Tanking works in MLB, NBA, NFL.
Hockey not so much.
If you commit to a tank and nail the picks you will become solid.
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Hockey not so much.
If you commit to a tank and nail the picks you will become solid.
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Patriots didn’t deserve the win today.
Not sure the Bills did either tho
If ever a game deserved a tie
Not sure the Bills did either tho
If ever a game deserved a tie
The Patriots dominated defensively and special teams.
They deserved that win.
Buffalo’s defense was great and their crowd noise killed the Pats ability to audible.
Plus Edelman was dinged up and they didn’t have a TE which they will next week with Ben Watson.
Pats offense had plenty of stinkers last year. Buffalo and McDermott are good defensively.
They deserved to win that game.
With Denver going to 0-4 the Patriots need to hit Elway up to get Emmanuel Sanders. Just give the Broncos a 3rd round pick which is probably an overpay for the guy but the Pats have 3 3rd compensatory picks and all know Belichick will trade down in the draft and get it back.
The Pats need one more weapon on offense. That or wait till week 8 and hope N’Keal Harry is ready.
I really wish Larry Fitzgerald would take a trade to NE but he won’t.
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Yeah, wondered if there was one sport where it seemed to work better than the rest.
In the end, you have to draft well. No matter where you pick.
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I’m a Pats fan and that offense was dreadful. Just godawful.
I’m hopeful that Watson gives us something in the middle of the field at the very least
Basketball I would say has done the most to stop tanking.
In the 80’s the rockets tanked to get Akeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson.
The Spurs tanked for Tim Duncan when David Robinson got hurt.
The lottery has stopped it but I would say tanking in basketball does work if you get the pick.
Football really only the Colts and Browns started this trend.
Baseball it works because the worst teams get more money for the draft.
The Astros got Correa, Springer and a bunch of others.
The Cubs got Schwarber and Bryant.
Edelman was hurt.
The OL was banged up and that was a great Buffalo gameplan.
They know you have to play man to man and switch up looks.
The Pats couldn’t move the ball because Edelman wasn’t healthy and Gordon/Dorsett were blanketed.
Good coaches like McDermott and Wade Philips know how to play Brady.
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Brady in the 5 games vs. the Bills since McDermott took over:
102 completions on 166 attempts (61%)
1,082 yards (216/game)
3 TD
5 INT
If the Bills' offense didn't perennially suck, they might actually have won all of those games.
102 completions on 166 attempts (61%)
1,082 yards (216/game)
3 TD
5 INT
If the Bills' offense didn't perennially suck, they might actually have won all of those games.
I thought you were older than 12. Seriously?
Josh Allen getting hurt gave your team a better chance to win.
Patriots D confused the hell out of him.
Barkley threw a more catchable ball.
Basketball has done the most to stop tanking? lol the NBA by far has the biggest tanking problem. Been going on for years.
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Tanking is stupid. Teams like the Steelers have never ranked and stayed good for most of the past 50 years. There’s a lot of examples of bad teams staying bad though.
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I think in basketball, a lot of teams are more quick to tank because there’s only a handful of teams that have a chance to win it all. You sneak into the playoffs as a 7 seed as a 43-39 team and you’re flat out not winning it all.
Baseball, football, and hockey: anybody that makes the playoffs can get hot and win it all.
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The Bucs are just really good. The mighty Giants went into Tampa and knocked them off though.
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Arians turning Winston into a good QB maybe.
It's very hard to tank in the NFL. Players have short careers so every week they're playing for future paychecks. All of their work is down on tape. They play half-assed and they'll be on the street before they know it.
No, there's a record of Allen sucking for 3 quarters this season then leading game-winning drives
The spearing that should have resulted in an ejection was a major factor, particularly since running QB would have changed the offense on the First and Goal the Bills didn't score
Also if the FG the Bills missed wasn't disrupted by an illegal leverage play uncalled, and the Patriots gifted a FG on an interception that shouldn't have counted per the newly free to speak former NFL official, yadda yadda yadda...
ALL ONE WAY CALLS...all you've got is a game-action pile Facemask whch we counter with a QB facemask inches from the lead referee on 3rd down
Bias...asterisks...
I can’t imagine what you would be like if you were a Saints fan.
This is some Charlie Day Always Sunny stuff.
I can’t imagine what you would be like if you were a Saints fan.
This is some Charlie Day Always Sunny stuff.
Yep, I notice you didn't address (and haven't) a single point of content today so that tells me what I need to know.
The refs were not why New England won.
Your QB was awful. There were missed calls when NE had the ball.
Your coach burned 3 TOs in the third quarter. That was terrible clock management.
The leverage call wasn’t called because it didn’t happen. You are saying it happened because your coach is a spaz. The referees were right there and didn’t see it. Just because McDermott said it happened didn’t mean it happened. The referees have called that when it in fact has happened. The Patriots lost a game in 2013 to Jets because the referees called that penalty.
Your coach wasn’t correct. The referees didn’t see it.
Jackson had 2 feet in on the Interception.
You don’t care that this shows it was good.
J.C. Jackson SOARS on the sideline for second INT of the game
New England Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson intercepts Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen's pass.
Both feet were in.
what's wrong with Watson?
The refs were not why New England won.
Your QB was awful. There were missed calls when NE had the ball.
Your coach burned 3 TOs in the third quarter. That was terrible clock management.
The leverage call wasn’t called because it didn’t happen. You are saying it happened because your coach is a spaz. The referees were right there and didn’t see it. Just because McDermott said it happened didn’t mean it happened. The referees have called that when it in fact has happened. The Patriots lost a game in 2013 to Jets because the referees called that penalty.
Your coach wasn’t correct. The referees didn’t see it.
Jackson had 2 feet in on the Interception.
You don’t care that this shows it was good.
J.C. Jackson SOARS on the sideline for second INT of the game
New England Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson intercepts Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen's pass.www.patriots.com
Both feet were in.
wrong again.
regarding the leverage, I'm trying to understand your point - are you saying that if the refs didn't call it, it didn't happen?
His feet were in. Look at the clip. The replay SHOWS both feet it and Fouts who hates the Patriots even commented both feet were in.
The leverage never happened. Their are 2 refs that watch that every snap.
McDermott was wrong. He can complain it doesn’t mean he is right about just because he yells.
