The Patriots and the SuperBowl loss hangover? Not so fast.

[DarrylS]

As much as I like the Pats chances, the reality of the war of attrition is always looming in the distance... it always seems that after a SB run that the next year the team has more than its share of injuries which sometimes level the playing field.

Then the X factor comes into play the brilliance of BB and his crew to figure out how to manage this team despite injuries.. my prediction will remain the same as the Pats will win 12 or 13 games and make it to the AFC championship, after that it is difficult to predict( have been making the same prediction for about 10 years now so not much has changed in my mind)....

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

The patriots are the exception, so the hangover does not apply to us. Even sb winners haven’t fared well since 1997. the Seahawks in 2014 are the only sb winner since then (besides us ) that has gotten past the divisional round the next year. we did it 3 times- in 2004, 2015, and 2017. We’re just on a different stratosphere.

I see the Eagles as ripe for a rude awakening. Last year they were an 8-8 team with an up and coming QB..This year, they are the champs, and "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown".. and they will find out what it's like to get every team's best efforts....
They are still celebrating instead of putting in the draw and taking the " we're on to Cincinnati "mentality (* I know that was coming off a loss but the point is putting the past away) and I can see a regression to 10-6 and worse.. Last year they had rookie kickers kicking 61 yard field goals to win games.. I really believe it will regress to the mean this year for them and those breaks that they got last year will bounce the other way...at least I hope so...
This has been the most unbearable last 5.5 months......
I had people bringing cakes into my office the week after the Super Bowl with "Eagles Super Bowl Champs" iced onto it..so I could eat crow......

 

[chasa]

it really all depends on what happens early in the season.

If BB makes a call that echos the call to bench butler for 100% of the snaps in the superbowl, then its possible that players will start to grumble and not give as much effort as they normally would.

Everything looks good when you are winning, but as a player if the coaches intentionally make a call that makes your team actively worse, and then it doesn't work out, and they don't take responsibility for that call it leaves a lot of sour grapes. For instance we have already gotten a report about how BB was calling people out for poor plays during film review, to make sure that everyone knows that they are being held accountable. I wonder if any of that tape included butler on the bench while bademosi and richards missed tackles during key moments of the superbowl followed by BB saying "No comment" when asked why butler didn't see any snaps.

The rigid "Do your job" Militarialistic style of coaching doesn't work when the person in charge leads the squad into a kill box.

 

[denverpatsfan]

The Patriots actually have the easiest schedule out of the 32 teams, at least going by last year’s record/winning percentage.

They may not run away with it this year due to some of your reasoning, but I still think we can expect them to compete at a pretty high level. Edelman’s suspension may equate to a 2-2 start, but they’ll get it going.

Let's hope so. Nate's shoes are big ones to fill.

 

[XLIX]

If you take away the Patriots, you see there are an awful lot of Super Bowl participants - both winners and losers - who are good (but not great) teams that happened to get hot in January. That's just not a recipe for coming back the next year.

In the past 20 years, only 1 team not named New England has gone to back-to-back Super Bowls (NE has done it twice). It is a difficult thing to do.

 

[Ring 6]

it really all depends on what happens early in the season.

If BB makes a call that echos the call to bench butler for 100% of the snaps in the superbowl, then its possible that players will start to grumble and not give as much effort as they normally would.

Everything looks good when you are winning, but as a player if the coaches intentionally make a call that makes your team actively worse, and then it doesn't work out, and they don't take responsibility for that call it leaves a lot of sour grapes. For instance we have already gotten a report about how BB was calling people out for poor plays during film review, to make sure that everyone knows that they are being held accountable. I wonder if any of that tape included butler on the bench while bademosi and richards missed tackles during key moments of the superbowl followed by BB saying "No comment" when asked why butler didn't see any snaps.

The rigid "Do your job" Militarialistic style of coaching doesn't work when the person in charge leads the squad into a kill box.

You just don’t get it.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

We’re just on a different stratosphere.

Isn't it "in" a different stratosph -- oh whatever

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Isn't it "in" a different stratosph -- oh whatever

Well clearly i was referring to the casino resort in las vegas, rooftop with all the.... ok nmind u got me!

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

The Patriots actually have the easiest schedule out of the 32 teams, at least going by last year’s record/winning percentage.

They may not run away with it this year due to some of your reasoning, but I still think we can expect them to compete at a pretty high level. Edelman’s suspension may equate to a 2-2 start, but they’ll get it going.

Pats are 22 hardest or 10th easiest. Texans have easiest schedule based on last year...
2018 NFL strength of schedule: Texans have it easiest, Packers face roughest ride

 

[supafly]

Pats are 22 hardest or 10th easiest. Texans have easiest schedule based on last year...
2018 NFL strength of schedule: Texans have it easiest, Packers face roughest ride

According to ESPN (yesterday afternoon) we were the easiest. They had a graphic they kept showing, although I don’t know how they arrived at that conclusion, aside from last year’s records.

Here’s another source (Washington Post) :

Analysis | The Patriots again have the NFL’s easiest schedule for 2018. Seriously.

 

[supafly]

Let's hope so. Nate's shoes are big ones to fill.

I think the familiarity will be missed, but they had a pretty successful 2015 campaign without him, even if it resulted in a poor showing and 20-18 loss in the AFCCG at Denver.

I would have liked to see him stay here, but not for anything close to that kind of money.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I see the Eagles as ripe for a rude awakening. Last year they were an 8-8 team with an up and coming QB..This year, they are the champs, and "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown".. and they will find out what it's like to get every team's best efforts....
They are still celebrating instead of putting in the draw and taking the " we're on to Cincinnati "mentality (* I know that was coming off a loss but the point is putting the past away) and I can see a regression to 10-6 and worse.. Last year they had rookie kickers kicking 61 yard field goals to win games.. I really believe it will regress to the mean this year for them and those breaks that they got last year will bounce the other way...at least I hope so...
This has been the most unbearable last 5.5 months......
I had people bringing cakes into my office the week after the Super Bowl with "Eagles Super Bowl Champs" iced onto it..so I could eat crow......

Yup , in todays nfl the good teams get to the mountain top, the great teams are the ones that get there and get back. Thats what the philly players running their mouth neeed to realize in the past 20 years theres been a dozen 2017 Philadelphia Eagles, but theres only been one New England Patriots

 

[Huckleberry1]

7 years of going to the AFCCG. I think they got this process down pat. Then the margins usually get tight. But, no, I'd be shocked to see a 'hangover' so to speak.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a sh*t game or two early and get to hear the media crow for days about the demise of the Pats. Then it's on to Cincinnati and nobody is safe.

“Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that’s how it always starts. Then later there’s running and screaming.”

Yep


That’s an amazing run.

 

[Huckleberry1]

If the Patriots were in the NFC you could make a much stronger argument that they wouldn't get back, but the AFC is a much easier route.

 

[mcmurtry86]

Lots of questions and downgrades at WR and OT. No real improvement at LB, arguably worse at CB, not enough improvement on the DL and coaching turnover

Lots of reasons to think the Pats will come short of the Super Bowl but a "hangover" isn't one of them

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

Well clearly i was referring to the casino resort in las vegas, rooftop with all the.... ok nmind u got me!

Hey man, we gotta have a Super Bowl in Vegas. 2025 maybe?

 

[sphen22]

I fear the NJFL will do their best to hose our team and prevent another superbowl berth. Uphill battle for sure, but I will never count out TFB.

 

[n1997y]

Lots of questions and downgrades at WR and OT. No real improvement at LB, arguably worse at CB, not enough improvement on the DL and coaching turnover

Lots of reasons to think the Pats will come short of the Super Bowl but a "hangover" isn't one of them

So is the glass half full? Or totally empty?

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

So is the glass half full? Or totally empty?

Whatever, man.

I'm just drinking whatever's in there, maybe some old Kool-Aid, and chucking the glass into the fireplace.

Let's play ball.