PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POST GAME THREAD: Patriots beat Bengals 26-20

[Actual Pats Fan]

Right now they have to take advantage of the extra day, and survive the Giants on Monday night.

Then, take advantage of that bye...hopefully in preparation for another bye later...and be ready for a very focused, angry Bills team.

Vrabel is facing the same kind of imposing challenges as coach he did as a player here, and there were a lot of them. All those big wins were never given to us.

 

[FCB02062]

People discounting KC are just showing they know nothing about ****ing football

 

[Uptown]

 

[NE_Zealot]

We're going to be looking at some street FA on the left side during bye week

Trent Brown is available

 

[ctpatsfan77]

That's not actually a good thing. At all.

FWIW, someone posted in the GDT thread there are apparently two defensive coaches that scare KC: Anarumo [Colts] and Mike Vrabel.

TBH, right now, I'm not sure whether I'd rather see [NE 1 seed + Chefs in] or [NE not 1 seed + Chefs out].

 

[TommyD4207]

Bullsh.it.

You can say that a Win is a Win after an ugly 13-10 slogging match so long as everyone is healthy. Not after you appear to lose two of your most important players to devastating injuries.

This is a gut punch. Make no mistake.

 

[Brotherblues]

Maye had an 89 yard drive in which he threw 3 touchdowns but we came away with no points.

Sums up the game.

 

[Ring 6]

Also, the coaching stuff needs to get their heads out of their asses b/c wtf was that showing

It’s called a road win.

 

[VectorPrime]

They are a threat to everyone. Even as a WC winner.

Today was still largely unimpressive on offense though. I've come to accept that the defense needs to be great in order to win.

The one bright side is they are a COMPLETELY different team at home this year. More so than usual. They are 5-1 at home and 1-4 on the road. And it's not a function of the schedule since they beat the Lions, Ravens, Colts and Commanders and NEARLY the Eagles at home which are all good to great teams. But as a wildcard team they will play 0 home playoff games.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

I get it, but it’s not like we had the choice of retreating and regrouping. Much better to get a Pyrrhic victory than to suffer those injuries in a loss. It is what it is.

 

[Since1960]

Plus the Bills lost and it's looking like the Colts will lose too. There are some bright spots to this weekend.

Always brighter and sunnier whenever the Colts lose! Just hope their balls weren’t deflated!

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[cmasspatsfan]

Lotsa of injuries, glad the bye week is coming up.

 

[VectorPrime]

It’s called a road win.

Fans are allowed to be irritated after a subpar performance against backups after we also lost our two both offensive lineman to injury.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Vrabel said he has no updates on injuries for anyone. Very subdued compared to his usual post game press conference.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

People discounting KC are just showing they know nothing about ****ing football

Eh maybe but theres a line between not underestimating a Mahomes team and not pissing your pants at a team 4 wins behind you

 

[Vindicate]

People discounting KC are just showing they know nothing about ****ing football

People discounting the Patriots are just showing they know nothing about ****ing football.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

 

[Rob0729]

Trent Brown is available

LOL! Actually, I think he is on Houston's roster. Who would know? He is as valuable to the Texans as a street free agent as he is on their roster.