Remember that until that point Kraft had the reputation of a clueless meddler.....remember the photo of him holding a stopwatch timing WRs at training camp? The local media had been firmly on Parcells' side (mostly because he gave them good quotes) and had a lot of contempt for Carroll's rah-rah stuff, and figured Kraft's meddling had driven Parcells out. So when BB began at 5-13 he and a lot of other people might have thought that Kraft would intervene and interfere again.
This jarred my memory, and I think I'm remembering this correctly - that Shaughnessy mercilessly mocked Kraft for months for using the term "press corner", insinuating that it was not a real thing in NFL circles and that Kraft was a jock-sniffing boob. Since then, the term "press corner" has fared much better in the sporting culture than has Dan Shaughnessy.
Lest we forget, the player to whom "press corner" referred was one Chris Canty, who was indeed not a real thing in NFL circles.
He was a safety in college but Carroll wanted to make him a press corner. Carroll got fired after Tebucky's rookie year, and Belichick moved him back to safety.
denver lost to a bad KC team at home that season and lost @ Ciny those 2 losses cost denver homefield in 2000 had Baltimore that season went to the old mile high its 50/50 at best they win because remember as bad as denver defense was that season they only gave up 21 @ balt and one of those TD'S was a 1 in 1'000 play
I mentioned this a very long time ago here, but allegedly ESPN ran a story that the Patriots were thinking of firing Bill after the 2001 season if they didn't make the playoffs & their top target to replace him was Parcells.
Or prior to either; Denver and Miami were two houses of horrors for the Patriots for as long as I can remember, up until the AFCCG in 1986 in Miami, they hadn't won down there in ages.
Yeah, he ridiculed him for months, yammering about how Kraft was on the field with a stop watch and a whistle like he was a coach.
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During the incredible Patriots run from 2001 to 2019 where they went to the playoffs/ won the division 17 times/11 strait, went to the AFCCG 13 times, the Super Bowl 9 times and won it 6 times, the Dolphins went to the playoffs a whopping 3 times......and were 0-3, ie, they never won ONE playoff game during that stretch, but despite that, then managed to be ants at a picnic and fuck up the Patriots playoff seeding twice, last year which really did not matter the way things turned out and also in 2015, costing them HFA in the AFCCG, thus gifting a Super Bowl trip to the corpse of Manning, who had a noodle for an arm and threw the ball counterclockwise vs a spiral.
I think the game I remember the most from that season was the one against the Bears. Mainly because the defensive front got absolutely no pressure on their qb (the Shane Mathews Band), and he completed what seemed like 20 passes in a row at one point (it was actually ‘only’ ~15) Was why I was happy with the pick of Seymour. Not saying I was smarter than a 15 year old you, but I’ll claim to be at least smarter than Borges.
it used to be oakland/las vegas as a kid but since i joined the sb nation blogs in 2009 and more so around 2015 its KC that blog arrowhead pride used to be one of the best on the network but when the onigal owners left most of their fans changed overnight what sit me over the edge was them defend wr t hill like he was a saint yeah radiers fans hate denver but they are smart passionte fans that have commse seane its not the KC Organization for me its their fans
You're preaching to the choir, I understand what you mean about sometimes it's not so much the organization, it's the fans.
i agree with u on the pefect season thing they care way too much about it when in reality had the ref in 2007 called eli in the grasp like he should their record wouild had been dead by 12 years or samuel catch that int
I’m not a football genius and, like many, avoid any replays of the Scottish game. That said, I think there is a sideline angle that appears to show he curls up on the ball. Of course he loses it in the ensuing ruck when the OL jumps onto him. How different is his recovery to the KC playoff game where the ball was dead on contact?
