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Box_O_Rocks said:Jags.
With all the lust for a third seed, I'd still rather give the Pats one last tune-up game before heading to Indy or Denver. I like the Steelers to teach Cincy about playoff games and give Denver fits. I'm not as concerned about the Colts as the Broncos, beside the emotional upset, their defense is going to be swiss cheese for Tommy and Dillon. I also expect our revived D to give Peyton much more trouble.
I read a Herald article this morning talking about Hobbs still learning press coverage techniques. He has Coles and Chambers to practice on to close out the regular season, and whomever we play in the wildcard game. Hopefully, that will prepare him to knock Stokely or that 'dadblasted brain flatulence CRS' no. 2 WR on the Colts around properly.
But in the end it doesn't matter, scheduling is destiny.
Yeah, but it makes for good Monday morning message board banter. Sheeesh.pats1 said:This is absolutely meaningless.
It doesn't matter who we face, or who we want to face. If beat every team you face in the playoffs, you're not Super Bowl champions. That's all there is to it.
It's like asking "Who would you rather face? The Texans or 49ers?"
If you can't beat either, you're done.
pats1 said:This is absolutely meaningless.
It doesn't matter who we face, or who we want to face. If beat every team you face in the playoffs, you're not Super Bowl champions. That's all there is to it.
It's like asking "Who would you rather face? The Texans or 49ers?"
If you can't beat either, you're done.
JR4 said:Good reasons here are some more good reasons from another poster on
another site:
"I'd MUCH rather play the Jaguars than the Steelers. Steelers are hot right now, and Jags are either going to start Lefwich, who hasn't played in a while, or David Garrard, who sucks.
Jags are also a warm weather team who won't want to play up here in Foxboro. Not to mention that they are one of the less experienced teams, in terms of playoff experience, in the league"
I haven't seen good reasons for wanting to play the Steelers.
Which is the point of the thread, "your preference" for the WC game. The TEAM should be working on playing their very best and playing to win, as a fan, I would prefer for the team to have the lesser of two evils (Jax vice Pit/KC) to have one more game where the offense can improve their timing and the defense can improve their communications/coordination. Just a fan's reality, the team took a long time to come together this season, so anything that gets them playing better before the darling Colts or Shanahan's Broncos is a plus in my book. In the real world, I'll take the Pats against all comers, but even I indulge in the occasional fantasy.pats1 said:If you don't have the confidence that you can win against any team, you shouldn't been champions. Champions should stand at the podium and declare it doesn't matter who they play, as in this second season, no team is more beatable than the next.
It's all about personal desires/rivalries or favorable positional matchups or edges. The later has proven irrelevant in the playoffs lately. It's all about gameplanning and execution where opponents don't matter.
As fans, yes, it's a different story - again - just personal desires and rivalries and revenge that comes into play.
If you don't execute and gameplan properly, you're screwed any way you slice it.
To think the Patriots are sitting there and saying "Oh, let's go for the #4 seed so we can have this and this matchup is asinine. They're playing to win, they're playing for a higher seed, they're playing for consistency, they're playing for chemistry, they're playing for the mission statement of the Patriots. It's the Lombardi trophy they have their eyes on, nothing more, nothing less.
pats1 said:If you don't have the confidence that you can win against any team, you shouldn't been champions. Champions should stand at the podium and declare it doesn't matter who they play, as in this second season, no team is more beatable than the next.
How in the world did you digress into this line of reasoning from the
simple poll question?????? weird!
It's all about personal desires/rivalries or favorable positional matchups or edges. The later has proven irrelevant in the playoffs lately. It's all about gameplanning and execution where opponents don't matter.
Wrong! Opponents do matter .... the oppponent's caabilities is the
basis from which a set of premsises are derrive and for which a game
plan evolves
As fans, yes, it's a different story - again - just personal desires and rivalries and revenge that comes into play.
If you don't execute and gameplan properly, you're screwed any way you slice it.
To think the Patriots are sitting there and saying "Oh, let's go for the #4 seed so we can have this and this matchup is asinine. They're playing to win, they're playing for a higher seed, they're playing for consistency, they're playing for chemistry, they're playing for the mission statement of the Patriots. It's the Lombardi trophy they have their eyes on, nothing more,
nothing less.
Wrong again! Belichick has revealed in last season playoffs that while
more than one team is a possibility for a play off game that he and his staff
are planning for each possible team. They will shoot for any advantage they
can get in the playoffs. That should be obvious.
Also note, it' s the next game they are focused on but Detroit relates to an overall strategey if one applies.
Also See comments below on playing for advantages