hoping4ASuperBowl Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Enjoy: FOXBORO — Sunday is how dynasties end: with small broken pieces, not large ones. Dynasties do not end in spectacular collapse or fiery conflagration. They end from the corrosive effect of winning, eaten bit by bit until the edge is no longer on your side of the line of scrimmage. The Patriots [team stats] had many chances yesterday to take control of what eventually became a 24-20 loss to the New York Giants, but could not do it. Quarterback Tom Brady [stats] did not have the kind of spectacularly accurate day so much his norm, too few remember how unusual it is. So, they are shocked when — as has been the case the past several weeks — balls are a little bit too far behind a receiver or a tad too high. Two turnovers were forced by a defense that continues to make just enough fatal mistakes to hang itself, but its counterparts on offense and special teams combined for four turnovers of their own. When the battle of errors is lost, most often so is the game. They lost because, when a few voices the past few years kept saying their drafting would come back to haunt them, the multitudes insisted “In Bill We Trust.” Whether the Bill is Bill Belichick or Bill Walsh or “Bill” Einstein, eventually drafts become fallow ground. Down the road, it affects your team in fatal ways, as it did yesterday. With the game on the line, a former undrafted rookie free agent cornerback named Kyle Arrington was flagged for a critical pass interference call and beaten for a touchdown. Another former undrafted rookie free agent defensive back named Sergio Brown was flagged for pass interference to put the ball on the 1-yard line on what became the Giants’ game-winning drive. A third former undrafted rookie linebacker Tracy White — who has played for five teams in nine years — was beaten for the winning score by Jake Ballard with 15 seconds to play because he was pressed into action after starter Gary Guyton was injured. Such small things are the corrosion that ends dynasties. They do not mean the Patriots cannot or will not beat the New York Jets [ team stats] on Sunday night. They do not mean they are not still a playoff contender, either. What they mean is the days of dominance are behind them, and there is no scheme on Earth that can change it. Not when too many of your starters are really backups in disguise. “We did the best we could,” Belichick said after the Giants marched 80 yards in 81 seconds to turn a last-minute, 20-17 lead into the end of the Pats’ 20-game regular-season home winning streak. Belichick was right. As simple as it sounded, that is what happened yesterday and against the Steekers in Pittsburgh a week earlier. The Patriots have lost back-to-back games for only the third time since the beginning of the 2003 season because their best wasn’t quite enough. That is how it is because that is how it once was for the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and the Green Bay Packers of the 1960s and the Steelers of the 1970s and the 49ers of the 1980s and the Cowboys of the 1990s. It is now the Patriots of the 2000s turn. They can say all they want that they have to execute better, but the real question is, are they capable of it? “On third-and-1 at the goal line, I have to play the run first,” White said when asked how Ballard beat him for the winning touchdown pass. “There was a little bit of hesitation (on his part) and he got off the line of scrimmage. It was a good read by the quarterback.” All true, but it’s the kind of thing that seldom happened to the Dynasty Patriots. In those days, it was the opponent who hesitated. It was the opponent who blinked. “They executed the play better than we did,” Arrington said. “It really doesn’t matter the way we played (defense) in the first half (which is to say magnificently). You have to play 60 minutes.” When they were winning Super Bowls by field goals, they played for 60 minutes. They made the other team blink not primarily because their coaches were smarter than the other coaches, even though at times they were, but because their players were better. Their players weren’t the ones who hesitated. Now the opposite happens, as it did yesterday, and close games are lost. It would be unfair to say the Patriots [team stats]’ embattled defense lost the game, even though it allowed scoring drives of 85 and 80 yards on the finally two drives of the day. It just didn’t win it. The defense didn’t win it because it lost individual battles that used to be won, but that was true much of the day for the offense as well. Brady was a part of that. He threw two interceptions and suffered a strip-sack fumble, the best player on the field feeling pressures that didn’t exist in the good old days, just like everyone else. They didn’t lose because they were outcoached. There is no scheme to hide their weaknesses because there are now too many of them. That’s how the good old days become the good old days — one small mistake at a time until your edge is gone and what is left is one dogfight after another. That is who the Patriots are now. They are a team doing its best, but not always enough. They are not a dynasty any more. They are a team running with the pack: closer to the head of it than the rear, but headed in the wrong direction. http://bostonherald.com/sports/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1378964&position=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 “Bill” Einstein ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Dynasties are for teams that win World Titles. Something the Pats haven't done since 2004. Good to see the Boston media finally waking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 They lost because, when a few voices the past few years kept saying their drafting would come back to haunt them, the multitudes insisted “In Bill We Trust.” Whether the Bill is Bill Belichick or Bill Walsh or “Bill” Einstein, eventually drafts become fallow ground. Down the road, it affects your team in fatal ways, as it did yesterday. By "few voices," I hope he means Jet fans on the internet. In other words: Suck on deez little Chinese nuts TX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 By "few voices," I hope he means Jet fans on the internet. In other words: Suck on deez little Chinese nuts TX. YEAH BUT GHOLSTON SUCKS AND TANNENBAUM IS STUPID SO SUCK ON THAT U SEXIST PIG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I think the problem here is that Belichick dated someone too good looking for him. Had he dated on his level, perhaps Tom Brady wouldn't be having self-esteem issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I've said it before and I'll say it again: Attrition and arrogance catch up to everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoicsentry Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Pouuu-HA Pou-HA will have them all in check Next week we're gonna dominate Belichick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The dynasty ended 7 years ago. Get a grip Boston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Where the hell are the Chowds this morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoping4ASuperBowl Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Where the hell are the Chowds this morning? They are so depressed they won and aren't in first place for the "suck for luck" lottery. Even when the phins win the fan's aren't happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 They are so depressed they won and aren't in first place for the "suck for luck" lottery. Even when the phins win the fan's aren't happy. Why would Pats fans be depressed about the Dolphins winning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoping4ASuperBowl Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Why would Pats fans be depressed about the Dolphins winning? Oh oops. I thought you were talking about Phin fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet27 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Enjoy: FOXBORO — Sunday is how dynasties end: with small broken pieces, not large ones. Dynasties do not end in spectacular collapse or fiery conflagration. They end from the corrosive effect of winning, eaten bit by bit until the edge is no longer on your side of the line of scrimmage. The Patriots [team stats] had many chances yesterday to take control of what eventually became a 24-20 loss to the New York Giants, but could not do it. Quarterback Tom Brady [stats] did not have the kind of spectacularly accurate day so much his norm, too few remember how unusual it is. So, they are shocked when — as has been the case the past several weeks — balls are a little bit too far behind a receiver or a tad too high. Two turnovers were forced by a defense that continues to make just enough fatal mistakes to hang itself, but its counterparts on offense and special teams combined for four turnovers of their own. When the battle of errors is lost, most often so is the game. They lost because, when a few voices the past few years kept saying their drafting would come back to haunt them, the multitudes insisted “In Bill We Trust.” Whether the Bill is Bill Belichick or Bill Walsh or “Bill” Einstein, eventually drafts become fallow ground. Down the road, it affects your team in fatal ways, as it did yesterday. With the game on the line, a former undrafted rookie free agent cornerback named Kyle Arrington was flagged for a critical pass interference call and beaten for a touchdown. Another former undrafted rookie free agent defensive back named Sergio Brown was flagged for pass interference to put the ball on the 1-yard line on what became the Giants’ game-winning drive. A third former undrafted rookie linebacker Tracy White — who has played for five teams in nine years — was beaten for the winning score by Jake Ballard with 15 seconds to play because he was pressed into action after starter Gary Guyton was injured. Such small things are the corrosion that ends dynasties. They do not mean the Patriots cannot or will not beat the New York Jets [ team stats] on Sunday night. They do not mean they are not still a playoff contender, either. What they mean is the days of dominance are behind them, and there is no scheme on Earth that can change it. Not when too many of your starters are really backups in disguise. “We did the best we could,” Belichick said after the Giants marched 80 yards in 81 seconds to turn a last-minute, 20-17 lead into the end of the Pats’ 20-game regular-season home winning streak. Belichick was right. As simple as it sounded, that is what happened yesterday and against the Steekers in Pittsburgh a week earlier. The Patriots have lost back-to-back games for only the third time since the beginning of the 2003 season because their best wasn’t quite enough. That is how it is because that is how it once was for the Cleveland Browns of the 1950s and the Green Bay Packers of the 1960s and the Steelers of the 1970s and the 49ers of the 1980s and the Cowboys of the 1990s. It is now the Patriots of the 2000s turn. They can say all they want that they have to execute better, but the real question is, are they capable of it? “On third-and-1 at the goal line, I have to play the run first,” White said when asked how Ballard beat him for the winning touchdown pass. “There was a little bit of hesitation (on his part) and he got off the line of scrimmage. It was a good read by the quarterback.” All true, but it’s the kind of thing that seldom happened to the Dynasty Patriots. In those days, it was the opponent who hesitated. It was the opponent who blinked. “They executed the play better than we did,” Arrington said. “It really doesn’t matter the way we played (defense) in the first half (which is to say magnificently). You have to play 60 minutes.” When they were winning Super Bowls by field goals, they played for 60 minutes. They made the other team blink not primarily because their coaches were smarter than the other coaches, even though at times they were, but because their players were better. Their players weren’t the ones who hesitated. Now the opposite happens, as it did yesterday, and close games are lost. It would be unfair to say the Patriots [team stats]’ embattled defense lost the game, even though it allowed scoring drives of 85 and 80 yards on the finally two drives of the day. It just didn’t win it. The defense didn’t win it because it lost individual battles that used to be won, but that was true much of the day for the offense as well. Brady was a part of that. He threw two interceptions and suffered a strip-sack fumble, the best player on the field feeling pressures that didn’t exist in the good old days, just like everyone else. They didn’t lose because they were outcoached. There is no scheme to hide their weaknesses because there are now too many of them. That’s how the good old days become the good old days — one small mistake at a time until your edge is gone and what is left is one dogfight after another. That is who the Patriots are now. They are a team doing its best, but not always enough. They are not a dynasty any more. They are a team running with the pack: closer to the head of it than the rear, but headed in the wrong direction. http://bostonherald....8964&position=0 In my humble opinion, didn't we beat up the Pats in the Playoffs last year? Yes we did. So we did get the monkey off our backs a bit. But the Pats are slowly but surely starting to erode. if it was not for Brady this team would be just like the Colts. Come sunday, we will be putting the nails in...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Where the hell are the Chowds this morning? You can hear a pin drop up here... its ******* great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The Video Dynasty came to an end when all the video tapes were captured! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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