Thanks, man. I'm hurting right now. At least it didn't come down to a last second botched field goal. Mcnair and the offense lost the game, bottom line. Expect major changes at running back and wide receiver this offseason.
If the Pats win today, they go to Indy for the AFC title game. How do you like your chances?
I think they have a shot. As proven last night anything can happen. The patriots need to tackle, they need to try and exploit the weak san d secondary and Brady need time to get the ball off. The offensive line needs to have a big time game. There are plays lurking in those blitzes. They need to do a good job of containing LT and make sure they tackle well. Christ, LT gets more most rb's averages after he is hit on a carry. I also think Maroney Faulk and Dillon can be a huge factor if we can spread em out.The chargers tend to over persue at times. Most are focusing on the mvp, and sleeping on these three. Maroney was injured for 3 games and his buzz quited down at the end of the year. He is the real deal and has a serious Burst with power.
The patriots have the best defensive line in football. They are going to need it against this Clydesdale they are facing.
Basically they need to bring there A game, and Bill needs to do what he is famous for. If they turn it over or LT starts blowing up the d they will lose. If Merriman and co start blowing up the offensive line and Brady has no time to throw they will lose. If they turn it over and play sloppy ball, they will lose.
San D is a great football team. The patriots must play steller football to win today.
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quarterback : Advantage NE ( Brady 2 time superbowl mvp,3 time sb winner, 11- 1 postseason)
Running back : Advantage San D ( While Maroney Faulk and Dillon are very good...
LT is on another level,neal is a monster and Turner is pretty good to)
Recievers : .Slight advantage pats. Pats have slightly better recivers as a whole. McCardel has been a disapointment for the chargers. San D's top two recievers are the tight end and the running back. Neither group (wr's) are stars. 6'4, 240 lb Chad Jackson is healthy and could have a break out game for NE. With the reliability of Caldwell and Brown and the break out game Gaffney had I give them the slight edge
D line : Advntage pats : Wilfork and Willaims are the best in the game, the advantage to the pats is made by Seymour and Warren, who are slightly better then Castillo and Olhansky
Offensive line : advantage San D While the the NE O line has suffered from injury this year they have come on strong. Only allowing 5 sacks in the last 4 games. Lt's ability makes it hard to tell how well the line actually is blocking, but I give the advantage to the chargers since they had fewer sacks this year
Linebackers : advantage San D ( MERRIMAN= Beast)
Secondary : advantage pats ( Asanti samuel has 11 picks on the year the chargers finsihed 13th aginst the pass giving up 19 tds. The pats secondary have only given up 10 tds on the year
Special teams : advantage San D which comes down to the kicker, Glaskowski has very good .769 making 20 - 26 while Keading is a near perfect .897 making 26 -29 The pats have slightly better coverage but the nod goes to san d because of the spectacular field goal unit. Maroney has a 30 yard return average, to turners 25 yard average
Coaches : huge advantage NE : Bill ( 3 time superbowl winner 12-2 postseason) ( Marty 5 12 postseason chokemaster)
The chargers are better talent wise but the pats match up well.
