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In response to "He is also implying that Belichick is on the downhill slide -- nm" by amoxy

The Patriots have five monster defeats since winning Super Bowl XXXIX -- 2005 (Denver, playoffs); 2006 (Indy, AFC title game); 2007 (Giants...

Posted by Spawn Nov 20 '09, 11:02

..., Super Bowl XLII); 2008 (Indy, regular season); 2009 (Indy, regular season) -- in which they self-destructed in decidedly un-Belichickian ways. Five years of bad luck and bullet-ridden shoes are starting to add up. So are the soul-crushing last-minute drives by other teams.

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are we really going to call the Giants win a self-destruct, and not the biggest horseshoe-in-my-anus drive in NFL playoff history? Really? -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:03 4
- Should that particular Pats team and that particular Giants team have been less than 7 pts apart at that point of the game? - Name Withheld By Request Nov 20, 11:05 3
  - a completely different discussion. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:07 2
    - Not really. The Pats prepareness going into a historical game matters into the discussion of whether the Giants were lucky or the Pats good. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 20, 11:09 1
      - Spawn's assertion is that the Pats self-destructed, which I would contend with full-throated vigor. -- nm - TFox Nov 20, 11:13

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