The 2007-08 National Football League Thread

[Wolfman]

19-0: 12 to go[/B]

I was gonna just post "Yawn." and be done with it, but that wouldn\'t do justice to the utter destruction we witnessed in the first half.  5 TD passes and 42 total points in the first half for the Pats...are you kidding me?  Did you see Moss\' second TD?  He caught it in his elbow, between his forearm and his bicep, no hand.  That was insane.  What a show.

[Spacey]

The offense of the Patriots are the real deal. 2 good teams coming up, Washington and Indianapolis. Should roll over Wasington.

[tyzack]

Was I the only one surprised at how many points the pats gave up?

You can\'t give up 28 to indy and win.

[Spacey]

Was I the only one surprised at how many points the pats gave up?

You can\'t give up 28 to indy and win.

you can if you put 49 up.

At some point the players stop playing. I missed the 2nd half due to a wake I had to attend so I can\'t really comment on what happened in the 3rd/4th quarter but I believe that the 21 points in the 4th quarter are nothing more than sympathy points.

Tom Brady is on pace to hit 60 TDs this year and give up 5 ints.

[tyzack]

Where\'s that post about what tom brady is on track for?

My reply is to that:

I know it has probably been said a million times on this, and other forms, but it\'s not that Brady is all-of-a-suden amazing.

It\'s that Brady finally has 3 top-knotch recievers to throw to. His favourite guy is still the open man, but it helps when any of your open men can either catch balls with their elbows or run 30 yards after a 5 yard screen.

[Wolfman]

Was I the only one surprised at how many points the pats gave up?

You can\'t give up 28 to indy and win.

Yes, you were the only one surprised.  You have to watch the games to know what\'s going on.  You can\'t just look at the score.  Hey, last night\'s Game 7 was won by the Sox 11-2.  They must\'ve cruised to an easy victory, right?  No big defensive plays or big pitching needed, right?

Watch the game.  It\'s the Pats\' B unit v. the Dolphins in desperation as the Dolphins get a couple of late TDs and a defensive INT TD thrown by the Pat\'s backup QB.  Do you remember what the score was at halftime, i.e. the point up to which the Pats had been going all-out?  That would be 42-7.  Read that again.  That\'s a halftime score.  They could have won 84-7 if they needed to for some bizarre reason.

And give me a break with that Indy comment.  For one thing, you can give up 28 points and win if your scoring average is 37 with a minimum of 31.  But really the Pats gave up a whopping 7 points while it mattered, get out of here with this 28 stuff.  You act like the mighty Miami O was running amuck on the Patriots defense.  Come on.

[Spacey]

Where\'s that post about what tom brady is on track for?

My reply is to that:

I know it has probably been said a million times on this, and other forms, but it\'s not that Brady is all-of-a-suden amazing.

It\'s that Brady finally has 3 top-knotch recievers to throw to. His favourite guy is still the open man, but it helps when any of your open men can either catch balls with their elbows or run 30 yards after a 5 yard screen.

my brady post has nothing to do with the original post, it was added because I posted it and it merged into 1 post.

[booztravlr]

The Pats beat a winless team playing without their starting QB and their starting RB, who ranked at the top in the NFL coming into this week, going out with a season ending injury. 28 points is a lot to give up to a team full of chumps and backups. Throw away the Cassell INT for a TD and that\'s still 21 points.

I can\'t wait for Week 9. It\'s kind of amusing that they\'re really only playing for 3 things; homefield advantage in the playoffs and bragging rights for the remainder of the season. The third being a perfect season (according to Wolfman) but I\'m not buying into either of them doing that yet. It\'s still way too early.

No way I can swing the breakfast show in CT the weekend following this game. So...what are we going to bet? I\'ll entertain any bets from Pats fans as long as they don\'t break the bank. I\'m not sure what the spread will be or who it will be in favor for (assuming they both win in Week but that can be apart of the bet too. I really don\'t care.

[tyzack]

Was I the only one surprised at how many points the pats gave up?

You can\'t give up 28 to indy and win.

Yes, you were the only one surprised.  You have to watch the games to know what\'s going on.  You can\'t just look at the score.  Hey, last night\'s Game 7 was won by the Sox 11-2.  They must\'ve cruised to an easy victory, right?  No big defensive plays or big pitching needed, right?

Watch the game.  It\'s the Pats\' B unit v. the Dolphins in desperation as the Dolphins get a couple of late TDs and a defensive INT TD thrown by the Pat\'s backup QB.  Do you remember what the score was at halftime, i.e. the point up to which the Pats had been going all-out?  That would be 42-7.  Read that again.  That\'s a halftime score.  They could have won 84-7 if they needed to for some bizarre reason.

And give me a break with that Indy comment.  For one thing, you can give up 28 points and win if your scoring average is 37 with a minimum of 31.  But really the Pats gave up a whopping 7 points while it mattered, get out of here with this 28 stuff.  You act like the mighty Miami O was running amuck on the Patriots defense.  Come on.

I was surpised that they put in their B-unit, that\'s what I meant by that question.

[booztravlr]

Interesting facts about the games this weekend.

There is only one team Manning has not beaten (Panthers). There is only one team Brady has not beaten (Redskins). Both of these matchups are happening on Sunday. I believe they have only played each of these teams once before. It would be pretty fitting to see both of them beat the last of the 31 teams they have opposed in the NFL. It would also be even more fitting to see them do this 1 week before their head to head matchup, which would then keep them both at perfect records. Pretty exciting lead up to the Week 9 showdown.

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Favre will have a chance to do this next week when he plays the Chiefs.
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[tyzack]

Note to NFL defenses: When this guy comes in, cover him.

[booztravlr]

Finally, the week we\'ve all been waiting for!

Hopefully the Colts are all healthy for this one. We could def use Harrison and our defensive starters. Looks like Dungy rested a lot of players yesterday for this game. The key players to watch will be Dallas Clark and Wes Welker. Moss will have a good day since he is so much taller than the Colts secondary but I think their speed will offset some of that advantage. This game will most likely come down to two things; turnovers and the last possession.

I am very excited. Good luck to all you Pats fans. This will be very fun to watch. To the winner goes homefield in the AFC and bragging rights until the AFC Championship game.

[Wolfman]

19-0: 11 to go[/B]

52-7, where does it stop?  Well, nobody wants to read about this game, it\'s all about this week\'s greatest regular season game ever between the 8-0 Pats and the 7-0 Colts so here we go...

I am very excited. Good luck to all you Pats fans. This will be very fun to watch. To the winner goes homefield in the AFC and bragging rights until the AFC Championship game.

Good luck to you too and great to meet you at the Freakout.  For this week\'s prediction, I find myself torn in a mindgame of Good Wolf, Naughty Wolf.

Good Wolf says: Give the Colts their proper respect.  They beat you last year, they\'re the defending champs, they\'re undefeated and playing at home.  What other degrees of worthiness could you possibly ask from an opponent?  Pick the Pats by no more than four.  Respect the Colts...

Naughty Wolf says: Dude, run up your pick the same way the Pats run up the score.  Show no mercy, for the Pats will show none either.  In this game 9 months ago, same place, the Colts won by the thinnest of margins.  In that game the Patriots had no receivers, three out of four starters in the secondary out, and the whole team mysteriously got food poisoning and was puking on the sidelines in between drives.  This time the Patriots are showing up with Adalius Thomas, Rodney Harrison, Asante Samuel, Randy Moss, Wes Welker, Donte Stallworth, their own chef, and are hellbent on utter vengeance and destruction.  The Colts are more or less the same team.  That\'s at least a 17-point swing from the last game.  The Pats are going to unleash the most unholy fury the NFL has ever seen.  They are going to make their previous games look like they weren\'t even trying.  Take them by three touchdowns and stick it in everyone\'s eye!

I am going to go with a happy medium between Good Wolf and Naughty Wolf.  Patriots 35-24.  And whatever happens, we\'ll see you again in 11 weeks for the AFC Championship!

[Vassillios]

I was very disappointed in my Skins yesterday. What can you do against the Patriots though...

Boston is the place to be this year. Maybe the Celtics will even make the playoffs with Garnett.

[Klout]

I have a feeling that the pats are gonna stomp on the colts next week

but it would be cool if it was like 63 to 56