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Fact-checking Patriots' 18-year NFL dynasty: What's real, what's a myth
ESPN ^
| 18 Jan 2019
| Bill Barnwell
Posted on 01/18/2019 9:52:52 AM PST by Rummyfan
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NFL haters please refrain from commenting. I thought this interesting. It is difficult, in any endeavor, to sustain such excellence over such a long period. Especially in such a dynamic and fluid field such as professional sports.
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posted on
01/18/2019 9:52:52 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Which QB has the most wins in the Bills Ralph Wilson Stadium in the last 20 years?
Its not a Bills QB - its Tom Brady.
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posted on
01/18/2019 9:55:54 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: Rummyfan
A shorter ‘dynasty’ was the Bill’s 4 consecutive Super Bowls. A record that will never be beat. Would have been nice to win one of them.
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posted on
01/18/2019 9:59:19 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: PGR88
Yup, the Bills, The Dolphins and the Jets. Beating those teams consistently for the past 20 years makes the Patriots... well, like any other team not from Cleveland.
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posted on
01/18/2019 9:59:37 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
What’s a myth?
The oppothite of a hit.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:03:45 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: Rummyfan
One of the best Super Bowls ever was when a wild card team, the NY Giants, beat NE, spoiling what would have been a perfect season. It was glorious, just like Trump busting the shoo-in Hillary.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:06:12 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: sparklite2
One of the best Super Bowls ever was when a wild card team, the NY Giants, beat NE, spoiling what would have been a perfect season. It was glorious, just like Trump busting the shoo-in Hillary. 
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:07:35 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: sparklite2
Bet the champagne tasted especially nice that year for the Miami Dolphins players who were part of the one and only perfect team in 1973.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:08:01 AM PST
by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
To: OttawaFreeper
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:08:37 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
To: OttawaFreeper
Bet the champagne tasted especially nice that year for the Miami Dolphins players who were part of the one and only perfect team in 1973. RIP Bob Kuechenberg, my favorite player from those great Dolphins' team.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:13:14 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
ROTFL!
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:16:31 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: Hatteras
Right on. Why they so often have home field advantage in the playoffs.
Their away record in playoffs not quite as impressive. From a Broncos fan.
To: Rummyfan
Interesting article, but this bit is nonsense - bend but don't break is a well established defensive strategy (whether it's a sound one is a different question):
"bend-but-don't-break defense. Belichick doesn't tell his defense to suddenly figure things out in the red zone because that doesn't make any sense. Great defenses are great all over the field."
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:20:40 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: sparklite2
One of the best Super Bowls ever was when a wild card team, the NY Giants, beat NE, spoiling what would have been a perfect season. It was glorious, just like Trump busting the shoo-in Hillary.I concur.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:22:57 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: dfwgator
That’s a great picture. I saw someone at Disney wearing a perfect season AFC champions shirt that listed all the scores on the back. It just left out the Giants winning the Super Bowl. I think if I was a Pats fan I would have left that one home in the drawer.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:25:08 AM PST
by
freefdny
To: dfwgator
Did they ship the shirts to a third world country after the Super Bowl loss? Hilarious!
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:38:45 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
(Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
To: Delphster; Hatteras
Yup, the Bills, The Dolphins and the Jets. Beating those teams consistently for the past 20 years makes the Patriots... well, like any other team not from Cleveland.You can only beat the teams you play. Why have not the Bills - Dolphins - Jets improved over the last twenty years?! Coaching, management, ownership, personnel... They have had the same opportunities as the rest of the league.
I'm no Patriots fan per se. But one has to admire the sustained level of accomplishment.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:42:07 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: Rummyfan
Myth: Belichick causes the headsets of opposing teams to become disabled.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:42:25 AM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Sans-Culotte
Did they ship the shirts to a third world country after the Super Bowl loss? Hilarious!They always do that. Not knowing who will win the games, two types of shirts and hats are prepared. The wrong one gets donated to charity.
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posted on
01/18/2019 10:44:09 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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