Patriots Pregame Thread Pre-Game thread - 2025 AFC Championship at Denver Broncos

[TheRainMaker]

Havent heard much about Landry being out. Should we be concerned?
Edit: i see he only had 11 snaps (15%) against Houston. So i guess not that concerned.

If he plays, I think it will be limited to obvious passing situations.

 

[TheRainMaker]

The problem is the location and the elevation issues. I can’t remember if there was any team that beat Denver at Mile High that went on to then Super Bowl

2005 Steelers gave them a nice beatdown. Ravens were the last team to beat them in 2012.

 

[PlainOldEd]

If he plays, I think it will be limited to obvious passing situations.

Im pretty sure he has already been designated as "out"

 

[TheRainMaker]

Im pretty sure he has already been designated as "out"

I just saw he's been ruled out.

 

[patchick]

Yep, then you have Hooper as a possibility and Stevenson and Henderson out of the backfield

I love, love, love RBs who are equal threats to run and catch. Cult of horizontality?

 

[Rob0729]

 

[mgteich]

Something that has me wondering about this game is the weather and the refs. I hope I'm wrong but I can see a lot of missed calls due to the cold and the refs wanting the game to move along. That being said, that would rule in Denver's favor on the offense with a fresh qb calling plays. I can see false starts, illegal shifts, holding, etc. being a no call if that's the case.

Fewer PI calls greatly favors the patriots.

 

[mgteich]

LOTS OF DECISIONS
1) Is Jennings moved to the 53-man roster?
2) Is Farmer moved to the 53-man roster?
2) Is Hollins moved to the 53-man roster?
4) Who would be cut to allow the additions? My choices: Cut Johnson, cut Minor, put Mapu on IR.
5) Who, if anyone, is elevated for the game? A DL and STer seem likely.

 

[XLIX]

You don’t have to be good. Even ****ty backups can pull rabbits out of their asses of the defense finds a way to puke on themselves while in coverage.

What part of "I know anything could happen" did you not understand?

Yes, people, I get it. In a one game sample size, anything could happen. But as I said, if we want to discuss what is most likely then it is most likely that Stidham is going to suck royally.

 

[VrabelJr]

If Riley Moss covers Chism our uniforms won’t be the only thing that’s white on white

 

[DaBruinz]

LOTS OF DECISIONS
1) Is Jennings moved to the 53-man roster?
2) Is Farmer moved to the 53-man roster?
2) Is Hollins moved to the 53-man roster?
4) Who would be cut to allow the additions? My choices: Cut Johnson, cut Minor, put Mapu on IR.
5) Who, if anyone, is elevated for the game? A DL and STer seem likely.

You haven't been paying attention. No surprise there.

1) D'Ernest Johnson was cut on 1/12/26 and resigned to the Practice Squad on 1/13/26..
2) Why would you put Mapu on the IR? OH. Wait. You never have logical explanations for this sort of thing.
3) No. A DL is not likely since activating Farmer would give them 5 already.
4) They would only need a special teamer to replace MAPU. Austin already took Minor's snaps.

 

[mgteich]

If Riley Moss covers Chism our uniforms won’t be the only thing that’s white on white

Is covering inactive players a thing?

 

[slash83]

Dobbins is OUT for Denver, rest of their backs don’t impress and haven’t been impressive, even behind a really good Denver line.

 

[SVN]

 

[Nikolai]

Man, these so-called analysts are paid a LOT of money to tell us the effectiveness of Denver's defense in November.

Over their last several games, they have not exactly covered themselves in glory. They can absolutely be had. The only thing that will slow us down is some weakness on the left side of our line. That will possibly wind up knee-capping us here and there. Fortunately, our D has actually been good lately and we SHOULD slow them down enough to win convincingly.

Allen had four turnovers and they still hung a 30-burger on them...and our offense is better.

 

[SVN]

These are teh kinda plays which worry me with campbell

 

[Gumby]

Good watch, Vrabel sit-down with Cowher, his former coach:

Thanks, really really good. I learned more about (got more respect for) Cowher as a result as well as fantastic stuff from Vrabes.
Most surprising….

Re: Rham….. “ Those are mistakes….those are fixable…..A lot of those were situations where we didn’t protect the guy with the ball.”…..

I had never thought about RBs and protecting the ball-carrier the way we do about protecting the passer!

Would be interesting if some film nut has time (like if we have a SB 2week break) to see what kind of plays & players he was talking about [that were at fault or partial fault for the fumbles.]. Cool interview.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Triumph]

If the Pats win they won't shut up. They'll get even louder.

The Pats have been really lucky so far. Isn't it great?

Portnoy has been right for at least a month when he boasted that NE was winning # 7 before Buffalo even sees a Super Bowl.

What a crazy season.

 

[Uptown]