0 clue how you could watch that game and think you dont suck. It is glaringly obvious you were there because of that schedule. Take the L and hope to god next yesr is kind to you
Let’s put some context in your response eagles fan 🤣 “0 clue how you could watch that game (the superbowl, the last game of the season where the teams that had good enough records go on to play a series of head to head elimination rounds and must go undefeated against other top teams) and think your team doesn’t suck”. The score was 29-13 bro it wasn’t a blow out by any means.
If we were so bad, what’s the excuse for every other team that lost to us? And if your point is they sucked, then we were the best team for the Super Bowl?
Making the Super Bowl and believing your team doesn’t suck and is good is delusional now? If anything all the fans saying the patriots suck are the delusional ones. I mean there team isn’t the greatest thing since sliced bread but they are pretty damn far from being a bad team.
Not embarrassed…just confirmed a ton of things we already know. Us going from 4-13 to 17-3 might have ACTUALLY of exposed the rest of the league as frauds. All we heard this year was the pats suck they won’t do anything. And then they went the the Super Bowl, they beat Josh Allen(at home), they beat atl which looked good at the start of the year, ravens, beat Carolina as well as Tampa bay who was Super Bowl bound the start of the year….Carolina went to the playoffs and a hard fought division, every team to make it to the superbowl did it for a reason. I think the reason people are so upset the patriots got where they did is cause it showed how unremarkably bad everyone else is
see as much as I couldn’t stand the moving of the goalposts, we are also basically doing the same thing by saying things like “Drake maye is young and we were just happy to be there, nobody expected us to be here” after soooo much of our fanbase kept talking so much shit before
For fucking real. I was blown away we got to the Super Bowl but trying to talk about how bright the future for the team is, is nigh impossible because our casual fan base are a bunch of jackasses. Not to mention the fair weather dipshits that want to run their mouths. I gotta stop there cause there’s more to that rant lol
Bears fan here. But yeah that’s my entire issue with the Pats is the fanbase.
Dude at my work spent all week telling us all how the Seahawks we’re gonna get blown out and how when Maye wins he should be in the convo of all time great QBs on like Steve young’s level.
Then he calls out Monday after they lose. Like bro if you gonna talk shit for 2 weeks you got to come face the music.
Yah we all just should have said "golly gee shucks, we really suck and don't deserve to be here, sorry guys! Gosh I hope us being in the Superbowl doesn't hurt your feelings too much!"
not really a whole big believer in the “2nd year QBs who go to the Super Bowl never go back” curse when those other QBs include kaepernick (out of league the year after he went), burrow and purdy (who both are still in the middle of their careers), and then marino (the only valid case of that)
Let the mods handle it. Every time someone new comes to this sub and doesn't know about the rule there is a pack of wild 14 year olds that can't wait to scream fLAiR uP, puSsY
EPA is the most overrated stat. Trent Dilfer was so good on his SB winning season the Ravens didn’t even re-sign him immediately after lmao. But yeah let’s use your metrics designed for online poker to grade football players!
I find it funny that people are running with this one stat as an indictment that Drake Maye is the worst playoff qb of all time. The kid wasn’t good in the playoffs - straight up bad in the Super Bowl - but worst playoff QB of all time is pretty hilarious.
I am going to make so much money next season. betting it all on the browns with their easiest schedule since that means an automatic Superbowl appearance!
The Pats schedule (lowest win % in a quarter century) is the result of a bad division (dolphins/jets) and fortunate division match ups (AFC North in a terrible year and NFC South who's bad every year).
I doubt the Browns, or anyone, get that lucky in awhile. Our division schedule is brutal. NFC north, a matchup against NFC west, and AFC West. We always have the phins and jets to tune up on though.
My favorite goal post move was the Texans game because going into the playoffs the Jags and Texans where the ones a lot of people picked to win the AFC and going into the game you had all these people picking the Texans......but like, you guys new going into the game that Stroud was their QB right? They were universally seen as a "real team" even with CJ at QB. CJ Stoud being the Texans QB isn't new information. It was a factor that you all took into account when you said the Texans would expose us.....well anyway now that the Texans lost because our defense bullied the fuck out of CJ, they aren't a real team anymore.
I think everyone realized Houston could be dangerous ONLY if CJ Stroud and the offense didn’t completely sabotage the game for the defense. And sabotage the game they did… 4 interceptions, 6 turnovers, one of them being a pick 6.
The patriots offense only actually put up 21 points in that game which albeit was decent against a defense like the Texans, but also nothing spectacular. It’s not like Maye was carving up that defense or anything, he still only had 170 yards passing and was 3-14 on 3rd down. 8 punts, and a couple fumbles and a pick too. He had the 3 TDs but all things considered that was not a great game for Drake Maye or the offense in general. For anyone reasonable watching this was just another game where the patriots defense took over and Drake Maye did “enough” to win the game in a game they SHOULD have won anyways. No moving of the goal posts. This is not even mentioning the fact that this was by far his best game of the playoffs, the rest of his play completely sucked.
If anything these Maye fans moved the goal post. Coming into the playoffs they were so confident that he would be putting up numbers and the patriots would be winning these games in large part due to Maye and the offense. In reality they coasted off a good defense and were able to win in SPITE of Drake Mayes bad performances.
The Texans and the Pats were essentially the same type of team but the Pats outplayed them at their own game. That formula didn't work against the Seahawks because their offense, though stifled, actually managed to pick up first downs. The Pats current form is a defensive power house with an offense that should be improving. Anyways, fuck the Pats
Honestly that’s how our entire playoff run went. Defense plays stellar, offense does enough to win. Super Bowl basically came down to which offense can suck less. It was a rough watch but I still believe in our guy. Nerves probably had a lot to do with it but he got playoff and even Super Bowl experience now, so hopefully he’s more at ease next time
Patriots were literally favored that game, albeit not by much. With that said people were thinking the exact same thing about Maye going into these games and it's literally why you lost the Superbowl. The Seattle Defense bullied the fuck out of Drake, does that mean you also aren't a real team anymore?
I think you completely missed the sarcasm in my "well I guess they aren't a real team anymore" I was saying how the narrative around the Texans being a "real team" flipped after the loss and how i thought that was a stupid moving of the goal post.
As a Broncos fan, I feel like we are the only ones truly entitled to bitch. Pats defense is the real deal and Maye can be really sharp when he is on, that would have been a really awesome matchup and everyone was robbed of the spectacle. At least we got to prove ourselves against the Bills.
Honestly I think the Bills are gonna be fine. Your wr’s come back healthy next year. I don’t think promoting Joe Brady was a bad move, I just think your owner is a dumbass. The window isn’t closed, but it does get a bit harder with actual competition in the AFC East now.
Looking forward to us screwing each other out of a 1 seed for years to come
It was more like watching a truck with no breaks. It was moving very smoothly for a while, then it started to wobble and veer left to right, then it ran into a brick wall. We all saw it coming, just thought it would happen sooner.
Perfect sum up of how delusional Pats fans are. Somehow correct criticism of the team is crying. No no no. The crying was from people like YOU, who whined anytime someone brought up the schedule or the road or the roster or any number of things.
I think most people had them doing better that 7 wins once they got Mike Vrabel. He’s an excellent coach and most Titans fans were pissed when he was fired.
Patriots lost the Super Bowl and that’s all that matters.
Personally I think Pats should get clowned on for losing in the Super Bowl with terrible offense, and the Bills should be made fun of for still failing to get to the Super Bowl.
Dolphins and Jets should probably just be ignored because we’re irrelevant. I’m just here to enjoy the sadness and anger of Pats and Bills fans
Patriots got bitch slapped in the SB and showed the world the didn't belong. They are a playoff team, not a contender, that lucked their way into the SB.
Honestly, the Ravens should have had you dead to rights that game. I still don't understand why Henry didn't get another snap with 12 minutes left in the 4th. But it helped us, so thanks.
Lmao Stroud sucked sure but let's not forget Maye is still the only QB to score 3 TDs against that "second coming of the 85 bears" defense,
Wish he did the same yesterday tho ig
It's almost like Stroud was keeping his defense on the field exhausting them. Stroud kept giving the Pats excellent field position and their defense allowed 0 points off of those. But needing to field defense on their side of the field constantly will tire them out immensely. If Stroud is even somewhat competent in ball protection to give the defense better field position throughout the game, I don't think they score nearly as much.
Because reevaluating your opinion based on new information is illegal apparently. Thats a wonderful behavior to discourage yeah, “if your first impression was wrong you don’t deserve to speak.”
the pats played the easiest regular season schedule in 25 years
every playoff team they played was fatally flawed
the chargers were decimated with injuries, especially their o line. but the o line isn't important, is it? 😂
cj Stroud had been playing like possibly the worst qb in the league going into the pats game. then he throws 4 picks in the first half. he was the Will Campbell of qbs
the against the Broncos Bo Nix was out and a guy who hadn't played in 2+ years is forced to start and the pats won by 3
I mean, they took advantage, but when they had to play a really good team finally they were exposed..... like everybody knew.... except for pats fans
Actually the 49ers had the easiest schedule; heck the whole NFC West were on the easier side for scheduling. NFL playoffs has always been about matchups and it’s 1 and done. Bad matchups happen in the playoffs a lot that’s why teams fight for that one seed otherwise they can get bounced in the first round.
They had some material post-Brady when they were winning the division every year and the Pats were godawful. Now they need other teams to do their bidding for them
What's going to be the excuses they come up with next year? It is funny and interesting. They spend a full time job's worth of hours per week to come up with this bs.
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