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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The Pats made the playoffs in 2005 even after they lost Bruschi, the heart of the defense then, to a stroke for much of the season. The team made it to the AFC Championship game in 2006 despite having no legitimate number 1 receiver.
Given the sudden emergence of the Kindergarten Corps at LB as a force I'd say we're one hard hiting safety and one better coverage CB away from having a dominant D. No reason those folks can't be added in the spring of '09.
We whine just like Colts fans now about execution, or the refs, or blame a few players.
It is never the Offensive God Coordinator's fault, it is always not executing his "perfect game plan".
Odd thread, with the comparison to the Colts simply being random. Look, the Pats haven't won the whole thing for 3 seasons, so you can say whatever you want. But every year is different, and in the important ways the Pats have been defined--high-character guys (nobody being a distraction or an a-hole), playing as a team, guys stepping up (a certain QB), etc., they are in fact the same old Pats.
That is the largest pile of manure I have seen..you never liked the line up of a team that went 18-1?? you are either a complete troll..or know zilch about the game...nuff from you...go follow another team...maybe the NY football giants who you seem to go gaga over..
Yes, the Pats haven't won the Super Bowl in three seasons. But the 49ers went four years between their second and third Super Bowl (with a playoff record of 0-3 during that time) and 5 seasons between their third and fourth Super Bowl (with a playoff record of 3-3 and one year without a playoff appearance during that time). So the run is not neccessarily over.
I miss the old, physical, "no one respects us" Patriots. I miss Ty Law picking off Kurt Warner in his prime. I miss David Patten, David Givens, and even Daniel Graham. I liked when people feared the Patriots and knew that when they came to Foxboro, they were going to get a wall-balanced, physical game and teams were afraid to catch the ball against our defenders. Now teams look forward to shredding our secondary and running over Bruschi and Vrabel.
It's not just that they were winning SBs, it was the way they were winning. I've never had a more fun time in my life watching a team than watching the 2001-2004 Pats. Sure, Brady turning into an all-time great to possibly the greatest ever not named Montana has been great to watch, but I miss his 3,700 28 TD, 14 INT seasons with Corey Dillon running physically for 1,600 yards.
This new Patriots team, Brady, Cassel, whoever at quarterback, is just "another good team." A team that other teams feel they can beat any week, especially now that Brady is out. Even with a 100% healthy Brady, teams feel like the defense is a soft, swiss cheese defense with a lot of holes. We have possibly the two most overrated players in the game in Matt "Turnstile" Light and Richard Seymour, two guys that get by more on their name than their playing ability and an offensive coordinator who makes Mike Martz look like Einstein.
I miss the efficient, non-flashy Brady, rough, physical defense, original playcalling days. Does that mean I don't watch the games anymore? No. But this team has basically become what we hated for all these years...the Colts. And like the Colts, we have no championships to show for it.
Yes, the Pats haven't won the Super Bowl in three seasons. But the 49ers went four years between their second and third Super Bowl (with a playoff record of 0-3 during that time) and 5 seasons between their third and fourth Super Bowl (with a playoff record of 3-3 and one year without a playoff appearance during that time). So the run is not neccessarily over.
That is why we need to go back to a punishing defense and a timely offense.
Keep McDaniels out of the draft room. No more wasting high draft choices on sexy WR's and RB's when you can pick up good cheap WR or RB in later rounds or in free agency.
Also McDaniels needs to stop thinking we are the Colts. Our best days were when we were a ball control, pound the rock offense, who deployed play action and mismatches.
I am tired of hearing Pats fans sound like Colts fans in their obsession over monster offensive stats, and then every time we come up short in the playoffs we blame it on execution or throw players under the bus.
You are qa McDaniels basher who lacks any objectivity on the subject.
You are so far up in McDaniels' nuts it's not even funny.
Rob0729 is the same poster who said if McDaniels coached from 01-04 the Pats would have beaten the Rams comfortably in the Superbowl and would have won *at least* 3 Superbowls.
The guy is a Colts fan accidentally cheering for the Pats, he is obsessed with offensive stats, and every time the Pats lose it is never his Offensive Coordinator God's fault. You always think McDaniels comes in with a 'perfect' game plan, and the only reason we lose is the all-star offense didn't execute, or you like to throw players under the bus.
We don't need Colts-like fans like Rob0729, they are a complete JOKE.