Wilfork Out = Patriots Done

[TDs3nOut]

Good teams usually have to overcome injuries to good players. Sometimes good teams also have to overcome suspensions.

 

[NinerSickness]

I can't see the Pats winning in the playoffs with this roster. Maybe 1 game.

 

[Clayton]

ESPN ran a stat that said that the Pats are 6th in rush defense when Wilfork is on the field and 32nd when he is off the field.

This will cost them somewhere. Remember the game he had 2 years ago when he man handled the Ravens oline in the playoffs?

I do think the Pats getting Gronk back at some point counterbalances this loss, though.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

The gap between Wilfork and the next best defensive player is very large.

Good thing it's a team sport hey? I get a chuckle out of trolls that don't know how the game is played.

A bad defense gets worse?

Which bad defense?

 

[Southieinnc]

The gap between Wilfork and the next best defensive player is very large.

The gap between your opinion and your brains is even larger.....

 

[Brahmsian]

id rather have four passrushers against the donkeys than just three. but thats just me..

It's not just you. I prefer the 4-3 myself, but am not rigid about it.

A 3-4 might be preferable when you expect a run rather than a pass, but when you've got the opposition in a
3d-and-long situation...

 

[indypatfan]

For over ten years I have heard the pats are done. It will happen someday, maybe this year. But until B.B and T.B are gone my money is on them.

 

[Broncos6482]

As long as the Patriots have Tom Brady, it's stupid to count them out. They'll still win that division and be in contention for a first round bye.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

Here is what I have been told.

Welker is gone Pats are done.

Gronk is out Pats are done.

Hernandez in Prison Pats are done.

Rookie Wide Receivers Pats are done.

Amendola out Pats are done.

Wilfork injured Pats are done.

4-0 Pats are done. Go figure.

 

[cdumler7]

If BB can win 11 games in a season even without Tom Brady as the quarterback then you know this guy can win even without Vince Wilfork. I do think all those things piling up that you listed MrMoJoRisin63 hurt their chances some but it seems like all the top teams have had quite a bit of adversity so far.

Same thing was said about the Broncos when...
Dumervil left for Baltimore
Our Center had another surgery and was going to miss 2 months of the season
Clady went down for the season
Von Miller got suspended
Champ Bailey was injured
Starting TE Dreessen was going to miss the first part of the season
Two FO guys got arrested

After every one of those things people said the Broncos just had too many things going wrong for them to fight through it all. Sometimes that adversity is exactly what a team needs.

 

[Money]

Good thing it's a team sport hey? I get a chuckle out of trolls that don't know how the game is played.




Which bad defense?

I get a chuckle out of people in denial. I also get a chuckle out of Boston fans in general.

 

[BF4L]

Here is what I have been told.

Welker is gone Pats are done.

Gronk is out Pats are done.

Hernandez in Prison Pats are done.

Rookie Wide Receivers Pats are done.

Amendola out Pats are done.

Wilfork injured Pats are done.

4-0 Pats are done. Go figure.

 

[john01992]

dont bet against the pats. the thing about this franchise is that they always play their best when you dont expect them too

 

[KwitYerWhinin]

Belichick's Patriots are NEVER done until mathematically eliminated!

Bill will come up something, count on it!

I heard that wild Bill was putting himself in at DT now. Apparently he plans to scowl the opposition into submission.

 

[KwitYerWhinin]

Even I give the Patriots more credit than that. Wilfork is dominant but they can plug someone else into the role.

Wilfork is one seriously big bad animal....not sure how they will handle his loss

 

[HammerDown]

For over ten years I have heard the pats are done. It will happen someday, maybe this year. But until B.B and T.B are gone my money is on them.

But I thought R.K. was the wizard and architect of this whole thing. If he's so brilliant he should be able to keep this thing going forever.

This thread is full of a bunch of bullshit excuses. Wake up, Patriots fans. Injuries happen to every team. Stop using this as a convenient excuse of why you know you won't win a playoff game.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

I get a chuckle out of people in denial. I also get a chuckle out of Boston fans in general.

Well, we are all better off for such personal and insightful input.

 

[JDM]

But I thought R.K. was the wizard and architect of this whole thing. If he's so brilliant he should be able to keep this thing going forever.

This thread is full of a bunch of bullshit excuses. Wake up, Patriots fans. Injuries happen to every team. Stop using this as a convenient excuse of why you know you won't win a playoff game.

Super Bowl or bust.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

I heard that wild Bill was putting himself in at DT now. Apparently he plans to scowl the opposition into submission.

See now this is a quality and funny post. It pokes fun at the Pats but no Pat can't say that was not funny.

 

[KwitYerWhinin]

See now this is a quality and funny post. It pokes fun at the Pats but no Pat can't say that was not funny.

I could even see it being effective