The Swamp

Joe K wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:47 am Calling it now that NFL Twitter will explode after a pivotal call/no-call when Suh lays a borderline hit on Brady. I’ve been a Goff skeptic all season but I think the Rams match up really well here. Having both Suh and Donald at DT makes a Justin Tuck Superbowl redux very possible here.

EdRomero wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:51 am

Joe K wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:47 am Calling it now that NFL Twitter will explode after a pivotal call/no-call when Suh lays a borderline hit on Brady. I’ve been a Goff skeptic all season but I think the Rams match up really well here. Having both Suh and Donald at DT makes a Justin Tuck Superbowl redux very possible here.

That's my concern (also the game Wade Phillips' Denver D beat up Brady). The one difference, I hope, is the Pats have a better run game than the teams in those losses.

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:28 am I just can't imagine that the roof will be open. It's been closed for all the SEC Championship and Peach Bowls so far. Even for United games the weather has had to be near perfect for them to open it.

I guess it will be a big talking point now though, with a cold weather team vs. a warm weather team.

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:58 am

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:28 am I just can't imagine that the roof will be open. It's been closed for all the SEC Championship and Peach Bowls so far. Even for United games the weather has had to be near perfect for them to open it.

I guess it will be a big talking point now though, with a cold weather team vs. a warm weather team.

my favorite thing about that stadium is that they got so fancy with the roof that it's now leaky and not functional

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:51 pm I don't think there have been any leak complaints since the construction was finished this summer. If it could hold up to the rain during MLS Cup, I think it will be okay.

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:28 am I just can't imagine that the roof will be open. It's been closed for all the SEC Championship and Peach Bowls so far. Even for United games the weather has had to be near perfect for them to open it.

I guess it will be a big talking point now though, with a cold weather team vs. a warm weather team.

“Look at his stature. He wasn’t built like Megatron (Calvin Johnson). He’s just built the way he was built and I think he’s just worked so hard over the years to learn how to play receiver,” Brady said. “He’s just done an incredible job.”

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Jan 30, 2019 12:08 pm Patriots 63, Rams 0. Brady is very happy because he is a great QB and a great guy and his friend President Donald Trump is also very happy.

President Trump applauded Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and Patriots owner Bob Kraft in an interview on Wednesday night ahead of the team’s appearance in the Super Bowl this weekend.

“It’s talent, it’s chemistry — they have a great chemistry with each other,” Trump told The Daily Caller.

“Belichick is so tough and Kraft is a great guy,” Trump added. “How good was Brady, I mean, the last game? Not the last game, the last two games. Brady plays better under pressure than he does in a regular game. I mean, that last two minutes, the way he was throwing the ball down the field — they were bullets.”

Trump has had a long friendship with Brady, Kraft and Belichick. He tweeted praise for the trio after the Patriots advanced to the Super Bowl for the third consecutive year on Jan. 20.

“Congratulations to Bob Kraft, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady and the entire New England Patriots team on a great game and season. Will be a fantastic Super Bowl!” he wrote.

Trump acknowledged his close ties with the team during his interview with the Caller.

“I mean, I like all three of them, as you know, I’m a very good friend with them. Coach Belichick endorsed me, you remember that?” he said.

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 4:10 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Jan 25, 2019 11:28 am I just can't imagine that the roof will be open. It's been closed for all the SEC Championship and Peach Bowls so far. Even for United games the weather has had to be near perfect for them to open it.

I guess it will be a big talking point now though, with a cold weather team vs. a warm weather team.

I have heard 55 degrees is the cut-off. Forecast currently has it not even reaching 50 for a high and kickoff will come after sunset.

He is the patron saint of sports teams and figures that no one gives a chance. Eruzione is the one that made us believe in miracles.

So, who better to call about these scrappy Patriots, who have ridden your doubts and disbelief all the way to Super Bowl LIII on Sunday against the Rams?

I called Eruzione and asked him: Do these upstart Patriots remind him of the 1980 hockey team that pulled off the “Miracle on Ice?”

“Uhhhhhhh … I love the Patriots. I love Tom Brady. I love Bill Belichick. But there’s no comparison,” Eruzione said. “They’re a three-point favorite. We were a five-goal underdog. In football, that would have been like a 30-point underdog.”

OK. Eruzione does not see it.

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I asked Eruzione if he will welcome the Patriots to the pantheon of great sports upsets should they find a way to win.

“I don’t think they’re an underdog,” Eruzione said.

Shhh. No one tell Brady.