Week 16: Broncos Is Caleb Spelled Like Joe Judge Scrawled It On A White Board

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We got all good news last week, as all the right teams won and/or lost. Pour one out for the hapless Panthers, whose ugly, self-defeating, unlikely win against the Falcons (28-3!) undid the damage of the Pats defeat of the Steelers in Week 14. We’re on to Denver.

We’ve figured out what we’ve got in Zappe — he’ll string together 2-3 good drives, then Mac Jones the rest. So we need those 2-3 decent possessions to end in FG attempts. Do Your Job.

In other good news, this game is to be played in prime time on Christmas Eve. So you have every reason to be MIA, as will the Pats receiving corps.
 
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since u are playing denver i might as well do a write up on them
QB wilson - if he can run around and buy time he can hurt u best on the run hard time throwing in the middle steaky player
RB 3-headed moster mclaugilh can move allthrough he has hit a wall sammie p is underrated can pass block catch run tough runner J Willimas is the power
WR suttion is the num 1 a top 3 afc WR he will get 10-12 targets mims is the speed guy jerdy is maddly up/down
TE just guys
O-Line way better at run blocking has a hard time aga teams with good pass rush
D-line they are starting to grow on me esp z allen
Edge if nic botino plays watch out aga your line he can get 2-3 sacks and if healhy over a full season can get 10-12 sacks cooper is a nice player slngloting is a tacklie mach jewill is a player that IF bill comes back to NE in 2024 i ex him to chase after
CB sicne beathing matins after the miami game and starting monenu and mcmillian as a niceal denver has 3 good CB
S Simmons PJ Lokce and kareem the headhunter jackson make a great trio

to beat denver u will need wilson to suck and u will need a short fielid denver shouild win but it will be a game late i say den 20-13
 
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I can't think of another place that has tortured the Patriots as much as this one, started in 1979 when the Patriots had back to back turnovers that led to TD's, then it started snowing and they got blown out 45-10, then 1984 when Berry was installed as coach and they went on a run, then the "sure handed Mosi Tatupu" fumbled as they drove down the field for the game winning TD....that got ran back for a TD and ended their season.

Then in 1986 when they lost in the playoffs to horseteeth 22-17, I think the game ended in a Tony Eason sack. Fast forward to the 2005 playoffs, the Patriots/Brady had won 10 strait playoff games, they had 5 turnovers, including a 101 PIC 6 that Ben Watson knocked out of the back of the end zone but the refs gave Denver the TD anyway and they went on to lose the game.

Welker cheap shotted Talib and knocked him out of the 2013 AFCCG which they went on to lose, then in the 2015 regular season, after building a comfortable lead, a punt clanged off a face mask, some ballbag named Ostellbergerburgermystermysterberger leads Denver to a OT win, then they go back there for the AFCCG and lose largely in part to a missed PAT, a head bobbing center that tipped Von Miller off all game long and the corpse of Peyton Manning throwing two TD's to another corpse of a tight end that Jamie Collins couldn't cover if his life depended on it.

I'm all for nuking that site from orbit.

All of that said; watch them go and fuck everything up and win on Sunday.
 
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Mosi Tatupu was my all-time favorite Patriot in my youth—and the only player whose jersey I wore until my ill-fated Cam Newton purchase a few years ago.

That fumble was a gut punch, because Mosi was known for only two things:

1. He’ll get you 3-4 tough yards on third down.
2. He’ll take care of the ball.

Waaay back in the day The Sports Huddle (my favorite radio show except for Dr. Demento in 1984) would play a parody of “Tomorrow” from the Broadway musical Annie:

Tatupu, Tatupu,
We need you, Tatupu,
You’re only a play away….
 
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54thMA said:
I can't think of another place that has tortured the Patriots as much as this one, started in 1979 when the Patriots had back to back turnovers that led to TD's, then it started snowing and they got blown out 45-10, then 1984 when Berry was installed as coach and they went on a run, then the "sure handed Mosi Tatupu" fumbled as they drove down the field for the game winning TD....that got ran back for a TD and ended their season.

Then in 1986 when they lost in the playoffs to horseteeth 22-17, I think the game ended in a Tony Eason sack. Fast forward to the 2005 playoffs, the Patriots/Brady had won 10 strait playoff games, they had 5 turnovers, including a 101 PIC 6 that Ben Watson knocked out of the back of the end zone but the refs gave Denver the TD anyway and they went on to lose the game.

Welker cheap shotted Talib and knocked him out of the 2013 AFCCG which they went on to lose, then in the 2015 regular season, after building a comfortable lead, a punt clanged off a face mask, some ballbag named Ostellbergerburgermystermysterberger leads Denver to a OT win, then they go back there for the AFCCG and lose largely in part to a missed PAT, a head bobbing center that tipped Von Miller off all game long and the corpse of Peyton Manning throwing two TD's to another corpse of a tight end that Jamie Collins couldn't cover if his life depended on it.

I'm all for nuking that site from orbit.

All of that said; watch them go and fuck everything up and win on Sunday.
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denver is a much better home team in their 3 home losses this year Vegas only lost because payton did a onside kick at the start that gave the raiders a td when both teams where even Wash den was up 21-3 then wilson coughed up the ball and woke them up jets it was their super bowl because peyton ran his mouth if we play wash in the middle of the year denver wins by 2 scores
 
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It's too soon to talk about that damn Tatupu fumble.
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Bad enough he fumbled, but then the scoop and score.............

Bad stuff happens in Denver, period.

Like the first time they got to the Super Bowl; Lytle clearly fumbled, but the play was blown dead by a ref two miles from the play, it resulted in a TD in the 1977 AFCCG that the Broncos went on to win, only to get demolished in the Super Bowl by Dallas.
 
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Bad enough he fumbled, but then the scoop and score.............

Bad stuff happens in Denver, period.

Like the first time they got to the Super Bowl; Lytle clearly fumbled, but the play was blown dead by a ref two miles from the play, it resulted in a TD in the 1977 AFCCG that the Broncos went on to win, only to get demolished in the Super Bowl by Dallas.
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That Tatupu fumble was in Foxboro, wasn't it?

EDIT: Hmmmm...maybe it was in Denver. For some reason, I thought it was on that awful washed out mint green turf of Shaeffer Stadium.
 
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That Tatupu fumble was in Foxboro, wasn't it?

EDIT: Hmmmm...maybe it was in Denver. For some reason, I thought it was on that awful washed out mint green turf of Shaeffer Stadium.
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I remember the Denver player running it back for a TD with all that white confetti type shit that was always floating around that shithole of a stadium built on the indian burial ground.
 
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I remember the Denver player running it back for a TD with all that white confetti type shit that was always floating around that shithole of a stadium built on the indian burial ground.
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I just remember that I was crushed. Couldn't hold it against him, though. He was one of my favorite players.
 
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I just remember that I was crushed. Couldn't hold it against him, though. He was one of my favorite players.
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Nope, I felt so bad for him, such a nice guy.

We had season tickets in the 80's/90's and we used to tailgate near Mosi's Mooses, led by Frank Kelly, a great guy, a lot of fun to hang with.

We got tickets to the 1985 Squish the Fish AFCCG, flew down and went to the game in two rented vans........we parked in some guys back yard and were tailgating..................a huge RV comes rolling in.............and out comes Frank and Mosi's Mooses, we could not believe it, what are the odds.

When we won the game and got back to the guys yard, we went nuts partying with Frank and his crew.

A memory I will never, ever forget.
 
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Denver was the spot of the deliberate safety game. Easy to think we were all positive what we had in Belichick back then. I mean yeah, he was a Super Bowl winner. And presumptive genius, but they had missed the playoffs in 2002 and had lost two of their first three games in 2003. By the time they got to Mile High, they were clicking at 6-2. Book was still out though. Their wins weren’t all convincing.

The safety was not a complete surprise. Even Al Michaels anticipated it. But what is striking is the camera focusing on Belichick and Shanny after the play. That’s when you knew, man. Belichick looked so calm, and Shanny looked like not quite up to speed on what was happening. Tom led a game winning drive, they lost like two games in the next two years and turned one trophy into three.

Lot of nasty shit happened in Denver. But not that. That was fucking epic.
 
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Speaking of nasty shit in Denver, that goddam 2014 AFCCG when Peyton Manning— with a dead arm and a neck held together with duct tape— rang up 400 yards passing against the Pats.

He didn’t air it out — just two dozen 4-6 yard dumps, screens, and flares. The bend-but-don’t-break defense never got off the field.
 
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Speaking of nasty shit in Denver, that goddam 2014 AFCCG when Peyton Manning— with a dead arm and a neck held together with duct tape— rang up 400 yards passing against the Pats.

He didn’t air it out — just two dozen 4-6 yard dumps, screens, and flares. The bend-but-don’t-break defense never got off the field.
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losing Mayo and to a lesser extent Tommy Kelly really hurt. Vellano was awful and Spikes was forced to be something other than a run stopping guy.
 
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Nope, I felt so bad for him, such a nice guy.

We had season tickets in the 80's/90's and we used to tailgate near Mosi's Mooses, led by Frank Kelly, a great guy, a lot of fun to hang with.

We got tickets to the 1985 Squish the Fish AFCCG, flew down and went to the game in two rented vans........we parked in some guys back yard and were tailgating..................a huge RV comes rolling in.............and out comes Frank and Mosi's Mooses, we could not believe it, what are the odds.

When we won the game and got back to the guys yard, we went nuts partying with Frank and his crew.

A memory I will never, ever forget.
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Great story. I remember the ‘Mosi’s Moose’s’ sign in the end zone. It was there for years.
 
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DennyDoyle'sBoil said:
Denver was the spot of the deliberate safety game. Easy to think we were all positive what we had in Belichick back then. I mean yeah, he was a Super Bowl winner. And presumptive genius, but they had missed the playoffs in 2002 and had lost two of their first three games in 2003. By the time they got to Mile High, they were clicking at 6-2. Book was still out though. Their wins weren’t all convincing.

The safety was not a complete surprise. Even Al Michaels anticipated it. But what is striking is the camera focusing on Belichick and Shanny after the play. That’s when you knew, man. Belichick looked so calm, and Shanny looked like not quite up to speed on what was happening. Tom led a game winning drive, they lost like two games in the next two years and turned one trophy into three.

Lot of nasty shit happened in Denver. But not that. That was fucking epic.
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Great post
 
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54thMA said:
I can't think of another place that has tortured the Patriots as much as this one, started in 1979 when the Patriots had back to back turnovers that led to TD's, then it started snowing and they got blown out 45-10, then 1984 when Berry was installed as coach and they went on a run, then the "sure handed Mosi Tatupu" fumbled as they drove down the field for the game winning TD....that got ran back for a TD and ended their season.

Then in 1986 when they lost in the playoffs to horseteeth 22-17, I think the game ended in a Tony Eason sack. Fast forward to the 2005 playoffs, the Patriots/Brady had won 10 strait playoff games, they had 5 turnovers, including a 101 PIC 6 that Ben Watson knocked out of the back of the end zone but the refs gave Denver the TD anyway and they went on to lose the game.

Welker cheap shotted Talib and knocked him out of the 2013 AFCCG which they went on to lose, then in the 2015 regular season, after building a comfortable lead, a punt clanged off a face mask, some ballbag named Ostellbergerburgermystermysterberger leads Denver to a OT win, then they go back there for the AFCCG and lose largely in part to a missed PAT, a head bobbing center that tipped Von Miller off all game long and the corpse of Peyton Manning throwing two TD's to another corpse of a tight end that Jamie Collins couldn't cover if his life depended on it.

I'm all for nuking that site from orbit.

All of that said; watch them go and fuck everything up and win on Sunday.
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You missed 1988. Needed a win against a substandard Elway squad to get into the playoffs. My friends and I braved a blizzard to watch the Bruins tie Quebec then sprinted to some bar to watch the season bleed out in the second half. Not that they were going to take down the Niners or anything, but still.
But the greater point stands. Fuck that place, man.
 
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You missed 1988. Needed a win against a substandard Elway squad to get into the playoffs. My friends and I braved a blizzard to watch the Bruins tie Quebec then sprinted to some bar to watch the season bleed out in the second half. Not that they were going to take down the Niners or anything, but still.
But the greater point stands. Fuck that place, man.
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Denver is like what the Orange Bowl in Miami was pre 1985 AFCCG, a literal house of horrors, Miami could be at the top of their game or in the toilet and still beat the Patriots.

Same thing with Denver, just a monumentally annoying franchise.

That 2015 AFCCG still annoys the shit out of me; the Patriots would have demolished Carolina.
 
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You missed 1988. Needed a win against a substandard Elway squad to get into the playoffs. My friends and I braved a blizzard to watch the Bruins tie Quebec then sprinted to some bar to watch the season bleed out in the second half. Not that they were going to take down the Niners or anything, but still.
But the greater point stands. Fuck that place, man.
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That was the game Berry should have started Flutie over Eason.

It was the beginning of the end for Berry, he was done after the 1989 season, then the fabulous "Rod Rust Era" began.
 
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Two notes: first Ray Berry is still alive at age 90. That completely surprised me. Second, Berry presented the trophy to the giants in the 2012 Super Bowl.
Fuck him.
 
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That was the game Berry should have started Flutie over Eason.

It was the beginning of the end for Berry, he was done after the 1989 season, then the fabulous "Rod Rust Era" began.
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Considering he played his entire career as a Baltimore Colt and the Giants were his hated rival, that choice seems................odd.

Have to love the Giants; always finding new and creative ways to stick it to the Patriots.
 
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Two notes: first Ray Berry is still alive at age 90. That completely surprised me. Second, Berry presented the trophy to the giants in the 2012 Super Bowl.
Fuck him.
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I mean, he would have handed it to the Pats if they'd won. It's not like he picked the winner.
 
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Considering he played his entire career as a Baltimore Colt and the Giants were his hated rival, that choice seems................odd.

Have to love the Giants; always finding new and creative ways to stick it to the Patriots.
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It’s because it was in Indy, where his Colts moved.
 
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Who the F is Nathan Rourke? When did we sign that guy?

And is it pronounced ro-ark, like in A Time to Kill?
 
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