Those two calls were complete BS and you know it that result in two TD's. That's okay. We'll hit him high and make him say Matte. :)

Perhaps that's part of the reason the Pats had so much of the roster turnover you talked about in the offseason. He knew guys like Pioli and McDaniels knew too much about his current defensive players and schemes, so now was the time to start bringing in fresh guys, and tweak the schemes to the new players' talents, thus reducing the value of prior inside info.

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New Brady Rule

I remember there used to be a three-way ownagefest several years back.

The Patriots owned the Colts.
The Broncos owned the Patriots.
The Colts owned the Broncos.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

:shrug: Pats had an identical helmet slap penalty called for a hit on Flacco by Mike Wright, and the helmet slap thing has been a penalty for approximately forever.

And, newslfash, going at or below the knees is a penalty now. You may not have heard, but they instituted this new rule about it a little while ago...

Ray Lewis might wish the rules were teh same as when he came into the league in '97 or whatever. I wish that too sometimes, but all the players can do is play by the rules.

Right. Belichick just sat there and watched while Weis and McDaniels did their thing. Without them, he's helpless. If only he understood how to play offensive football.

I humbly suggest that the Patriots have far more unstoppable juggernaut potential than the Broncos. Whether potential becomes reality has yet to be determined.

That's the BS part of the Suggs call. He didn't do anything outside the rules. He brushed close enough to Brady's legs for Brady to put on a show and the ref threw the flag. I don't believe any other qb in the league gets that call. The head slaps are a different story, the defender has to be smart enough to not hit the helmet, but there was nothing Suggs could have or should have done different.

The thing is he grazed Brady. It was a ridiculous call.

Go watch a replay of the penalty called on Wilfork for hitting Edwards in the Buffalo game. The notion that only Brady gets that call is absurd.

Maybe. You guys will probably win 40 to 14.

I haven't watched the play 10 times from different angles or anything. From the 2 or 3 times I saw it replayed during the game, it appeared he simply went low without any good reason, admittedly not hitting Brady hard, but with potentially malicious intent. Talk up here is for Suggs to expect to receive a fine from the league.

What redeeming circumstances did I miss, other than that he didn't, in fact, blow out anyone's knee?

yeah, that's the issue. Dungy said the same thing last night. Not quite sure how the rule was written, but if it's any hit at or below the knees, as is likely, then what do you expect?

The helmet slaps in yesterday's Pats/Ravens game, by both players, were pretty damn soft. Neither one was a wind up and knock 'em out type of head shot.

If Suggs had had malicious intent, he could have messed Brady up pretty bad. I think most NFL fans are probably in agreement that the QB's are over-protected, but I also understand that the teams, the league, the networks and the sponsors all have a lot of money riding on the marquee QB's staying healthy.

The Broncos being 4-0 is a HUGE crock of shit.

Orton is a beast