I don't know. The whole thing seemed like a weird witch hunt. Meathead coach acts like a meathead. I never thought he should have left.
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Having a franchise quarterback might well be all they actually need; they've been in the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years (yeah, in part because they're in a weak division)...I suspect that record makes it easy for the team management to think that they're already on the right track.
Patriots looked great ... as expected. Both on the field and in those "Storm Blue" uniforms.
That would have sparked "game fixing" allegations from me...
It looked like someone took their normal blues and bleached them and all of the color faded.
This was one of those trap games that could have tripped up the patriots. Good that the Vrabel has them prepared, even though playing division rivals is usually grinding slog.
Back in the day the equipment manager would have been fired... rightly so.
Its part of the Rivalries uniform design. The NFL doesn't make enough money, so they want fans to buy these shirts as well.
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The blue was suppose to resemble the ocean during a Nor'easter. I would have preferred a little more red accents to be introduced (on the uniform and perhaps the helmet face guard). Those blue and white uniforms could have been worn by any number of "blue" teams in the league so, with the exception of the six stars on the collar representing the six New England states and six super bowls, the uniforms were not reflective of the Patriots colors and history enough.
As these Rivalries uniforms go, this uniform was one of the best -- kind of like how they are playing. IMHO
No. The Meadowlands Plummeters or Meadowlands Flameouts have been doing that to themselves for most of the season.
I could see you labelling what the Patriots performed as a mercy killing, though.
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Indeed. I always thought it was a bonehead move by the Titans to fire him. He is a good coach, a good communicator, even back when he was the Texans' DC. Not gonna lie, I was happy the Titans fired him, because now a division rival sucks.😄
It was the same when the Texans fired Gary Kubiak. I always thought Coach Kub was a good enough. He just didn't have a good enough roster. I blamed the GM back then and felt vindicated when Kubiak won a SB with the Broncos. Look at the Titans' roster. Other than Cam Ward and Jeffery Simmons, no one on that team is a household name.
I don't think the Patriots' roster is good enough to make the SB yet, but I think they're good enough to get to the AFC championship game under Vrabel's leadership. They'll lose to the Bills or Chiefs.
On a side note, I don't think the Colts make it past the divisional round. Their retread QB runs out of magic at the end of the season, like the Vikings' retread did last year.
Agreed, all of this talk about the dynasty returning and Drake Maye being the next Tom Brady is absolute foolishness. Lets just enjoy the fact that they're having a good year so far.
I disagree. Kubiak was way too complacent. He would watch the same train wreck happen time after time with Schaub and not make changes. He wasn't going to take the Texans any further without multiple Acts of God. Kubiak won in Denver because he had Payton and after getting violated by the Seahawks previously, the Donkeys spent 2 years making necessary upgrades, didn't act entitled when they made it back and I think Manning woke up also. If they hadn't replaced Fox with Kubiak, I think Fox would have gotten them the Lombardi.
Reference (from https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/htx/ an outstanding place to look up NFL stuff)
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