How good are the Patriots?

[Q]Red Man Wrote:

Birds = 2nd best team in the NFL. [/q]

Tell us something, that us non-Patriots fans didn't already know. The real question is how much time was left on the clock before you stopped being nervous that the Eagles were going to pull it out? I'm guessing it was about 13 seconds at the earliest.

11 years and counting that the Bills have not lost a Superbowl!!

Of course, a lot of that was reputation anyway. Going into the Everblades, Cornell and NoDak had the best records in the country, and despite assumptions to the contrary, we had played a much tougher schedule.

[Q]Nate 04 Wrote:

I think this game also showed the Ken Jennings effect. [/q]

I miss him. When's the Tournament of Champions?!

[Q]Nate 04 Wrote:

I think this game also showed the Ken Jennings effect. It's a big deal to have been in the championship situation before (Jennings just got so comfortable on Jeapordy, and everyone else was so nervous no one could beat him for a long time). I thought McNabb looked really tight at times when he just couldn't get his passes anywhere near the reciever. And no doubt they really were lost at the end of the game (I think he thought it was still the 3rd quarter...). The Eagles showed they are a great team. The Pats showed they are better than great and that having the experience of being in the Superbowl really benefitted them.[/q]

I didn't think McNabb was nervous (I was at the game a few rows up behind the Eagle bench); in fact, I thought he played as he often has over the last few years. I've followed him closely for the last three years, since he was the QB on my fantasy team, and he's had plenty of games where he makes some great plays and throws but also throws it into the ground or floats it or just puts the receiver in a bad position. Going into the game, I thought he needed to play at an MVP level for the Eagles to win, and had he, they likely would have won. The thing that bothered me was the inability of the Eagles to get him the opportunity to run, on designed plays. Credit the Pats for making sure that didn't happen.