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[Kilgore A. Trout]

Goodell doesn't care, he just can't wait to put a franchise in London. Market ready or not.

If that is your idea of what the British are really like, this gentleman would like to have a word with you:

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Gronk came prepared this week. This and the Queen's Guard celebration were about his best performances.

[SemperFidelisSox]

So I like to believe the next few days while all the players are stuck in London because of the Hurricane will be like the montage in sports movies where they all bond personally, maybe get into a fight together at a bar.

And British porn stars with bad teeth chasing Gronk like A Hard Days Night.

[Mystic Merlin]

HA HA TIME FOR PICKS

[SoxScout]

Our rookies have a fucking sick amount of FF/FR/INT

[Eck'sSneakyCheese]

Tavon WHO?!?!?

[sachmoney]

Great read on the ball from Wilson.

[Soxaholic]

Nice job, rook!

[ngruz25]

That was an excellent turn of events for my fantasy team, which has the NE defense.

NOBODY CARES

[Beomoose]

Go ahead, Mallet, sling some deep.

[Jack Sox]

Exactly the type of game the Patriots needed going into the bye week.

[MonstahsInLeft]

Can non-QB's take a knee/slide like that or was Wilson not down on that play?

Edited by MonstahsInLeft, 28 October 2012 - 03:13 PM.

[drleather2001]

That was an excellent turn of events for my fantasy team, which has the NE defense.

NOBODY CARES

I care. Because did too, and also the St. L. Kicker. I was really dreading a St L touchdown.

[bloodysox]

Awesome win.

[Eck'sSneakyCheese]

Great game all around. Feel much better about this team going into the bye.

[Beomoose]

If that is your idea of what the British are really like, this gentleman would like to have a word with you:

No that's what the average American NFL fan thinks of the idea of a British team. Even though the London team would most likely be mostly American players to start and only be differentiated by its home-field jet lag advantage, the NFL hasn't properly sold the idea of a European team.

[ngruz25]

I care. Because did too, and also the St. L. Kicker. I was really dreading a St L touchdown.

I hate losing points in garbage time, but get positively giddy over gaining points in garbage time. I'm a child.

[Reverend]

[SoxScout]

Can non-QB's take a knee/slide like that or was Wilson not down on that play?

You can give yourself up and be ruled down.

[Super Nomario]

Yet another game where the offense didn't execute in the second half

[singaporesoxfan]

That was an excellent turn of events for my fantasy team, which has the NE defense.

NOBODY CARES

This was a good game, but nobody's fantasy involves the NE defence.

[MonstahsInLeft]

Yet another game where the offense didn't execute in the second half

Defense finally saved their asses this week.

[DrewDawg]

No that's what the average American NFL fan thinks of the idea of a British team. Even though the London team would most likely be mostly American players to start and only be differentiated by its home-field jet lag advantage, the NFL hasn't properly sold the idea of a European team.

Mostly American players to start?

It will be mostly American plays to start, to middle, and to end.

[drleather2001]

Mostly American players to start?

It will be mostly American plays to start, to middle, and to end.

Just like all the Euro Football teams were/are.

[Nator]

Can some-one please generate a gif of the Chandler sweep sack? If not, could some-one post a link to it? That won't likely show up on most highlight shows because that game was decided at that point.

Thanks. I am a lazy man who is bad at the internets.

[SoxScout]

Bill giving his whole team a verbal bj, other than the pass rush which he said wasn't good and that leaves dbs out to dry.

[JimBoSox9]

Vince gets a 0 on attire effort today. A ZERO. Pathetic.

[JimBoSox9]

Jesus, Mayo is fucking gigantic. Looks normal-sized next to Vince.

[phragle]

That was a very satisfying win.

Will make the bye week easier.

[MyDaughterLovesTomGordon]

Remember when they used to blow teams out, like, 45-7?

[RedOctober3829]

Pats are leaving at 5 am local time tomorrow.

[SoxScout]

jeffphowe: When asked what the dance was, Gronkowski responded, "That little nutcracker dude that's guarding the house."

[Norm Siebern]

I hope not. They will be flying into "The Belly of Monster!"

Edited by Norm Siebern, 28 October 2012 - 04:26 PM.

[Ralphwiggum]

First game in a long time I listened all on the radio due to long road trip. Gil is so bad it is almost unlistenable. Zolak spends most of the game covering his mistakes.

[Turrable]

Will they have time to see the haunted house???

[Royal Reader]

This was a good game, but nobody's fantasy involves the NE defence.

Great line, hat tip.

So, uh... guys, is the sky still falling?

[JimBoSox9]

Great line, hat tip.

So, uh... guys, is the sky still falling?

I probably wasn't classified as a sky-falling guy to begin with, but Beware of drawing conclusions from extreme results in unique scenarios. The experience difference in knowing how to play across an ocean wasn't the decisive factor, but quite possibly an inflationary one.

[Royal Reader]

They're not as dominant as they looked this week, but I think the whole 'They're terrible' 'They'll be lucky to make the playoffs' thing was also a little overblown. I'd be surprised if they didn't win the division.

[GlenMorangie]

Didn't see it elsewhere in the thread, so here's the "Nutcracker dude that's guarding the house," as Gronk put it.

[Salva135]

They're not as dominant as they looked this week, but I think the whole 'They're terrible' 'They'll be lucky to make the playoffs' thing was also a little overblown. I'd be surprised if they didn't win the division.

Who said they were dominant? Who said they were terrible? They are "contenders," and they showed it today.

[DrewDawg]

This was a good game, but nobody's fantasy involves the NE defence.

Every NFL QB's fantasy involves the NE defense.

[RedOctober3829]

Per @flightaware, the Patriots were on just one of three flights to land at Logan in the past two hours

[dynomite]

Given how windy it was when I was taking the dog out, I'm sure that descent into Boston was awesome.

[Ed Hillel]

They probably landed at like 300 MPH to stay level.

[Jnai]

Some thoughts from the game, which my wife and I were at =)

I think football has a real shot in London. There was an energetic crowd pre-game, with lots of fun loving NFL fans on the train. The most amusing thing we found was asking people how they chose their teams:
- a little kid was a bears fan because 'he likes bears'
- a guy was a cardinals fan because he just had to pick a team and chose them
- a guy was a falcons fan because his father went to georgia one time and brought him a hat
etc

one thing they didn't seem to understand was when to cheer - the stadium was DEAD quiet during pre-snap reads by both QBs and I was really surprised that the pats weren't running more hurry up. it seemed like the perfect time to exploit the fact that an away game was essentially a home game.

the number of confusing penalties didn't really help - we had a few people around us very confused by the illegal touching out of bounds and the 'over the line of scrimmage' calls, both of which could be explained fairly easily. i think it was fun for the majority of guys that just went to see the game as a sort of 'cool thing to do', i met one guy in line for beer who was excited that there had been so many touchdowns scored in the game (he knew basic rules and little else).

that said, everyone we mentioned it to seemed excited by the prospect of a real team in london, although everyone wondered how it would work logistically. and, despite the nfl pushing it hard, we checked a few papers and there was only one little mention of the game - a 2 sentence blurb among a dozen articles about english football.

i didn't think it would be a big deal that the rams were the home team, but they actually seemed to spend a bit of money on trying to convert new fans - they had flags for the fans to wave and signage around the field and around the stadium. but, around the city, i didn't see a single rams jersey (apart from at the stadium) - and i've seen a ton of people in patriots gear. we went to the sports cafe near piccadilly after the game and there was a large number of patriots fans talking about the game - both brits and americans.

all in all, it was a really fun experience, and we have some fantastic pictures. and we got to see a win!


* sorry for the lack of caps in the majority of the post, the british keyboard has a really small shift key and it is a pain in the ass to hit. =)

[Royal Reader]

Who said they were dominant? Who said they were terrible? They are "contenders," and they showed it today.

They looked dominant. Plenty of people thought they were really bad after the Seattle loss and the narrow Jets win. I can dig it out if need be.

one thing they didn't seem to understand was when to cheer - the stadium was DEAD quiet during pre-snap reads by both QBs and I was really surprised that the pats weren't running more hurry up. it seemed like the perfect time to exploit the fact that an away game was essentially a home game.

That seems to me to be less to do with not knowing, and more to do with not actively rooting for either team. I mean, the NFL has a pretty big TV audience, and people are used to seeing stadia get REALLY noisy when the home team is on D.