A cause for celebration after today's debacle....

[shmessy]

Most teams are not capable of surviving such devastating hits to their top talent positions.

The anchor and heart of our Defense is out for the season.

Our backup anchor is out injured.

Our best CB was out of the game.

Our best LB and best tackler is out for the season.

Our best WR is out of the game.

Our best TE played his first game of football on Sunday after being injured for what six months and after having had 4 surgeries.

Thompkins is a rookie.

Dobson is a rookie.

Boyce is a rookie.

Collie has been with this team for two weeks.

The Jets and the League had to ambush the Patriots with a never before called penalty to even win the game.

(To mention nothing of our off-season talent losses of Welker and Mr Wanna Be Breaking Bad).

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Is the above list a list of Excuses?

No. Its a list of REASONS why Brady and the Patriots aren't playing their best football.

We are 5 and 2 despite all of this. The Broncos are 7 and 1.

Its not Kool-Aid to show love for your team when they are beaten and battered as badly as this.

Good post.

And the Broncos are 6-1.

 

[50-yard-line]

Negatives....$12,700 of out of pocket expenses before this new health insurance pays anything

Not to go off-topic, but FYI, that's not how health insurance deductibles work.

People should learn that for their own sake.

The rest of your list is pretty good!

 

[Koma]

Some positive fallout from yesterday's game is that it should mark the last time we ever have to hear any talk about the Tuck Rule. From what I've seen from the media and other football fans, rules are rules and need to be applied correctly. That's what happened yesterday and that's what happened on January 19, 2002.

I always enjoyed that game, but will treasure it even more knowing that it will now be viewed as an exciting, non-controversial playoff win for the Patriots.