Peter King is an idiot, Part 3245678

hambone1818 said:

I think King thinks highly of Baltimore--ranking them 5th for whatever reason--so by extension a win by Denver is impressive in his mind.

I'm not sure I agree. I think the Baltimore D will continue to be very good, they seemingly always are, but on that side of the ball Manning looked awful, and they just lost Suggs for the season. And I just don't think the Baltimore O is at all SB caliber. Who, exactly, will be catching Flacco's jump balls this season? Forsett is a decent back but not 'Ray Rice in his prime' good. The O-line looks meh. I'm just not impressed, am I missing something?

The entire list is bad, but the Ravens at #5 gives you an idea why he has Denver at #1. Pittsburg outside the top 15 is another head-scratcher, they haven't fixed their defensive woes but starting week three, with Bell back, that offense will be scary good. That combination won them the division last year, I think they're definitely among the 15 best in the league right now.

Just as an aside: 7 of the top 9 are AFC teams. Admittedly the list is garbage, but that stacked NFC from the past half decade is no more. Some very good squads in the NFC but we're far removed from the GB/SF/SEA three-headed monster of a few seasons ago.

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Rob0729 said:

Not trashing the defense (it was impressive), but you are not going to win a lot of games when your offense is scoring you 9 points a game especially when 6 of the points came off of 50 yard plus field goals in Denver.

I don't have a problem with Denver being in people's top ten, but this is a QB driven league. And whether it is Manning is done or Kubiak's system is wrong for him or both, the Broncos are going nowhere with Manning playing like he did on Sunday even if this Broncos' defense rivals the 85 Bears.

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MitchKumstein said:

Agreed that instead of complaining about Patriots fans being mad, King should think about why we're mad

Maybe it's because:

• The jets flunkies working in the NFL conspired with Patriots' rivals to set up a bogus sting operation on the Patriots
• The jets flunkies then put out false information from the failed sting which set off a public firestorm against the Patriots
• The failed sting operation dragged Brady's name through the mud and forced him to spend his off season in court
• The NFL took draft picks (again) from the Patriots for no reason
• The NFL continues to have their puppet station ESPN report unproven deflamatory stories about the Patriots
• The entire saga has attempted to diminish the accomplishments of the players and coaches of one of the greatest franchises in NFL history

So, sorry that we're a little angry, Peter

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NashuaPats said:

Yesterday in his MMQB article, he wrote "I was born in Springfield, Mass., and lived the first 18 years of my life over the border in Connecticut, in a town called Enfield, just north of Hartford. So I’ve got some New England in my blood. And I get why the region loves the Patriots, a franchise that has brought so much pride to a six-state area. But the venom I heard and felt last midweek, in town to cover the Patriots opener, was over the top. It’s football. It’s not a war."

Oh really, Peter? You 're bothered that football fans are upset that their team's championships have been questioned and their HOF QB and coach have been labelled cheaters because of lies, anonymous sources, and false reporting?

In January he reported that he was “told reliably that . . . either 11 or 12 of New England’s footballs . . . (I hear it could have been all 12) had at least two pounds less pressure in them. All 12 Indianapolis footballs were at the prescribed level. All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge after the game. All 24 checked at the correct pressure.”

I realize that he has apologized for his errors and mostly come around, but perhaps he should be as upset as the fans for being used and lied to. Perhaps, he should realize the bigger story is who fed him those lies and why.

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robertweathers said:

Yep.

Neither BAL or DEN is a SB contender this year. Yes- I said that.

Not to sounds arrogant but all the Pats need to do is stay healthy, hungry and improve on D.

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NashuaPats said:

Yesterday in his MMQB article, he wrote "I was born in Springfield, Mass., and lived the first 18 years of my life over the border in Connecticut, in a town called Enfield, just north of Hartford. So I’ve got some New England in my blood. And I get why the region loves the Patriots, a franchise that has brought so much pride to a six-state area. But the venom I heard and felt last midweek, in town to cover the Patriots opener, was over the top. It’s football. It’s not a war."

Oh really, Peter? You 're bothered that football fans are upset that their team's championships have been questioned and their HOF QB and coach have been labelled cheaters because of lies, anonymous sources, and false reporting?

In January he reported that he was “told reliably that . . . either 11 or 12 of New England’s footballs . . . (I hear it could have been all 12) had at least two pounds less pressure in them. All 12 Indianapolis footballs were at the prescribed level. All 24 footballs were checked by pressure gauge after the game. All 24 checked at the correct pressure.”

I realize that he has apologized for his errors and mostly come around, but perhaps he should be as upset as the fans for being used and lied to. Perhaps, he should realize the bigger story is who fed him those lies and why.

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KontradictioN said:

I said in another thread that Manning looking like trash had nothing to do with Kubiak's offense. He picked up right where he left off in 2014. The time has simply come. His play is the difference between a one and done in the wild card (which is where they're heading, IMO) and a Super Bowl appearance. Their defense will carry them in a lot of games but Manning can no longer drive the ball. Defenses know this and are game planning accordingly.

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Rob0729 said:

Granted Peter King is not as an idiot as Walter at Walter Football who has dubbed Tom Brady as a "rotting corpse" who is done and can do nothing but throw check downs. And his performance on Thursday was "check down after check down" and not impressive. He ranks the Patriots 9th and brings up the cheating scandal that was proven wrong.

He is so butt hurt over Brady winning in court that he is throwing away any credibility he had to trash Brady.

Here is what Walter wrote about the Pats:

image: http://walterfootball.com/images/fball/patriotsb_logo.gif



http://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php

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Patriot Missile said:

After a morning where the whole country has poles of "is Peyton done?" Ha ha, too funny, at times he was throwing helicopter balls that you would expect your 7 year old son to throw out in the backyard.

As for Brady? 4 TDs, 288 yards. 3 rooks on the oline. Yawn, unimpressive lol. My lord, what is this world coming to?

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FourierSeries said:

KC will drop 30 on them at Arrowhead.

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Rob0729 said:

Granted Peter King is not as an idiot as Walter at Walter Football who has dubbed Tom Brady as a "rotting corpse" who is done and can do nothing but throw check downs. And his performance on Thursday was "check down after check down" and not impressive. He ranks the Patriots 9th and brings up the cheating scandal that was proven wrong.

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50-yard-line said:

The Pats are the reigning champs. Seattle got beat.

The Pats beat arguably (very arguably, given that Denver/Baltimore mess) and the continuing softness/decline of the Colts) the second best team in the AFC, up 14 with less than 10 seconds to play.

Meanwhile, teh Packers beat a mediocre Bears team by 7, and were losing for much of the game.

Ergo, it's a no-brainer, if you're doing a power ranking right now, the Pats
are, PERIOD, number 1.

Until the SB champs are beaten, they are number 1.

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aluminum seats said:

Who or what the hell is Walter football?

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skspikex2 said:

Isn't that the same Broncos defense that Brady shred last year?

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primetime said:

This is literally just some guy named Walter with a website. My favorite is when he claims his "sources" told him something about the draft.

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FourierSeries said:

KC will drop 30 on them at Arrowhead.

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