Parallels With The 2004 Season

Patjew said:

In 2004:
-beat the ever-living hell out of said conference rival in playoffs on the road in the AFCCG

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Patjew said:

I mentioned this last night and then TommyBrady12 expanded upon it, and now I've expanded on that. I know it's not really meaningful, but I think it's still fun to think about:

In 2004:
-Pats are the defending SB champs
-forced to deal with significant injuries (Ty Law and Poole out, Seymour missed AFCDG)
-lose to a bitter conference rival in the regular season after long winning streak (21 games)
-head to AFCCG early because of snowstorm
-beat said conference rival in playoffs on the road in the AFCCG
-go on to win super bowl

In 2015:
-Pats are the defending SB champs
-forced to deal with significant injuries (you know)
-lose to a bitter conference rival after long winning streak (10 games)
-head to AFCCG early because of snowstorm
-play said conference rival in playoffs on the road in the AFCCG
-?

Could be missing some... Anyway, hopefully the next two come to fruition too!

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aluminum seats said:

How much earlier is the team going to Denver? I think, but not sure, that the altitude is cumulative, so hopefully not too much earlier.

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Patjew said:

I never knew that. I assumed that the longer you're there, the more you acclimate to it.

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Patjew said:

I mentioned this last night and then TommyBrady12 expanded upon it, and now I've expanded on that. I know it's not really meaningful, but I think it's still fun to think about:

In 2004:
-Pats are the defending SB champs
-forced to deal with significant injuries (Ty Law and Poole out, Seymour missed AFCDG)
-lose to a bitter conference rival in the regular season after long winning streak (21 games)
-head to AFCCG early because of snowstorm
-beat said conference rival in playoffs on the road in the AFCCG
-go on to win super bowl

In 2015:
-Pats are the defending SB champs
-forced to deal with significant injuries (you know)
-lose to a bitter conference rival after long winning streak (10 games)
-head to AFCCG early because of snowstorm
-play said conference rival in playoffs on the road in the AFCCG
-?

Could be missing some... Anyway, hopefully the next two come to fruition too!

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Oswlek said:

-Lose in Miami to basically piss away any shot at the top seed.
-The top seed won a bunch of games by the skin of their teeth.
-The top seed barely beat a wild card team despite the QB playing with a shredded throwing shoulder.
-Despite solid scoring defense in that divisional game and a great rep league-wide, the top seed's pass coverage was very poor and the team was fortuitous not to be exposed primarily due to said throwing shoulder.

I'm sure someone had to have said the Patriots were "ripe for the pickin'" this past week.

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aluminum seats said:

That's what I initially thought too, and that is true if you're talking weeks. But apparently at first you're ok then you'll have more trouble over a few days.

Please note that this is based on Googling.

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RayClay said:

Acquired great veteran running back?

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dannydyn said:

What does Bing have to say?

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RayClay said:

Acquired great veteran running back?

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aluminum seats said:

That's what I initially thought too, and that is true if you're talking weeks. But apparently at first you're ok then you'll have more trouble over a few days.

Please note that this is based on Googling.

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Patsrock said:

Can't find the clip but there is a clip of Joey Porter screaming after the Halloween game about the Pats can never get on their level, ever! An Bruschi talking on Americas game about what level have they ever been on.

Do we have any Broncos player saying that after the game earlier this year?

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