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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 614676"><p>I think the Patriots Super Bowl record in the Brady era is instructive:</p><p></p><p>2001 season: Pats 20, Rams 17</p><p>2003 season: Pats 32, Panthers 29</p><p>2004 season: Pats 24, Eagles 21</p><p>2007 season: Giants 17, Pats 14</p><p>2011 season: Giants 21, Pats 17</p><p>2014 season: Pats 28, Hawks 24</p><p></p><p>So, the Pats scored 24 points or less in 4 of those games. They held the opponent to 24 points or less in 5 of those games.</p><p></p><p>Brady threw for 11 TDs in those 6 games. With 3 TD throws against the Panthers, Brady threw for 8 in the other 5 games going 3-2.</p><p></p><p>In other words, the only dynasty in the post-free agent era has been a QB-driven team, with perhaps the greatest QB to play the game, and they ended up relying on defense to keep the opponent in check with the offense rarely flying high in the big game.</p><p></p><p>With 3 or 4 playoff wins needed for a Championship, the odds are that no matter how good the offense might be there will be a game where it stalls. Playing against Seattle would qualify as a candidate game. So, the odds are the defense will be called upon to keep the opponent in check at one point or another. A late offensive failure in a late 3-and-out simply pales in comparison to the defense surrendering 3 drives for 206 yds, 3 TDs, in a scant 17 plays and 5:46 elapsed time. And that defensive collapse did not hinge in one player or another, one play or another...it was a collective failure.</p><p></p><p>So, the next time Green Bay surrenders 28 points to Seattle, whether they wake up on the wrong side of the bed instead of Wilson doing so, or collapse late as in this most recent game, as with Brady's Super Bowl performances figure there's about a 1 in 6 chance the Packers will come away with the win. Maybe less...while Carolina had a pretty fair defense in that 2003 season, it was not up to the 2014 Seattle standards.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, as with the Cowboys, Giants and 49er's before them, just wait for Seattle to get old and/or injured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 614676"] I think the Patriots Super Bowl record in the Brady era is instructive: 2001 season: Pats 20, Rams 17 2003 season: Pats 32, Panthers 29 2004 season: Pats 24, Eagles 21 2007 season: Giants 17, Pats 14 2011 season: Giants 21, Pats 17 2014 season: Pats 28, Hawks 24 So, the Pats scored 24 points or less in 4 of those games. They held the opponent to 24 points or less in 5 of those games. Brady threw for 11 TDs in those 6 games. With 3 TD throws against the Panthers, Brady threw for 8 in the other 5 games going 3-2. In other words, the only dynasty in the post-free agent era has been a QB-driven team, with perhaps the greatest QB to play the game, and they ended up relying on defense to keep the opponent in check with the offense rarely flying high in the big game. With 3 or 4 playoff wins needed for a Championship, the odds are that no matter how good the offense might be there will be a game where it stalls. Playing against Seattle would qualify as a candidate game. So, the odds are the defense will be called upon to keep the opponent in check at one point or another. A late offensive failure in a late 3-and-out simply pales in comparison to the defense surrendering 3 drives for 206 yds, 3 TDs, in a scant 17 plays and 5:46 elapsed time. And that defensive collapse did not hinge in one player or another, one play or another...it was a collective failure. So, the next time Green Bay surrenders 28 points to Seattle, whether they wake up on the wrong side of the bed instead of Wilson doing so, or collapse late as in this most recent game, as with Brady's Super Bowl performances figure there's about a 1 in 6 chance the Packers will come away with the win. Maybe less...while Carolina had a pretty fair defense in that 2003 season, it was not up to the 2014 Seattle standards. Otherwise, as with the Cowboys, Giants and 49er's before them, just wait for Seattle to get old and/or injured. [/QUOTE]
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