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Belichick was unusually classy after the game, spending more time than normal talking to Kubiak and Manning. The Patriots have an arrogance about them, sure. But it's not mean spirited or snarky, just the type of arrogance that comes with knowing you're that much better than everyone else. And to yo...

Obviously one should not assume everything would have played out exactly the same (I didn't know this was even an "issue"...Doc Brown, time-space continuums and such), and if that is what you are hung up on then I guess we should all give up analyzing NFL games after they happen. Dude, re...

Gostkowski's missed PAT was indeed huge but I don't understand the criticism Belichick is getting for not going for the field goal later in the game. Sure, in hindsight it looks like the wrong decision. But had Belichick opted to kick the field goal (assuming Gostkowski makes it) the Broncos may ver...

Here's the Tweet Phillips sent out on 1/14/2014:

"Disappointed not even an interview after 7 straight full seasons of top 10 D with 3 different teams. Last 5 times as D C= playoffs1st yr"

That win yesterday must've tasted like Jameson Whiskey.

Phillips was literally stumping for a job on Twitter last year, sending out Tweets that included statistics of his past defenses just to get a look. You wonder if it wasn't for the Denver/Elway connection whether he would have landed anywhere. Just great to see a guy who the league was trying to put...

The Son of Bum, as he's known by his Twitter handle, beat the New England Patriots today. What an effort he got from his unit. Everywhere he goes his defenses kick ass, but they have faded late. I worried Belichick would get the best of him in the second half. Nope. What a great effort by the man wh...

Rupert Patrick wrote:Are we watching a replay of the first half of Panthers-Seahawks? If it gets 31-0 I bet the Panthers don't let down this time.

Closest team to the 85 Bears we've seen since the 85 Bears.

Bob Gill wrote:

74_75_78_79_ wrote:
And since Bird, as noted, was actually a good coach, maybe it should be called the Norm Van Brocklin theory. A better name for football, anyway.

Sounds good to me. It's all relative, anyway. Only the names change.

Great question. A couple theories: The Larry Bird theory: probably a misnomer since Bird was a good coach. But any QB that became a coach was probably a good or great QB. And great athletes often make bad coaches because they expect people to have the same traits they did. This theory has been espou...

Not a big Hall of Fame guy. Love the concept, but it's been ruined by people, i.e., the voters, that wouldn't know prowess if it hit them over the head. That said, Brady and Manning are slam dunks. As far what year they clinched it, let others debate. But Drew Brees? There are ring guys and guys tha...