AFC Playoffs who do you fear the most?

[Tunescribe]

the refs

Or the Blandinos.

 

[Joker]

@credibility!

 

[n1997y]

only teamI fear is the Patriots. Injuries and other distractions (e.g. refs) erode confidence, interfere with preparation and undermine execution. That's the path to defeat. If this team plays to the level of performance they're capable of, they're the class of the field.

 

[n1997y]

one addendum: the altitude in Denver is worrisome. It accentuates home field advantage. Also makes me worry that the additional fatigue could result in more injuries, or aggravate existing injuries.

 

[pats_premi]

Chiefs - because i think the Patriots weakness is short pass completion, running game, and fumbling a punt return after 2 TD lead.

 

[goheels22002]

"I am the danger. I am the one who knocks."

 

[50-yard-line]

Denver IN Denver would be the toughest game, in my opinion, and it could still happen.

At home, in order...Steelers, Broncos, Jets, KC, Cincy (without Dalton), Houston.

 

[PatriotsPimp136]

The offensive line. They need to give brady more time

 

[XLIX]

Who do I fear the most? The Patriots trainer. I don't want to see or do anything with him over the next two months.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Chiefs - because i think the Patriots weakness is short pass completion, running game, and fumbling a punt return after 2 TD lead.

That dreaded two TD lead, forcing a 3 and out and fielding a punt is a recipe for disaster.

 

[sevengables_2207]

Since any team can lose on any given Sunday if they do not play sound football in all three phases for 60 minutes, I am going to say that I fear the officials and their puppet masters at the NYJFL office the most in the playoffs.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

The refs huddle up after a Pat's TD to go ahead late in a game. A flag is thrown after the huddle, calling OPI, negating the TD. Pat's lose.....that's what I fear....league talking to refs to change the game.....

 

[Ring 6]

Jets have played one game all season against a team with a winning record. They are a 7-9 to 8-8 team fortunate to be 9-5 due to a grossly weak schedule.
KC is the second best team in the AFC, but are not built for the playoffs.
Cincy is one and done, because,,,thats what they do.
Houston is one and done because they are not good.

Pitt and Denver are very good on one side of the ball and trash on the other.
Either could be a problem if we play sloppy and turn the ball over.
Given that we have TFB I would tend to want the pressure to be on him vs a good D than on the D vs a good O.

None are scary.

 

[Patriot Missile]

Fear is kind of an overstatement. This team is built to play week to week for the last 15 years.

How many of these teams fear to play the Patriots? No one wants to go to Foxboro. Especially with Brady and BB in charge. Double especially with a healthy team which seems to be almost about to happen.

Btw, this secondary is playing really good although it remains to be seen what the injuries to McCourty and Chung are. If healthy I like their chances. They've come a long way since week 1 and have progressed to a top 3 unit. They can handle Pittsburgh and whoever else just fine as long as they can score a good amount of points.

The injury to Easley bugs the f out of me though. Hoping Hicks will step it up in his place.

Yeah, injuries and refs is what scares me right now. Play perfect and jump on them quick to put the pressure on the refs to look foolish with false flags.

 

[SomePatsFan13]

Just like when folks were afraid of playing Watt, I think you guys are overrating the Steelers.

Yes we are thankful for the Terrible Team giving us the number 1 seed and most likely the BYE, but let's remember, Broncos are in disarray and the Bungles lost their starting QB.

All three of those teams suck. We only "lost" to Denver because of a screw job by Goodell and the refs, not to mention a muffed punt by He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

We'd eat Cincy's Cheerios in their home, let alone at Foxboro; that was a pretender team if there ever was one.

We beat a healthy Big Ben so bad he was seeing things when our D-Line shifted.

I'm not afraid of any team because I'm a Patriots fan. We have been successful for such a long time that I think the fear is stemming from becoming irrelevant and not so much the teams that are good against each other but not us.

So sit back and enjoy the beat down we're about to put on New York, Miami and whoever decides they're brave enough to step on our field. Because we're going back to Santa Clara folks, and we're leaving with jewelry.