Let's go Pats!

[DS1]

:bounce:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. woot! and celts!

[NewHampster]

2. Sox Pats Sox Pats Sox Pats

and now the Celts

This can't really be Boston, it must be ...


The Twilight Zone

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Hells yes!!

Make up for the Revs loss today...

Goooo Pats!! :woohoo:

[NewHampster]

4. 6 down

woo hoo

[sniffa]

5. don't jinx us matcom

:eyes:

we're only up 14-0.

[sasquatch]

41. Dude he's a Redskin fan

[sniffa]

6. way to fucking go

x(

14-7

[DS1]

7. I think they'll get over it

:D

[edbermac]

8. 35-7 at the half; I think I'll do my laundry.

These blowouts can get boring...:boring:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

9. I love KO on Sunday Night Football.

Makes me smile. :D

[Ekirh]

10. Damn..

Screw the Field Goal... lets go for it.. and they get it.

[JTG of the PRB]

11. So, help me out here...

Up by 32 points, the Patriots go for it on 4th down instead of just kicking a field goal and they wind up going up 49-10?

I must be missing something here. :shrug:

[regnaD kciN]

12. The only thing you're missing...

...is something called "sportsmanship." 'Cause you sure aren't seeing it from New England tonight.

(I used to live in Boston, and followed the Pats religiously. After tonight, I'll be cheering for anyone to beat those assholes.)

[JTG of the PRB]

14. Ohh... That could be it.

I was wondering what was going on. I could have sworn I was watching a Division I vs. Division III college game.

[sniffa]

44. i'm sure they'll be devastated to lose your fandom

i hope they break 60 from here on out.

[fortyfeetunder]

13. I say put the Bills out of their misery

this reminds me of a SB where they got spanked like this....

[Ekirh]

15. Well . .

This is just flat out abuse . . . . .

13:51 left... will we see 60 +

[RiffRandell]

16. Yeah, tomorrow we'll all hear the whiners that they ran up the score.

WHHHHAAAAAA!

:nopity:

[JTG of the PRB]

18. So going for it on 4th down when you're already up by 32 isn't running up the score?

I guess we all learn something every day!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

19. What are they supposed to do, take the knee?

:shrug:

[JTG of the PRB]

20. Well, for starters, they probably could have kicked that field goal instead of going for it.

Just sayin'.

[flvegan]

23. It's good in the game practice.

[JTG of the PRB]

25. I would agree if the score had been, say, 21-20.

If the Patriots were in danger of falling behind or losing if they didn't get the 4th down, then absolutely go for it. When you're up by 32 points and you could easily kick a chip shot field goal to make it an even 35? Ehh, not so much.

[RiffRandell]

26. It is practice. They are not cheap or dirty players. n/t

[JTG of the PRB]

27. Practice? I could have sworn it was an actual game.

I never said anything about them being cheap or dirty. I was just wondering aloud why being up by 35 points over a clearly inferior team wasn't good enough. Nothing more, and nothing less than that did I ask.

[RiffRandell]

28. Night Night.

Face it---the Patriots are AWESOME this year. It's not my fault that the only other decent team in the NFL is Green Bay. I would LOVE to face them in the SB.

[JTG of the PRB]

32. Wow. Nice personal attack.

Take it a little more personally next time, why dontcha!

[RiffRandell]

34. What????

You don't want me to go to sleep? Dude, I have to get my kid on the bus at 7:30. Have a good night!

[JTG of the PRB]

36. Wow. So you call me a "whiny little bitch"...

... then CHANGE your post nine minutes after you made it, and then you call me on it when I decided NOT to change my post and call YOU out on it?

You're right. You SHOULD go to bed. You seem a little cranky.

[RiffRandell]

38. American Psycho.

Have you ever seen it?

[JTG of the PRB]

39. Can't say that I have.

Is it somehow relevant to me being called a "whiny little bitch" for expressing my opinion about a game?

[flvegan]

29. Soo...a commanding lead should decide how they play?

This ain't spring training, this is OJT.

[JTG of the PRB]

33. Well, there ARE teams out there that DO slow it down once they have the game well in hand.

Such teams would have, say, kicked a field goal instead of going for it. The Patriots are clearly not one of those teams this year.

Just an observation.

[flvegan]

35. Such as...?

The Patriots are doing the job given them. This ain't pee-wee.

[JTG of the PRB]

37. So respecting your opponents by not blowing them out is something only practiced in pee-wee?

It's amazing what a person can learn in one day!

[flvegan]

43. Let me know when the Sox/Yankees start swinging at shit out of respect.

C'mon. It's a good practice. If the other team is embarrassed by the performance, that's okay. Funny thing about sports, at some point almost everyone seems to be champ.

[Forkboy]

45. When a team is being shutout should the defense let them score?

I'm sure it would prevent the offensive player's wittle feelings from getting hurt, so why don't why we see it done? Isn't that the classy thing to do?

Why does an offense have to take it easy on a defense when we praise great defensive teams ('86 Bears anyone) for doing their job to the best of their ability? Why does no one care about how the offensive players feel?

I'll take answers to any or all questions. :)

[flvegan]

17. 56-10 in the 4th. I dunno, Buffalo could pull this one out.

Not.

[RiffRandell]

22. Lol! Happy Birthday btw. n/t

[flvegan]

30. Danka. Nice fucking avatar.

w00t!!

[Ekirh]

21. Is that the punter!!

Finally we get to see him!!!!!

[DS1]

24. we have a punter?

[Ekirh]

31. Damn it my team

Still has to play the Patriots once more grrrr

I can haz forfeit?

[sasquatch]

40. Watching the Patriots is like watching a machine

:wow:

[RiffRandell]

42. Exactly!

They are a talented machine. And Brady's fucking HOT!

[WildEyedLiberal]

46. You can't complain about "running up the score" in professional sports, people.

The Buffalo Bills are obviously not as good as the New England Patriots. Duh. But the fact remains that they are STILL BEING PAID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. When you are getting ridiculous amounts of money to play football, you don't get to whine about other people being better than you; you play hard or go home. This isn't high school football where the players are just amateur kids playing to hopefully have fun and learn teamwork. This is their JOB. The Buffalo defense's JOB - what they are PAID TONS OF MONEY TO DO - is shut down the opposing team. It is NOT incumbent on the opposing team to "help" you or make your job easier because you suck. If the Bills got their asses kicked, then it's up to them to improve, or else the Buffalo organization owes it to the team and the fans to acquire better players. If you sucked at your job, would you expect everyone else to lower their production to make you "look better"? Or would you be looking for another job?

This may be a "game" but at the professional level, it is also a career. In what other career are talented employees expected to stifle themselves so that the slackers aren't embarassed?