AFC Championship: We are on to Kansas City!

Patjew said:

Jeez, now I feel kind of mean.

I hope Sunday is a great game with no injuries and my dad doesn't have a heart attack and the Pats win.

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All you Jewish people are the same. You inflict this guilt on people....its a magical power.

(as you know my wife and children are Jewish)

reesebobby said:

Sorry. I won’t bother you guys anymore. Good luck to you guys also. I’ll come back after to congratulate you if you win.

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I mean, I don't mind having you here. You've been fine, *****y response to me previously aside. You need to realize, as a lot of people here do about the Patriots, that you have players who excel in areas and it's fine to pump up those strengths but you don't need to go and downplay their weaknesses. Kelce is not a good blocker. He blocks and that's about as much as you can say about him. But he's night and day compared to a TE like Gronk.

KontradictioN said:

I will say this, if they beat the Chiefs, on the road, in KC, and Brady is lights out... I'll probably start to believe again. But if I start to believe and I get crushed after the Super Bowl (if they lose), I'm driving to Foxboro and I'm putting your head through a car window.

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We can all debate on whether Kelce is a good blocker average blocker bad blocker till we’re red in the face, how bout we make it easy on ourselves and agree that Kelce is a complete and utter douchebag.

signbabybrady said:

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Evidently, SBB is an educated man. Now I really hate him.

d%#*!@t, I'm starting to get anxious about this game and am tired of thinking about it. Scenarios, situations, matchups -- there are no clear advantages I see other than coaching (for us) and home field (for them). Most other factors seem to cancel each other out. I'm concerned about field conditions with the late resodding plus refs being swayed in Kansas City's favor by both New York and the stadium environment. I think bad weather would've helped the Patriots but that won't be happening. I hope our defense can rise to the occasion.

Tunescribe said:

d%#*!@t, I'm starting to get anxious about this game and am tired of thinking about it. Scenarios, situations, matchups -- there are no clear advantages I see other than coaching (for us) and home field (for them). Most other factors seem to cancel each other out. I'm concerned about field conditions with the late resodding plus refs being swayed in Kansas City's favor by both New York and the stadium environment. I think bad weather would've helped the Patriots but that won't be happening. I hope our defense can rise to the occasion.

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I think the game is going to have to won on the offensive side of the ball since keeping them to 30 or less is going to be tough. The pass defense has improved with the emergence of Jackson, but this is still the kind of team that has caused us problems on defense in the past. They're basically a faster version of the Eagles last year with a better QB but a lesser defense.

Luckily for us, the numerology kook has us winning and then winning the Super Bowl.

KontradictioN said:

Luckily for us, the numerology kook has us winning and then winning the Super Bowl.

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You happen to have that kook's phone number? I'd like to consult with him about my marriage sitch....

Tunescribe said:

d%#*!@t, I'm starting to get anxious about this game and am tired of thinking about it. Scenarios, situations, matchups -- there are no clear advantages I see other than coaching (for us) and home field (for them). Most other factors seem to cancel each other out. I'm concerned about field conditions with the late resodding plus refs being swayed in Kansas City's favor by both New York and the stadium environment. I think bad weather would've helped the Patriots but that won't be happening. I hope our defense can rise to the occasion.

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Playing at Arrowhead is most overrated thing on the planet.

dannydyn said:

You happen to have that kook's phone number? I'd like to consult with him about my marriage sitch....

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@PatsFan92. This guy has a question for you.

Maybe we can get the Powerball numbers as well?

Brandon Manning said:

Barnwell: Myths vs. realities from Patriots' 18-year dynasty

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Something to bookmark for the future.

reesebobby said:

He's too fast for linebackers and he's too big for DB's. He is an elite receiver. There's homerism and then there's bat **** crazy homerism.

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Kelce is not an elite receiver. He is a very good receiver. If you look through the list of receivers in the NFL you will find at least 10 if not 15 that you would take over him. Just that alone makes him "not elite". Literally.

reesebobby said:

Not that anyone here is going to take the time or care, but Travis Kelce grades out pretty good as a blocker. But since he's not a Patriot, that simply would not be possible to acknowledge. I get it.

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Are you kidding me ? He is somewhere around Jimmy Graham territory. He often struggles with LBs. This is getting absurd.

luuked said:

Kelce is not an elite receiver. He is a very good receiver. If you look through the list of receivers in the NFL you will find at least 10 if not 15 that you would take over him. Just that alone makes him "not elite". Literally.

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He's basically an H-Back in a complete TE's body.

KontradictioN said:

He's basically an H-Back in a complete TE's body.

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That pretty much nails it. Thanks.

That obviously doesn't mean he is a bad player. But calling him an elite receiver is absurd given what we see each week in the NFL.

KontradictioN said:

I think the game is going to have to won on the offensive side of the ball since keeping them to 30 or less is going to be tough. The pass defense has improved with the emergence of Jackson, but this is still the kind of team that has caused us problems on defense in the past. They're basically a faster version of the Eagles last year with a better QB but a lesser defense.

Luckily for us, the numerology kook has us winning and then winning the Super Bowl.

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I agree. I think the defense will give up somewhere between 28-32 points. And I don't even think this is "bad" but pretty much what you need to have a shot at Arrowhead. It will be on the offense to confirm the trend we have been seeing the last couple of days and not fall back into "redzone issues" mode.

Obviously I trust our offense more than the defense and this is where the game will be lost or won. Well that and the first 2 series of each half on defense. If we can hold them to below 10 points on each of them we are on the way to the SB.

robertweathers said:

Playing at Arrowhead is most overrated thing on the planet.

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Please explain further, perhaps it will help soothe my angst. Although, if I was a player hearing that moronic tomahawk chop chant it would make me want to kill someone.

Mike Reiss is predicting Patriots now after picking Chiefs earlier this week

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robertweathers said:

Playing at Arrowhead is most overrated thing on the planet.

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I was there in 2014 when they broke the sound record It was impressively loud.

robertweathers said:

All you Jewish people are the same. You inflict this guilt on people....its a magical power.

(as you know my wife and children are Jewish)

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We are great at giving it and amazing at receiving it.