feelthepain
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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.feelthepain said:The Fins have an eaiser schedule, better QB and secondary improved coaching, yet their record doesn't improve, meanwhile the Pats lose talent and they improve by three games. Sure!
Patsfanin Philly said:I guess I have a little too much on my hands too. Dryheat, You need to tweak it a little bit b/c as it exists now, you have two more wins than losses 257 v 255 and they have to equal out. Take one win away from a team (which becomes a loss) and it works out.
Make it Pittsburgh for conversation's sake and call it the Big Ben factor. Call me a pessimist but I don't think he's back for a long time in spite of the titanium plates. There are issues of healing and strength and couple that with a very interesting off-season and I think they're ripe for a fall commonly associated with teams that lose the Super Bowl.....(see Eagles 2005 for reference and just keep going back,Carolina Oakland, St. Louis)
Just my $0.02,
feelthepain said:The Fins have an eaiser schedule, better QB and secondary improved coaching, yet their record doesn't improve, meanwhile the Pats lose talent and they improve by three games. Sure!
feelthepain said:The Fins have an eaiser schedule, better QB and secondary improved coaching, yet their record doesn't improve, meanwhile the Pats lose talent and they improve by three games. Sure!
5 Rings for Brady!! said:Miami went 9-7 last year which would have been 8-8, while clicking on all cylinders and having 2 good RBs.
There is one troll who tends to go overboard and make very vague and suspect generalizations, of course...
dryheat44 said:AFC East
New England 13-3 (5-1)
Miami 9-7 (4-2)
Buffalo 5-11 (2-4)
New York 4-12 (1-5)
AFC North
Cincinnati 11-5 (5-1)
Pittsburgh 10-6 (3-3)
Baltimore 9-7 (2-4)
Cleveland 6-10 (2-4)
AFC South
Indianapolis 11-5 (5-1)
Jacksonville 10-6 (3-3)
Houston 5-11 (2-4)
Tennessee 4-12 (2-4)
AFC West
Denver 11-5 (5-1)
San Diego 11-5 (3-3)
Kansas City 10-6 (3-3)
Oakland 6-10 (1-5)
NFC East
Philadelphia 11-5 (3-3)
Dallas 10-6 (3-3)
Washington 10-6 (3-3)
New York 8-8 (3-3)
NFC North
Chicago 11-5 (5-1)
Detroit 7-9 (5-1)
Green Bay 5-11 (1-5)
Minnesota 4-12 (1-5)
NFC South
Carolina 13-3 (4-2)
Tampa Bay 7-9 (4-2)
Atlanta 5-11 (2-4)
New Orleans 4-12 (2-4)
NFC West
Arizona 10-6 (4-2)
Seattle 9-7 (5-1)
St. Louis 5-11 (2-4)
San Francisco 3-13 (1-5)
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5 Rings for Brady!! said:In all fairness, some of the trolls have made valid points about Miami. I see no reason that they can't go 11-5 or maybe 10-6, and I see no reason that Pats can't go 13-3 or maybe 12-4.
The Pats went 10-6 which would have been 11-5, with brutal injuries and a tough schedule last year.
Miami went 9-7 last year which would have been 8-8, while clicking on all cylinders and having 2 good RBs.
There is one troll who tends to go overboard and make very vague and suspect generalizations, of course...
feelthepain said:Miami went 9-7 while kicking on all cylinders??? And you call us trolls. Good grief, are you kidding me??? One game during that "easy 6 game winning streak" Sage was the QB and Chris Chambers had a 200+ yrd game in a 21 point comeback win. We also beat the Chargers and 3 division rivals in that 6 game streak. One minute you tell us we have no talent and we couldn't possibly compete with the Pats, the next we are kicking on all cylinders. I also love how you knock DC, he will be exposed by the Pats...god you're a homer.
We started 2 rookies at key positions and a backup QB and sometimes 3rd string all year, Sam Madison was great in his prime, but he's long past his prime. So we had an old slow corner on one side and a rookie on the other. Playing a second string and sometimes third string QB all year and a rookie RB. Miami also went undefeated in December something we haven't done since the early 80's. Seems to me Miami's 6 game winning streak was full of obstacles and they met them all. It's what happens when a team starts to believe in what the coach is preaching.
Think back to when the Pats started to turn the corner, did they play every single top 10 team on their way to their championships?? Did they do it with a superstar at every position?? Did they play rookies and and veterans FA's with loads of question marks? Did they start out on their first SB winning season with a proven SB winning HC and QB?? They had to evolve and it all happens one game at a time. The Fins are evolving and getting better, it's just the way it is.
DaBruinz said:Dude -
Sam Madison was still your best defensive back last year. The fact that you think that he was old and slow shows you really don't know what you are talking about.
Also, during that "6 game streak" the Pats GAVE the Fins a game (one they almost lost) when the Pats pulled their starters after 1 quarter (if it was even that long).