SITE MENU
Registered Members experience this forum ad and noise-free.
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.Will you cheer less the rest of the way if we lose?
I won't.
And the change of season makes all the difference...
I'm really worried, too. The Dolphins are one of the better teams in football right now, and we're playing at their home. Halp.
Joey porter was just talking again on PTI. He said that our team disrespected them in Foxboro earlier in the year.....
I cant blame you but you need to believe that it can be done lol people said we were done when Brady went down and now we are in position to win the division with a win on sunday and if the jets lose against the 10-0 titans we are again on top of the afc east so don't panic.I cant read anything about the PATS or even discuss anything until this next game is on....
If we lose, we very likely out of the playoffs. (IMO) I cant believe it has come to this already....
Anyone else in this extremely nervous state??
Assuming that we have this in perspective and don't put our concern about a game played by 22 guys on a 100 yard field for 60 minutes above "real" worries like family and health, the answer is "Yes," I'd be "Worried Sick" about the Pats if they were 6--4 with a healthy Brady, Maroney, Rodney, Thomas, etc.
Now, I'm realistic. We've done pretty well considering the obstacles we've faced. I thought we were going to make the Playoffs, even win the Division, but we couldn't win money games against the Colts and Jets two out of three weeks, one of them at home.
That suggests to me that maybe the weapons aren't there this year. I'm "Not Happy" about that, but I'm still behind them 100% and also proud of our guys for not mailing it in, when other teams would have given up.
I'll hit the "panic button" if they don't win on sunday. I think of the Pats record after a loss and it's a pretty good stat. I have to laugh to myself, I told my wife before the start of the season I thought the Pats could go 12-4, so does this mean they'll run the table?
Gotta take it one game at a time. Missing the playoffs isn't exactly a disaster. Considering that the season was considered lost when Brady got injured for the rest of the year. I'd like to see this team make the playoffs, but to do that it needs to win the games it should win, particularly against division rivals. That starts this week against the Fins. If this team can't go even 4-2 down the stretch it didn't deserve to get to the playoffs in the first place.
.....The reason this game is EXTREMELY important is for the division records. Not even necessarily the division title but order of finish.
jets are 3 - 1 right now
miami is 2 - 1 right now (with trips to the jets and to buf, in toronto)
pats are 2 - 2 right now heading to buf at the end of the season.
if the pats lose, not only are they trailing in overall records, they're behind the 8-ball in the division and relying on the other teams losing. And, they have weak schedules too.
That's why this game is vital...not just because it's the next game. You can lose the pittsburgh game but you must win this game.