No kidding. It has to be some kind of record.
...and the SB started out with Sweetness fumbling and NE recovering too. Quick FG up 3-0. It was destiny I kept telling my 14 year old self.
"The Bears played a weaker schedule"
"Our pass defense is better"
"We beat MIA in MIA and the Bears couldn't"
Jesus....
I tried to be as positive as you but it was difficult after they shut the Pats down during the season. The Pats only made it across the 50 once, and that was on a 75 yard TD run by Craig James.
Like you I just re-watched that great AFC title run leading up to that SB. It was incredible.
Some highlights;
How many times do we see the kickoff team score a TD? Once a decade? We saw the Pats do that in consecutive playoff games, though the Jonny Rembert one vs the Jets should have been called down by contact on the recovery. The Raiders' Sammy Seale had 3 fumbles on kickoffs, including the one that was recovered in the endzone to give the Pats the lead for good.
No Ben Dreith meant no blatant calls in favor of the Raiders.
I missed the replays on penalties as well as the scoreboard and time on the screen.
I noticed that in 1985 that was the first Pat/Jets playoff game and that the Jets had a 29-21-1 record all-time vs the Pats. B&B fixed that,
How about Merlin Olsen emphasizing the do your job mantra during the Phins game? He sounded like Belichick when he described the problem when teams get behind and players try to do more than their job.
Raymond Berry was Belichick-like with his emphasis on all phases of the game.
Fred Marion and Ronnie Lippett were beasts on defense and Jim Bowman had a great run on ST's.
The Raiders were crybabies even back then. Nothing has changed with them other than their lack of success.
Up until that run the Pats last playoff game was in 1963 and their last win in Miami was in 1966 (18 games).
Mark Gastinole was the original look at me celebrator.