Pats fans taking it hard

[Bronx33]

Iam reading some patty boards and this post really stuck out..


Disco Volante said it best, couldn't agree more.

This is THE worst loss in Boston sports history, bar none.

This team could have used the words of Herb Brooks last night; they WILL take this loss to their @#$%ING graves.

Two years in a row, a Manning ended the season in a gut wrenching, punch in the nuts kind of way.

The Giants with all their talking backed it up; Plaxico predicted the win and caught the winning TD.

The coaches knew what was coming, they had two weeks and halftime to do something about it and did nothing. I thought for sure they'd come out in the second half in the no huddle and gas the Giants defense, but they did not, same plan, same result.

They scored on their first and second to last drive; aside from that, nothing, pathetic, head scratching game plan.

The Patriots we all know and love would have done something with the too many men on the field second chance. Last night, zip.

We won a Super Bowl in 2001 we had no business winning and we lost a Super Bowl in 2008 we had no business losing.

Securing the rights to 19-0, announcing parade plans, etc, etc bit us in the ass.

18-1, we'll get em next year means absolutely nothing right now. Sorry boys, I'll never get over this one. We made history all right, the worst possible kind of history, just and empty, empty feeling right now, no words can describe it.

Nothing.

[That One Guy]

I was thinking yesterday about whether this season leaves a bad taste in their mouths and they go back to no name players who will themselves to victory, pull out a win when the chips are down or stick with the big name, record setting roster that ultimately took them from the highest high to the lowest low in a single game.

They went from being on the verge of the best team in history to being the worst 18-1 team ever. It was lovely.

[Smiling Assassin27]

Ellis 'Freakin' Hobbs has joined the ranks of Bucky 'Freakin' Dent, Aaron 'Freakin' Boone, and Bill 'Freakin' Buckner...

[BMF Bronco]

Serves the arrogant pricks right!!! Notice when their teams are doing well, these ego-manical freaks take credit for it, as if they had something to do with the good fortune, yet when the tables turn, it's all the teams fault, the refs fault, the worlds fault, but none of their own.

[Rohirrim]

What I like is that Asante Samuels had the victory right there in both of his hands, and dropped it.

[Old Dude]

Originally Posted by BMF Bronco

Serves the arrogant pricks right!!! Notice when their teams are doing well, these ego-manical freaks take credit for it, as if they had something to do with the good fortune, yet when the tables turn, it's all the teams fault, the refs fault, the worlds fault, but none of their own.

IOW, they are just like us.

[WyoLaw]

Funnest win; maybe ever. I'm happy to see those pricks go down. Brady getting beat down all night made me a very happy man. Good super bowl all the way around.

[DB_champ24]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

We won a Super Bowl in 2001 we had no business winning and we lost a Super Bowl in 2008 we had no business losing.

This quote that guy wrote right here really stands out to me...Alot of irony here and I could see the Pats die down for ahwile after this loss.

[BMF Bronco]

Originally Posted by Old Dude

IOW, they are just like us.

**** that dude!

[Paladin]

Originally Posted by Old Dude

IOW, they are just like us.

Not quite, Dude. Peeps around here criticise Shanahan for wins because it messes the Draft pick.

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by DB_champ24

This quote that guy wrote right here really stands out to me...Alot of irony here and I could see the Pats die down for ahwile after this loss.

Ironically some fans think this loss will have a psychological effect on the team next year.

[Bronco Yoda]

I just heard on NFL total access that the Pats were talking smack the entire last drive... inviting them to after game parties and such.



OUCH!

[Triplelefthook]

this loss for the patriots is the ultimate embarrassment.

[BroncoFanatic]

Originally Posted by Bronco Yoda

I just heard on NFL total access that the Pats were talking smack the entire last drive... inviting them to after game parties and such.



OUCH!

I can't wait to see confirmation of this, holy $#!*

[Bronco Jamus]

Originally Posted by Bronx33

Ironically some fans think this loss will have a psychological effect on the team next year.

Statistically speaking they are already eliminated from the playoffs.

[Meck77]

I experienced the arrogance of the Packer fans first hand in the days leading SB XXXII walking around the streets of San Diego. Even had a chance to get to some of the media events and nobody was giving the Broncos a chance. It made it that much sweeter in the end.

Now that the SB is over I could care less about either organization that played in the SB. All this David vs Goliath SB hype is nothing new.

Bring on next year!

[TailgateNut]

Originally Posted by Bronco Yoda

I just heard on NFL total access that the Pats were talking smack the entire last drive... inviting them to after game parties and such.



OUCH!

I wonder if the Giants returned the favor/ asked the patsies to join them at their party.

Crow sandwiches for all the patsies!

[TheDave]

Originally Posted by Bronco Yoda

I just heard on NFL total access that the Pats were talking smack the entire last drive... inviting them to after game parties and such.



OUCH!

WOW... unbelievable, this team played the entire season as arrogantly as any i have ever seen. Couldn't of happened to a better bunch.

[Bronx33]

Originally Posted by Bronco Yoda

I just heard on NFL total access that the Pats were talking smack the entire last drive... inviting them to after game parties and such.



OUCH!

Just found this...



Link


GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The New England Patriots don't deserve perfection. They deserve exactly what they got Sunday evening: a Super Bowl loss that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

You only get one chance at 19-0. One. To think the 2008 version of the Patriots is going to duplicate what these 2007 Patriots did is sillier than that GoDaddy.com ad with Danica Patrick.

Perfection has too many moving parts. Too much luck required. No, this was it for them.

The Patriots' season is history, but not historic. They didn't choke, but they definitely suffered from a lack of oxygen. Pinching the air tube shut was a New York Giants team with just enough nerve, just enough composure to leave this Jiffy Pop-looking stadium with a 17-14 win and the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

Anybody who tells you this was the greatest Super Bowl upset of all time has it wrong. But it was the greatest missed opportunity in NFL history.

"We conquered the regular season," said Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel. "We conquered the playoffs. What does it mean if you don't win the Super Bowl? It doesn't mean anything."

Eighteen-and-one means something. It means exactly what New England defensive end Richard Seymour said it does: "That you didn't win the Super Bowl. You don't get no trophy for second."

The Patriots won't be forgotten like most Super Bowl losers. They'll be remembered as the team that couldn't handle its own expectations, to say nothing of the Giants' pass rush.

"They were inviting us to their parties after the game," said Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer. "They showed us no respect."

If that's true, then the Patriots are dumber than ever thought possible. It's bad enough they couldn't block, couldn't run, couldn't throw, couldn't catch, couldn't tackle and couldn't even try a 49-yard field goal when it counted. But to treat the Giants as though their defeat was a foregone conclusion was football suicide.

I thought the Patriots were going to win. The Patriots thought they were going to win. Now they just hope Archie and Olivia Manning don't plan to have any more sons. Last year, it was Peyton who ended their season. This year, it was Eli. Both became Super Bowl MVPs.

David Cutcliffe, Eli's coach at Ole Miss, called this one earlier in the week. Said he had "no doubt" the Giants were going to win. What he also said -- but asked that it not be printed before the game -- is that he had talked to Eli a day or two earlier.

"You know what I liked best?" Cutcliffe said. "He sounded hungry."

"He thinks they're going to win?" I said.

"Absolutely," Cutcliffe said.

Manning made the plays that the formerly amazing Tom Brady had made all season for the Patriots. Brady wasn't awful (29-of-48 for 266 yards and one touchdown), but he wasn't Tom Terrific. More like Tom OK. Tom Pretty Decent.

Perfection demands more than OK. It demands moments of brilliance.

Manning had his moment on a third-and-5 from the Giants' 44 with 75 seconds left and New York trailing by four. He somehow muscled his way out of a sure sack and found wide receiver David Tyree for a 32-yard gain. Four plays later, he laid the ball in Plaxico Burress' hands for the winning touchdown. Burress wasn't open by more than, oh, 5 yards.

"The fact is when we needed to make plays, we were unable to do it," said New England linebacker Junior Seau.

The fact is the Patriots were out-everythinged by the Giants. Brady, the human grass stain, was sacked five times. And when he wasn't sacked, he was knocked to the ground. He spent more time on the turf than fertilizer.

(And this was just funny)

Brady said his injured ankle wasn't a problem. He's right. The problem was that the New England offensive line had a meltdown on the worst possible night. Tom Petty could have pass protected better.

Asked whether this was the most times he'd been popped in a game this season, Brady tried to scramble away from the question. "I don't know," he said. "I've got to wait and see the film. I think we all could have done things better."

In other words, yes, he'd never been hit more. But Brady was right about the Patriots' collective failure. They had a list of screwups as long as the playlist on his oversized wristband.

Brady wasn't sharp. There were overthrows, underthrows, and just plain, inexplicable misses. Randy Moss was open on a slant-and-out in the end zone … and Brady threw wide. He found Moss for the TD -- and a brief lead -- but the NFL's MVP clearly was affected by the Giants' defensive scheme and pass rush.

Meanwhile, New England running back Laurence Maroney had a grand total of 36 yards. He had 11 at halftime. In short, the league's most prolific offense of all time played as though it had its cleats tied together.

The defense held the Giants to those 17 points, 18 fewer than the last time the teams played. But when perfection was on the line, the Patriots couldn't do what the 1972 Miami Dolphins had done decades earlier: do enough to win.

With 2:39 remaining in the game, Manning drove the Giants from his own 17-yard line to the Patriots end zone. It was only fitting that Burress, the guy who had guaranteed a New York win, caught the TD pass.

Give Manning and Burress and the rest of the Giants their props. The Patriots certainly did. But you can't ignore the obvious: The New England defense -- coach Bill Belichick's defense -- dropped would-be interceptions and couldn't hold on to would-be fumble recoveries. The Pats gave up a 16-play, nearly 10-minute drive to open the game.

As for Belichick, I'm still waiting to hear a logical reason why a fourth-and-13 attempt at the Giants' 31 makes more sense than a 49-yard field goal attempt. But that's what Belichick decided to do with 6:49 left in the third quarter and the Patriots ahead 7-3.

Brady's pass fell incomplete, so we'll never know whether Stephen Gostkowski could have made the 49-yarder. But this much is sure: Those three points would have been nice to have later in the game.

"We had an opportunity and we let it slip away," Seymour said. "We had an opportunity to be special."

Opportunity lost. And perfection with it.

[worm]

Next up on Bostons road to destruction...

The Celtics losing to the Lakers in the Finals.

It is just going to get better and better.

[smalltowngrll]

Originally Posted by TailgateNut

I wonder if the Giants returned the favor/ asked the patsies to join them at their party.

Crow sandwiches for all the patsies!

Yeah, that would have been sweet. But, I hear the patsies were nowhere to be found immediately following the last tick on the clock! Hmmm, a little bitter was it?

[Atlas]

[Inkana7]

The 2007 Boston is the 2006 Columbus.

[gunns]

Originally Posted by Meck77

I experienced the arrogance of the Packer fans first hand in the days leading SB XXXII walking around the streets of San Diego. Even had a chance to get to some of the media events and nobody was giving the Broncos a chance. It made it that much sweeter in the end.

Now that the SB is over I could care less about either organization that played in the SB. All this David vs Goliath SB hype is nothing new.

Bring on next year!

I did too Meck. Constant smack talk, why didn't we Bronco fans just go home and save ourselves more embarrassment. Why did we want to see yet another Bronco debacle in person. The smack talk that got to me most was "how much better Favre was than Elway". Stupid, dumb ass people. It felt great to moon them after the game.

As far as the first post I'm shocked at the honesty of a Pats fan who obviously knows reality. I've never heard or seen one (except Patswin). They are the most obnoxious fans who find an excuse for every loss. And it's never their teams fault and your team was never really good enough to beat theirs. I haven't read many that dealt in the reality yesterday or today. They are throwing their Red Sox and Celtics at people today. Have the Pats been abandoned, the fans running like rats from a sinking ship? I don't have a problem with the Pats as a team but I am reveling in this Pats loss as far as Belicheat is concerned. He earned it, he got it and it couldn't have been a bigger loss for the biggest a-hole. No they will not be considered the best team in history because they weren't even the best team this year.

[Old Dude]

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