Broncos @ Patriots
 

I know there's a bit of 'over load' on a certain topic, but it's Friday...

First off, I'm not expecting a Broncos' victory on Saturday night. I do think that Denver can be productive against the Patriots' defense, but they're going to need another solid game across the board.

Run with the consistency and passion that they had in the earlier game this season, mix in passing that we saw last week ... and DO NOT turn the ball over. If they do this, then yes Denver can score 21-30 points on this defense.

The big challenge is Denver's defense. They cannot allow Brady to sit back there and pick them apart. They need to mix up their looks and pressure Brady early and often. Denver has the defense that can do what's necessary to win, but it will be by far their toughest challenge of the year.

At the very least, I'm hoping for a close and competitive game. Denver has to force NE into punting situations early...

The non-homer in me says Patriots 34 / Denver 24
The cautiously optimistic fan in me says Denver 30 / Patriots 27

I do think we'll see a better game that many expect. Everything at this point to me is gravy, I never viewed it as a reality at any point in the season.

Yeah, the question is going to be whether you guys can hold them under 40.

I thought there was a chance you'd win last week. I thought Pittsburgh had been exposed in our game against them, and I think we would have won in the same situation, so I wasn't all that surprised at the way things went. I think I would be surprised if you pulled the upset this week, after the beating they put on you a month ago.

But it's sports. Anything can happen.

New England 41
Sinners 12

Pittsburgh was way too arrogant last Sunday. They tried to dictate to the Donks what THEY wanted to do, rather than actually defend against what the Donks were doing. They played exactly how the Donks needed them to play. It was so stupid and i hate them for it now.

Pitt played far too aggressive up front, didn't fill their gaps, and played downright sloppy football, which is what the Donks "O" thrives on. Couple that with a banged up offensive unit that could barely score 13 points a game over the last few weeks and you have an easy Donks win.

I don't think they'll have the same kind of success against a worse NE D, as odd as that sounds.

Denver 3 - Patriots 16

At halftime?

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To all the Broncos fans on this board, I wish you all personal happiness and prosperity in everything except football, and I apologize in advance for all of the terrible and vile things I'll be saying about your football team this weekend.

To have a chance, Denver's going to need to score at least 21 points, so this game will all come down to McGahee. Or maybe Orton or whoever your quarterback is.

You can't seriously think New England won't put up over 30? The 3 might be pretty close though.

I will roll with Bane on this one

I have a feeling Praise God! is going to get pulled from the game. Unlike the Steelers, the Patriots still have their main offensive weapons and they are all healthy. They are going to put up points and force Denver to pass.

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There certainly were a lot more people out of the wordwork claiming they knew the Steelers were flawed after they lost. I wasn't surprised at all by what happened. Even when healthy... the Steelers laid numerous eggs on the road this year. Just look at their schedule. I think the Patriots D is going to bite them eventually. I don't know if this will be the week, but these teams are all so flawed that we really shouldn't be surprised by any result in a one game setting.
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They probably didn't realize they would lose 2/3's of their D-Line in the 1st quarter either.

Sooner or later it will click.

True, but Denver has also been without key players... they lost Decker during the game and then they went pass happy. Who knew?

Go back to the earlier NE/DEN game... McGahee has 70 of the 167 yards in that 1st quarter I believe... gets hurt, Denver develops a fumbling problem in the 2nd quarter when they can no longer run thanks to the injury and some adjustments from NE.

I think it's going to be closer than expected...

It would have been a closer game in Denver if they wouldn't have turned the ball over in the 2nd quarter.


With that said: 24-10 Pats.

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You better hope they don't go pass-happy this week. Mostly lost in all the glee post-game was the fact that Praise God! was 10-21. The yardage, while amazing, and the finish, while story-book, were both aberrations based on the rest of the year.

So while I think you were right on in your initial post when you talk about what you want to see, I'm not sure how much passing you really do want mixed-in. I would say the best-case scenario for you guys is a game where he doesn't throw more than 15 or 20 passes.

Yeah, but you type the 10-21 as if the 11 incompletes were horrible misfires. IIRC, there were 2 easy drops ... possibly 3. I know Thomas had one.

In the first game, Praise God! was 11-22 for 193 yards with another 93 rushing and 2 TDs.

Nobody should expect 25-40... that's likely not going to happen. Make 25-28 attempts and go from there. They don't have the weapons at WR/TE to be "pass happy" and it doesn't fit their strength of running the ball.

Shit,BB will serve up a clinic and put this ****ing Tebow shit on ICE.

I didn't insinuate anything of the sort. I simply said that he was at his normal sub-50% completion rate. Which he was.

Pats win 34-13

That sounds about right. And all the Facebook cock suckers posting how much they love Praise God! will be silent like they were the 3 weeks before the playoffs.

Right, but it's not like the % really affected the wins or losses... there's nothing to point to and say if he does this, they win.

Again - this is going to be more about what Denver's defense is able to do or rather, stop Brady from doing. If they can't keep the Patriots from going crazy, then it doesn't matter if TT is 25-30 for 350 and 2 scores.

I honestly don't think Denver will win, but truthfully, nothing would surprise me.

Pats - 30
Apostles - 16

Cheatland 24
Dorks 13

Patriots losses in the last 5 or so years all have one thing in common -- pressure on Brady which slows down the offense, with the associated item that Patriots losses are by LOWER scores than expected. Jets-Pats was 28-21. Ravens-Pats was 33-14. Patriots-Giants was 17-14.

With Miller and Dumervil (sp?) the Broncos can do it, but they didn't do it the first game and I doubt they can now. If the Broncos can get pressure with 4 rushers, or can do a truly grat job of jamming the Pats receivers etc. to slow them down and give their rushers time to get to Brady, then they've got a shot.

That or the unexpected turnover-fest, a la 2005 playoffs against the Donx. That's REALLY rare though.


I don't think the Donx can, on a short week, on a quick turnaround from a highly emotional win, go into Gillette and beat a relatively healthy, totally pissed off from two straight one-and-dones in the playoffs, Patriots team. I **REALLY** dont' think so.

So Patriots 34, Tebows 17.

It's definitely all about what the defense can do in this one... they've bent a lot, and this time... they just can't break. Guys like Bailey and Dawkins (even though he won't play) really need to rally the defense prior to the game and make sure they're all focused and committed.

It's not impossible for them to create havoc for Brady... but, they'll need nothing short of their A-Game.

I wasn't surprised at the win last week, given the situation the Steelers were in not being healthy, etc. But a win this week would shock me.

Deep down... you fear the unthinkable. I'm all for a good game, no matter who wins...

Broncos 27-23. Oh, yeah.

Or Patriots 48-6. I'm really not sure.

Oh no... 13 are questionable.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/...gland-patriots

I'm sure it's just BB playing his injury list games...

If Bellichick loses his 4th playoff game in a row
It may be time for him & Kraft to part company

If Denver can run the ball to control the clock and get pressure on Brady and not turn it over, I can see them winning. I hear all the talk out of NE, but am still not sold that they're taking Denver seriously, especially after blowing them out the first time...

Running the ball and Defense - the two big items for Denver tonight.

Yeah I see that happening. Not.

Pittsburg was the broncs superbowl. They needed overtime to beat a beat up Pitt team. No way in hell this is even close.

I always love these types of posts... we needed OT to beat up a beat up PITT team. Hell, that Broncos team on paper should have lost easily to that beat up PITT team by everything I heard.

LMAO

i like Denver if they get after Brady early and rattle his cage.

Gronk and Hernandez killed them last time and the only way to keep the TE's from killing them this time is to keep Brady on his backside.

I'm not sure if it's bad mojo or not, but apparently NE has no opponent according to my Yahoo home page.

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/1466/nfld.jpg

This shouldn't be close but Denver is on the midst of the luckiest season in NFL history so nothing would surpiise me. All anyone has to do to beat the Broncos is stop the run enough, and New England has a hard time with that, so who knows? If New England gets up big early, Denver can't come back. That should be the plan.

After two one and done in the play-offs I'm sold on the Pats taking everything seriously and I would not be surprised to see an ass kicking of epic proportions and not just from Brady and company but the Pats defense as well.Plus I'll back up that statement by saying I'm quite sure Belicheck has watched plenty of film and he didn't have to go too far back (week 16) to see what TT is capable of in a hostile environment and getting his cage rattled.

My prediction is a lot like that week 16 game embedded below,good first half that keeps everyone glued to the game and then after some halftime adjustments by Belicheck and staff the wheels come off.

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You have to close your eyes and believe......

See it now?

New England will definitely be bringing their A Game! But so will Denver!

Remember that last time New England got 10 points off of turnovers! Plus one more fumble that they didn't score from. The score might have been a lot different if you could take one TD away from the Patriots and give it to Denver!

If there are no silly foul ups by the Broncos, this could be a close game! But if Denver messes up with fumbles and interceptions, it's all over!

Like everyone has been saying already, if Denver can get some early pressure and Tebow can get enough points on the board to keep things from getting out of hand, who knows? I really think that all of Denver's defense will have to come from their front since their secondary sucks.

I hate to admit it, but Tebow has won me over. It was tough because he's a stinkin' Donkey, but I've always loved a good underdog story. And let's face it, Tebow trying to be an NFL QB is a real underdog story.

He's starting to remind me of a modern day Joe Kapp...

yep, i'm on board as well.

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Situation to monitor tonight: some around league believe Denver DE Elvis Dumervil also nursing knee injury in addition to ankle issue.

People need to get it though.. Tebow has never been an underdog. He is one of if not the best college QB of all time.

Really? Best college option Q/B ever. Thats a stretch IMO.
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I dont see Tejesus in anyone's top 10

pats win..... big

I can't think of anyone with a bigger collage than Jesus.

tebow sucks

Hate the Donkeys, Love the Tebow. ;)

We must stand up and protect the Patriot way anyways, were stuck with their rejects so hopefully we can poach someone from the team after the championship season.

Tebow stumbles into the Super Bowl where he goes 1-23 with 6 INTs, five of them returned for touchdowns.

Noticed this thread doesn't have the "****Official**** in it for a game day thread. Was that your way not to jinx the Donks?


If true, brilliant. Yet I would hate to use that word to go with a Donko fan.

The fact that you don't blind yourself with all the t e b o w hype and grind it into everyone and give credit where do makes your analysis worthy.

Personally, I don't think the game will be that close. The Denver D has gotten the donks where they are. If they play just average, the Pats win big. If they overachieve, I still would put my money on BB/Brady.

Good luck to you as a fan.

I think as long as the Patriots play aggressive and physical with the receivers, Tebow's not going to burn them the way he did Pittsburgh. Make him throw decisively, precisely, and accurate. If he's allowed to just sit back there and catapult shit up there with his big arm, you can bet that Demaryius will catch a few of those throws per game, which would be deadly.

The Broncos are probably going to run the ball down New England's ****ing throats. That's their best plan of attack, and it's their best hope to score points if New England doesn't allow anything deep the way Kansas City played Green Bay.

The only question is how many points will Brady put up against the Denver D? Honestly, I think he's got to break 30 or the Patriots won't win, sadly. He can do it, but Denver's D is pretty tough.

The reason the Donks won last week was because the official thread had "****" at the beginning and "*****" at the end.

Underdog? A Heisman-winning, National Champion quarterback is an underdog? A first-round pick at quarterback is an underdog?

If you love you some Donk-ass Tebow as an "underdog", you must worship undrafted, never-started-a-game-at-QB-in-college, KC Chief Matt Cassel. I mean, assuming you are consistent and all.

Denver's D has been raped by good offenses. When they get behind and are forced to run a real offense, the wheels fall off.

Against lesser offenses they are.

You know damn well the overwhelming opinion of God's anointed NFL disciple since he entered the NFL is that he was in no way qualified to be a professional QB - because of his arm strength, his release, his lack of vision, the type of offense he played while in college - we could go on and on. No one thought he had a chance (including me) of having any success at all in the pros.

It will be a lot easier to just admit your rabid religious bigotry than hide it in such a cowardly fashion.

What in the world does this have to do with religion? Assuming you aren't a complete idiot, you probably realize that God's anointed NFL disciple had a much higher draft grade than Cassel. Wouldn't that suggest that Cassel is an even "bigger" underdog story? Not only that, he plays for the Chiefs and not the hated Donx.

Your desire to cowardly act like a victim at every turn is less than admirable.

Tebow time

well that was fast

Die, Denver

bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

This game is such an afterthought now.

Patriots score quick

Well, that was easy

TOUCHDOWN SATAN :rockon:

Nice! Eat shit and die donk scum.

They need to space these games out more. What if the other game had gone to OT?

That was a "We're tired of hiring about Tebow" drive.

God said sorry Tim, it's Alex's turn.

Picking a winner in this one is like choosing between drinking antifreeze or having an enema with it