Hypothetical: Pats would be -49.5 favorites vs Bama

[sb1]

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Is This Hypothetical Point Spread For Patriots Vs. Alabama Too High?

Forget 49.5 I’d lay 70.

College teams no matter who they are, wouldn’t be even close to competitive vs even the worst NFL team.

 

[XLIX]

Every year some clown comes along on one of these forums and argues that Alabama could beat Cleveland (last year) or this year Buffalo or Oakland.

In other words, they are proudly announcing to the world they don’t know the first thing about football.

An NFL team playing Alabama will be like Alabama this weekend playing The Citadel. The point spread is set as a guess regarding how much the team will score before they put in all their third stringers with orders to just run out the clock. It is not a true measure of strength if both teams tried for 60 minutes.

 

[TBR]

Are we sure Tua Tagovailoa wouldn't light up the Pats' defense?

 

[Joey007]

I dunno, these BB disciples sure get the best of us.

 

[Deus Irae]

If it's Alabama against the Patriots team that played in Nashville this past weekend, take the Tide straight up.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

I'd be curious to see the point spread of a hypothetical all-american college team against an NFL team.

 

[Bcc66duece]

To be honest the Alabama team probably has more NFL players on defense than this Patriots team.

 

[DarrylS]

Idle time is the speculators workplace... bye week bullcrap???

 

[signbabybrady]

But can Duke beat the Cavs?

 

[Angelpats]

It’s like a college team vs a high school team, but if you took the best players in college football and payed them agaisnt the worst team the nfl has to offer I wouldn’t be surprised if the college team would win.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

What would the over be..I'd bet that

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I'd be curious to see the point spread of a hypothetical all-american college team against an NFL team.

Didn't they used to have college All Stars play the Super Bowl winner back in the 70s????Super Bowl winners always won and usually by a wide margin IIRC.....

 

[Froob]

I really hope somebody asks Belichick.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I really hope somebody asks Belichick.

We'd find out if Belichick really can shoot lasers from his eyes.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

NFL men are (typically) 22-32 years old

NCAA men are (typically) 18-22 years old

If this "hypothetical" contest was about weight lifting instead of football what would the results be?

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I have a feeling that the Jets are about to feel the wrath after the bye..

 

[tasmlab]

Didn't they used to have college All Stars play the Super Bowl winner back in the 70s????Super Bowl winners always won and usually by a wide margin IIRC.....

Whether it's true or not, any all star type team would be crazy disorganized compared to a club that was so good it just played 19 games with a great record and won the big one.

e.g., even the pro-bowl NFL team should get killed by the superbowl champs.

 

[jah]

I wish that game was on our schedule. Would be a nice confidence booster.

 

[Hyped]

Unsure...I say the 49 point line is too high. And college offenses are still option based...I can see our D having problems defending the option. Also, the Alabama D is pretty solid.....

I say the Pats would win 51-20ish....

 

[IndianPat]

I say the Pats would win 51-20ish....

I would be very surprised if they gave up a single point except for some freakish occurrence. Will they even get more than a couple of first downs on each drive?