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Did not see this posted anywhere, as there is so much stuff going on here, but here is CHFF's take on the situation..
http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2036_No_nit_too_small_to_pick.html
ColdHardFootballFacts.com routinely advises readers to employ the "Merril Hoge Rule" of analysis, which is this: if some pigskin "pundit" spits out a mindless, factless cliché, just change the channel, put down the newspaper or click to the next website. (The factless cliché that inspired the rule is the constant reminders from ESPN's Hoge that teams need to “establish the run” to win, despite mountains of Cold, Hard Football Facts and decades of evidence to the contrary.)
The useless cliché circulating around the Jacksonville-New England playoff game is just how "big" and "tough" the Jaguars are. When you hear this, employ the Merril Hoge Rule and move on to a more important activity, like diving into dumpsters to collect empty beer cans.
We don’t know if Jacksonville is bigger and tougher than New England. We’d contend that all NFL teams are big and tough. (In fact, the folks at WEEI in Boston reported earlier today that New England's defensive front seven is, man for man, quite a bit bigger than Jacksonville's defensive front seven.)
Regardless of the relative size, we do know this:
the Jaguars went 11-5, scored 411 points, allowed 304 points, faced seven Quality Teams and beat four of them.
The Patriots went 16-0, scored 589, allowed 274 points, faced seven Quality Teams and beat all seven of them.
The Jaguars could be the biggest, toughest team in football history. The Patriots could be the biggest collection of man-bag-toting, pink-dog-case carrying, skirt-wearing sissies ever to step on a football field.
But all the actual, you know, evidence tells us that the skirt-wearing sissies are a much better team.
If the Jaguars do win, it will be because they played the games of their lives, forced New England into uncharacteristic mistakes, found ways to frustrate the highest-scoring offense in history and benefitted from an unsual flurry of Big Plays on both sides of the ball. They won't win because they're "bigger" or "tougher
http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/Articles/11_2036_No_nit_too_small_to_pick.html
ColdHardFootballFacts.com routinely advises readers to employ the "Merril Hoge Rule" of analysis, which is this: if some pigskin "pundit" spits out a mindless, factless cliché, just change the channel, put down the newspaper or click to the next website. (The factless cliché that inspired the rule is the constant reminders from ESPN's Hoge that teams need to “establish the run” to win, despite mountains of Cold, Hard Football Facts and decades of evidence to the contrary.)
The useless cliché circulating around the Jacksonville-New England playoff game is just how "big" and "tough" the Jaguars are. When you hear this, employ the Merril Hoge Rule and move on to a more important activity, like diving into dumpsters to collect empty beer cans.
We don’t know if Jacksonville is bigger and tougher than New England. We’d contend that all NFL teams are big and tough. (In fact, the folks at WEEI in Boston reported earlier today that New England's defensive front seven is, man for man, quite a bit bigger than Jacksonville's defensive front seven.)
Regardless of the relative size, we do know this:
the Jaguars went 11-5, scored 411 points, allowed 304 points, faced seven Quality Teams and beat four of them.
The Patriots went 16-0, scored 589, allowed 274 points, faced seven Quality Teams and beat all seven of them.
The Jaguars could be the biggest, toughest team in football history. The Patriots could be the biggest collection of man-bag-toting, pink-dog-case carrying, skirt-wearing sissies ever to step on a football field.
But all the actual, you know, evidence tells us that the skirt-wearing sissies are a much better team.
If the Jaguars do win, it will be because they played the games of their lives, forced New England into uncharacteristic mistakes, found ways to frustrate the highest-scoring offense in history and benefitted from an unsual flurry of Big Plays on both sides of the ball. They won't win because they're "bigger" or "tougher
