LOSERS ASSEMBLE IN SMALL GROUPS AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COACHES AND OTHER PLAYERS - WEEK TEN 2009

yes, exactly, on some messageboard that is purple and the first one is that? that is precisely the one i was looking for as well, thought i had it saved around here..

yeah, there are like a million prince gifs all over it. i had no idea! i'll be using more prince.gifs from now on, that is for sure.

peyton in press conference is like a kid being called on at school, all struggling to remember exactly what coverages the patriots were in on the last drive and how much the colts were down by at various points. nobody is grading you, peyton, relax.

He is even nervously scratching the back of his neck!

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at one point he was like, "we were down 34-21, I THINK" and he winced really hard with the effort at remembering and it was a little scary

like maybe archie manning makes him give him a post-game play by play of every look the defense gave him after every game

ok I'm going to go to bed and laugh myself to sleep

also i'm glad the colts won and i still hate the patriots but i thought the fourth-down call was badass and totally in character.

brady trying to defend that call.. awkward

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nah i mean, if it worked everybody would say bb was the most brilliant genius ever, but then it's like harrison saying, that says you don't trust the guys on the defense..

ok guys i'm gonna post some thoughts abt this before i try to erase it from my mind.

belichick knew the defense was completely gassed--they played the entire game in a 2-4-5 since their 2nd and 3rd-best defensive lineman were inactive. the colts finally figured this out and realized they could double wilfork and run right by prior and wright and...oh yeah those are like the three guys that played. on reflection it's impressive that the defense held up for as long as it did but imo belichick rightly figured that they hadn't stopped the colts for an entire quarter (save a gift INT) and weren't about to start. so he put the game on the line with his offense and u know what? it damn near worked.

that being said what was really frustrating was that the colts made better adjustments as the game went on. in addition to figuring out how limited the pats defense was, they also realized that the pats offense was only using draws and delays for running plays, and the colts blew up several plays in the fourth that would have helped ice the game. gotta also hand it to mathis who had a great game, and the pats never figured out how to help kaczur on the right side.

finally lack of a third receiver is KILLING the pats and i'd venture a guess that the colts figured that out too--it's not a big role in the offense but you need someone competent to make plays when the opposing defense overcompensates for moss and welker. edelman and stanback are clearly not the answer yet (or possibly ever), and ben watson is a talented guy who will never be a go-to guy.

sadly good luck hearing abt most of that it's all gonna be LOL BELICHICK U TARD--i'm not saying he was right in going for it but i think he saw where the game was headed.

the two play calls on 3rd & 4th were super conservative & uncreative

i agree--can't run the spread if you're never going to throw to 2 of the 5 guys. that being said the fourth down play was inches from working and the third down play was a qb pressure where brady's arm was hit on release.

no just no ok

going for it was a pretty sane gamble imo. if the alternative is betting against peyton manning on a last minute cross-field drive, hell, going for a 4th and 6 wouldn't even be that crazy.

afc title game 06 flashback

think what we can all agree on is that whatever the thought process was, bill belichick just failed to go "HAM"

yeah, the blitz on third was a good call by the colts

trent dilfer is infuriated about this, he is just yelling and screaming, it's like this was the last straw for him, the cheating scandal was one thing but HOW DARE BELICHICK MAKE SUCH A CALL. honestly i'm not sure that he's ever watched an eagles or chargers game if he really thinks this was the worst thing that's ever come from a coach's mind.

http://twitter.com/reggie_bush/status/5757146877

*RETWEETS*

hahaha wait where is trent dilfer doing this? deion sanders loves the call, btw, because belichick has swagger, and thinks the official was wrong to call it short of the first down.

on espn's "sports shouting"! but now it's berman making his "tweet! tweet! whoop!" noises :(

The more I actually watch the 4th down play the more I am like "Well OK that is pretty defensible, and that spot might have gotten pushed forward on review", but burning the timeouts is what I do not really understand.

it's not so much the concept of the call itself, it's that they were on the 28 yard line, and they had no time outs, and then called a play that didn't make a lot of sense to me.

but, like, in the general scheme of "stupid shit coaches have done" it doesn't even hold a candle to, like, that whole "eagles didn't realize a game could end in a tie" debacle, for example.

or andy reid kicking a field goal the other week

if any analyst realizes that this was not about "arrogance" or "swagger" i'm going to send them a thank-you note.

also forgot to mention that the pats were without their "best" olb tully banta-cain and could basically not substitute linebackers.

every play is about swagger this week, didn't you get the memo

everything is about ham & swagger

ham & swagger should be the title of some aamn thing

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;_;

oh well. a play or two goes the other way..

most def like watching that 2006 afc title game.. you know it won't end well

espn replays maurice jones-drew end zone celebration - what was that?!

CAD is mostly otm with his analysis there. the NE defense had died. indy had taken the ball 80 yards in 2 mins twice in that quarter. 2y of offense i would guess was the more sound option statistically by a mile. any other coach in the league make that call? say what you will but that dude has gigantic testicles and they have and will win more often because of that than lose. the move should've been matched by a slightly ballsier play call tho.

but they didn't lose the game on that play - they lost it on those two turnovers in the red zone when they already knew that they were down to the bare bones on defense and needed to help them out. pretty boneheaded turnovers too i thought.

btw the fact that the pats got out-adjusted is particularly galling given the fact that the colts are coached by the inflatable autopilot from "airplane!"

or a guy that was fired by WAKE FOREST

it's the punchline that writes itself

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caldwell has some fierce moobs there

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lol

enjoy your interesting, exciting football while it lasts because here come the browns tonight!

went to bed early last night, guess i missed a pretty good game huh

never go to bed early imo

i remember tuning in at one point and NE was up by like 17 or something and i was just like 'eh fuck it'

Yeah, ^^^ this.

Now someone else plz beat the Colts (and NO) and everything will be okay. They can both go 15 -- 1, tho.

pats will beat NO i think

still SMH over here
maybe i'll get over it during the monday night game OH WAIT THE BROWNS ARE PLAYING ;_;

i am actually obligated to watch tonight because i need about 13 points from rice, lewis, and lolhauschka to win in ilnfl fantasy.

besides i like seeing mangini fail.