs as champions, would deserve a seat at the table in the NFL's best-ever debate.
But they won't.
The sense of New England's invincibility is diminishing - yes, despite its historic 16-0 record standing as stout argument to the contrary - and, in fact, has been all but torn down four times during the second half of the regular season:
Patriots 24, Colts 20
Patriots 31, Eagles 28
Patriots 27, Ravens 24
Patriots 38, Giants 35
............
And though the Patriots draw a first-round by as the top-seeded team in the AFC, they are stuck in a bracket stuffed four deep - Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, San Diego and Jacksonville - with formidable potential opponents.
....................
But it says here that the Colts will beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship Game by reversing the score of the first meeting between the teams.
Never will a 17-1 record look so sad.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2007/12/31/a3cc_stoda_1231.html