the Matt Patricia 2018-19 playoff nfl thread

brady was p much a ~game manager~ his first couple few years def wasnt clear he was gonna go nuclear, the thing that was clear tho was that the league was passing bledsoe by his feet were way too slow he just stood back there and got the shit sacked out of him, so the choice was p obvs at the time imho

from the outside looking in it was clear Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer, and Brady clearly had confidence and smarts and a Montana vibe and certain leadership skills that were impossible to teach. I mean hindsight and all but to read this in 2019 is extremely wonderful:

Bledsoe, on the other hand, has about as good a stat sheet as you can compile in nine years of professional play. He made the Pro Bowl in his third year and led the Patriots all the way to the Super Bowl in his fourth. In 1995, he became the youngest player ever to throw for 10,000 yards; his current career stats include 136 touchdowns and nearly 30,000 yards.

i mean holy cats

it's kind of crazy though to think that Drew Bledsoe's true legacy is as the guy who got Wally Pipped by both Tom Brady and Tony Romo, and was released by Buffalo so the Bills could bring on the J.P. Losman era.

also I guess it was just a different era but it is astonishing to me that his career passer rating was 77.1!

pains me to defend the nfl but those 'four super bowl officials have ties to southern california' stories are terrible and outlets should feel ashamed for running them

weird how the refs always seem to be biased against the Patriots

tom brady was born in california; perhaps he is a sleeper agent

ummm northern california hello

hmm orchestrating a move to send his backup QB to his hometown team and then he immediately is injured

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsHAt3SUsAAvBSn.jpg

from the outside looking in it was clear Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer...

― omar little, Monday, January 28, 2019

aw this seems a bit unfair

ROB RYAN is yr new *inside* linebackers coach for the hatcats

no word on who will coach the right guards

These are supposedly the most popular #SuperBowl snacks in each state. Baked chicken breasts for CA? 😂😂😂 When in the history of EVER have you munched on baked chicken breasts while watching football??? pic.twitter.com/jl13XiNBAC

— Elina Shatkin (@elinashatkin) February 1, 2019

betcha can't eat just one

"Bledsoe was about as legit a big game quarterback as Elvis Grbac or Jake Plummer..."

Bledsoe did get wins to get them in the Superbowl twice, when you add in coming off the bench to beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh during the 2002 AFC title game.

I think the big thing for Bledsoe is that Parcells left and they just could not get above .500 those couple of years with Pete Carroll. In hindsight, it is pretty wild that Pete Carroll was the head coach between those two considering the success with USC and the Seahawks.

There was a handful of guys that were in those early Pats Superbowl teams that were also from Parcells time.

If this is the end of the road for the Pats, I will grant that playing the Rams does have some symmetry.

I was being hard on Drew. It’s just sort of a weird way for his career to go, considering he was a #1 overall draft pick and did in fact have some success.

lol at the proliferation of "cake" as superbowl snack

I just time traveled into the future Rams win 27 to 20

— Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) February 3, 2019

will be rooting for jose rather than the Teams tonight

This halftime show is hot garbage.

Man, does this band suck

Go Rams!

Why do people like this music?

Because they lack musical education which means dumbing it down and maximizing the spectacle is everything imo

But it’s the super bowl so we’re not gonna get Brahms or w/e

This game has been boring. Gurley could make a difference

this game rules

Good

No need to be defensive about it

this may be the worst 2.5 hours of tv i have ever watched lol

Rams just need to be themselves right now

Like that

who had the under

I'm going I Love Baseball from here out

Appozigze in advance

Tie game

This is what America deserves

Haha

this game is going to have to get PRIT-TEE good to make up for Adam Levine shirtless

Lucky

Huge break

gorgeous pass

Sorry LA, shit just got real

Fuck

lmao

Bringing that pressure on Goff, he had to fold eventually.

damn patritos

Go for it!

Woooo!

Rams just weren't good enough

Worst super bowl ever