It must be nice to play in a game where the referees make up the rules to your benefit as the game unfolds. The ref just ruled "incomplete pass, no fumble" because, even though the ball went backward, it didn't matter because Brady was "in the process of making a pass."  True, but his arm was going backward when the ball came out. Last I checked, that was a fumble. Or at least it's a fumble for every QB not named Mr. Bundeschen.

forsberg_us wrote:

I'll be waiting for Bob Kraft to write a new rule outlawing fake punts.

Ralph Wilson may help him. Did you see the Seahawks run a fake punt in the fourth quarter of a 50-17 win over the Bills?

It was a lot of fun watching New England get blasted. But it was almost as fun watching them make their comeback and the lose.

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

It was a lot of fun watching New England get blasted. But it was almost as fun watching them make their comeback and the lose.

I don't care how they lose, as long as they lose.

I prefer the 2010 playoff kind of shitkicking in Baltimore, myself. That was one of the best games I've ever watched.

I didn't look it up myself, but a friend of mine told me that New England hasn't made a Super Bowl run in a season in which they didn't have a first round bye.  Last night's loss drops them behind Denver and Houston for the top 2 spots in the AFC.  Denver finishes with Cleveland and KC, both games at home.  Houston has Minnesota at home and the Colts on the road.

There are a lot of people in the NFL worthy of a lot of animosity, but Kraft, Belicheck and Brady are the unholy trinity as far as I'm concerned.

How have the Jets won six games with this putrid offense? They make the Raiders look dynamic.

tkihshbt wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

I can't root for a Harbaugh. My favorite potential scenario is for them to go to Houston and get shellacked.

Gary Kubiak will get swallowed up against Belichick. The only way we don't have the Patriots in the Super Bowl is if the Broncos derail them. Plausible, but how likely? Denver is going to make mincemeat of either Baltimore or Indianapolis and New England will beat Cincinnati and Houston by a combined 70 points.

By the way, anyone else find it an amazing coincidence that Kubiak only became a winning coach when he hired Wade Phillips? Is there a coach that couldn't win 10 games without trying just by having Arian Foster and Andre Johnson?

The CW since last Monday is the Texans would just be fodder for the Patriots, but I remember the Jets getting drilled something like 49-3 in New England during the regular season a couple of years ago, and then the Jets beating the Patriots about a month later to win the AFC championship.
The Texans will be tougher at home. New England losing that game on Sunday and dropping down to the #3 seed was a huge setback for them. They'll likely have to go through Denver and Houston to get to the Super Bowl. Won't be easy.

tkihshbt wrote:

I guess I just don't trust Matt Schaub. Put him on the Rams, Raiders, Chiefs or Jaguars. Do any of those teams win more than eight games? Seven games? I realize I'm writing like Bill Simmons right now, but I can't believe we're counting on Matt Schaub to send Belichick home.

Schaub is somewhere in between one of those crappy game managers and a real quarterback. He's not to be trusted, because he can revert to his innate Dilferesque tendencies at any moment.