A PROPOSAL

Pats/Colts is such a damn dead solid lock to produce incredible football games.
The Pats and Colts used to share a division.

Put them back, for God's sake.

I propose that the Colts and Dolphins be asked to switch divisions, creating the following:

AFC EAST: Patriots, Colts, Bills, Jets
AFC SOUTH: Jaguars, Dolphins, Texans, Titans (yeah, yeah, but they won't all suck forever)

As a bonus, it helps out the Jags and Dolphins; it should help build a rivalry there and give Jacksonville one last chance to fill the stadium before they get packed off to Los Angeles. (Which, if that happens, swap them with the Rams to get 49ers/Seahawks/Cardinals/LA Jaguars and Rams/Titans/Dolphins/Texans.)

That make's more sense then the Dolphins traveling all the way up to New York 4 times a year.

Plus like you said, huge ratings.

Bill Belichick might wanna get an AIDS test because he just got FARKED! NO RUBBER! NO LUBE!! :)

Tom Brady had a look on his face as if Peyton Manning just had sex with his wife.

I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

Belichick = moron

Meh - Brady and Welker got enough points for my fantasy FB win this week.

Gosling - You realize that one of those shiatty teams will lose in round one of the playoffs every year? Why bother? Wouldn't you rather have Indy and NE in the playoffs, instead of the 7-9 winner of the crap division?

Wow. Just Wow.

The Hammer Is My Penis: I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

LOL, only a Pats fan would claim this. Maybe if you didn't waste taht TO you would be able to review it. You lost the game fair and square.

ElQue: You realize that one of those shiatty teams will lose in round one of the playoffs every year? Why bother? Wouldn't you rather have Indy and NE in the playoffs, instead of the 7-9 winner of the crap division?

They won't all be crappy forever. One or more of them will get good. It's just the way the NFL works.

Ho-lee shiat. Bill Belichick is a moran.

Hopefully they at least re-align when Jacksonville moves.

Normally I'm all for going for it on 4th down in situations where most won't. That having been said...

Inside your own 30 against a team that has Peyton Manning playing QB? Wtf?

Oh, sonofa... I turned off the game when the Pats went up 31-14....

Basically, ElQue, unless you're the Lions, suck is temporary. A good rivalry is forever.

The Hammer Is My Penis: I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

I didn't realize Sarah Palin was the Patriot's head coach

Prison Rules: Bill Belichick might wanna get an AIDS test because he just got FARKED! NO RUBBER! NO LUBE!! :)

Tom Brady had a look on his face as if Peyton Manning just had sex with his wife.

I thought Brady and Belichick were lesbian lovers.

I love it... a completely cocky move by Billy Boy gets his team another loss and a big one at that. Peyton smacked him in the mouth tonight and Brady could only stand and watch. Thank your coach Tom, thank your conceited, cocky, arrogant coach.

I am giddy right now.

TheJoe03: The Hammer Is My Penis: I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

LOL, only a Pats fan would claim this. Maybe if you didn't waste taht TO you would be able to review it. You lost the game fair and square.

Phantom PI calls and losing 3 yards on a critical spot aren't exactly fair and square. Pats let em close, refs got em the rest of the way. Its the way things go in Indy... grats to them, probably see them in January.

Don't the Colts have the NFL record for biggest comeback ever?

The Hammer Is My Penis: I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

So much THIS.

Best game ever. So far. Colts will probably get hammered next week. good god, I'm happy about tonight though. The feeling of impending doom that lasted all week has lifted finally. They didn't play real well though.

The Hammer Is My Penis: TheJoe03: The Hammer Is My Penis: I didn't know Tim Donaghy did NFL games...

LOL, only a Pats fan would claim this. Maybe if you didn't waste taht TO you would be able to review it. You lost the game fair and square.

Phantom PI calls and losing 3 yards on a critical spot aren't exactly fair and square. Pats let em close, refs got em the rest of the way. Its the way things go in Indy... grats to them, probably see them in January.

Aside from the fact that those calls were correct, the team that was the beneficiary of the tuck rule and piss-poor officiating in the 2003 AFCCG has NO room to biatch about officials.

Prison Rules: Bill Belichick might wanna get an AIDS test because he just got FARKED! NO RUBBER! NO LUBE!! :)

Tom Brady had a look on his face as if Peyton Manning just had sex with his wife.

hahahahaha, perfect

Gosling: A PROPOSAL

Pats/Colts is such a damn dead solid lock to produce incredible football games.
The Pats and Colts used to share a division.

Put them back, for God's sake.

I propose that the Colts and Dolphins be asked to switch divisions, creating the following:

AFC EAST: Patriots, Colts, Bills, Jets
AFC SOUTH: Jaguars, Dolphins, Texans, Titans (yeah, yeah, but they won't all suck forever)

As a bonus, it helps out the Jags and Dolphins; it should help build a rivalry there and give Jacksonville one last chance to fill the stadium before they get packed off to Los Angeles. (Which, if that happens, swap them with the Rams to get 49ers/Seahawks/Cardinals/LA Jaguars and Rams/Titans/Dolphins/Texans.)

That makes insanely good sense. Too bad the Colts got screwed over in the realignment as far as rivalries. Well, in a way they did. In another way it has helped them reach the playoffs every year since the realignment.

Also, what an insane game. As a Colts fan I was screaming at the TV for about 55 minutes, and praying to god for the final 5 minutes. Reminds me of the AFC championship game a few years ago.

ragekage: Don't the Colts have the NFL record for biggest comeback ever?

nope.

/go bills

kidddynamite: a completely cocky move by Billy Boy gets his team another loss and a big one at that.

While I didn't agree with the Pats going for it I can see why they did. The Pats didn't think their D could stop Manning from going 80 yards with that ammount of time. It wasn't a cocky move, it was a move based on the situationa nd who they were playing against.

/As I Jets fan I am happy they failed
//It wasn't that bad of a call though

Couldn't happen to a nice cheater...

Ok, so once they did the stupid going for it on 4th down, why the hell did they prevent the colts from scoring at the 1 yard line TWICE? The chances of preventing the colts from scoring from the 1 yard line are infinitesimal, but if they had let them go in, they would have gotten the ball back with about a minute and a half, easily enough time to get into FG range.

it just wasn't good enough at the end of the day.

ragekage: Don't the Colts have the NFL record for biggest comeback ever?

Don't think so, but I know they have the record for the largest comeback in the 4th quarter (The legendary Tampa Bay MNF game) and the largest comeback in a championship game I believe (2006, obviously)

It's so obvious from the way Belichick and Manning are always fighting that they like each other. I wish they'd just admit that everything they want is right in front of them.

To all the people biatching about the refs: STFU. Unless it's a case where they were clearly and demonstrably wrong, you just sound whiny and irrational.

/Not a Colts fan
//Know I'm pissing into the wind

nicer

/fixed

Hollie Maea: Ok, so once they did the stupid going for it on 4th down, why the hell did they prevent the colts from scoring at the 1 yard line TWICE? The chances of preventing the colts from scoring from the 1 yard line are infinitesimal, but if they had let them go in, they would have gotten the ball back with about a minute and a half, easily enough time to get into FG range.

excellent question. maybe bb was too flummoxed at that point to think clearly.

Tuck rule was payback for the 1976 phantom PI, and the right call.

Defender was cleanly going for the ball when Collie stopped in his route, it should have been Offensive PI. Faulk made a one arm catch and had it secure past the marker. Any other stadium he gets forward progress. It was a strange, but not wrong call by BB on the 4/2... make it, game over. Fail, and Manning only has one less phantom PI to go for his TD.

Hollie Maea: Ok, so once they did the stupid going for it on 4th down, why the hell did they prevent the colts from scoring at the 1 yard line TWICE? The chances of preventing the colts from scoring from the 1 yard line are infinitesimal, but if they had let them go in, they would have gotten the ball back with about a minute and a half, easily enough time to get into FG range.

I was surprised they tackled Addai at the 1 yard line when he busted through the line of scrimmage so easily for that 10+ yard gain.

It would've given them I think a little over a minute to get in FG range.

GimpyNip: While I didn't agree with the Pats going for it I can see why they did. The Pats didn't think their D could stop Manning from going 80 yards with that ammount of time. It wasn't a cocky move, it was a move based on the situationa nd who they were playing against.

/As I Jets fan I am happy they failed
//It wasn't that bad of a call though

I got to agree, the 4th and 2 call wasn't THAT bad. The Pats' short passing game usually picks up 2 yards. At least more likely to pick it up than keeping Manning from driving 70 yards in 2 minutes with a timeout. I loved seeing that call because Belichick is probably the only head coach with the job security to make a call like that.

Best game of the season so far.

The Hammer Is My Penis: Tuck rule was payback for the 1976 phantom PI, and the right call.

Defender was cleanly going for the ball when Collie stopped in his route, it should have been Offensive PI. Faulk made a one arm catch and had it secure past the marker. Any other stadium he gets forward progress. It was a strange, but not wrong call by BB on the 4/2... make it, game over. Fail, and Manning only has one less phantom PI to go for his TD.

Oh, just shut the hell up. You look pathetic.

LOL! Belichick had that coming - couldn't have happened to a nice a**hole

I said this in the other thread, but as much as it was a questionable call by Brady to go for it on 4th, you have to credit Manning for the defensive stop. And really there was a lot of sloppy play this game, like when Brady fumbled it in the endzone or how the rookie Mannings kept dropping Manning's passes. Still, a pretty good game, like it almost always is when the New England Bradys face the Indianapolis Mannings.

I can't even look at you. You know what? Go sit in the Port-o-let for twenty minutes.

The only reason people are saying the fourth down call is a bad call is because it didn't work. You're 50-60% to win the game right there. Do you really think Peyton was that much more unlikely to score from his own 30 than from the Pats' 30? If the spot is a foot more forward (or they have a timeout and can challenge it) then they win and everyone just talks about how ballsy he is. He fails and everyone pillories him. It's not rational. By far the number one thing football coaches do wrong is not going for it on fourth down enough, precisely because they know they'll get slammed if it doesn't work out, even if it's the right call.

/hates Pats/Belichek and loves to see them lose, but also hates people who don't understand correct football strategies

Yo Patriots, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish, but Arizona has one of the best failures of all time! Of all time!

/Very pleased with our second effort against the Seahawks today.

I love a story with a happy ending.

Is the Colt's coach heavily sedated? He didn't speak, react, or interact to anything or with anyone for the entire game. Is he always like that? Amazing.

Ted Kennedy's Brain Tumor: Yo Patriots, I'm really happy for you, I'ma Let you finish, but Arizona has one of the best failures of all time! Of all time!

/Very pleased with our second effort against the Seahawks today.

I don't know what that is, but I like it.

blameitonchemo:
Oh, just shut the hell up. You look pathetic.

Lol.. I'm defending the losing team on a Fark thread, of course I'm pathetic. But at least I can sling more than a STFU. Get some chops, troll.

GimpyNip: Is the Colt's coach heavily sedated? He didn't speak, react, or interact to anything or with anyone for the entire game. Is he always like that? Amazing.

Caldwell? Yeah, he's kinda like that. He's like Tony but with less personality.

He's also 9-0 so I won't biatch.

Ted Kennedy

Where do you get those graphs?