Denver vs NE post game thread

farn said:

Gronk : what else can you say ? Game changer is almost too soft a term....

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I don't know if any player in the league is as important to his team other than his teammate, Brady. LOL

PP2 said:

More to the point, major kudos to Stork for neutralizing the Pot Roast. Huge change from last time when Wendell was being beat so bad I was expecting him to file a restraining order.

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Stork played well. Not perfect, but still very well.

The excuses, what ifs, the we will in the futures are all ready rolling in.

I don't care, life is a ***** but it helps to watch us beat the revamped best team in the NFL by 22 points tonight.

I was a "Brady is in decline" guy. Egg. All over my face.

in all seriousness, that was enjoyable. Felt like and 04' win where the DB's were allowed to play the way football should be played. On offense, Gronk and Lafell just didnt care about physicality, they just won on "win" routes. this should play well against the teams we play coming up as I dont think any of those teams have an answer for our "outside" receivers. Think about that for a second....

Sfpat said:

Don't recall one time during the telecast that Simms/Nantz mentioned anything positive about the Pats, such as the Pats were better, Pat D better than expected, Pats D playing well, Brady is good, Pats favored to win the AFC, etc, etc. They were quite silent about the quality of the Pats team.

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Simms and Nantz are a bunch of nitwits that constantly have to perpetuate the Manning ball washing. He's the golden boy in their eyes no matter how hard he chokes.

RobAllan said:

Manning running into the tunnel to avoid extra postgame interaction was fantastic. What a good day.

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Can't imagine what his rush was, I'm sure the media just wanted to ask him how it felt to throw touchdown passes 514 and 515.

Injuries to monitor: None.

Sfpat said:

Don't recall one time during the telecast that Simms/Nantz mentioned anything positive about the Pats, such as the Pats were better, Pat D better than expected, Pats D playing well, Brady is good, Pats favored to win the AFC, etc, etc. They were quite silent about the quality of the Pats team.

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That's because the whole world outside of NE seemingly thought NE would lose this game. All the talk was about how our D wasn't as good and how Denver's offseason was looking better coming into this game. Maybe that stuff was true, but that's why you play the game.

NE was being eulogized earlier this season. BB was arrogant. Brady was unhappy. Dobson was fighting Josh. Mankins move was dumb. Dynasty was over. Wait . . .

Mcp1982 said:

not to be a "debbie downer" but that felt like beating the broncos on "all rookie" mode in madden...they must have held plays back, right?

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That was the all-madden difficulty Broncos that got beat, lol

Wow!

What a great game for the pats. They are such a different team with a healthy gronk.

Defense really impressed today as well.

I wish we had signed sanders!

total 180 from KC. I just hope we can lay this well on the road, and in the playoffs.

That being said, I'm going to be in a great mood for the next two weeks

General Hightower was very good again tonight. I think it's a fair question to ask as to whether he or Chandler Jones was the better pick. The good thing is, we don't have to ask it.

Halifax_Pats_Fan said:

suck on that.....time for you 'experts' to WAKEY WAKEY!!!!

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Although of pre-game guys have to give credit to Bradshaw, Cowher, Esiason and Bart Scott they had the Pats

PP2 said:

More to the point, major kudos to Stork for neutralizing the Pot Roast. Huge change from last time when Wendell was being beat so bad I was expecting him to file a restraining order.

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Stork is a home run draft pick IMO. Pats are going to be able to plug him in at C for the next 10 years and will be set at the position.

PatsBoy12 said:

Stork played well. Not perfect, but still very well.

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No doubt, but if you rewatch last year's AFC championship, particularly what Pot Roast was doing, you'll feel a lot better about what you saw tonight. Things are definitely going to be different now that we are finally stout in the middle.

Doug Kyed‏@DougKyedNESN
Malcolm Butler said he told Peyton Manning "good game" after the win. Was he happy to see you? "I don't think so."

That was one of the most impressive wins I can recall in recent years. Much better that last year's fluke win over Denver.

I can't tell you how happy I am to see the Defense blitz and disrupt Manning's timing. So much better thn the slow death of the bend and don't break that we've had to witness the last few years. Our improved secondary is allowing the linebackers to get active in the pass rush.

Brady has been fantastic. So many money 3rd down throws. His accuracy has been as good as ever and he's been great moving around in the pocket.

I'm not religious but I'm praying for Gronk be healthy for the playoffs

Special teams were special. How about Casillas on kick coverage? I loved the full team substitution on the 4th down. I give credit to Denver. I think they were on the field just as fast

SVN said:

Tom E. Curran ‏@tomecurran 1m1 minute ago
Giant plastic coffee mug launched as Manning went up tunnel exiting field. Landed near him and clattered around. He glared into stands.


This is bad.

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I saw that. Welker was jogging behind him and dropped his coffee.