January 15, 200620 yr Jake Plummer and company were feeling it. I gotta' give them credit, I wrote them off like everyone else, which makes it even more fitting they win. NO ONE picked the Pats to lose this game (see what I did there?). I'm just hoping Peyton's somewhere and has an idea about what's going on and is getting his head straight for Pittsburgh.
January 15, 200620 yr 5 turnovers is very uncharacteristic of the Pats...great game played by Denver but next week they will get crushed again in the playoffs in Indy.
January 15, 200620 yr Due to the fact that New England has been cheated out of a victory and no New York teams remain in the playoffs, no NFL highlights will be shown on sportscenter or any other show that broadcasts on the ESPN Network until the Pats training camp begins on the 25 of July. We applogize for any inconvence that this causes.
January 15, 200620 yr Our long national nightmare is over. Now maybe I can actually enjoy the super bowl.
January 15, 200620 yr Pats YTMND Yeah, OneBaseMen is one funny guy... Um, on the other hand, I'm glad to see the Pats dynasty over but they went out with dignity with 3 titles.
January 15, 200620 yr Pats YTMND Yeah, OneBaseMen is one funny guy... Um, on the other hand, I'm glad to see the Pats dynasty over but they went out with dignity with 3 titles. Yeah he is. The Pats are good, but I think their time is done and I'm absolutely thrilled if that's the case.
January 15, 200620 yr Tomorrow, I hope the Bears and Steelers win. (I don't want to watch a playoff game played in a dome, especially the Colts). Too many sentimental favorites though...Jerome Bettis retiring, Dungy and Brackett suffering terrible family losses, Bears are my dad's favorite team since he's from Chicago, and Panther's used to be Mark Fields but he ruined that with the whole DUI fiasco, I hope this just leads to a great super bowl.
January 15, 200620 yr Author Tomorrow, I hope the Bears and Steelers win. (I don't want to watch a playoff game played in a dome, especially the Colts). Too many sentimental favorites though...Jerome Bettis retiring, Dungy and Brackett suffering terrible family losses, Bears are my dad's favorite team since he's from Chicago, and Panther's used to be Mark Fields but he ruined that with the whole DUI fiasco, I hope this just leads to a great super bowl. You wont be watching the Super Bowl then, it's in a dome.
January 15, 200620 yr Author Ugh, I thought Detroit had one of those open and close domes... It's Detroit...why would they have a retractable roof and/or open it in January?
January 15, 200620 yr Just a guess, I know it's not like Seattle where it rains but it could be handy sometimes I guess.
January 15, 200620 yr Jake Plummer and company were feeling it. I gotta' give them credit, I wrote them off like everyone else, which makes it even more fitting they win. NO ONE picked the Pats to lose this game (see what I did there?). I'm just hoping Peyton's somewhere and has an idea about what's going on and is getting his head straight for Pittsburgh. :mischief *cashes big a$$ check from sportsbook*
January 15, 200620 yr Tomorrow, I hope the Bears and Steelers win. (I don't want to watch a playoff game played in a dome, especially the Colts). Too many sentimental favorites though...Jerome Bettis retiring, Dungy and Brackett suffering terrible family losses, Bears are my dad's favorite team since he's from Chicago, and Panther's used to be Mark Fields but he ruined that with the whole DUI fiasco, I hope this just leads to a great super bowl. You wont be watching the Super Bowl then, it's in a dome. Exactly. Part of the reason the Superbowl is in a dome is so those big money NFL backers don't have to get cold. I mean, let's be honest, the Superbowl is only ever in two places: hot places and domes.
January 15, 200620 yr Tomorrow, I hope the Bears and Steelers win. (I don't want to watch a playoff game played in a dome, especially the Colts). Too many sentimental favorites though...Jerome Bettis retiring, Dungy and Brackett suffering terrible family losses, Bears are my dad's favorite team since he's from Chicago, and Panther's used to be Mark Fields but he ruined that with the whole DUI fiasco, I hope this just leads to a great super bowl. You wont be watching the Super Bowl then, it's in a dome. Exactly. Part of the reason the Superbowl is in a dome is so those big money NFL backers don't have to get cold. I mean, let's be honest, the Superbowl is only ever in two places: hot places and domes. Yeah but the superbowl is an event as much as it is a game. Didnt they have it in the cold a while back and it was a huge disaster?
January 15, 200620 yr Broncos won't reach Detroit playing like thatBy Gene Wojciechowski ESPN.com Archive DENVER -- There's just no nice way to put this. I have a better chance of slipping the Lombardi Trophy some post-Super Bowl tongue than the Denver Broncos do this year. That's because neither of us are going to be playing in The XL at Ford Field come Feb. 5. And if the Broncos do make it to Detroit, I'll pay the barbershop tab for Jake Plummer to shave the worst beard this side of an Amish barn raising. It's nothing personal, but if I'm the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Indianapolis Colts -- especially the Colts, who keep the home-field advantage if they hold the Bus to low mileage Sunday -- I start clearing out space in my locker for one of those AFC Champion T-shirts. No way do the Broncos beat either of those teams. I know, they beat the New England Patriots Saturday night at home. Stuck a salad fork in the dynasty. Deep-sixed the Pats' 10-0 postseason run. Penetrated Tom Brady's five layers of Visa protection. I'm so impressed I think they'll only lose to Indy by two TDs, and to the Steelers by one. It isn't personal, just bidness. To the Broncos, congratulations for winning your first playoff game since John Elway's final season in 1998. Now pick up your AFC parting gift and enjoy your offseason, which officially begins next Sunday evening. Elway was here for the 27-13 victory. The guy still owns this town. He has his own restaurant, and his name graces about every car dealership within a 30-mile radius. And you should have seen Broncos fans as he walked with family and friends through the Invesco Field parking lot to the stadium suite entrance. Jaws will have to be surgically re-attached. But Elway knows how fortunate the Broncos were to win this one. After all, when's the last time you saw the Patriots, winners of three of the last four Super Bowls, make more mistakes than Bill Belichick has hooded sweatshirts? AP Photo/Charles Krupa Champ Bailey's end-zone interception and long return turned the game to Denver.Brady was 20 of 36 for 341 yards -- 22 of 36 if you count the two interceptions he threw, including one which Broncos coach Mike Shanahan called "the turning point of the game." That would be Champ Bailey's 100-yard pick-off return late in the third quarter on a third-down play from the Denver 5. What could have been a 13-10 New England lead suddenly became a 17-6 Broncos lead, courtesy of Bailey's interception, followed moments later by Mike Anderson's 1-yard scoring run. But the Broncos didn't win this game just because Brady scuffled at times. They won it because the Patriots lost three fumbles, had those two interceptions, missed a field goal, committed eight penalties, rushed for a grand total of 79 yards and set a New England record for Most Sideline Meltdowns (Patriots linebacker Willie McGinest is our new leader). And when exactly is the last time you saw a kicker -- a kicker! -- force a fumble on a return? "I don't think I've ever seen it," said Plummer of Todd Sauerbrun's hit on Ellis Hobbs late in the second quarter. I'm not saying the Broncos didn't take advantage of the Patriot screw-ups. They did. Twenty-four of their 27 points came after New England turnovers. But it's not like the Broncos had to go far for those points. First touchdown drive: One play, one yard. First field goal drive: Four plays, seven yards. Second touchdown drive: One play, one yard. Third touchdown drive: Three plays, 15 yards. That's 17 total yards for 21 points. Donovan McNabb and the Campbell's Soup flag-football team could win games with that sort of field position. "We knew it was going to be ugly," said Broncos wide receiver Ashley Lelie. This was double-bagger ugly. After all, since when do the Patriots resemble the Houston Texans at times? "We got the win, that's all that matters," said Plummer. That's sort of true. Criticizing a team after it reaches the AFC championship is like ripping Angelina Jolie for wearing too much lip gloss. But I can't help it. If the Broncos think they can play like this and beat the Colts in Indy, or even the Steelers at Mile High, then they're suffering from oxygen deprivation. Of course, there were hugs and handshakes after the win. Broncos defensive tackle Gerard Warren kept saying he'd go "any place, anywhere, anytime" for the AFC championship. "We're trying to go to a Super Bowl," he said. "We're one step closer now." A baby step closer, that's it. As Plummer jogged off the field and toward the stadium tunnel, he stopped just long enough to hand the game ball to a 10-year-old boy leaning against the railing. His name was Jack Dunnigan, and for several minutes he was so stunned by the gesture that he couldn't speak. Memo to Jack: Hold onto that ball. It will be the last one Plummer hands out this season. Gene Wojciechowski is the senior national columnist for ESPN.com. You can contact him at gene.wojciechowski@espn3.com. What a bitch. Seriously. Wanna' cry a little more? Especially that last jealous little line. Good lord, what a homer.
January 15, 200620 yr I don't get it when people say "they are my dad's favorite team so I kinda support them.. ecc." My dad is a Patriots fan and I am glad as all hell that they lost. Now I can rub it in his face that their streak of luck is over. Next: twenty more years of bottom dwelling? One can only hope.
January 15, 200620 yr I mean, his column is pretty accurate. If the Broncos play like yesterday, the winner of todays game most likely will beat them easily. The Patriots turnovers looked more like mental errors that you usually don't see from them than anything else. The Brady throw is one you never see from him. The Troy Brown muffed punt. The missed kick. Ellis Hobbs being barely hit by the kicker and dropping the ball. Looked like just an overall off day from NE.
January 15, 200620 yr Keep it up, I believe in em. :mischief http://www.marlinbaseball.com/forums/index...dpost&p=1034604
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