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[Dogman2]

Yep, it's Tuesday again. I'm treating the gamethread rules like the Pats treated the Jets on Sunday Night.

Stage 1-The Turnaround. Complete.
Stage 2-Momentum Building.

Pats by 6.

[mikeford]

Pats by 100. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko. I don't even know who that is.

[Bucknahs Bum Ankle]

Pats by 100. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko. I don't even know who that is.

The next quaterback to throw for 300 yards against our defense. Pats win by 14.

[jsinger121]

I think the Pats should rip this team to shreads. They have no QB, no legit running back, average receivers and no TE. The only thing that could keep the Chiefs in this games is if Romeo Crennel draws up some exotic defense to confuse Brady.

[Shelterdog]

Pats by 100. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko. I don't even know who that is.

Former star quarterback for OSU who left football after choking in the sugar bowl and as a rookie and seattle. last seen working as a barnacle scrubber.

Edited by Shelterdog, 15 November 2011 - 03:53 PM.

[BigSoxFan]

Pats by 100. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko. I don't even know who that is.

Mediocre college QB at Pitt. If we lose a home game to him, just cancel the season. I think Pats win something like 30-17.

[Hendu for Kutch]

Former star quarterback for OSU who left football after choking in the sugar bowl and as a rookie and seattle. last seen working as a barnacle scrubber.

I just realized that both Johnny Utah AND Shane Falco went to Ohio State. Since Keanu Reeves is the same age as...Keanu Reeves, they would have been there at the same time. Do you think they split time a la Tom Brady and Drew Henson? Or did one of them redshirt and sit behind the other until it was his time to shine?

[Rico Guapo]

Once again, fuck the rules. Pats by a lot more than 10.

[Corsi]

Pats by 100. The Chiefs are starting Tyler Palko. I don't even know who that is.

Might as well be Shane Falco




edit: lol wow like 3 others made the same joke. damn

Edited by Corsi, 15 November 2011 - 05:03 PM.

[Turrable]

[Reardons Beard]

Massacre at The Blade.

[MentalDisabldLst]

As we all know, Tom Brady had a 30-game regular season home winning streak dating to 2006 until Eli came to town a week and a half ago. In that span, he beat the following QBs at the Blade:

Rex "fuck it i'm going deep" Grossman
Jon Kitna
David Carr
Philip Rivers (x2)
Trent Edwards (x2)
Derek Anderson
Jason Campbell
AJ Feeley
Ben Rapist
Chad Pennington
Cleo Lemon (?!)
Brodie Croyle
Matt Ryan
Joe Flacco (x2)
Kerry Collins
Vince Young
Chad Henne
Mark Sanchez (x3)
Matt Moore
David Garrard
Carson Palmer
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Ole Gunslinger
Peyton somebody-or-other
Matt "Aaron Rodgers is concussed" Flynn
Tyler Thigpen
Tony Romo

Yeah, I know, Eli Manning somehow ended it. But still, that is a very, very big graveyard of opponents. Tyler fuckin' Palko is not the next guy to best Tom Brady at home.

[mikeford]

Can someone (perhaps our resident Patriots insider?) explain to me how Dane Fletcher has missed like 2 months with a thumb injury? Didn't Chung play with a broken hand? I don't understand why they havent just slapped a cast on his thumb and put him back on the field. I feel like there has to be more to this story.

[Saints Rest]

Don't the Pats treat newbie AB's the way the Red Sox treat rookie pitchers? (i.e. not well?)

That plus the Romeo Crennel factor, plus the post-Jets's hangover factor, make me a bit worried about this game.

The fact that the Chiefs suck make me less worried.

Pats by 16.

[ivanvamp]

Don't the Pats treat newbie AB's the way the Red Sox treat rookie pitchers? (i.e. not well?)

That plus the Romeo Crennel factor, plus the post-Jets's hangover factor, make me a bit worried about this game.

The fact that the Chiefs suck make me less worried.

Pats by 16.

Somehow their no-name QB will throw for around 300 yards. 200 of them may come in the 4th quarter with the Chiefs down by 30 points, but he'll get there somehow. And all people will say afterward is, good grief, they are so bad that they let XYZ quarterback come in and throw for 300 on them!

[Tony C]

Can someone (perhaps our resident Patriots insider?) explain to me how Dane Fletcher has missed like 2 months with a thumb injury? Didn't Chung play with a broken hand? I don't understand why they havent just slapped a cast on his thumb and put him back on the field. I feel like there has to be more to this story.

No insider here, but common sense says he doesn't really have a thumb injury -- or doesn't have just a thumb injury, anyway -- and that the Pats are...wait for it....lying.

Shocking idea, I know.

[Super Nomario]

No insider here, but common sense says he doesn't really have a thumb injury -- or doesn't have just a thumb injury, anyway -- and that the Pats are...wait for it....lying.

Shocking idea, I know.

Whatever his injury is, it's odd that a) it's severe and prolonged enough to keep him out of practice entirely for weeks, but b) not bad enough to land Fletcher on the IR.

[mikeford]

No insider here, but common sense says he doesn't really have a thumb injury -- or doesn't have just a thumb injury, anyway -- and that the Pats are...wait for it....lying.

Shocking idea, I know.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I'm driving at here... but I want to know what the story BEHIND the lie is.

[Mystic Merlin]

No insider here, but common sense says he doesn't really have a thumb injury -- or doesn't have just a thumb injury, anyway -- and that the Pats are...wait for it....lying.

Shocking idea, I know.

Why would they do that?

The Pats are nowhere near as secretive or evasive about injuries as people think. If the idea is that he has a knee or back or shoulder injury as well, then go wild, but we've had damn good intel on player injuries all season.

I'll use my own common sense and conclude that he has a hurt thumb, and they haven't IR'ed him because they think - unlike, say, Dowling, and like Vollmer - that he'll be back in action within a reasonable period of time and they don't necessarily need his roster spot right now.

EDIT - The basis for this belief stems from the fact Chung played shortly after suffering a thumb injury, while Fletcher has been on the shelf for a month. Of course, we have no clue about the severity or nature of Fletcher's injury. Perhaps his is one that will either respond to rest or will require season-ending surgery, unlike Chung's, which he had surgery on on 9/21 (and subsequently missed the BUF game, then played against Oakland). This seems a lot more plausible to me than 'the Patriots - for one reason or another - have decided to lie about a fringe player's injury for no apparent gain when they've been forthcoming with injuries to more prominent players.'

So, it's possible the reason this is a mystery to you - aside from the fact neither of you are doctors - is that there's no story because there's no lie.

Edited by Mystic Merlin, 17 November 2011 - 07:26 PM.

[Super Nomario]

It is hard to imagine the Chiefs are changing their game plan because Dane Fletcher is listed as out with a thumb injury as opposed to a knee injury.

[dcmissle]

Out of the prediction business after whiffing the past two weeks.

A few AFC teams behind the 8-ball after making things difficult for themselves. We've had our Buffalo and our NYG. Just take care of business, please. The #1 seed is dangling.

[Turrable]

So Nator, any insights on this game? Or any other game? Or the stock market perhaps?

[jacklamabe65]

Out of the prediction business after whiffing the past two weeks.

A few AFC teams behind the 8-ball after making things difficult for themselves. We've had our Buffalo and our NYG. Just take care of business, please. The #1 seed is dangling.

Part of me would like to see them actually get the number 2 seed - let the Steelers have the number one seed. I think BB would have them all revved up going into Pittsburgh for the second time this year with redemption and revenge on their minds. I actually LIKE this team on the road better than at home this year.

[RedOctober3829]

RapSheet

From a chilly #Patriots practice, CB Devin McCourty has returned to practice, even with his separated shoulder. Interesting...

[Super Nomario]

RapSheet

They listed him as Doubtful. http://espn.go.com/b...stionable-vs-kc I think only one player across the entire league has played this season when he was listed as doubtful; I'd be surprised to see McCourty out there.

[Super Nomario]

And the rest of that injury report is scary. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cannon on the game-day roster, with Connolly, Solder, and Vollmer questionable and Waters probable. All four starting DBs are questionable or worse. LB depth is a problem, too (Spikes & Fletcher out; Guyton & Tarpinian questionable).

[Reverend]

And the rest of that injury report is scary. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cannon on the game-day roster, with Connolly, Solder, and Vollmer questionable and Waters probable. All four starting DBs are questionable or worse. LB depth is a problem, too (Spikes & Fletcher out; Guyton & Tarpinian questionable).

No worries--Tebow has provided the template for Brady to use to beat the KC.

[bigsid05]

Pats (-16)? Wow.

Good teams should take care of business against bad teams.

[Dogman2]

I plan on starting the gamethread until sometime during the 2012 season.

[ShaneTrot]

The Chiefs are 27th in the league against the run giving up 134 yards a game and they only have 9 sacks. NE should dominate them on the line of scrimmage.

[MentalDisabldLst]

Hey Skrub, are the Pats supposed to do something today? I can't remember if there's something they need to do today.

[Jeff Van GULLY]

Have a feeling that Ochocinco is going to have a good game tonight.

May he eat.

[jsinger121]

AlbertBreer

Heading to Foxboro shortly ... One piece of news to pass on: Patriots CB Devin McCourty is out, I'm told. Had been listed as doubtful.

[Sille Skrub]

Win today.

[Reverend]

Have a feeling that Ochocinco is going to have a good game tonight.

Can we get a ruling on this from Nator?

[Nator]

So Nator, any insights on this game? Or any other game? Or the stock market perhaps?

All I have in my gut is that Tyler Palko will have an uncomfortably high amount of passing yards, though the Patriots will still win.

Also, keep an eye on Vince Wilfork. I guess this is the first time in something close to 149 regular season weeks where a player from U Miami hasn't scored an NFL touchdown, and Vince is the last hope to keep that streak going. For some reason I see him extending this tonight.

In an answer to another post, I predicted a big week from Ocho several game threads ago and totally blew it. The Force is difficult to interpret in one so shrouded by the dark side of the Bengals for so long.

Edited by Nator, 21 November 2011 - 02:21 PM.

[EdRalphRomero]

I just realized that both Johnny Utah AND Shane Falco went to Ohio State. Since Keanu Reeves is the same age as...Keanu Reeves, they would have been there at the same time. Do you think they split time a la Tom Brady and Drew Henson? Or did one of them redshirt and sit behind the other until it was his time to shine?

Sometimes a post just shakes you...you know? Suddenly the world doesn't make sense...or it makes too much sense you know?

Maybe I'm trying to be profound and that's just not my style.

[Salva135]

All I have in my gut is that Tyler Palko will have an uncomfortably high amount of passing yards, though the Patriots will still win.

Also, keep an eye on Vince Wilfork. I guess this is the first time in something close to 149 regular season weeks where a player from U Miami hasn't scored an NFL touchdown, and Vince is the last hope to keep that streak going. For some reason I see him extending this tonight.

In an answer to another post, I predicted a big week from Ocho several game threads ago and totally blew it. The Force is difficult to interpret in one so shrouded by the dark side of the Bengals for so long.

The Packers sent BJ Raji up the gut for a goal-line TD yesterday... why not?

[Hendu for Kutch]

Sometimes a post just shakes you...you know? Suddenly the world doesn't make sense...or it makes too much sense you know?

Maybe I'm trying to be profound and that's just not my style.

I just picture whichever one was sitting saying "whoa" a lot in admiration of whichever one was taking snaps.

[dynomite]

Any injury updates? (More specifically, any word on Chung?)

Edit: The rumor of inactive was Shaun Ellis. Who the hell calls Law Firm "Ellis?" No one. That's who.

Edited by dynomite, 21 November 2011 - 06:02 PM.

[RedOctober3829]

Chiefs DL Glenn Dorsey is out, per a club source. Tested that knee, but not ready to go.

Bert Breer

[SoxScout]

@GilletteStadium: Wow #thisisawkward RT @FoxboroStadium @GilletteStadium Ill never forgive you for being the reason they knocked me down

https://twitter.com/#!/GilletteStadium/status/138764667815346176

Nothing to do with the game, but hilarious stuff coming out of Foxboro

Edited by SoxScout, 21 November 2011 - 06:48 PM.

[dynomite]

Inactives should be out any minute, right? 90 minutes before kickoff?

[SeoulSoxFan]

Inactives:

Patriots inactives are Mallett, Chung, McCourty, Faulk, Fletcher, Tarpinian and Spikes

[SeoulSoxFan]

I believe we are witnessing a very Troy Brown-esque end to Faulk's illustrious Pats career.

[dynomite]

Inactives:

Patriots inactives are Mallett, Chung, McCourty, Faulk, Fletcher, Tarpinian and Spikes

Darn. Loved Tarpinian last week -- always where he was supposed to be. As for Chung, I guess it's a good week to be thin in the secondary.


Interested to see a larger sample of Sterling Moore. I didn't see him make many plays in the running game, but he looked pretty good in zone coverage.

Edit: Formatting.

Edited by dynomite, 21 November 2011 - 07:01 PM.

[Super Nomario]

Ugh, does this mean a lot of Gary Guyton or a lot of Tracy White?

[Super Nomario]

And who was the idiot two weeks ago who said Chung wasn't really hurt, he was just tired?

[SeoulSoxFan]

Chiefs inactives: WR Keary Colbert, TE Anthony Becht, T Steve Maneri, DE Brandon Bair, DE Glenn Dorsey, LB Demorrio Williams, S Jon McGraw

[SeoulSoxFan]

Hoping Maneri ends up back with Pats next year, under Scarnecchia's tutelage.