majormayhem1 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 Well, will they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 No. 17-1 with a loss to the Colts in the AFC title game. Though the more amusing scenario would be 18-1 with a loss to the Packers, preferrably with Favre throwing a last second TD to win 35-34. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest My Pal, the Tortoise Report post Posted December 20, 2007 Probably, unfortunately. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yankovic fan 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 They'll lose to the Dolphins this weekend. *runs* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
majormayhem1 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 No. 17-1 with a loss to the Colts in the AFC title game. Though the more amusing scenario would be 18-1 with a loss to the Packers, preferrably with Favre throwing a last second TD to win 35-34. I don't see a loss to the Colts or the Packers. I see a loss to the Giants as more probable. If they get to the Super Bowl, they will win. Of course, with the '72 Dolphins and their "Illuminati-like" presence over the NFL anything is possible. Let the conspiracy theories continue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 They'll lose to the Dolphins this weekend. *runs* If they do I will laugh my ass off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest My Pal, the Tortoise Report post Posted December 20, 2007 Of course, with the '72 Dolphins and their "Illuminati-like" presence over the NFL anything is possible. Bob Griese controls the international banks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 Someone you trust plays for us Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) So is Mercury Morris sending secret coded messages in his inane rants on ESPN and the radio? Aha, I've cracked the*is shot* ....... Edited December 20, 2007 by KingPK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 I have no opinion on this topic. My own pursuit of perfection hit a roadblock recently. I'm eating some humble pie right now, let me tell ya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RyechnaiaSobaka Report post Posted December 20, 2007 No. You know who could come into Foxboro and beat them in the snow? Jacksonville. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted December 20, 2007 They'll go 16-0. I don't see them going through the playoffs, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
majormayhem1 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2007 Of course, with the '72 Dolphins and their "Illuminati-like" presence over the NFL anything is possible. Bob Griese controls the international banks. Tom Brady was the guest of honor at W's state of the union address a few years back, and Bush the 1st usually attends the Super Bowl. Then again, there's that rumor about Don Shula being the Prince of Darkness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 DON SHULA SUPPORTS THE NAZIS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boon 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 I want to see them go 19-0 just to watch TSM explode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 I want to see them go 19-0 just to watch TSM explode. And not because it's your team flirting with history? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 Going 19-0 is so insanely difficult I don't even think a team should set it as a goal. In fact I might recommend the Patriots just rest some people against the Giants and go 15-1, but the dilemma is that they can't do it with such unreal history at stake. At 15-1 they would be a favored team going into the playoffs, but without the unbearable pressure of being 16-0. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 Again, how does losing one game against the Giants on the last day of the season when you have a bye week and are guaranteed one home playoff game with the prospect of another and have 50% of the world loving you and 50% hoping that your knees blow out like old Firestone tires on the highway make a damn bit of difference? And why shouldn't a team set a goal to win every game they play? Isn't that the point? Obviously in other sports it's a near impossibility because of the mass of games, but in football (college, pro, whatever) it is a realistic bar to set. Incredibly tough, but realistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy Dunlop 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 50% of the world loves the Pats? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest My Pal, the Tortoise Report post Posted December 21, 2007 50% of this board, yes. World, not so much. How did it work out that this board has like three Chicago sports fans and about thirty Boston fans? Is the Internet free in Massachusetts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 Can't see it. 16-0, yes, but probably the best thing to happen to the Patriots would have been losing the Ravens on that Monday night game. They lose at home to the Colts in the AFC Championship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest My Pal, the Tortoise Report post Posted December 21, 2007 Apparently, the commercial for the NFL Network telecast of Patriots-Giants--you know, the ones where there's some schmuck going "Tawm Brady throws wicked hahd!" irrespective of who's actually playing in the promoted game--features a TV in the background where the voiceover says "now that the Patriots have beaten the Dolphins...", which yeah, will probably happen, but it has not happened yet. Now this would be particularly odious from CBS, Fox, or the Booyah machine, but for an arm of the National Football League itself to play fast and loose with the facts just to promote a game is sprinting across the line of integrity and fairness. I'm not saying that the NFL has already rigged the Dolphins game, because that's just some wacky-ass NoCalMike magic-death-power-on-NAFTA-superhighways dumbshittery, but it's extremely poor form for the NFL to get ahead of itself like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 KingPK, I don't think you totally get my point. I'm a believer in the notion that a late loss can shake a team back to reality and get them pissed and focused for the playoffs. It's harder to say that about the NFL since late season losses usually mean nothing since teams rest their starters. Lose one game and you're 15-1 and can simply go out and play football and think about the Super Bowl. Go 16-0 and the pressure to win is all the greater. You can only scrape by for so long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2007 I guess, but I'm of the mind that once the season is over, it's over and everyone is back to 0-0 for the playoffs. And I think the last month has done enough to slap whatever complacency New England had right out of them. Apparently Belichick tore the team a new asshole during the film sessions this week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 They lose the Super Bowl. There will be so much pressure on them to win the Super Bowl that I cant actually see them winning unless the NFC representative is some fluke like the Redskins or some barely over .500 to make the wild card miracle run in the playoffs.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 I don't get how being undefeated adds to the pressure in the playoffs. There's no pressure to win if you're 14-2? Fans will still shit on you if you fail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 It depends on what sort of 14-2 you are. I wouldn't say the 1998 Falcons had much pressure on them since nobody thought they had a hope in hell vs. Minnesota. That same year, let's say the Broncos were 16-0 instead of 14-2...I would think that would magnify the pressure to win it all. They lost a couple of games late in the season and then chilled out, refocused, and won the Super Bowl. The best example I can think of for something like this was UK basketball in 1996. Going into the SEC tourney they had something like a 29 game win streak going. They lost the SEC title game to Miss State (which most in this state believe Pitino deliberately tanked to make a point, and in part to get the huge win streak off their backs). The team refocused and won the national title. I guess there is a certain amount of playing the odds to it. The Patriots dodged a bullet in Indy, dodged a bullet vs. Philly, dodged a big one vs. the Ravens. It's hard to keep doing that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boon 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 Apparently, the commercial for the NFL Network telecast of Patriots-Giants--you know, the ones where there's some schmuck going "Tawm Brady throws wicked hahd!" irrespective of who's actually playing in the promoted game--features a TV in the background where the voiceover says "now that the Patriots have beaten the Dolphins...", which yeah, will probably happen, but it has not happened yet. Now this would be particularly odious from CBS, Fox, or the Booyah machine, but for an arm of the National Football League itself to play fast and loose with the facts just to promote a game is sprinting across the line of integrity and fairness. I'm not saying that the NFL has already rigged the Dolphins game, because that's just some wacky-ass NoCalMike magic-death-power-on-NAFTA-superhighways dumbshittery, but it's extremely poor form for the NFL to get ahead of itself like this. See the Dolphins need to turn that into bulletin board material, talk about how they're disrespected and run up the score. That's what real winners do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 Yes because its not like they are some up-and-comers who haven't played in big games before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2007 They go 16-0 and lose to either the Jags, Colts, or Browns in the playoffs. Then the Chargers beat the Vikings in the Super Bowl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
