19-0: 17 to go[/B]
Wow. Take that, NFL world.
The Chargers were undisputedly the 2nd or 3rd best team in the league coming into this game. And they just got absolutley destroyed. Completely, totally, and utterly used. If you were watching this as a Pats fan, a warm glow filled your soul. If you were watching this as any other fan, you had to be simultaneously humbled, mezmorized, and terrified of what the 2007 New England Patriots are capable of. I mean look at leith\'s humble post. The words leith and humble have never been in the same sentence until now. The Pats don\'t just beat you, they actually go further and make you resign yourself and surrender to their greatness, whether you\'re an opposing player or opposing fan. Like I said last week folks, you are watching history unfold before your eyes. You don\'t have to like them, but at least take a moment to look and admire their majesty while they\'re here. You\'re not going to see anything like this again.
I vowed last week not to talk trash about other teams because I don\'t have to. I am going to stick to that, even with the Chargers talking mad smack again before this game, most notably LDT who is averaging 1.9 yards per carry this year. No, I am going to do the complete opposite of trashing other teams. I am going to THANK another team from the bottom of my heart, and that team is the New York Jets.
Thank you, Eric Mangini and the Jets, for pissing off the 2007 Patriots. As heavy favorites to win the championship from day 1, the only thing that could possibly stop the Patriots would be complacency. They had no reason to get fired up. No dates to circle. No scores to settle. Maybe they would enter a lull after a few wins and start to slip. But now, as if this beast of a team weren\'t already beastlier than everyone else, the beast is PISSED. Hear this now and hear this clearly: Bill Belichick is going to use this season to put on the greatest display of coaching in the history of professional sport. He is going to have this team light years ahead of every opponent, every week, every second of every game. He is already in the coaching pantheon, but this season he is going to prove, beyond any possible argument, that he is the greatest coach to ever patrol a gridiron sideline. Period. If I\'m another coach in the NFL right now, I\'m calling Eric Mangini and saying, "Don\'t even think about pulling this ^$%& after our game, and by the way thanks a lot for pissing off Bill, that\'s the last thing we all needed."
Tonight\'s game was a 60-minute statement, but you know what moment really sent shivers down my spine? When the Patriots had the ball, 4th and goal at the Charger 2, up 17 late in the 4th quarter, and instead of kicking the field goal they went for it and scored. Everyone in the building knew they didn\'t need the 4 extra points. But this team is hellbent on complete destruction of everything in their path. This is like when Uma Thurman woke up in Kill Bill. This is going to be fun, historic, and frightening all at the same time. This team has absolutely no ceiling whatsoever. Like it or not, be glad you were here to see it.
