Maye I Start Another? Pats! Steelers! Thursday!
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Lol was thinking BB just knows how to consistently beat the Steelers even with a terrible team.
Do you really think this? Another win puts them at 4 wins. There is one other team with 3 wins and 5 other teams with 4 wins -- all 6 of those shitty teams would have to win a game to make certain that the Pats would get #2 if they win another game.
I don't know if I will wake up in the morning. Or die next week. Or next month. Or next year.
So I am enjoying the hell out of beating the Stealers.
So I am enjoying the hell out of beating the Stealers.
I woke up this morning to 5 missed calls from my mom and 1 from my sister, knowing all too well what that might mean, I made the call back to my mom. She picked up the phone, and as my worst fears had been realized, she was frantic and hysterical as she told me that she was on the way to the hospital and my dad had a heart attack. I'm now sitting on a cross country flight from Seattle to Boston to be with my mom and dad in ICU.
I watch the Patriots because of my dad, it was our thing to do. We rushed home from my mom's birthday party, in the blizzard, to sit next to each other and watch the Raiders tuck rule game. We called each other in tears after the shot at 19-0 was crushed. We traveled the east coast together to watch the Patriots in a handful of away stadiums. But over the last several years we've fallen off. We don't talk as much, we've grown apart. As I sit here on this plane, the only thing I can think about is how happy he is, sitting in ICU, watching the team win and knowing I'm coming to see him.
Yeah, I wanted them to lose today, but I needed this win. I can't wait to share it with him tomorrow.
I watch the Patriots because of my dad, it was our thing to do. We rushed home from my mom's birthday party, in the blizzard, to sit next to each other and watch the Raiders tuck rule game. We called each other in tears after the shot at 19-0 was crushed. We traveled the east coast together to watch the Patriots in a handful of away stadiums. But over the last several years we've fallen off. We don't talk as much, we've grown apart. As I sit here on this plane, the only thing I can think about is how happy he is, sitting in ICU, watching the team win and knowing I'm coming to see him.
Yeah, I wanted them to lose today, but I needed this win. I can't wait to share it with him tomorrow.
Seriously. This team was 2-10 and the guys were all playing hard. A win did jack shit for this team’s culture. They’ll compete hard as long as BB is here.
Very sorry to hear about your dad. I know all too well with those kind of calls mean and how tough they can be for families. Glad we got the win as well and I hope your dad makes a speedy recovery.
Or maybe Justin Fields would have developed with the Pats instead of Chicago, who's never been able to develop a QB.
I meant coming into this game, the Patriots had a game plus SOS lead on ARI and 2 games on everyone else. So they could afford a win. They just got it. Now if they win they could still be at 2, but could end up as far down as I think 5... maybe 6, depends on other results and complicated tiebreakers.
Yes, with a win tonight they could be facing the 4-6 pick with a win over the Jets. With a loss tonight, they would have all but sewn up #2.
Pats have won about 58 in a row or something after being up by the amount they were up.. it was a stat they showed at some point in the 4th quarter.
I don't share a lot, but I share this to say that life is short, enjoy the fun moments.
Appreciate the support.
For sure. It's looking a dog pile of 4-win teams. 3 is good. Let's just stay here.
No. Lose to them. Pats already beat the Jets. 1-1 is fine. I want the best pick possible.
Thinking of you. Glad you can be there soon, hoping for the best. And like the others, I feel better about this win now.
I'd say should be top 5.
So here are the other contenders...
Arizona has 3 wins, remaining games... BYE, SF, CHI, PHI, SEA so likely to end at 3 or 4 wins, they have a tough SOS so if they tie with us we win tiebreaker.
So if we win and ARI loses out they pass us, if we both win 1 we probably win TB.
Now the 4 wins teams:
WAS- Bye, Rams, Jets, SF, DAL they are projected almost identical with SOS, so if they lose out they might pass us.
CHI- DET, CLE, ARI, ATL, GB- they are highly likely to beat us on SOS, but... they have winnable games. Them losing out would be VERY bad for us winning one as they and ARI likely both pass us.
NYJ- HOU, MIA, WAS, CLE, NE... some winnable ones in there. If they lose out they are likely (but not positive) to pass us on SOS, but would push WAS out.
NYG- GB, NO, PHI, LAR, PHI rough schedule... SOS projected very close, but with a slight edge to NYG in passing us.
TEN- MIA, HOU, SEA, HOU, JAX- not any great ones there, BUT projected with a tougher SOS than us.
So A win could drop us as low as 6, but more likely 3-5.
I….. I don’t know anything anymore. I don’t understand football, or life.
My reasoning was rock solid. My motives were pure. He who the gods destroy they first drive mad.
Sure seems like @FL4WL3SS should start the next one. I’m not sure I’ll ever post again.
I know head to head works as a tiebreaker for playoff standings but does it also work when looking at the bottom of the standings? That is, with the same W-L records does the fact that Was beat NE help the Patriots in the race to a better draft slot?
Zappe was pretty good last night. But he had a near backbreaking interception and got away with the throw on the last TD to Henry…very high risk throw there. Plus his guys all made great plays for him, something we really hadn’t seen all year. So I’m not sure he was this awesome force out there or anything like that. And of course the offense did nothing in the second half and still only scored 21 points.
And yet…a major improvement, obviously.
And yet…a major improvement, obviously.
One is a perennial pro-bowl selection, and the other is...not.
One has been in the league for several years, and the other has...not.
Two very, very, different players IMO
A full and speedy recovery to your dad and best wishes to you and your family.
I support this. At least the first part.
Thinking about you, your dad, and the rest of the family, @FL4WL3SS .
By my rough count, Don Shula was something like 12-0 over Norm Van Brocklin.
Oh, that's not what you meant?
Very sorry to hear about this, wishing you and your family all the best.
I got two calls back to back from my youngest sister last Sunday, my Mom couldn't breathe, they were bringing her to the hospital, she had pneumonia, been in the hospital and has gotten a lot better, they transferred her to a rehab facility, went to visit her today.
She gave me a big smile when I walked into her room, first thing she said was "Hey, the Patriots won last night, you must be happy."
I told her "Yeah, I'm very happy."
Seeing my Mom with a smile on her face is what made me very happy.
I am sorry to hear about FL4WL3SS and 54thMA and their family health problems and wish them and their parents the best.
I have a question about the game. In the 4th quarter, the Steelers blocked a Patriots punt. It was 4th and 2 from about the 18 yard line. The blocked punt went forward and was recovered by a Patriot on the 25 yard line. Why was that not a first down for the Patriots? It was not treated as an incomplete forward pass. If that were the case, the Steelers would have had the ball at the 18, but it was placed at the 25. Perhaps this was covered earlier in the game thread. Apologies if that is the case. Is there a rule about blocked punts that came into play? If so, it is new to me. What is the rule in that situation?
I have a question about the game. In the 4th quarter, the Steelers blocked a Patriots punt. It was 4th and 2 from about the 18 yard line. The blocked punt went forward and was recovered by a Patriot on the 25 yard line. Why was that not a first down for the Patriots? It was not treated as an incomplete forward pass. If that were the case, the Steelers would have had the ball at the 18, but it was placed at the 25. Perhaps this was covered earlier in the game thread. Apologies if that is the case. Is there a rule about blocked punts that came into play? If so, it is new to me. What is the rule in that situation?
A blocked punt is the same as any other punt. It was kicked forward and downed by the Patriots at the 25 yard line. It was a seven yard punt.
A punt that is blocked and recovered behind the line of scrimmage is a live ball and can be advanced by either team — either the kicking team to try to make the line to gain or the receiving team. A punt that crosses the line of scrimmage is just a punt.
Edit — it looks like it was actually 11 yards, from the 15 to the 26.
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This might be the greatest complication sports lore and mysticism I can recall.
My thought was why is the tip by the Steelers after it left Baringers foot not treated like a punt that deflects off a Steeler down field which, after recovery by the Pats, would be considered Pats ball?
