New England at Denver AFCCG pre game thread.

It may be a blessing in disguise that the officials screwed us hard and blatantly in the regular season meeting. It was pretty widely spoken about. Sure, alot of our haters refused to see it our way, and just used it as more opportunites to bash us despite the fact that the complaints were completely legit, but the important thing is it was brought to attention. It's going to make it harder IMO for the refs to take this game over. Doubt they will be able to kill 2 or 3 consecutive offensive drives for us again with phantom calls, followed up with a phantom hold in the end zone. There might be an aid to Denver here or there, but seeing how both teams looked this weekend, it won't be enough.

Marqui said:

My main concern is that I know Denver will throw all over Logan Ryan.

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Manning's not throwing 20 yards in the air so all Ryan has to do is stay close to his opponent and it'll be an easy PD.

If there's one player on this Planet Logan Ryan can handle its DT. Besides, Manning won't get him the ball over the top on Ryan, no joke, Manning can't throw that far , that accurately , that often. I'm almost as giddy as a school girl thinking about how one sideded this game could turn out to be

I realize that home vs. away makes a difference. But "best-he's-felt-all-year" Manning does not look even as good as wounded Roethlisberger; with Brown back in the mix, Pittsburgh would probably be the tougher matchup.

We're essentially back to the same level of.offensive firepower we had for last year's Super Bowl run, which is good enough. (Swap Vereen for White. And no Solder, but Cannon looks okay at RT. Plus Martin is a nice addition.) If Broncos are content to answer touchdowns with field goals, Pats gonna cruise.

New York Daily News Monday Front Page

Patsrock said:

New York Daily News Monday Front Page

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If have to admit that's kinda funny.

Patsrock said:

New York Daily News Monday Front Page

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Way better than the covers a year ago.

Isn't that what we did earlier this year - Butler on Sanders and Ryan on Thomas with safety help? And that was against Osweiler who could throw more than 6 yards downfield. And it worked pretty well overall.

I think Josh is gonna pull some rabbits out of his hat and confuse the s*** out of Wade Phillips.

just saw on twitter that harris is saying roby will have to play most of the snaps because his shoulder is so bad....this could be big. granted edelman torched him last time they matched up. but it tests their depth even more against our receiving threats.

libra957 said:

My main concern is denver running all over the pats defense, their passing game is meh. The pats are weak against the run.

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The Pats are ranked 10th in rushing yards allowed, 6th in rushing TDs allowed, and 11th in defensive rushing yards per attempt. So no they're not weak against the run.

If the pats want to make it to the Super Bowl they have to beat the best afc team. It's simple. Playoff wins are earned not given.

Patsrock said:

New York Daily News Monday Front Page

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The fact they admit manning cheated, and that both are minor in their careers says that framegate was a joke and won't affect Brady's legacy.

RIpats88 said:

just saw on twitter that harris is saying roby will have to play most of the snaps because his shoulder is so bad....this could be big. granted edelman torched him last time they matched up. but it tests their depth even more against our receiving threats.

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If Harris is out then that's a big advantage. Talib can't cover Edelman and our other guys will roast their depth guys.

Peyton Manning moves one step closer to storybook finish ugh

I think the game plan is gonna similar to KC. Amendola might have a big game considering I don't know who their 4th CB is.

Steven Jackson must be like, "you mean all I have to do is carry the ball 5 times in a playoff game?"

Archeryaddict12 said:

If the pats want to make it to the Super Bowl they have to beat the best afc team. It's simple. Playoff wins are earned not given.

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Dude, you have it wrong! If the Broncos want to make it to the SB, they have to beat the best AFC team which would be the defending SB Champion New England Patriots!

of course has to say thins

PEYTON LEADS BRADY IN TITLE GAME MATCHUPS
Tom Brady has played in nine previous AFC title games. He is 1-2 against Peyton Manning, and 5-1 against all other QBs.

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SVN said:

Peyton Manning moves one step closer to storybook finish ugh

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That's the difference.

Tom isn't playing for a storybook finish, he's playing for a chance to add to his superbowl appearances.

Then it's on to next year for the same old thing.