The Patriots go back to the Super Bowl
Tom Brady is going to his 6th Super Bowl and there’s no Eli to stop him. He also has a defense backing him up this time. Also everyone is healthy because Pollard never played them. Patriots better win this year because they won’t have a chance next year as the Giants 4 year prophesy returns, and they play Tennessee (and Pollard shall strike once again).
In terms of smug fanbases we got one of the worst lose-lose situations possible with this game. Either we get to suffer more Boston Smug as Brady takes his 4th ring and Patriots fans continue to be spoiled, or the already unbearable 12th man gets even more 12th man-er. Whoever wins, the rest of us lose. But outside that, this looks like it might be a great game. I’m personally rooting for Brady to cement his legacy, but I think Seattle is going to win. Hopefully it’s not the total domination and subsequent boring blowout of last year, which wasn’t even a game by the second quarter.
Teams like Seattle, with the stifling defense and ball control offense are just built to give the Patriots fits. I would know, I watched my team do exactly that, twice. Keep Brady pressured and off the field, that’s how you beat the Pats. Seattle is built to do that. While they don’t have the D-line that the Giants did, they do have a much better back-end, so it might even out. We are going to get Kam Chancellor vs Gronk and it’s going to be a pleasure seeing those two smack into each other. I have no doubt Sherman and Thomas will be fine by the Super Bowl, their injuries weren’t severe and they have two weeks to take care of their boo-boos.
I think the big X-factor in this game is going to be the Patriots defense. They are much improved and significantly better than the defenses the Giants dealt with, Brady hasn’t had this complete a team around him since 2004. If the defense can stop Russell and Lynch on a regular basis and keep giving Brady more chances, I have faith Brady will find a way. If the Pats can’t stop the ball control running from Seattle, the Patriots could be in for a long, long game. Brady is going to struggle against that D, but something will break if he keeps getting opportunities. If Lynch and Wilson keep chugging along and moving the chains, Brady is going to be forced to take more risks late (especially if the game is close) and it’s going to play right into Seattle’s game. Seattle this season has a tendency to play close games for 3 quarters and then all of a sudden pull away late. You need to stomp out Seattle early and build a good lead and keep the pressure on, something Green Bay learned the hard way. Green Bay had so many chances to put that game out of reach (one extra Field Goal would have been enough) and they just didn’t do it.
This past weekend it’s hard to not look at the Patriots total dismantling of the Colts and Seattle needing Green Bay to basically screw up a lot late to pull out the victory and think the Patriots are the front runners. Make no mistake, if Seattle plays like they did on offense in the Bowl, they are in deep trouble. Belichick is a far better coach than McCarthy and will not stupidly sit on leads and make conservative calls. This is going to be a good game, me thinks, but then again I thought that about last year so what do I know. The Patriots with Brady have yet to have a boring game, so let’s hope the streak stays alive.
In the meantime, prepare for
-Marshawn Lynch vs the media
-SHERMAN VS REVIS
-RUSSELL WILSON, NEW TOM BRADY?
-Brady in 6th SB, greatest ever?
-Whatever Gronk is up to
-Hey, remember when Blount got cut from Pittsburgh? Who’s laughing now?
-LAST TIME THE PATRIOTS WERE IN GLENDALE *tyree picture*
-Wilson’s incredible record against other elite QBs! Even though, you know, QBs don’t actually play each other
-Tom Brady is old and really wants it this time you guys, as if he didn’t the last two times
-Deflategate (Which is total BS, by the way) and accusations of Belichick being a cheap cheater cheater by dumb people
-and so much more!
I want to screenshot the end of your text and post it to my FB because I know a Ravens fan who thinks he’s hilarious every time he says “Belicheat” and believes the Patriots cheated in the Divisional round, and everyone knows he’s an idiot who likes to blame the refs for every loss, and goes on about “karma” regarding the Broncos getting knocked out of the playoffs (seriously, that man has a huge Tebow man-crush, he thinks him getting cut in favour of PFM is an injustice) and more aside. He believes Joe Flacco is in the top 2 of QBs in the league (I mean, he’s good, but… top 2?) and yeah, I could go on.
I would LIKE to screenshot it, but he’s also more senior than me in the company I work for, so… I won’t.
Dammit.
(And yes, deflategate is total bs)
I love my Ravens, but that’s crazy. Joe Flacco in the top 2? Top 10, now that’s a discussion. Not top 2 though.
Yep, with you on top 10 for sure.
Also, I’m intrigued and terrified by Sexy Rexy Lager
It’s just PBR with a few squirts of Grossman’s breastmilk.
I said “breastmilk” because “semen” would be disgusting.
And his (emphasis on HIS) breastmilk isn’t!?
That’s the joke.
As if Vince wasn’t already big enough to fall over and kill someone.
Also I’m rooting for NE in spite of the NFC title game. Thanks, Mike McCarthy.
This is the Super Bowl the Chiefs created. “How the hell did we lose to the CHIEFS?! Come on, guys, we need to step up fast.”
….. you’re welcome?
And I saw them talking about that on arrowheadpride.com
Any way to make the chiefs seem relevant I guess 🙂
As an obnoxious Pats fan I’d like to say GO PATS! Gronk the fuck out you sexy bastard, but really, I want to see Edelman shine. I’m also rather miffed that Zoltan isn’t still around to earn a ring. ALL HAIL ZOLTAN!
Also, Browner, be a stingy corner, but try not to draw so many flags, OK?
See you’re the kind of Pats fan I feel I could hang out with. So many people think it’s all Brady all the time. You at least sound like you know that Vrabel isn’t the name of a veneral disease and Bruschi the name of a pasta dish.
Zoltan Mesko? Yeah, I still have his jersey. He was pretty interesting. Hell, his NAME alone was pretty interesting.
Calling it, Seahawks repeat. Pats receivers are tiny and not particularly fast, while they’re not as reliant on precision and short-passing finesse as Denver was in last year’s massacre, their bread-and-butter is still pretty similar. The one thing that really opens up their entire offense is Gronk being superhuman, but so are Kam Chancellor, Earl Thomas III, and Bobby Wagner. If there’s a group in the NFL capable of containing Gronk, it’s those three. Shut down Gronk, and you shut down their offense. Then just let Beast Mode Beast.
The Colts did a pretty fine job containing Gronk for all of 3 receptions, 28 yards, 1 TD and 1 interception on 8 targets. They’re gonna need to do more than that to shut down Brady.
Deflategate is a joke. I’m looking forward to a Superbowl game between two very excellent teams, even if neither of them are mine. I think the Seahawks are going to win; their defense is just incredible.
At least we don’t have to worry about the possibility of a Harbowl for at least, what, 6 years?
I’ve hated the patriots for a long time. We’re getting to the point where many of their young fans don’t remember the days when they were shitty. It leaves them spoiled and entitled.
However, the complete lack of class exhibited by the seahawks and their fans drives me insane. Every week I have to see an article on NFL.com about someone on their team talking trash. Unless of course they lose and then Richard Sherman can’t bother to be open to the press until he’s safe at home and using twitter. That makes you a sore winner and a site loser.
The man who sits next to me at work is a Seattle fan and wears a Seattle item of clothing EVERY DAY. He says he’s been a fan for 30 years, but all his gear is new and says Superbowl champs on it. He’s poisoned me against a team I kinda liked when Russell Wilson got there.
I never thought I’d say this, but:
Go Pats.
At least they’ll win with class.
One person’s class is another’s utter smugness.
Try living in Seattle these past couple of years. I swear you’d think this team has been winning Superbowls since 1976.
I live in England. Two words: Manchester United.
The guy I work with has a pair of shoes that are seahawks colors. He said “I wear them every year when when we go to the playoffs” uh… So you’ve worn them what? Like 3 times?
What the hell does class have to do with anything? And you seriously think the Patriots are classy?
Class has everything to do with everything. There are more than 2 teams in this league and when you are a sore winner and a sore loser you blemish what class and integrity the sport of football has left. Especially after this year.
You can say whatever you want about The Patriots. Especially with this deflated football shit going around. When they win or lose they accept it with class.
There’s already an article on NFL.com about how some seahawks CB decided to go to the press and run his mouth and say “Gronkowski ain’t that good”
If the packers won that game I know for sure Ha-ha Clinton Dix wouldn’t be standing at a podium saying that crap. Some people let their actions speak for themselves. The seahawks a incapable of doing that.
As a Giants fan I’ve got to pull for Seattle. Brady and company are always too damn smug. Plus I don’t need more Boston fans talking about another championship. Seattle only has 1 Lombardi and there are a ton of non-annoying bandwagon fans.
“non-annoying bandwagon fans”
no such thing.
Wilfork pulled a woman out from under an overturned car like she was a chicken wing that rolled under the couch.
drumsticks roll…chicken wings slide.
My mistake.
Voice of experience?
By the way, there better be a Puppy Bowl comic this year!
Some name suggestions:
Golden RetRevis
Julian Doberman
Jamie Collie-ns
Rob Ninko-fetch
Nate Slobber
Jonas Greyhound
Even as a Broncos fan who has every reason to hate the Seahawks, I have to root for them. They’re just too damn fun to watch, “Twelves” aside. It’s for much the same reason I used to root for the Ravens as my secondary team; a run-heavy offense and a stifling defense is exactly what I want to see in a football game. Hoping Kubiak will bring that sort of philosophy to Denver.
Welp, 2 things:
First of all, as much as I hate the obnoxious 12th Man bandwagoners, as a Jets fan it’s almost physically impossible to root for the Patriots, so go Seahawks.
Also, you can pretty much pencil in the Seahawks for a 2nd title, as while the Patriots are pretty much the same team as last year’s Broncos (albeit with a marginally better defense), the Seahawks pretty much are the same team as last year.
tl;dr This game will be about as ugly as last year’s because the Seahawks defense exists.
The Pats’ defense is way more than ‘marginally’ better than last year’s Broncos defense. Check the numbers.
Also the Pats are much better coached and have a much more dynamic offense than the ’13 Broncos. That offense couldn’t handle physical DB play and depended entirely on timing. The Pats are much more capable of adapting on the fly.
If you think this game isn’t going to be close, you’re kidding yourself.
This is probably the first Super Bowl since 45 that I hate both teams.
I don’t want the Patriots to tie the Giants in rings and they are already spoiled as is. The Seahawks fanbase is annoying as hell, but I want to see RussWill get his 2nd ring and see those “IS RUSSELL WILSON GOAT?” articles just to laugh at them.
I want the Seahawks to win, all the way.
Would rather see Wilson GOAT articles than Brady GOAT articles, that’s for damn sure…
Vince Wilford is one large individual.
Sorry, Wilfork. I can’t spell today.
The only reason I’m pulling for Seattle is Marshawn, Earl, Kam, and Wagner Plus the Giants fan in me wants to see Tom Brady lose!
So, I’m a Russel Wilson fanboy, but I’ve hated the Seahawks since I learned what football was. I love the Pats– I think it’s been so long since people have seen humility that they forget what it is, and resent confident success because it’s so alien to the average life. The Patriots walk with a swagger they have earned over the last 14 years.
Go Brady. Go Gronk. Shut Sherman Up. I mean, Sherman is the only thing more obnoxious than the fans of this city. How a place this rainy can be so fair weather is beyond me.
So I know that I am an awful person, but all I can think about is Bill in his dark hoodie paying off a prison guard and handing Hernandez a picture of the ball boy as he leaves on a furlough.