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It appears the reported demise of the Patriots was, indeed, premature.

 

Pats have been almost flawless so far. Gameplan perfection....They are a well balanced machine.

I'm surprised they keep blitzing Rivers so aggressively, and that it's working....Usually Rivers makes teams pay for that. Down 21 in New England seems like mission impossible.

 

I like the idea of winning the opening toss and taking the ball. You take the 50/50 out of the equation in a sense. Everyone opts to kick first, as will the Chargers...You eliminate surprise. Prepare your team all week knowing that you will be taking the ball first. Visualize that early 7-0 lead. Have everyone on the same page. We are taking the ball, and we are gonna put a perfect game script together, and we are going to set the tone early. It's typical Belichick ball...

Bolts look like they don't know what hit em...

 

San Diego is the Notre Dame of the NFL.

Really good and hyped up by everyone until it’s playoff time and they fall flat.

Completely outcoached and outplayed from the first whistle.

 

Stick a fork in the Chargers.

The Patriots have more TD's than the Chargers have 1st downs.
The Patriots have more 1st downs than the Chargers have offensive plays.

 

Who’s from San Diego? If they were still the San Diego Chargers the league wouldn’t have been giving them the calls they got this season. But the league wants LA to become a huge market so they made sure both teams were in the playoffs.

 

Rivers is scared of passing it to the middle of the field... all game. Only looks deep and outside/sideline. Won't do.

 

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...pionship-game-tickets-fan-getting-car-unstuck

that's awesome !

 

Philip Rivers isn’t HOF. He’s roto rooter If anything.

 

I mistyped. Still hard to think of them as LA.

And you’re an idiot.

The Rams and Chargers got to where they are by being better than other teams.

 

He’s definitely a HOF player.

 

Patriots destroy Chargers, Tom Brady heads to 13th AFC Championship Game...

Tom Brady has been the Patriots’ starting quarterback for 17 healthy seasons. Next week he will go to Kansas City and start his 13th AFC Championship Game.

Brady’s Patriots dominated the Chargers today in New England, winning 41-28 and earning a berth in the AFC Championship against the Chiefs. It will be the 13th AFC Championship Game for Brady as the Patriots’ starting quarterback, and for Bill Belichick as their head coach.

It was an absolutely incredible performance by the Patriots, who whipped the Chargers in all phases of the game. Brady was masterful, the running attack controlled the clock when the Patriots wanted to, and the defense shut down Philip Rivers for most of the game after an early coverage breakdown led to a long touchdown pass.

In fact, it was such an incredible performance that it was a fairly bad football game: It was so obvious by the second quarter that the Patriots would win a blowout that there wasn’t any drama in the second half. The Chargers scored a couple of garbage-time touchdowns to make the score look a little closer than the game really was.

The story coming out of the game will be Brady, who at age 41 did not have his best season by any stretch but is still playing at a high level. As of next week Brady will have started as many conference championship games as Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana combined. (Bradshaw started six AFC Championships, Montana six NFC and one AFC.) That’s an incredible achievement.

The last play of the first half spoke volumes about Brady: The clock ran out with the Patriots in field goal range and out of timeouts, and Brady was furious that the Patriots had botched the clock. The score was 35-7 at the time, but Brady wasn’t happy. That Brady is upset about one mistake in a game his team leads 35-7 is why Brady’s teams so often have 35-7 leads.

Now the Patriots will face the Chiefs in a rematch of one of the best games of the 2018 regular season. And Brady will try to reach his ninth Super Bowl. (PFT)

 

Its been premature for basically the last decade.

 

Because it’s always wishful thinking rather than based in reality.

 

True. Doesn't hurt tho that the QB has taken conventional thinking on life expectancy of the position and laughed it out the building.

 

it's just amazing there knocking on the door again seems like every year there in the playoffs

 

As long as Brady and Belichick are alive there is no demise, just wins.

 

BS PI call keeps the Eagles drive alive. Ball was uncatchable

 

Any Saints points on this drive likely seals the win. Big drive for the Eagles D coming up

 

Have fun, Lane.