Is Sunday A Must Win?

[mosslost]

I think so. I don't have the stats in front of me...but starting 0-2 does you no favors in your pursuit of the post-season.

1996 and 2001 we were 0-2 and went to the Super Bowl.

 

[Pats1989]

At the risk of sounding unbearably ****y... it's close enough to guaranteed that I'm not sweating it at all even if we lose on Sunday. The rest of the division sucks badly enough that Brady could retire tomorrow and we'd still be the overwhelming favorites to take it.

Why is Miami going to fall apart? No guarantees.

 

[mosslost]

My dream 2017 season:

Patriots start off 0-5. No team has ever made the playoffs going 0-5. Brady's and Belichick's "Mission Impossible"!!!

Then they win ELEVEN STRAIGHT EFFIN' GAMES.

Pats eke out the #2 seed on tie-breakers... which they could do based on the early schedule...

...they win the Division game at home, win the AFCCG on the road...

...IN KANSAS CITY... ...and go on to grab Lombardi #6.

Imagine it! It'd be like the SEASON version of coming back from 28-3!

Only one teensy downside... 5 weeks of...











...Chicken Littles on the rampage. LOL

"Chicken Little" is a banned term

 

[ViperGTS]

Your posting history certainly suggests you'll go on posting this crap.

And yours proves you are a pie in the sky nothing can/is/could go wrong ever.

Cheers.

 

[BradyFTW!]

It would suck considering the brutal schedule they have ahead. I just wanna see some positive signs. I saw nothing positive against Kansas City.

Nothing positive? The game was overall ****ty for sure, but I don't have to look hard to find small positives amidst the ****tiness.

Mike Gillislee had 3 touchdowns, I'd call that a general positive that he can build on.
Brandin Cooks consistently got open downfield, played bigger than his size, and drew a PI. I'd call that a positive, definitely something he can build on.
All of the starting linemen except maybe Solder had between pretty good and very good games. Mason, in particular, looked great.
James White looked better as both a runner and receiver.
McCourty was all over the field, making plays wherever needed.
The Patriots showed a bunch of interesting formations and motions down near the goal line. They didn't really pay off this week but I'm super intrigued to see how it'll shake out going forward.
The Pats scored 27 points with exactly 2 healthy receivers who were on the roster a week before. The passing game was gimped, they were going against one of the best secondaries in the league, and they scored 27 anyway. Bad teams, up against that kind of adversity, get shut out. We score 27 and half the fans act like we got shut out.

It was a **** game overall, but to say that there's nothing positive to take from it is crazy.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

No, our division is still garbage and imo at worst were looking at a 3 seed (afc south is even worse). It would put us in quite an uphill battle for the 1 seed tho .

 

[Pats1989]

Weren't the Steelers a Chiefs fg away from overcoming a 0-4 start in 2013? Closest I can remember.

Edit: Bills overcame a 0-4 start in 98.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Past performance doesn't predict future success.

Especially with injury questions.

We get it, you think the Pats are terrible now. One request: if we kick the Saints' ass, will you acknowledge that you were wrong and maybe shut the **** up about how terrible the Pats are for a month or so?

You do this literally every year, and somehow you never manage to learn from it no matter how emphatically the team demonstrates that you're hysterically overreacting. I would request that you maybe take that opportunity to learn a lesson about overreacting, but clearly that ship sailed years ago.

 

[Pats1989]

No, our division is still garbage and imo at worst were looking at a 3 seed (afc south is even worse). It would put us in quite an uphill battle for the 1 seed tho .

Again, why is Miami going to belly up? They have a good team.

 

[Oswlek]

Nobody else will admit it but if the Patriots lose on Sunday the season is over but at least I have some good incest porn recommendations from Ted Cruz to ease the pain.

I have to think the "disagree" you received on this was from someone who doesn't approve of Cruz's choices of porn.

 

[Mack Herron]

Nothing positive? The game was overall ****ty for sure, but I don't have to look hard to find small positives amidst the ****tiness.

Mike Gillislee had 3 touchdowns, I'd call that a general positive that he can build on.
Brandin Cooks consistently got open downfield, played bigger than his size, and drew a PI. I'd call that a positive, definitely something he can build on.
All of the starting linemen except maybe Solder had between pretty good and very good games. Mason, in particular, looked great.
James White looked better as both a runner and receiver.
McCourty was all over the field, making plays wherever needed.
The Patriots showed a bunch of interesting formations and motions down near the goal line. They didn't really pay off this week but I'm super intrigued to see how it'll shake out going forward.
The Pats scored 27 points with exactly 2 healthy receivers who were on the roster a week before. The passing game was gimped, they were going against one of the best secondaries in the league, and they scored 27 anyway. Bad teams, up against that kind of adversity, get shut out. We score 27 and half the fans act like we got shut out.

It was a **** game overall, but to say that there's nothing positive to take from it is crazy.

Not to mention Butler and Wise, who might be the biggest positives of all. We'll hear more from these guys come Sunday.

 

[ViperGTS]

We get it, you think the Pats are terrible now. One request: if we kick the Saints' ass, will you acknowledge that you were wrong and maybe shut the **** up about how terrible the Pats are for a month or so?

You do this literally every year, and somehow you never manage to learn from it no matter how emphatically the team demonstrates that you're hysterically overreacting. I would request that you maybe take that opportunity to learn a lesson about overreacting, but clearly that ship sailed years ago.

Another reverse troll. Most of what I say comes true. I can only go off of what is in front of me. Anyone that says that the team in WK 1 wasn't the worst they ever seen from a performance, coaching, effort standpoint..particularly the last..are reverse trolls. I have high standards for the GOAT coach and QB. There is no excuse for poor effort especially. That's for other teams, not this one.

Again last year, preseason I got killed for saying these 2 things. The Cardinals were not a top 5 team and the Raiders would pose the biggest threat for the AFCCG possibly being in Oakland. One for sure came true, and the latter, well until Carr broke his leg the Raiders were on their way to the number one seed. If that offends your sensibilities then so be it.

 

[Oswlek]

Past performance doesn't predict future success.

Especially with injury questions.

No, past performance doesn't guarantee future success. It is actually extremely predictive, perhaps the most predictive, presuming a reasonable proximity and roster/coaching carryover.

 

[ViperGTS]

Again, why is Miami going to belly up? They have a good team.

They have a decent team but how anyone can trust Smoking Jay I can't understand.

 

[ViperGTS]

No, past performance doesn't guarantee future success. It is actually extremely predictive, perhaps the most predictive, presuming a reasonable proximity and roster/coaching carryover.

With roster turnover/injury in the NFL predict is probably more accurate. I do see your point however.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

if the team goes 0-3, I'd be concerned

 

[FCB02062]

Pats haven't gotten to the SB without the #1 seed since 04 and a loss Sunday makes it harder to get that bye and home field throughout. A win will go further than just in the standings, too... It'll show the young guys or whoever quit Vs KC that you need to play 60 min to win in the nfl

 

[fnordcircle]

I have to think the "disagree" you received on this was from someone who doesn't approve of Cruz's choices of porn.

I think they just thought I was serious and given some of the dumb **** posts around here I can't blame them.

We root for the only team in the NFL where being a homer is the smart call.

 

[Ring 6]

Again, why is Miami going to belly up? They have a good team.

No they don't.

 

[sb1]

No. And the Saints are an NFC opponent and a loss would do very little damage in the way of tiebreakers.