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I call and double down your bet

 

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Whaddup fellas - Cowboys fan here. SB or bust this year!

 

you better be able to protect Romo or it will be bust.

 

the Patriots and Brady run is not over yet. Also the other dynastys were in ERA'S where only 4-5 teams had a real shot at winning the superbowl every year. the patriots don't have that luxury.

 

I'll be interested to see what the Pats do at WR -- Brady's only reliable targets are Gronk and Edelman (when he's not hurt). Amendola will get hurt in the first game and break something. Lots of competition for those spots....

 

I don't get it, I don't watch house of cards?

 

I'm not a Pats fan, but I definitely appreciate the high level of art and skill they bring to the game. They approach the game with a level of sophistication and dedication that not many other teams even come close to matching. They don't do things just because that's the way it's always been done, they challenge ideas and concepts and try to find the best way. There's thought behind everything they do. You might assume that to be the case with most teams, but it's simply not. Belichick and Co have brought The Art of War to the NFL like few before them. With the way the Pats prepare (anticipates "lol by cheating!"), they win before they even take the field. They are infinitely fluid and adaptable. They have a total team concept that they actually adhere to in every thing they do. They consistently win, despite never ending turnover in personnel and coaching. It's because their strategy gets the most out of the players, regardless of who's there. The strategy can win no matter who they throw out there. It's because they actually understand strategy, instead of robotically sticking to some "system". They don't have a system.

Basically, the Pats are the Spurs of the NFL.

Personally, I don't buy into the idea of them being cheaters. They're all cheaters. Every last one of them. This was something that was well known and accepted for years and years. Everyone knew everyone else was cheating, and looking for whatever edge they could get.

Spygate? Who wasn't doing that? There's a reason every coach in the league covered their mouths when calling plays.

This stupid deflated football thing? How inane and inconsequential.

I don't care.

Personally, I hope Tom Brady delays his suspension with appeals for another two years, and then retires without having to serve the suspension. That would be hilarious.

 

Giants have 4 SB Rings also


@anakinfansince1983

Giants and Patriots fans don't like each other neither do our teams like one another it is a big rivalry that makes me hate the Patriots way more then the Cowboys, I have a high level of respect for the cowboys and as a Yankees fan I have much respect for the red sox and I love Papi I just don't love when he is hitting HR's against my Yankees, but If I met Papi on the street and he asked for a bear hug I would reciprocate !

 

I for one have been a Pats fan my whole life, but I have no problem at all with the Giants. If anything, I hate the Jets, but that was mostly because of Rex Ryan and the thug mentality the team had under him. It was harder to hate them when Parcells and Martin were there.
I try not to be one of those fans that's like "haha look at how awesome my team is and everyone else is beneath us" because it didn't lead to constructive conversation. I have come to their defense when I felt people were just hating simply to hate.
The downside is that people talk to us fans as if we were personally involved in the scandals and had something to do with it. We're just fans, that's it, for better or worse.

 

I thought you didn't understand why Patriots and Giants fans in here were trying to one up each other with pictures of trophy's and rings, I consider my Giants among the Elite of Football, 49'rs, Steelers, Cowboys, Giants, and Patriots am I missing any Elite teams? If I misunderstood, my bad.

 

Packers and the Browns.

 

I hate them both. just kidding my point about the patriots whiners is they are like a supporter of the democrat party saying republicans are crooked but their party (Democrats) are squeaky clean and would never lie or cheat or vis virsa. iF you think your team never tries to bend rules to get an advantage then your delusional.

 

Ha! Yeah, I remember that beating in SF by Marshall. I also remember the when Jim Burt knocked out Montana in that blow out playoff game and hearing the fans cheer. I remember the Mark Bavaro Monday Night was he carried Ronnie Lott for like 10 yards. I remember the when Roger Craig fumbled in the NFC Championship game when the Niners were poised for a 3-peat. Those were some great teams, which made for some great battles. However, Niners fans really don't think of Giants as our biggest playoff rivalry, that title belongs to the Cowboys.

 

The Pat's also play in the easiest conference in football. Easy road to the playoffs each year.

 

The easiest conference in football? You mean, out of the two? Or did you mean division?


Ehhhh, I don't know about that.

The Panthers and the Seahawks are the last two teams to make the playoffs with losing records.

There are lots of other stats and that I can point out, and other points I can make, that say the AFC is better, or at least about equal.

Do you care to post anything to support your comment?

 

rite thanks for those two I forgot, Packers but how many do the browns have? I don't recall? The Browns won about 3 or 4 NFL championships before the Super Bowl was a thing back when they had Jim Brown, I just looked it up on Google, but no Super Bowls ...

 

4 AAFC and 4 NFL Championships.

 

I was talking about the east conference. Buffalo, Jets, and Dolphins have sucked big time during the Pats reign. Sure a team might do well one year and then they go sub .500 for years. Seriously their competition has been a joke in that conference.