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Should be the captain of the teamBernard Pollard
This. Single-handedly ruined the Super Bowl prospects of 3 teams between 2008 and 2011 (albeit I don't think the 2009 team was Super Bowl caliber even with Welker playing).
True, although by that time the Ratbirds were already ahead. I associate the 2012 AFCCG turning point more with Talib's injury early in the game. Once he went out, Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith started to go wild on the Patriots' D.Also 2012 when he knocked out Ridley in the AFCCG causing a fumble that turned the tide.
WR Lance Allworth a.k.a. BambiKeith Lincoln
There is no second place.
schobel...man i used to hate when they faced him. he was a 1 man wrecking crew for buff.DL- Aaron Schobel, Jason Taylor
agree...shanny offenses gave bb teams fitsCoaching- Mike Shanahan
With how thorough that was you should of included Bruce Smith and Cornelius BennettFrom Super Bowl 31:
- Desmond Howard (Why Parcells continued to let Vinatieri kick anything returnable to him still bothers me to this day)
- Reggie White (3 sacks was single game SB record)
- Brett Favre/Antonio Freeman/Andre Rison (those two long TD passes, plus Howard's TD return were the difference between winning and losing).
Previously mentioned but worth reiterating:
- When OJ became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 2000 yards, it would not have been remotely close to happening had the Bills not played the Pats twice that season. He ran for 250 yards in the season opener, and 219 more in the next to last game of that year. Those 469 yards represented almost 1/4 of his season total, and he averaged 9.1 yards per carry. Fairbanks had no answer to the slasher.
- John Elway: he went 11-0 versus the Patriots in his career. It never mattered how good the Patriots were, you knew they could never win against Elway.
- Mike Shanahan: Elway's coach only lost to the Patriots once in his 20 seasons as a HC, near the end in 2011 with Washington. Altogether he was 10-4 versus the Pats.
- Keith Lincoln: The Patriots were blown out by the Chargers in their very firstleague championship game. Lincoln had an incredible 206 yards rushing with one TD - on just 13 carries! - plus 7 receptions for 123 yards and another TD in the 1963 AFL championship. The 329 total yards from scrimmage was 68 more yards than the entire Pats offense, and is still to this day a record for any single playoff game - a whopping 72 yards more than any other performance.
- Ben Dreith: The link below sums up what was not only the worst officiating in NFL history, but one of the worst officiated events in the history of all sports (short of the infamous 1972 Olympic basketball game).
God Strikes Down NFL Referee Ben Dreith, Whose Terrible Calls 44 Years Ago Haunted Generations of New Englanders
Source - Ben Dreith, the NFL referee known for a no-nonsense demeanor and his idiosyncratic penalty announcements that made him the first household name in NFL officiating, died at his home at the ag...www.barstoolsports.com
- Don Shula: 33-20 versus Patriots, with 12 AFC East titles.
- Dan Marino: won 12 straight vs Pats from 89 to 95.
- Bernard Pollard, for obvious reasons.
- Jack Tatum, even more so.
- DC Buddy Ryan and the Bears 46 defense in 1985 and Super Bowl 20