Patriots, panthers and Bengals

[joeybee12]

Broncos have stunk and won and I thought it would catch up with them against the Packers. ..who would have thought it would be the Colts?

[opiate69]

1. Wake me up when the patsies play an actual good team...

By far the easiest schedule in the league.

[Jamaal510]

2. There's no gimmie

in the NFL. These are all professionals, and they all have difficult schedules (though yes, some being more difficult than others), and certain factors can come into play such as injuries, time zones, the refs, and the weather.

[mythology]

3. You forgot to include cheating as one of the factors in the Patriots' "success".

But they have been lucky that their division has been so bad for so long. And then Buffalo decided the best way to win was to hire a guy who couldn't win. It astounds me that Rex Ryan got another head coaching job so quickly given that he's just not a good head coach and his teams are regularly undisciplined.

[hughee99]

4. "Success"? In quotes?

You think the Patriots haven't been successful recently? They're just a product of cheating and being from a bad division? They're not a real threat, like, for example <fill in the name of any nfl team you think has been a success rather than a "success">.

You can argue that the patriots cheat, the NFL rigs the games for them, that they fix the coin toss or that belichick has a device that makes opposing players and coaches do unbelievably stupid things against their will, but I don't know how you'd argue that they haven't been successful.

[bluedigger]

5. Of course it was the Colts.

Those Prodigal Son stories always end badly.

[joeybee12]

6. The Dolts stink...but Luck owns Payless...

3 wins out of 4 meetings.

[joeybee12]

7. Still the same...this season the Giants are defined by poor clock management and

poor execution on the big plays...thank God!

[joeybee12]

8. no comments on the Bengals?

Didn't watch but I hear it was a boring game

[bluedigger]

9. Boring if you need scoring.

I thought it was pretty exciting watching the Texans try to hang on.

[joeybee12]

10. Didn't see it, but all I gotta say is ESPN and JC Watts should get a room...

Don't dislike the guy, but some people seem to think he's the second coming.

[bluedigger]

11. It's not his fault if he's straight out of Hollywood scripting.

I can't blame him for cashing in.

[joeybee12]

12. He might as well...

I just loathe everything to do with ESPN.