*insert giants comment here* :D

Dillon is the huge key, the Pats need 8-10min drives and keep the colts off the field.

Also, the weather will be a factor, right now it calls for Cloudy and come game time temp should be in the high teens. Which really isn't that bad.

If it's colder or snows or rains, that all favors the pats, a bad field slows down the Colts, who clearly play better in a dome. The ground hurts more when it's cold, it's harder to catch when it's cold, etc... etc...

No.

I agree, I just think that the NE offense is not much better than the Broncos offense, it is probably worse, and that the NE defense how it is right now can't stop Manning. He has a ton of momentum and the Pats are a battered team coming off a bye.

I think the NE Offense is better then Denver for one reason.

Brady v. Plummer.

Plummer makes horrible decisions, Brady usual does that once a year (see: Miami game).

Either way, I think it will be close, I still think the Pats can win, I just wouldn't put money on it w/ the injuries and the weather not looking too bad.

on a side note, you'd figure these two teams wouldn't give any bulleten board material...

forgot the the colts have a "stupid kicker"... he went off last night how the Pats can't win w/o Law and next Sunday the Colts will be coming home and getting ready for the AFC championship game.

It all depends on how NE's defense plays against the Colt's O.

Whoever wins that battle, wins the game, period.

heard some interesting stats about the Pats w/o Law, not as bad as I thought, actually better.

Plus, the Pats are one of the lowest in offensive turnovers and the Colts are one of the lowest in defensive forced turnovers... so that's in the Pats favor... can't wait, should be an awesome game!

YOU FRIGGIN MORON! The Colts led the league in forced turnovers and led the league in turnover ratio at ( +19)

Get new stats. After we beat your ass preferably.

And yes i will be all over the place if we win. ANd regular field turf doesnt slow us down. Check our road record. These rumors you Pats fans put out about the colts.. being soft, regular turf lows us ect.. is absolute comedey.

Patriots offense is definetly better then the Broncos offense. I don't even know why you would say that. They got Brady, and Dillon is one of the best running backs in the NFL. Plus a shitload of capable WRs.

There defense will be alright, they always just do enough to win. Yeah, Palmer put up some numbers but what did Rudi Johnson do? Nothing. They shut down who they had to to win.

Colts fan you love to keep talking about stats and what happened here and there, Patriots aren't a stats team, they don't have a big play "showtime" QB, or huge stars on defense. They just play and win rings.

They're 5-3 on the road and half of those were probably played on turf.

Hahahaha.

The Colts are going to lose.

24 - 10

Yeah, I thought the same thing about the Colts last year, when they played KC at Arrowhead.

Fucking Colts. I hope they lose :mad:

31-10. Pats.

No idea where they got those stats on the radio, I never looked them up, but the Colts were one of the best at turnovers.

It's one thing to be a fan, another to be just a complete moron who is blind by hometown loayalty.

Look at your road record.

Colts Avg 36.125 pts scored at home
Colts Ave 29.125 pts scored on the road

"Field Turf doesn't slow you down".

Sure, when it's 70 degrees and sunny.

Try rain, snow, cold, that all has an effect.

Seriously, get your head out of your ass.

Baltimore, SD, New England, all close games, all teams w/ good defenses.
All teams that the Colts has trouble with, one was a loss, 2 held them under 30points.

I wonder what kind of spread and over/under this game will get

Colts over the Pats......For those who think Pats are unstoppable ,Just look at the Great Miami / New England game.....nuff said

Theres a lot more pressure on Manning now, just about everybody is expecting him to win this one, and if he loses it then the "Can't win the big game" thing will be bigger then ever.

If Payton can't win this week, I don't think he will ever win a Super Bowl, or at least for another 7-8 years. This is one of the best offenses ever this season, and it will probably never be this good again. That being said, they have a lot of these players locked up for quite a while now, so the defense won't be getting much better and the offense pretty much can't exceed this season. He would have to hope for like a John Elway scenario, wait until he is pretty much on a completely different team and then do it.

Yeah looks at one game compared to the whole season :y:

It was a big game the defending superbowl champs tide with the best record of the season loses to the 2nd worst team in the NFL. The point being made is Pats can be stopped. Im not even bringing up the embarassing Steelers game either.

I don't remember exactly, but its not like the Pats needed to win that game. They obviously came in unprepared and unmotivated while the Dolphins came in as pumped up as ever. It doesn't mean much.

I dont know how you go in unprepared against the dolphins. They played like a Jr. High football team. It was more of a game for pride. It was also the first time Brady had been swatted down in 13 games.

Didn't the Patriots have a bunch of injuries last year and still won the superbowl?
Maybe not as big as Law, and of course it'll be a factor. But I jus love it when like if the Patriots lose it'll be because of Law and Seymore, big fuckin woop.

Who is saying thats the only reason they could possibly lose? They won a shitload of games without Law so obviously they are still pretty good.

BIG WHOOP though, One of the best CBs in the NFL, and one of the best defensive tackles in the NFL out for the game. BIG WHOOP.

People are ridiculous, just because you say somebody being out can be a factor in determining the game doesn't mean you are making excuses. I still think the Patriots will win without Law, they have been doing it all season. And the Patriots really didnt have any injuries last year. Except in the 2nd half of the Superbowl when both Harrison and Wilson got hurt.

So your saying 29 points per game on the road isnt good?? And what does stats like how many points per game have anything to do with how fast we are? I'm willing to bet most teams in the nfl points per game on the road is lower then at home. That has nothing to do with how fast we are.

Lets go ahead and get teh excuses out of the way too. Lets here about your injuries. Lets here all the good ones. Cause when there start flying out of your mouth after we burn foxboro down, we'll be flying to pittsburgh or Indiana.

I'm telling you guys. The Colts defense are gunna step up huge. They made a statement against the Broncos. I think they'll make a bigger statement. Tho i'm not sure about the injury report yet. I know Robert mathis and Rob Morris were injured in last weeks game. That could suck. Freeney is gunna be huge. I can feel it.

Honestly. I'm not sure the Colts will score a bunch of points. Patriots have great linebackers that always give us trouble. Tipping passes . Blitzing. Teddy Bruschi is the devel. Always getting somet type of interception in these games between us. I seriously think when we win , its gunna be because of the defense

uh-huh. You are so weird. Our defense. lol that made my day a whole lot better.

Bo, they didn't have a bunch of injuries.

Both starting CB's are gone (personally, I don't think Poole is a huge loss, I think he played over his head last year... )

Pro-Bowl DT injured, might play, if he does it's the knee he wont be 100%.

It's not an excuse, it's a reason for a team not being as good as when they're 100%.

Let me ask, if Manning blows out his ACL in practice this week, would it be an excuse if the Colts didn't beat the Pats or a reason?

It would be a reason, any team that has tops players go down to injury isn't as good as they are healthy.

Actually, the Phins played a great game and Brady played a horrible game.

The Pats still had plenty of chances to win, a game they lost by 1point that Brady thew I think 4 picks.

Brady has a bad game, a really, really bad game... he seems to average one horrible game a season (maybe 2).

I ment the season for the dolphins...but yes Brady did have a bad game...a really bad game. The dolphins actually won that game in the final 2 minutes. But you gotta think it wasnt just Brady. Dolphins have a horrible offence and if I remember correctly Chambers was even out that game, So the Pats Defence should have torn them up easily.

Yeah, honestly Brady could have won the game... that int he threw when he couldn't see was stupid.

He had 4 picks on the day.

What really burnt the pats, could come to haunt them Sunday also, Troy Brown got burnt on Defense for I think two TD's.

Carson Palmer is the only QB who has thrown for more then 2 TD's and I think 300yds on the Pats this year. They went 8-1 w/o Law (Miami being the loss).

I really expect a good close game.

Key for the Colts is as usualy score early, get a lead... if the Colts get a 14pt lead early, I don't see the Pats catching them.

The Key for the Pats in running the ball, control the clock and keep the Colts offense off the field.

Hey Rectal, I just want to make sure we still have our Avator bet.

I won't put cash on this one, but I'll risk the Avator!

and I wont change the Avator early like a certain web-site welching owner... :P

Yah we still on. But i'm not exactly sure how to make a avatar still havent set down and taken look at that yet.

in the user panel, you just upload it.

See, I though you would have said...

"I don't know how to set mine, but it doesn't matter because the Colts are going to win"

:p

That goes without being said aleady.

I agree, the Colts have there best chance now, between experience, new players, injuries, etc...

Personally, I like defense... when games get 48-34 I get bored. I like a good hit, run stuffing etc...

I think you'll see the pass interferance called less next year, as it slowly happened after the last time they focused on it.

I don't want to see players mugged down field, but some contact I'm ok w/, incidental and such... small push offs or hand gaurding... it's the stuff that even though you do it, an average athlete in the NFL should still be able to make a play. But the major interferances that clearly take away the chance at the ball, those need to be called.

Yah that was a sick hit Lynch put on Clark. Luckly Clark came back in the playoffs and put back in his face in the form of 6 catches 121 yrds and a td.

Scott Stevens> Darcy Tucker any day of the week.