OT: Patriots

[Husky25]

If that was college, Amendola would have been ejected for targeting. Lead with his helmet and the initial against a defenseless player was high.

But it's college.

Amendola was fined. How does this not satisfy the Patriot hater?

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Just a little clip from the Globe on why regardless of who actually played in and won the Super Bowl, why the Pats should have been the best team in the NFL in 2015/6.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...UacdmM4zMFQVXbsJ/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp

"With a couple of slightly altered plot twists—some of which the Patriots should have authored themselves—the goal of winning a fifth Super Bowl championship and second in a row could have been realized."

"This is not to take anything away from the Broncos, who beat the Patriots twice and overcame the performance of one of the least-effective Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks in history..."

"There’s no shame in suggesting the Patriots were the second-best team in the NFL. But there is frustration to be found in the very real possibility that they could have ended the season as the best had they not bollixed up the final Sunday of the regular season..."

"...but the hunch here, based on all of the odd circumstantial evidence, is that the Patriots took the Dolphins lightly in Week 17 because they thought the Steelers would beat Cincinnati in the wild-card round, then go to Denver and prevail in a divisional-round matchup. Such a series of results would have left the Patriots hosting the AFC Championship Game as the highest remaining seed in the conference..."

"As you may recall, the Patriots lost by two points in Denver in the AFC title game. Or I should say, they were somehow two points from tying a game in which their quarterback had been repeatedly and relentlessly pummeled...If that game had been played in New England, there’s a decent chance the Patriots win, and without too much suspense."

"I’m convinced the Patriots’ aggressive pass rush (they had just three fewer sacks than the league-leading Broncos in the regular season), versatile linebackers, and smart defensive backs would have tormented Newton in a similar manner. They would have fared better offensively than the Broncos did, too, since historically and in the moment, the Patriots have a superior quarterback."

 

[Scoe]

Just a little clip from the Globe on why regardless of who actually played in and won the Super Bowl, why the Pats should have been the best team in the NFL in 2015/6.

http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...UacdmM4zMFQVXbsJ/story.html?p1=feature_pri_hp

"With a couple of slightly altered plot twists—some of which the Patriots should have authored themselves—the goal of winning a fifth Super Bowl championship and second in a row could have been realized."

"This is not to take anything away from the Broncos, who beat the Patriots twice and overcame the performance of one of the least-effective Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks in history..."

"There’s no shame in suggesting the Patriots were the second-best team in the NFL. But there is frustration to be found in the very real possibility that they could have ended the season as the best had they not bollixed up the final Sunday of the regular season..."

"...but the hunch here, based on all of the odd circumstantial evidence, is that the Patriots took the Dolphins lightly in Week 17 because they thought the Steelers would beat Cincinnati in the wild-card round, then go to Denver and prevail in a divisional-round matchup. Such a series of results would have left the Patriots hosting the AFC Championship Game as the highest remaining seed in the conference..."

"As you may recall, the Patriots lost by two points in Denver in the AFC title game. Or I should say, they were somehow two points from tying a game in which their quarterback had been repeatedly and relentlessly pummeled...If that game had been played in New England, there’s a decent chance the Patriots win, and without too much suspense."

"I’m convinced the Patriots’ aggressive pass rush (they had just three fewer sacks than the league-leading Broncos in the regular season), versatile linebackers, and smart defensive backs would have tormented Newton in a similar manner. They would have fared better offensively than the Broncos did, too, since historically and in the moment, the Patriots have a superior quarterback."

Could've, Should've Would've any team that comes up short can make that same claim, there are no redos.