Patriots will win Sunday

[luuked]

I don't see anyway they can win this game if they give the falcons 30 points

Score 31. There you go.

 

[DarrylS]

Have always felt that the the Pats played to their level of competition.. they play best against "good teams" and not as well as against "mediocre teams"...

 

[Triumph]

Unfortunately, this game is at home

The good news is that Gilmore is not at practice.

 

[Triumph]

Get the champagne ready!

 

[Brewskies]

Well, no, because I prefer to see wins not losses when I fork over $270 for game tickets....

There is something about this statement that bothers me.

 

[DaBronxPats14]

I'm really going to miss when we can no longer say those last three words of your post.

You,Me,Both!

 

[Brewskies]

Wait till you hit 60........ I hit 60 and ended up with 6-bypasses. Hell of a way to start a new decade.

You are still with us so it's all good. BTW I hit 80 a couple of years ago and haven't had one yet.

 

[Brewskies]

Score 31. There you go.

I predicted that score 31 to 30 Pats win

 

[Uptown]

Falcons are pissed. Pats don't have enough DBs. Falcons win.

Pats are pissed that the Pats don’t have enough DBs. Pats win

 

[Kdo5]

I anticipate a game that will surely have my butt hole clenched in the final minute. I'm going to trust in the Falcons gagging, also the Pats have been unusually bad at home. Hard to believe they'll lose their third home game in the first half of the season.

 

[Ring 6]

You used the fact that the team would be favored by the general betting public during a 5/6 road streak in an attempt to discredit the challenges of the trip, as if that makes any difference, whatsoever.

If anyone on this forum would've lobbed you that softball, you'd have shoved it down their throats. Be honest with yourself.

Not even close to what I did. We were discussing their second half chances and I added the fact that they will be favored in each game which is certainly relevant to the difficulty of those games. I also pointed out they have won 11 road games in a row and have a 21-6 road record over the last 4 seasons.
Again we have a very different view of how the order they are scheduled in will affect their ability to win.

 

[supafly]

I expect improvement in the second half and the schedule is pretty easy.

They will be favored in all 8

Not even close to what I did.

Pretty much exactly what you did.

You claimed the schedule would be "easy," and pointed out the fact that they would be favored.

And once again, the reason why playing consecutive games in a row is hard is because they have to go from Foxborough to Miami back to Foxborough and then Pittsburgh again within a shorter period of time coming off a MNF game (one example) and get tired, jet lagged, off their schedule, and out of sorts. But you already know that.

 

[Ring 6]

Pretty much exactly what you did.

You claimed the schedule would be "easy," and pointed out the fact that they would be favored.

Should I have added "appropraitely" favored.
You seem to think I am basing this on being the better team and "favored " is simply shorthand.

And once again, the reason why playing consecutive games in a row is hard is because they have to go from Foxborough to Miami back to Foxborough and then Pittsburgh again within a shorter period of time coming off a MNF game (one example) and get tired, jet lagged, off their schedule, and out of sorts. But you already know that.

I know what you are basing it on.
So you feel this puts them in greater jeopardy for the Pittsburgh game. That's basically the difference from a more typical schedule that often includes back to back road games.
I don't see that as a game changing factor. I think bill belichick can manage travel not causing his team to lose because of it.

For the record the last 3 years the patriots are 6-1 in the back end of back to back road games with the only loss being the debacle in Miami on the last game of 15 when they ran the ball like 18 of the fist 20 plays without having a RB who belonged on the field.

I fully understand the point you are trying to make I just think it's not a good one.

I am not guaranteeing 8-0 I'm saying I don't see more than 2 losses and quite possibly less than 2.

 

[Ring 6]

Pretty much exactly what you did.

You claimed the schedule would be "easy," and pointed out the fact that they would be favored.

And once again, the reason why playing consecutive games in a row is hard is because they have to go from Foxborough to Miami back to Foxborough and then Pittsburgh again within a shorter period of time coming off a MNF game (one example) and get tired, jet lagged, off their schedule, and out of sorts. But you already know that.

Good try at snark but what I know is they are 6-1 in those situations the last 3 years and the 1 was very dubious.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Have always felt that the the Pats played to their level of competition.. they play best against "good teams" and not as well as against "mediocre teams"...

Yes, that is what they do!

 

[dafoe2016]

I hope you are right, but I have a bad feeling about this one.

 

[Ring 6]

Should I have added "appropraitely" favored.
You seem to think I am basing this on being the better team and "favored " is simply shorthand.


I know what you are basing it on.
So you feel this puts them in greater jeopardy for the Pittsburgh game. That's basically the difference from a more typical schedule that often includes back to back road games.
I don't see that as a game changing factor. I think bill belichick can manage travel not causing his team to lose because of it.

For the record the last 3 years the patriots are 6-1 in the back end of back to back road games with the only loss being the debacle in Miami on the last game of 15 when they ran the ball like 18 of the fist 20 plays without having a RB who belonged on the field.

I fully understand the point you are trying to make I just think it's not a good one.

I am not guaranteeing 8-0 I'm saying I don't see more than 2 losses and quite possibly less than 2.

To add to this. With Brady at QB the patriots are 23-7 (.767) in a road game following a road game. (Also 21-4 (.840) since 2003)

Under Brady they are (reg season)
187-54 (.776) overall and 102-19 (.843) and 85-37 (.697) in all road games.

So with a 17 year history they play better in the second of back to back road games than all road games and in the last 15 they win basically as much as they do in home games when playing the second if back to back road games.

 

[supafly]

Should I have added "appropraitely" favored.
You seem to think I am basing this on being the better team and "favored " is simply shorthand.


I know what you are basing it on.
So you feel this puts them in greater jeopardy for the Pittsburgh game. That's basically the difference from a more typical schedule that often includes back to back road games.
I don't see that as a game changing factor. I think bill belichick can manage travel not causing his team to lose because of it.

For the record the last 3 years the patriots are 6-1 in the back end of back to back road games with the only loss being the debacle in Miami on the last game of 15 when they ran the ball like 18 of the fist 20 plays without having a RB who belonged on the field.

I fully understand the point you are trying to make I just think it's not a good one.

I am not guaranteeing 8-0 I'm saying I don't see more than 2 losses and quite possibly less than 2.

Good try at snark but what I know is they are 6-1 in those situations the last 3 years and the 1 was very dubious.

Why try to give a serious answer and then decide to follow up a couple minutes later with sarcasm? Just curious as to why someone would take the time to give a reasonable response, then go back and quote the exact same comment differently again?

By the way, prior to that cherry picked "last 3 years" stat, the team was barely hovering around .500 for a good handful of years on the back end of a consecutive road game trip. See what I did there? It works both ways.

Don't pretend that the comment "they'll be favored in all 8" wasn't silly. How many games has NE not been favored in over the course of the past 6-7 years? And don't pretend that you're naive enough to seriously ask the question "why would going on a long road streak be more difficult?" You're a character, dude.

 

[Ring 6]

Why try to give a serious answer and then decide to follow up a couple minutes later with sarcasm? Just curious as to why someone would take the time to give a reasonable response, then go back and quote the exact same comment differently again?

Simple. Because I responded to your content then reread and saw the snark.

By the way, prior to that cherry picked "last 3 years" stat, the team was barely hovering around .500 for a good handful of years on the back end of a consecutive road game trip. See what I did there? It works both ways.

Umm not true. They win them like home games since 2003. (I excluded appropriately 1-1 with cassel)

Don't pretend that the comment "they'll be favored in all 8" wasn't silly. How many games has NE not been favored in over the course of the past 6-7 years?

And how many of them have they won. They aren't randomly favored. There is a reason.

And don't pretend that you're naive enough to seriously ask the question "why would going on a long road streak be more difficult?" You're a character, dude.

It's not naive at all. They take one game at a time. Their track record shows absolutely zero effect of going on the road twice in a row hurting them.

 

[supafly]

Look AJ, first of of all I’ve never seen a Patsfans member post a thread “The Pats are going to lose Sunday”

And I know that you didn’t post this thread to bait any members to disagree with you

Heh. Never that.