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I did? When? I joined before the Patriots were a dynasty. Heck, they were coming off a 9-7 season (2002) after winning the 2001 SB. What makes you think I'm only here because the Patriots have been good? |
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You need to show up and post here with the same hubris that you do now (i.e. posting a rambling 10,000 word sermon reeking of Faketriot Way diarrhea), when Brady retires and your immediate future is Brian Hoyer. Until then the jury is out. |
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Those terrorist loving ****s! |
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Your post is bizarre. I'll be sure to keep it in mind that my internet surfing/posting habits are subject to your review and approval at all times. |
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Let's see, a jury here in Massachusetts sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to ****ing death. That seems pretty contrary to your point, and I'm not aware of any history that shows we are "terrorist loving ****s." |
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I think folks are wrong in thinking Brady had anything less than one of his better games throwing the ball vs the Chiefs in terms of throwing accuracy. Some times excellent accuracy given the circumstances can still lead to INTs when the QB is making super quick decisions most of the time. 30-46 is pretty darn good considering many pass attempts were intermediate range, several short passes contested and a few long passes thrown in there. Let's dig into numbers deeper. 1) At least 6 catchable passes were dropped(Hogan, Gronk, White, Edelman, Patterson twice) but at least one of those(Patterson) was highly contested so I credit Chiefs D. 2) At least one pass batted down at line of scrimmage. 3) At least 5 passes were actually intentional throw aways like on the flea flicker to avoid sacks/fumbles since a pass rushers had beaten his man or wide receivers all covered. With his peripheral vision, Brady was great at recognizing when his offensive lineman were beat and he just threw it away where he couldn't be flagged for intentional grounding but no one could catch it. 4) The first Brady INT was probably thrown exactly where he wanted to throw the ball but the Chiefs defender played it smart and Brady thought he had fallen for the run. The zero sacks stat very misleading....Chiefs pass rush was excellent throughout most of the game. That actually didn't let them down. I do think they got gashed a little too much at times vs the run to open the game but they adjusted and even played the run better. On the other hand, that Hogan one handed catch was such a great catch that I think of it as an incompletion/inaccurate throw since normally that is an incompletion. Given KC challenged most -- not all -- short passes to the backs, I think the notion that Brady was inaccurate is just way off base. Adding this all up, I think Brady only threw around 4 passes or so in the entire game that didn't go where he intended them to go. Chiefs offense let them down a little bit in first half in my opinion. Given it is Mahomes first post season, I gotta blame Reid for not anticipating what the Patriots were going to do defensively and coming up with plays more likely to get first downs. Chiefs should have had 7 points at half without Mahomes overthrow and I just don't see that as a good enough first half offensively for them given they were at home. Other than 5-6 plays, Chiefs defense was very good vs the Patriots until OT -- this is taking into account how accurate Brady was and potency of New England offense. It is fair to say, they forced 3 turnovers. 2 Brady picks and 1 4th down stop. Even though the Edelman ball was tipped and should have been caught by Edelman, Chiefs defense overall contested enough short throws that it was likely for one of them to be tipped and intercepted sooner or later. Easy to see why it is so hard to normally put up 30+ point in Arrowhead. The Chiefs were a little lucky that they didn't have a turnover themselves on a Mahomes fumble(which he did), interception etc. Due to a lot of respect for Chiefs pass rush, Brady was getting rid of the ball quick. If he saw the rush was coming from his peripheral vision sooner than normal, he got rid of it even quicker. I would have moved up the safeties and risked a huge 35 yard gain of Edelman going deep or even a game ending touchdown to an outside receiver rather than allowed the Patriots to methodically march up the field in OT. Going into the game, if Reid was told Patriots offense would get tons of yards but trick Brady once into a goal line interception, defend well enough to get an interception off of a tipped ball and almost get one more and stop them on 4th down once, I think he would have taken it. Brilliant passing by Brady on third down saved the Patriots. Chiefs capitalizing on all of their scoring chances but one is what kept the game close. So I think everyone is getting this narrative of this particular game a little wrong. Chiefs offense play design/execution hurt them in the first half. And I think Reid made a mistake calling timeout when Patriots had it I believe 3rd and 5. If they had it 3rd and 10, it makes sense to take that gamble but with 3rd and 5, I would have been happy to go into halftime losing 7-0. And make adjustments. As for the refs, besides the pick play, I thought KC got away with many holds vs Patriots receivers and a pass interference vs Dorsett -- who scored anyways -- that should have been called and that were more egregious than what Patriots called for. On the other hand, the roughing the passer seemed like a bad call. I do think Kareem Hunt could have made a serious difference in this game for KC so they may want to pick up another running back like him. His replacement did very well but Chiefs could have used Hunt to take pressure off of their long range passing game. Chiefs have a great shot to win Super Bowl over the next 2 years before Mahomes gets a market rate contract so it will be interesting to see the moves they make. |
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The two picks (including the Ford offsides pick) other than the EZ one were off receiver's hands, but they were just not great throws. The EZ pick was flat ****ing horrible. Throw it a little higher/deeper and he's got Gronk. He clearly didn't see the guy who picked it off. His play in OT was an A. Before that -- not remotely close. Quote:
The game was over 60 minutes long. The last, whatever, five minutes he earned an A. Before that, I very much doubt he'd score it an A himself, nor would BB. I didn't think his ball placement was good, and he had too many seriously bad plays -- especially where he usually had a clean pocket. |
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Mainly I prefer the different perspectives. Fan boards tend to become circle jerks of everyone thinking lockstep, or arguing over ridiculous crap that I could not care less about. Unfortunately, due to the ridiculous run of success, this board is now largely a circle jerk of "Cheatriots" and such, rather than some degree of objective/unbiased viewpoints. I didn't join some other AFC East team board to avoid that, because obviously that is what I would've gotten there. :shrug: I also originally joined mainly for political talk, and it was far more active here than on Patriots boards, and more conservative. This was before the creation of the DC subforum. I preferred to cross swords with conservatives rather than have -- yet again -- a liberal circle jerk. Over the years I've gotten somewhat less liberal, but the level of intelligence in the DC forum has fallen as guys like KC Wolfman, KC Titus, Logical and others have left or greatly reduced their post rate, with few/no replacements of similar quality. Now, reflecting broader trends in American politics, it's become something of a battle of extremists at the far ends of the spectrum. As a result I post there far less than I used to. |
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I don’t care about the Patriots like other fans do
All winning afc teams (97-98 Broncos, 70s Raiders, Steelers, 01-03 Patriots) cheat KC should’ve been better |
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