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Forums - Sports - The NFL Thread 2014: New England Patriots Win Super Bowl XLIX

 

Who will win the Super Bowl?

Who cares? 41 36.61%
 
That AFC team. 29 25.89%
 
That NFC team. 5 4.46%
 
Hahaha, not the Packers! 25 22.32%
 
See Results. 9 8.04%
 
Total:109
Burek on 17 November 2014
Burek predicts in hope of not embarassing himself again:
KC-OAK 1 CLE-ATL 2 TEN-PHI 2 DET-NE 2
GB-MIN 1 JAC-IND 2 CIN-HOU 2 NYJ-BUF 2
TB-CHI 2 ARI-SEA 2 STL-SD 2 MIA-DEN 2
WAS-SF 2 DAL-NYG 2 BYE   BAL-NO NO by 4

 





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MTZehvor on 17 November 2014
Carl2291 said:
I like the ban message in the results

I just want everyone to know that if I end up coming back to win the league in spite of this incredibly arbitrary ban, I will make fun of you all forever.



MTZehvor on 17 November 2014
RolStoppable said:
MTZehvor said:
Carl2291 said:
I like the ban message in the results

I just want everyone to know that if I end up coming back to win the league in spite of this incredibly arbitrary ban, I will make fun of you all forever.

If you had the chance to pull that off, I would immediately ban you again. It's as simple as that.

I didn't know we were using Mario Kart rules to determine the winner here.



soony_xbone_U on 17 November 2014
NobleTeam360 said:
Hmmm, I think New England is the best team in the NFL right now. Second probably goes to Green Bay.


Not sure about it. But at least the best in the AFC right now.
They won the tiebreak game vs denver. I see them winning the AFC championship.

But they got a hard shedule on paper. (Only on the paper imho, they can easily beat Detroit and Sand Diego, if the don't fuck theire own game up)
Detroit, GreenBay, San Diego
The game at GreenBay will be the toughest. If the win 2 of the 3 non divisional games, they'll make it 100% to the playoffs and 99% as #1 with homefield advantage.



noname2200 on 17 November 2014
xKakashi209x said:
Raiders Superbowl bound next year.

I can see that. Their new GM will spring for tickets so they can see firsthand what this "football" game is all about.



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DolPhanTendo on 17 November 2014
mornelithe said:
DolPhanTendo said:
Arkaign said:
Yeah, they would definitely get killed by either team. I'm still disappointed in them giving up in the 4th quarter last week vs. the Lions to lose by 4. The Dolphins have already lost easily to the Patriots, Bills and Chiefs. They lost a close one to the Packers, and have only beaten bad teams other than the Chargers (who I guess have become pretty bad over after the opening month).

In fact, I'd eat my hat if they beat either the Pats or Broncos lol. But you're right, getting to the post-season in that terrible division with their schedule is a very real possibility.


What? Do you watch the games? They Destroyed the Patriots in week 1 without Misi, Jones, and Jordan on defensive side and Tannehill first game in the new offense who stuggled the first 3 weeks.  You are way off.

Well, let's be equally fair here, the Pats had yet to solidify their front seven, Gronk wasn't anything like his typical self, LaFell hadn't established his role in the offense, Browner hadn't played yet and The Dolphins record at home 1st game of the season in 80+ degree weather is on par with the Patriots types of ridiculous  divisional splits these past 10+ years.  The Dolphins defensive front is great, but are they much better than Denver's?  Who only got to Brady once?


Are they nuch better than Denver's? To answer yes they are. They are top 2 Defense overall, number 2 against the pass, number 3 in scoring defense, And number 5 in sacks. Dion Jordan can cover Gronk showed it last year. Misi being healthy and since Jones as come off suspension we are number one in all the those catagories. N.E. will get dominated again 



DolPhanTendo on 17 November 2014
mornelithe said:
DolPhanTendo said:
Arkaign said:
Yeah, they would definitely get killed by either team. I'm still disappointed in them giving up in the 4th quarter last week vs. the Lions to lose by 4. The Dolphins have already lost easily to the Patriots, Bills and Chiefs. They lost a close one to the Packers, and have only beaten bad teams other than the Chargers (who I guess have become pretty bad over after the opening month).

In fact, I'd eat my hat if they beat either the Pats or Broncos lol. But you're right, getting to the post-season in that terrible division with their schedule is a very real possibility.


What? Do you watch the games? They Destroyed the Patriots in week 1 without Misi, Jones, and Jordan on defensive side and Tannehill first game in the new offense who stuggled the first 3 weeks.  You are way off.

Well, let's be equally fair here, the Pats had yet to solidify their front seven, Gronk wasn't anything like his typical self, LaFell hadn't established his role in the offense, Browner hadn't played yet and The Dolphins record at home 1st game of the season in 80+ degree weather is on par with the Patriots types of ridiculous  divisional splits these past 10+ years.  The Dolphins defensive front is great, but are they much better than Denver's?  Who only got to Brady once?


Are they nuch better than Denver's? To answer yes they are. They are top 2 Defense overall, number 2 against the pass, number 3 in scoring defense, And number 5 in sacks. Dion Jordan can cover Gronk showed it last year. Misi being healthy and since Jones as come off suspension we are number one in all the those catagories. N.E. will get dominated again 



MTZehvor on 17 November 2014
DolPhanTendo said:
mornelithe said:
DolPhanTendo said:
Arkaign said:
Yeah, they would definitely get killed by either team. I'm still disappointed in them giving up in the 4th quarter last week vs. the Lions to lose by 4. The Dolphins have already lost easily to the Patriots, Bills and Chiefs. They lost a close one to the Packers, and have only beaten bad teams other than the Chargers (who I guess have become pretty bad over after the opening month).

In fact, I'd eat my hat if they beat either the Pats or Broncos lol. But you're right, getting to the post-season in that terrible division with their schedule is a very real possibility.


What? Do you watch the games? They Destroyed the Patriots in week 1 without Misi, Jones, and Jordan on defensive side and Tannehill first game in the new offense who stuggled the first 3 weeks.  You are way off.

Well, let's be equally fair here, the Pats had yet to solidify their front seven, Gronk wasn't anything like his typical self, LaFell hadn't established his role in the offense, Browner hadn't played yet and The Dolphins record at home 1st game of the season in 80+ degree weather is on par with the Patriots types of ridiculous  divisional splits these past 10+ years.  The Dolphins defensive front is great, but are they much better than Denver's?  Who only got to Brady once?


Are they nuch better than Denver's? To answer yes they are. They are top 2 Defense overall, number 2 against the pass, number 3 in scoring defense, And number 5 in sacks. Dion Jordan can cover Gronk showed it last year. Misi being healthy and since Jones as come off suspension we are number one in all the those catagories. N.E. will get dominated again 

I laughed a little.



mornelithe on 17 November 2014
DolPhanTendo said:

Are they nuch better than Denver's? To answer yes they are. They are top 2 Defense overall, number 2 against the pass, number 3 in scoring defense, And number 5 in sacks. Dion Jordan can cover Gronk showed it last year. Misi being healthy and since Jones as come off suspension we are number one in all the those catagories. N.E. will get dominated again 

Only a sith deals in absolutes.  It'll be a far more competitive game than the first in the season with a inconsistent O-line, Gronk fully healthy, and 80+ degree weather which history shows heavily, heavily favors Miami.



MTZehvor on 17 November 2014
mornelithe said:
DolPhanTendo said:

Are they nuch better than Denver's? To answer yes they are. They are top 2 Defense overall, number 2 against the pass, number 3 in scoring defense, And number 5 in sacks. Dion Jordan can cover Gronk showed it last year. Misi being healthy and since Jones as come off suspension we are number one in all the those catagories. N.E. will get dominated again 

Only a sith deals in absolutes.  It'll be a far more competitive game than the first in the season with a inconsistent O-line, Gronk fully healthy, and 80+ degree weather which history shows heavily, heavily favors Miami.

It'll probably be a good game, no question about that here. Dolphins usually play New England tough even when they're huge underdogs, so I'm expecting it to be closer than the last few Patriots games. But that's as far as it goes; saying New England is going to get dominated on their own home turf in December is lulz-worthy. The Patriots have improved so much since that week 1 game that the present day version and the beginning of the season version could be mistaken for entirely different teams.

It's also worth noting that before we proclaim Miami's defense as the immovable object that will suddenly shut down the Patriots offense, the Dolphins really haven't been that impressive against generally any offense that isn'tt utter garbage. 27 points to Green Bay (including giving up a game winning touchdown at the end), 34 to the Chiefs, 29 to the Bills. Shutting out the Chargers certainly earns high marks (even if the Chargers offense now can't even put up 20 on Oakland), and shutting out the incompetent Week 1 Patriots in the second half is good as well, but the Dolphins defense is by no means some bastion of greatness. If the Chiefs can score 5 touchdowns on the Dolphins, I have some serious doubts that the vastly improved Patriots can at least avoid being dominated on their own home turf in December.