Patriots Pregame Thread We're on to Pittsburgh...

[Mack Herron]

11 limited, 2 dnp

 

[supafly]

No, it’s not the guy you’re thinking of - mark madden

I’ll never forget driving one day and hearing him talk about how NE was no longer relevant, over and over again. He blabbed on for about 15 straight mins about how far they had fallen off.

This was in the summer of 2010.

 

[Ring 6]

I am more worried about avoiding the 3 seed. If the Patriots go 1-2, Jax would need to lose at least two games. If the Patriots go 2-1, they'll still need Jax to go 2-1 or worse ( Pending the loss is to Pittsburgh). Furthermore, even if the Patriots beat Pittsburgh, both teams will have three losses. You still can't afford another loss, because odds are very good the Steelers beat an inept franchise and a Savage led squad. I am not confident they beat Buffalo...

If you think they will lose to buffalo at Home pack it in the seasons over because they will be one and done in the playoffs.
Of course the idea is idiotic so....

 

[Ring 6]

I agree. Pittsburgh has an ELITE offense. If we don't have Van Noy and Flowers, no way the Pats win this game. I think to beat Pittsburgh, we have to keep the Steelers offense off of the field, wear their defense down with long drives running the ball like we did in our last 2 wins (almost 200 yards rushing in each). Defensively, they need to attack Rapelisberger. Sack him 4+ times, hit him a bunch. That part is possible if Flowers and Van Noy play well. That frees up Lee and others to go after the QB.

Why would we run the ball and try to stay on the field when Brady will shred that defense

If anyone should be trying to keep the game short and keep the other offense off the field it’s Pittsburgh

 

[SVN]

I am more worried about avoiding the 3 seed. If the Patriots go 1-2, Jax would need to lose at least two games. If the Patriots go 2-1, they'll still need Jax to go 2-1 or worse ( Pending the loss is to Pittsburgh). Furthermore, even if the Patriots beat Pittsburgh, both teams will have three losses. You still can't afford another loss, because odds are very good the Steelers beat an inept franchise and a Savage led squad. I am not confident they beat Buffalo...

Pats fans are always worried.Every year .Its only been 17 yrs. Sometimes I wonder what team we follow .Patriots or the bengals .

 

[Dr Pain]

From Brady tonight. The Steelers game could be interesting

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

The squealers have done a lot of chirping.

 

[Guts]

So apparently Pittsburgh has shirts and hats ready should they win the game Sunday with the text saying "AFC #1 seed" and the final score. Oh my god...don't know what is more sad the Colts pathetic banners or this.

 

[supafly]

So apparently Pittsburgh has shirts and hats ready should they win the game Sunday with the text saying "AFC #1 seed" and the final score. Oh my god...don't know what is more sad the Colts pathetic banners or this.

Are you sure that article wasn’t satire? As much as I love to get pumped up for my hatred of all things Steelers, it would be impossible for them to have t-shirts and hats with the final score of a game that had just finished.

 

[supafly]

The squealers have done a lot of chirping.

They always do. Every single year.

 

[Guts]

Are you sure that article wasn’t satire? As much as I love to get pumped up for my hatred of all things Steelers, it would be impossible for them to have t-shirts and hats with the final score of a game that had just finished.

Bet Box: Steelers say they know how to beat the Patriots

That's where I read it from. I thought it was a joke too could still be a joke, ridiculous if it's true though.

 

[Uptown]

Must win game as far as i'm concerned if you believe this is a Championship team if the Patriots lose this game history tells you the season isn't going to end well, losing multiple games in December and not having the one seed isn't a formula that ends with the Patriots winning the Super Bowl.

Why would anyone be confident of winning in Pittsburgh in January if they can't win on Sunday apart from because it happened once in the early 2000s.

Recent history tells us the Patriots haven't fared well in playoff rematches where they lost the first time against a good opponent.

2011 Season - Giants won in regular season and Super Bowl
2012 Season - Ravens won in regular season and AFC Championship
2015 Season - Broncos won in regular season and in AFC Championship

The only thing I’d point out in regards to these 3 teams that you listed is that those teams (Giants, Ravens, Broncos) usually have had good/ great defenses that match up very well with us. They also had the personnel to man up & get pressure with 4. Not sure the Squealers can impose their will defensively as those teams did. Aside from 2011, they haven’t been able to do it. We shall see...

 

[supafly]

Bet Box: Steelers say they know how to beat the Patriots

That's where I read it from. I thought it was a joke too could still be a joke, ridiculous if it's true though.

I’m thinking that it’s probably satire, but I guess you never know. I can’t see how they’d be able to print shirts with the final score right after the game has ended, and they technically can’t even wrap up the #1 seed without either winning out or seeing JAX lose again.

They’re so pathetic that I can understand why you’d believe it, though. It certainly sounds like something they’d do.

 

[Uptown]

So apparently Pittsburgh has shirts and hats ready should they win the game Sunday with the text saying "AFC #1 seed" and the final score. Oh my god...don't know what is more sad the Colts pathetic banners or this.

Lol yea it’s gotta be satire. I highly doubt they would let that slip out. If it wasn’t satire, that would guarantee a victory for us. A part of me wishes it were true

 

[Mack Herron]

Expecting Van Noy and Flowers to be "questionable" on the the injury report along with many others.

 

[dannydyn]

So apparently Pittsburgh has shirts and hats ready should they win the game Sunday with the text saying "AFC #1 seed" and the final score. Oh my god...don't know what is more sad the Colts pathetic banners or this.

Please tell me you're kidding

 

[JMC00]

but man, watching that game gave me the hives and a bad deja vu of the Week one defense

Guess you must have turned it off for the last 30 minutes of the game when the lolphins couldn't move the ball.

 

[Uptown]

Pretty interesting..

Here Are Six Reasons Why Patriots Will Beat Steelers, Per Colin Cowherd

 

[Uptown]

 

[Guts]

Please tell me you're kidding

I think it is satire but this is what the article said.
Bet Box: Steelers say they know how to beat the Patriots

Inside information gathered here also reveals that the Steelers have “AFC No. 1 Seed” hats and T-shirts all ready to wear with just the final score of their victory over the Pats needed to be inscribed.

Tomlin insists it’s neither ****iness nor arrogance that will lift his Steelers past the Patriots, despite a career 2-10 mark against the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady dominance, including an AFC Championship Game pounding as recently as last January.

Tomlin knows his players are peaking and speaking their minds, as always. Nothing more. Now it’s time to back up those words, and Tomlin has put up his money for nothing by doing just that.

And seeing the Patriots vulnerable tendencies against the Dolphins just threw Tomlin into euphoria. He’s been heard mumbling about at Heinz Field, “I know how to beat the Patriots. I know how to be beat the Patriots,” a refrain heard around Steeler Town all season, and now while charging onward with their eight-game winning streak.

Steelers fans have bought all in, too. Pre-orders on those “AFC No. 1 Seed” T-shirts and hats are overwhelming Amazon.com, and each fan at the game will receive two Terrible Towelettes, one for each hand, to wave high and forever long during Sunday’s coronation.