The Official Patriots vs Colts postgame thread

[Uncle Rico]

Ugh. Sorry. That post above embedded a huge photo so it's hard to see the player I mean, and I can't reach the "edit" button behind the Twitter list/

Here's a direct link to the pic:

http://c.o0bc.com/rf/image_1200w/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/12/Boston.com/Sports/Images/11pats10.jpg

 

[PatsFanNM]

The Pat on the right in that picture is Matthew Slater. They've been putting him in on goal line plays for exactly that purpose -- putting a good block on a safety.

 

[Uncle Rico]

The Pat on the right in that picture is Matthew Slater. They've been putting him in on goal line plays for exactly that purpose -- putting a good block on a safety.

That's what I thought. I couldn't figure who had a "zero" for a second uni number — and who had that build (definitely wasn't Mankins, Ninko or Amendola). Thought that might be an "8."

Nice block by the way.

Thanks.

 

[Avenger]

Not only was Vellano engaged at the time facing another direction, Nink was being held on the play. Luck's tripping was incidental, not a penalty.

 

[Dodie]

I think that's Slater, he's included in one of those power pkg in the goal line per Reiss

 

[English_Patriot]

Stayed up until 4am

In the UK to watch the Pats beat the Colts.

Fantastic

LeGarrette Blount, what a performance from this lad!

Got a good feeling about this year.

Really believe Pats can win the Super Bowl.

Fingers crossed from the UK (y)

 

[italian pat patriot]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

you are not alone...i went to bed approx h 06,00 a.m.

but...HAPPY !!!

GO PATS !!!

forza !!! avanti tutta !

 

[PatsFan DK]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

I couldn't sleep after the game, so I stayed up untill 6.30AM in Denmark listening to post game interviews.. I'm not going to be too productive at work this week, sunday can't get here fast enough. Go Pats!

 

[English_Patriot]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

I agree, bring on the Broncos.

It is being show live at around 8pm in the UK so it's not too late.

Fingers crossed the lads pull through.

 

[italian pat patriot]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

i agree: next game it will be, also for us, ok as it will be h 21 here

Go Pats !!!

ps = not so much SF @ SEA...dark night...

 

[Mike the Brit]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

Me too, IPTP -- got to sleep at 5:30 am. And then up at 7:30 ... to go skiing. Che bella giornata!

 

[italian pat patriot]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

Me too, IPTP -- got to sleep at 5:30 am. And then up at 7:30 ... to go skiing. Che bella giornata!

are you back in Europe now ? ciao, buona gg !

 

[Mike the Brit]

Re: Stayed up until 4am

are you back in Europe now ? ciao, buona gg !

Yes, I'm in Europe -- and I'll be in the air to go back to Boston when the Pats are playing on Sunday.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

Two weird stats from Football Outsiders

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | AFC Divisional Round Preview

A bad loss in New England would seem to fit the pattern well for the Colts, who have beaten three of the remaining teams in the playoffs. The Patriots offer a difficult road test. New England actually led the league in DVOA variance, which factors in offense, defense and special teams. Their units may have gone through a lot of ebb and flow, but no team has put in a more consistent overall performance this season than the Patriots.

They were ranked 5th overall, BTW.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Audibles at the Line: Divisional Round

@squalltimore: 2013 Colts final scores that had never happened in NFL history: 39-33, 38-8, 40-11, 45-44, 43-22.

Five out of 18 games.

 

[Galeb]

Re: Two weird stats from Football Outsiders

Since all the Pats losses were close, the first stat doesn't seem that odd. How many of those odd scoring games were in OT?