Patriots - Biggest Collapse in Conference Championship History
 

I guess it took a few days to sink in, but the Patriots were up 21-3 and Brady had the ball at midfield.

Brady and the offense also had the ball and the lead with around 3.00 minutes left and they were unable to run out the clock.

I greatly respect the Patriots, but I wonder if this loss will have any lingering effects. Sometimes bad losses are the harbinger of bad things to come. I wonder how we will all look at this loss 10 years from now. It's the biggest collapse in conference championship history, but will it be one of those defining moments that changes the whole direction of the franchise?

John Freidah (in today's Providence Journal) has the sick feeling that Tom Brady has played in his last Super Bowl.

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About as much as it affected your baseball team. They went out and won their division title in 05 and 06 after the greatest collapse in team sports history. Pats will be fine. I'd be more worried if I were a Colts fan.

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Seriously? When did this happen? I had no idea.

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I think it affected the Yankees somewhat, but baseball and football are like apples and oranges.

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Needed to run the ball more and the DB's played soft and gave too much ground in second half.....Asante must have played off of Harrison by 10 yards thje whole seccond half......The Mugging no call in the endzone didnt help......and the drops of 2 potential scores by Reche were icebreakers.....


.................................................. .................................Buddhaman

PS.....Manning did not win this game ....our beloved PATS lost it.......

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if the coach of this team was anybody but BB, and the core different people other than Brady, Seymour...and co. I would have been worried, but there is a fire and a drive to win in this organization, and they have sound future plans, and unlike baseball, football teams change from season except for the core mentioned above..so no I am not worried that Tom Brady will never be in a SB again.

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We've seen the Colts come back from behind against the Patriots like that before - so that's nothing new.

Statistically, when the Pats have the lead with 3 minutes remaining I don't think they hardly ever lose

But I know I looked at the clock and said "that's a lot of time... too much time" when the Colts had the ball so its really not a shock to me...

...same with the fact that Brady had 1 minute to score a touch down - Brady's good but that's pretty damn hard to do

What's more interesting is that, if that bobbled ball had come down in a Patriot player's hand, we win the game. The fact that the Colts recovered helped them seal the victory.

That - and any number of other small plays - determined the outcome of the game. I guess I just have a bit of perspective and don't feel all that bad about losing the way we did.

The Colts played Patriots-like football - and the Patriots didn't pay half bad themselves. While that's surprising I can't help but have some respect for that.

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The one Wayne bobbled? If the Pats did recover that was coming back because of the roughing call on TBC. Was there another one?

It was shocking to see the Pats lose like they did, never expected it with this team, and I really still don't believe it happened.

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A lot of people compare Brady to Joe Montana. After Joe won 2 super bowls, he and the 49ers were one and done in their next three playoff appearances. Joe also had mid-season back surgery in 1986,, which a lot of people said would end his career. He came back and won two more super bowls. How can anybody say anything like Freidah at this point? Foolish if they do.

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Let's see, the Pats forced two fumbles in the second half, both recovered by the Colts. The one would have gone back due to the penalty, but without the penalty help recovering one would have pretty much sealed Indy's fate.

Smells like a total collapse alright, pretty close call for an Indy team playing at home against a flu ravaged club with two cross-country flights under it's belt. Indy won the game - life sucks and you prepare for the draft.