Poll: How Confident are you about SB53?

[Le Numéro Douze]

Cautiously optimistic.

We have BB. We have TB. We know we'll be in the game until the end at the very worst. We also know that we will have a good game plan.

The team has been playing great in the playoffs. The OL has been dominant and the D has done its job.

There is no reason NOT to be confident. However, the Rams are a formidable opponent who can cause problems for us on D and on O. They have a great DL and a balanced attack. They WILL be a tough opponent.

Do I think we will win? Yes! Will it be easy? No! Would it be an upset if we lost? No!

Let's go Pats!

 

[Uptown]

Don’t know the score, but NE WILL win & Sony Michel might be SB MVP.

 

[tasmlab]

Like our chances with this team's newfound "play off mode".

Still expecting the winner to be decided in the fleeting seconds with some crazy-ass moments. That's how they seemingly live and die in these games.

 

[blackglass3]

Our OL hasn't given up a sack all post season. Our kicker hasn't missed a kick or XP all post season. These things worry me.

 

[Redman443]

I was optimistic last year and came away bitterly disappointed

 

[gitgronked82]

Cautiously Optimistic
-our offense doesn’t have to be dominant, just avoid the big turnover, get a TD in the first quarter for once and be creative in wearing them down in the first half, not just running Sony repeatedly. Lots of ways to do that.

Didn’t we finally score in the first quarter last year? We should go back to the old strategy of doing freaking nothing in the first quarter

 

[Redman443]

I like their chances but the Rams can beat them if they play a great game and the Pats don’t play as well as they have in the playoffs.

For some reason, we don’t show up in the super bowl until late in the game. Last year only one half of the team showed up. The defense got burned on almost every play.

 

[sean10mm]

I can't convince myself that the Rams are a tougher team on a neutral site than the Chiefs were in Arrowhead.

Their actual defensive performance (#20 in points allowed) was barely better than the Chiefs (#24). The Chiefs had 52 sacks in 2018 and did nothing to faze Brady, but I'm supposed to be terrified of a Rams team that got 41? A Rams team that was #32 (!!!) in yards per rushing attempt given up?

And Goff is not not not in the same class as Mahomes. Cooks is not not not in the same class as Hill. Is anybody taking Woods over Kelce? Gurley being better than the Chiefs RBs does not feel like it counters all that.

The only reason I'm not more than cautiously optimistic is that any given Sunday you never know which team will show up on either side. If the D just lays an egg like it did against the Eagles then all bets are off. If the offense has a bunch of unforced turnovers the Rams could easily win a blowout. But if the Pats team that played the Chargers and the Chiefs shows up, the Rams are gonna be spit-roasted, thinly sliced and served in gyros.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

I don't recall the team outwardly showing so much confidence in any prior playoff run. The whole "we're still here" seems to have galvanized the team. Brady appears to be leading the way. Chung declaring "We're gonna kick their asses!" at the rally...these are not things I recall from prior years.

I'll take my cue from the team.

Regards,
Chris

 

[WaterfallJumper]

Our OL hasn't given up a sack all post season. Our kicker hasn't missed a kick or XP all post season. These things worry me.

"We've been good, so now I'm worried we're going to be bad." Would you rather that we had played poorly, so that by the law of average we were due for a good showing?

 

[fnordcircle]

Incredibly confident it will be a very close game and I will be having chest pains the following week.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Think we all expect a game that is within 4 points - win or lose.

I mean why have a nice, casual game that appears to be (mostly) settled by the half? If the Patriots weren't in any SBs, my heart would probably feel 5 years younger.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Think we all expect a game that is within 4 points - win or lose.

I mean why have a nice, casual game that appears to be (mostly) settled by the half? If the Patriots weren't in any SBs, my heart would probably feel 5 years younger.

Forget Super Bowls. The AFCCG we just had...the 2014 divisional game against Baltimore, the 2011 AFCCG, the 2006 playoffs have all taken about 10 years each off my life. I'm literally -12 years old

 

[Foxypats]

I would love to see a comfortable SB win for once. But this team always has nail bitters in this game !! I am nervous as hell but that's no difference from any other SB for me and it's only going to get worse as the week goes on .

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

cautiously optimistic, but that is how I look at all play off games.
2 years ago, No Gronk
Last Year, No Edelman
This year, both are playing, along with a very healthy remainder of team, and hopefully playing well.

 

[The Brandon Five]

cautiously optimistic, but that is how I look at all play off games.
2 years ago, No Gronk
Last Year, No Edelman
This year, both are playing, along with a very healthy remainder of team, and hopefully playing well.

Last time we had both Gronk and Edelman healthy in a SB was XLIX.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

They’ve trailed in the 4th quarter in 7 of 9 SBs.

They just won their first road playoff game in 12 years - with a team that went 3-5 on the road during the regular season.

I have no idea.

 

[aluminum seats]

The last two games I have posted that I thought the Pats would lose. That has worked out well, but I guess you can’t force these things. I do wonder if the Pats deficiency against the run will rear its head again. Gun to my head right now I think the Pats win a close one.

All of this goes out the window if Belichick unexpectedly benches a starter before the game.

 

[luuked]

They have no shot against that D-line.

Keep reverse jinxing them. Worked so far perfectly in the playoffs.

 

[Username]

I would like a blow out in our favour please, for a change. Every one of our SB's under BB has shortened my life...