Washington Post....."Vengeful Tom Brady..."

Tony2046 said:

This is going to be a fun year.

Buffalo supposedly has a top 5 defense and the Pats put up 40. What the hell are they going to do to the Colts?

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Emergency meeting of the competition committee has been called to add the mercy rule to professional football.

raduray said:

Why don't our local newspapers have writers of that quality? I mean, it's Boston. We deserve better.

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If only Boston had some centers of education that could teach communications as a college/graduate program. then again, it seems local/Boston media has some odd type of hiring practices and perhaps education (ability to write or stand up for oneself) isn't required or actively discouraged.

raduray said:

Why don't our local newspapers have writers of that quality?

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I'm not sure it's the quality, but the content. Journalism isn't occupying the same role it traditionally has anymore. Instead of an unbiased re-telling of events, today's role more than ever before is to get as many views, clicks, tune ins, and forwards as possible. Therefore provocation, designed to either rile or rev up the emotional ties we all have with our teams , is job one. Analysis isn't based on Xs and Os, but instead the feelings behind those Xs and Os that create visceral, immediate response.

patfanken said:

He complained bitterly how he just can't get through to this guys", and ""H'ow this team isn't ready to rise to the occasion when adversity arises"

One time it was in a conversation with Tom in his offense. The final time, IIRC,. he was on the field standing next to Brady during the 2009 AFCCG ) "Gees, Tom this goddamn team can ever seem to over come adversty,

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In this same vein, in "Do Your Job", Belichick cites the ass kicking in Kansas City last year as a positive, because despite the lopsided loss, the team fought and struggled in the 2nd half, played hard for pride and for each other, when they could easily have just mailed it in. After getting a glimpse of the soul of that team at KC, he came away thinking "okay... this is something I can work with".

All the video of the Pats in the offensive huddle during the 2014 SuperBowl was full of "I love you man"... even before the game winning drive, the players were re-committing themselves to each other. That's a championship spirit. And now, galvanized by all the offseason firestorm, you want to believe that it will only be more and deeper in 2015.

"Vengeful" indeed, and dangerous. Hopefully it runs 53 players deep. In that regard, it is kinda good that Reggie Wayne bowed out, if he wasn't prepared to go there with the rest of them.

PScottman said:

I'm not sure it's the quality, but the content. Journalism isn't occupying the same role it traditionally has anymore. Instead of an unbiased re-telling of events, today's role more than ever before is to get as many views, clicks, tune ins, and forwards as possible. Therefore provocation, designed to either rile or rev up the emotional ties we all have with our teams , is job one. Analysis isn't based on Xs and Os, but instead the feelings behind those Xs and Os that create visceral, immediate response.

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It's really very simple. Around here, there is no worse fate than having your peers decide you're a "homer.". And around here, any media member who is fair toward the home teams will get that tag and will never lose it. Useful synonyms are fanboy, honk, toady, footie pajama wearer, ball washer, among others. Conversely, if you unfairly skewer the home teams, you're independent, brave, courageous, your own man/woman, honest and worthy of being worshipped.

Thoughts:

Atlanta.....IMO....Matt Ryan is over rated (don't see the arm strength)....and Atlanta is your typical "you know what you're gonna get for all sixty minutes". BB and Brady devour these type of teams.

Lewis staying in the game....The kid needs reps...lots of reps.

BB coaching decision: Many surprises...4th and 1 twice....Lewis remaining a focal point.
I see it as in-game learning moments for the players /for the coaches. Lets see what you have / lets see what we got. Clearly BB is confident with a side of revenge

AFC contenders.......Lets not forget Cincy. For two games at least Cincy is utilizing their TEs. Prior to this year...Cincy and Atlanta were essentially the same offense ...get the ball to the $$$$ WRs.......As we know here in NE, TE's change the dynamics of an offense and Cincy may have taken a giant step forward. we'll see.

PScottman said:

I'm not sure it's the quality, but the content. Journalism isn't occupying the same role it traditionally has anymore. Instead of an unbiased re-telling of events, today's role more than ever before is to get as many views, clicks, tune ins, and forwards as possible. Therefore provocation, designed to either rile or rev up the emotional ties we all have with our teams , is job one. Analysis isn't based on Xs and Os, but instead the feelings behind those Xs and Os that create visceral, immediate response.

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I don't know if I agree. I consider "not being a total ****tard" a quality, an important one actually.

fgssand said:

After a VERY small read on things....it sure does appear that it will be GB - NE in SB 50. I'm not sure about 16-0 as that really could come down to a lucky bounce or three, all going our way.

That said, Brady sure does look unbeatable.

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borg said:

Thoughts:

Atlanta.....IMO....Matt Ryan is over rated (don't see the arm strength)....and Atlanta is your typical "you know what you're gonna get for all sixty minutes". BB and Brady devour these type of teams.

Lewis staying in the game....The kid needs reps...lots of reps.

BB coaching decision: Many surprises...4th and 1 twice....Lewis remaining a focal point.
I see it as in-game learning moments for the players /for the coaches. Lets see what you have / lets see what we got. Clearly BB is confident with a side of revenge

AFC contenders.......Lets not forget Cincy. For two games at least Cincy is utilizing their TEs. Prior to this year...Cincy and Atlanta were essentially the same offense ...get the ball to the $$$$ WRs.......As we know here in NE, TE's change the dynamics of an offense and Cincy may have taken a giant step forward. we'll see.

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I refuse to take Cincy serious until they win at least 1 playoff game! We've seen this movie a 1000 times!

nowayback said:

The real post game show, Smerlas suits me just fine after a Pats win . Fred always has very good in depth analysis....... oh and I like hearing homerish stuff after a PAts win. Pfw usually has a lot of negatives, I knew they would come out ranting about almost blown lead .

http://media.weei.com/a/109322692/r...fense-puts-up-40-on-vaunted-bills-defense.htm

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Yes. Much better. Thanks for that.

patfanken said:

We have a real early Bye this year.

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I think that might be a benefit this year. After the long offseason Brady having a week off early might allow him to decompress a little.

patfanken said:

I can't help but remember a film clip I found on UTUBE, when I was looking to get into a fooball mood before the Steeler game. The clip was a "Football Life - Bill Belechick and the 2000. It was a great show that gave us a lot of insight on BB and inside on how the Pats prepare for game. They also go over the team, and one thing is striking. Bill mentions this less no than 3 times, during different parts of the seasonJ

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You mean 2009?

He complained bitterly how he just can't get through to this guys", and ""H'ow this team isn't ready to rise to the occasion when adversity arises"

One time it was in a conversation with Tom in his offense. The final time, IIRC,. he was on the field standing next to Brady during the 2009 AFCCG ) "Gees, Tom this goddamn team can ever seem to over come adversty,

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I think that was during Colts game. The 2009 Pats did not play in the AFCCG. The lost the Wild Card game at home to the Ravens.

Tony2046 said:

Even the post game shows sucked. After the game I turned to channel 65 and got Felger with Troy Brown. Troy Brown is one of my all time favorite Pats but just could not listen to freaken Felger.

So I turned to the postgame show on another channel and got Curran (great) coupled with Mr. stiffnecked ass hat himself. No way I'm listening to that.

I don't get it. It was a good win and I want to hear the positives and the negatives with a Patriot perspective. If you gave a magical Unicorn to Felger or Borges they would stick their finger in its rectum and tell you it stinks.

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I love Tryoy Brown as a football player as well, but I can't listen to his boring analysis'....the guy rambles on and on in a monotone manner.

It's Week 3 and Seattle is not dead yet. A SB rematch would not shock me.

PatriotsReign said:

I love Tryoy Brown as a football player as well, but I can't listen to his boring analysis'....the guy rambles on and on in a monotone manner.

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It was good to hear from him but Patrick Pass was awful with Beetle Bertrand on the Sports Hub post game show.

PatriotsReign said:

I love Tryoy Brown as a football player as well, but I can't listen to his boring analysis'....the guy rambles on and on in a monotone manner.

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The Brandon Five said:

You mean 2009?



I think that was during Colts game. The 2009 Pats did not play in the AFCCG. The lost the Wild Card game at home to the Ravens.

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I actually believe it was during the defeat Thanksgiving weekend in New Orleans. I only remember because I was there.

Tony2046 said:

This is going to be a fun year.

Buffalo supposedly has a top 5 defense and the Pats put up 40. What the hell are they going to do to the Colts?

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scoring an ungodly amount of points has a lot to do with the defense creating lots of turnovers or short drives..verdict is still out

PatriotsReign said:

I love Tryoy Brown as a football player as well, but I can't listen to his boring analysis'....the guy rambles on and on in a monotone manner.

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If he is with a decent host the show would be something to watch. With Felger or Tanguay OTOH it just becomes the "what can I say to get my lucrative XM radio contract" show.

robertweathers said:

It was good to hear from him but Patrick Pass was awful with Beetle Bertrand on the Sports Hub post game show.

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Yeah Patrick is really bad on the radio. Just really boring and sounds like he is mumbling half the time. I heard him like a week ago on the night show with that dink Adam Jones and it was really boring so I didn't listen to much of the 98.5 post game.

I don't mind Troy Brown as an analyst. The CSNNE post game is usually what I watch. You also get Ty Law or Koppen plus Curran. I like hearing from all those guys but maybe I'm in the minority about this show. Felger is a lot more tolerable on it too.

Kdo5 said:

Yeah Patrick is really bad on the radio. Just really boring and sounds like he is mumbling half the time. I heard him like a week ago on the night show with that dink Adam Jones and it was really boring so I didn't listen to much of the 98.5 post game.

I don't mind Troy Brown as an analyst. The CSNNE post game is usually what I watch. You sometimes get Ty Law or Koppen plus Curran. I like hearing from all those guys but maybe I'm in the minority about this show. Felger is a lot more tolerable on it too.

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I agree on Troy. Hes a little dry. Ty is good. I actually like Stallworth. Hes been good in the past.

Agreed on Koppen. Would like to see more of Matt Light. Seemed like he tried to get into TV band just backed away from it. I thought he was very good.

FourierSeries said:

I think there's a legitimate chance we go 16-0, based on the schedule. You never know what kind of circumstances we will encounter though.

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I agree. The away games at Denver and Miami seem like the only plausible losses.

We are sooooooooo lucky to have Brady as our quarterback..... be sure to cherish every moment!