We expected the AFCC game to be the toughest

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

You're reacting to the ravens game where inexplicably or perhaps in quest of a record, brady repeatedly tried to throw deep and the wind mis-directed the passes. There were also several drops, perhaps wind induced. throw short and medium with just a couple deep to wake up the safetys and we'll be better off than SD will be passing. With our 8 in the box we can stop The classy One and his sub.

If it's windy, the San Diego DC should be fired if he doesn't play bump-and-run. The Pats receivers won't get separation unless they take the defenders deep, at which point the wind will play a huge role. Anything less than 20 yards downfield and the man coverage should be effective.

Regards,
Chris

 

[kotong]

BB will shut down SD's run game and force Rivers to beat them.
Won't happen.

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Norval Turner has a higher football IQ than your coach, IMO.

The post season saw 2 teams trying this and they both lost.

I hope BB sticks to his plan of placing the game in Rivers's hands.

 

[Oswlek]

You're reacting to the ravens game where inexplicably or perhaps in quest of a record, brady repeatedly tried to throw deep and the wind mis-directed the passes. There were also several drops, perhaps wind induced. throw short and medium with just a couple deep to wake up the safetys and we'll be better off than SD will be passing. With our 8 in the box we can stop The classy One and his sub.

The bolded part is not accurate. Brady played a normal game, but Baltimore was physical (beyond the rule book) on NE's receivers and NE dropped some passes. Despite everything, had Watson and Moss caught their TDs, NE puts up 35 points in that game. Neither drop had anything to do with defense, although Moss' would have been a mildly difficult grab.

NE did throw deep a couple times, both of which were incompletes because the wind helped hold the ball up long enough for the defense to get to Moss, but they certainly did not "inexplicably... [threw] deep."

 

[Maroney TD]

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Norval Turner has a higher football IQ than your coach, IMO.

The post season saw 2 teams trying this and they both lost.

I hope BB sticks to his plan of placing the game in Rivers's hands.

Which is why Norv Turner has such a great postseason record and all those championships while BB has a history of losing in the playoffs.

 

[TripleOption]

Norval Turner has a higher football IQ than your coach, IMO.

Then your opinion is not only meaningless and ridiculous but you are exceptionally stupid.

 

[kotong]

Then your opinion is not only meaningless and ridiculous but you are exceptionally stupid.

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If that were the case then BB must have been a really intelligent coach, except the $.5-Million fine levied on him this year mars that distinction.

I'd take Norval Turner any day. Cheating is for wussies.

:rocker:

 

[Double G]

Turner has a higher football IQ than BB; and yours is two above plant life.

I'm sure you were saying that when your team was 1-3; you should kiss the ground the Colts walk on for laying down like they did last week you tool.....................

 

[bolts_fan]

Which is why Norv Turner has such a great postseason record and all those championships while BB has a history of losing in the playoffs.

Let's be completely honest shall we? If Belichick didn't have Brady and this team, would he still be Coach of the Year? He didn't do too hot with Cleveland when he was there.

Norv... I'm still withholding judgment on him. But look at the teams he inherited. The skins and the Turds. Come on now... the Turds? Do you think Belichick could have done better with that group? I highly doubt it.

 

[TripleOption]

Let's be completely honest shall we? If Belichick didn't have Brady and this team, would he still be Coach of the Year? He didn't do too hot with Cleveland when he was there.

Norv... I'm still withholding judgment on him. But look at the teams he inherited. The skins and the Turds. Come on now... the Turds? Do you think Belichick could have done better with that group? I highly doubt it.

Holy crap. You guys have stepped off into madness. Norv takes a 14-2 team to 11-5 but beats the Colts and now he's Belichick. Mind you, until he inherited said 14-2 team, his career best record was 10-6.

Belichick at least had an 11-5 in Cleveland and his worst season of his HC career is 5-11 (Cleveland the year they moved). Norv's got a 3-13 and a 4-12 record on his resume.

 

[kotong]

Holy crap. You guys have stepped off into madness. Norv takes a 14-2 team to 11-5 but beats the Colts and now he's Belichick. Mind you, until he inherited said 14-2 team, his career best record was 10-6.

Belichick at least had an 11-5 in Cleveland and his worst season of his HC career is 5-11 (Cleveland the year they moved). Norv's got a 3-13 and a 4-12 record on his resume.

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Turner is no Bellicheat but he's never been fined $.5-MILLION in his entire career as a head coach.

 

[TripleOption]

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Turner is no Bellicheat but he's never been fined $.5-MILLION in his entire career as a head coach.

I'll take a fine and 3 Super Bowls over zero Super Bowls.

 

[csfoster]

Although it seems to most opposing fans that the pressue is on the Pats due to the 17-0 record, it isn't true. The playoffs is a "one & done" deal...you lose, you're out! That means the pressure is the same for both teams.

In addition, the Patriots have been to this point almost every year (5 out of 6) while the Chargers haven't been here in a long, long time. So who is going to feel the pressure more? The team that's been here or the team that is nervous?

Sorry to Say Wrong, the Patriots are playing for Immortality or becoming nothing but a footnote. That dichotomy outweighs all other pressures.

 

[TripleOption]

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I'd take Norval Turner any day. Cheating is for wussies.

:rocker:

You'll never make any decisions involving a football team, so don't worry about it.

But you're lying.

 

[bolts_fan]

Holy crap. You guys have stepped off into madness. Norv takes a 14-2 team to 11-5 but beats the Colts and now he's Belichick. Mind you, until he inherited said 14-2 team, his career best record was 10-6.

Whoa there... I never said that. Read my comments again... I'm withholding my judgment on Norv... I never said he's as good as Belichick. Never.

I merely suggested that a lot of great coaches had good teams as well. Norv didn't. It's not an excuse, but most definitely a mitigating factor. I bring that up because if you're going to say someone has a 4-12 season, then my natural question would be, can anyone else do better? What if you put someone who is consider the best coach of the time, aka Belichick, on that team? That's completely logical if you really want to honestly evaluate someone.

 

[PatsFaninAZ]

Sorry to Say Wrong, the Patriots are playing for Immortality or becoming nothing but a footnote. That dichotomy outweighs all other pressures.

I think the pressure to get to .500 in the playoffs in the super bowl era is probably putting immense pressure on the Chargers. Actually, maybe not. I'm guessing they didn't even realize they were that close.

 

[baphamet]

Bull. Charger fans have nothing to lose, sure. They are the worst fans in the league if they don't care it if the Chargers win or lose.

But if the Chargers themselves don't care if they win or lose, then they will get blown out. The Patriots are on a mission this year. This game is very important to them for a number of reasons and on a number of levels.

If you team doesn't want to win more than anything else in the world, if this game doesn't mean everything to them, they will lose.

LOL not carring and not having pressure are two completly different things. yes the patriots have every ounce of pressure on them to win and win big, that is why the chargers have nothing to lose.

i dont really see how you cant understand that, everyone in the world knows all the pressure is on the pats, the chargers have nothing to lose because they are expected to lose, thats the beauty of being considered the biggest underdog in history by the media.

 

[TripleOption]

Whoa there... I never said that. Read my comments again... I'm withholding my judgment on Norv... I never said he's as good as Belichick. Never.

I merely suggested that a lot of great coaches had good teams as well. Norv didn't. It's not an excuse, but most definitely a mitigating factor. I bring that up because if you're going to say someone has a 4-12 season, then my natural question would be, can anyone else do better? What if you put someone who is consider the best coach of the time, aka Belichick, on that team? That's completely logical if you really want to honestly evaluate someone.

Belichick took over a team with a bloated payroll and little talent and went 5-11. In his second season he had them winning a Super Bowl. He's rolled talent through here, won 2 more Super Bowls and has been in the mix every year.

 

[VJCPatriot]

Huh? What happened to the Chargers want payback.
Or how about the Chargers want to end their streak of Playoff Futility.
That's the entire reason they fired Schottenheimer after he went 14-2 right?
Or are Bolts fans right now just happy their team's "still alive?"

The Pats have a purpose to win the Super Bowl.
The Chargers are just in the way. I wouldn't want to be the Chargers next week.

The good thing for the Chargers is that all of the pressure is on the Patriots since they're the ones who are 17-0 and everyone is already predicting that the Patriots will win. So, the Chargers have nothing to lose and everything to gain on Sunday. Hopefully the Patriots crack under all that pressure but I doubt it'll happen with Tom Brady quarterbacking that team. That guy is unflappable. But the Patriots defense can still choke.

 

[JR4]

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Norval Turner has a higher football IQ than your coach, IMO.

The post season saw 2 teams trying this and they both lost.

I hope BB sticks to his plan of placing the game in Rivers's hands.

Turner is a non factor ... remember he use to coach in this division.

Titans did a nice job but needed to score as well. PATs are not going to
get just 7 points.
Indy didn't do such a good job stopping the run or pass. PATs will.

Nothing much has changed .... remember week 2?
.......it's going to happen again and all your Cromarties can't stop it!
watch and see.:rocker:

 

[bolts_fan]

Nothing much has changed .... remember week 2?
.......it's going to happen again and all your Cromarties can't stop it!
watch and see.:rocker:

God... I can only wish that the entire Patriots team think like you do... that nothing much has changed since week 2 and that we're the exact same team.

But you know what they say about wishing... you can wish in one hand and sh!t in the other. In the end, what are you going to have? That's right... sh!t.