Learned first hand last night -->
Rule 3. Do whatever it takes to win.
a. Subjugate yourself for the good of the team. Do it willingly.
"wow, I guess there really is something to rule 3"
"I'm not here to kiss Belichick's rings" but there's a lot more from McDermott in that message that I think he'd like to have back in about 5 minutes. Too late, the cat is out of the bag.
1) Poor McDermott is too oblivious to even realize that BB took his lunch money then came back again for his dinner money in the RZ. 3 times!!
2) McDermott's standing as a coach & leader took a big hit in my mind when he didn't immediately take all the responsibility for that loss on himself. Sloppy football? With specific examples!? Calling out players? No.
You're doing it all wrong, Sean.
Pergula is too smart a personnel man not to notice those remarks are the remarks of losers.
^ Truth. Solid post, Tommy. Always looking to the future by deceiving your foe in the present. Winning battles before they happen. Right out of Sun Tzu.
For a team that should be built to play in crummy weather conditions the Bills don't have the strength to do it.
The Patriots won the game in the trenches by pushing the Bills around. Old school.
The Bills have to get stronger up front before they can compete consistently. BB wasn't worried even when it got close. He knew their chances of scoring in the RZ in that wind against the D that he built were not good.
BB knows exactly what his team is and last night the confidence he showed in this team showed us how good he thinks this team really is.
Against any team, anywhere, in any conditions.
He has plans for this team. ; )
I agree wholeheartedly with your last 4 sentences, BSF.
There's no way they should have won the game. The Pats outplayed them, out-muscled them and outcoached them in their house. The Bills got 2 huge personal foul penalties as gifts from the refs to help their cause. The first was bogus af since Allen was still in bounds. This Patriots team is built better and is better than these Bills. Anytime, anywhere.
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We may look back at this game in 2 years as the pivotal game that destroyed the Bills psyche and SB aspirations; the game that was the beginning of the end for them.
I believe that's true right now.
I think it started even before the game.
Exhibit A:
should I feel bad for laughing?