After many months in the pipeline we’re proud to unveil PatsPropaganda’s first official piece of swag, available for purchase here.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/after-many-months-in-the-pipeline-were-proud-to/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oo8YcMUlAY
This is what a 1-15 Patriots team looks like.
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/this-is-what-a-1-15-patriots-team-looks-like/
Kyle Arrington intercepts his fifth pass of the season.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/newenglandpatriotsuk-kyle-arrington-intercepts/
CHFF/Kacsmar: The Packers and the greatest winning streaks in history
CHFF/Kacsmar: The Packers and the greatest winning streaks in history
Lot of Pats stuff in this CHFF article, really shows how impressive they were at winning close games and games when they were behind.
What happened during our time here together for the nine years was special. … A lot of things came together, the alignment of a lot of things: ownership, coaching, players and all the other people, It’s inevitable that things are going to change. I’m not sure why Patriots fans are disillusioned at different times, because they’re gong to be in the hunt every year. They still have great ownership, they still have the best coach in the NFL and there’s a lot of good people there that are finding players. It’s still a special place. Don’t worry, Patriots fans.
Scott Pioli, likely voice of reason
https://www.patspropaganda.com/what-happened-during-our-time-here-together-for/
The Myth of Dominating After Thanksgiving
It seems to be generally accepted that NFL teams should start playing their best football after Thanksgiving, leading to peak performance in the playoffs in January and ultimately a Super Bowl title in February. As if there is a clear progression to be made, that slowly builds to a climax in the big game.
However after looking back at the last 10 Super Bowl champions I found that this line of thinking is somewhat of a myth, especially since the 2006 Colts won the Lombardi Trophy.
Look at these post-Thanksgiving records of the eventual Super Bowl champs:
- ‘10 Packers: 3-3
- ’09 Saints: 3-3
- ’08 Steelers: 5-1
- ’07 Giants: 3-3
- 06 Colts: 3-3
- ’05 Steelers: 4-2
- ’04 Patriots: 5-1
- ’03 Patriots: 6-0
- ’02 Buccaneers: 4-2
- ’01 Patriots: 6-0
While no Super Bowl winner has had a losing record after Turkey Day, in 4 of the last 5 years the Super Bowl champs had just a .500 record in the supposedly all-important final six games of the regular season. And no team other than the ’01 and ’03 Patriots went undefeated from Thanksgiving to the Super Bowl (ahhhh, thank you very much)…
This just goes to show it’s not about peaking right after Thanksgiving or even in late December. It’s about peaking in the playoffs, and putting together 3-4 games of your best football when it’s all on the line. Clearly there’s not as much correlation to which teams are playing well at the end of the regular season to who takes home the grand prize as we might think.
Top 5/Bottom 5 Patriots Defenders
Here’s who Pro Football Focus has ranked as the best and worst Patriots of defense.
Top 5
- Andre Carter – MVP
- Mark Anderson – really coming on lately
- Kyle Arrington – only star of the secondary
- Brandon Spikes – need him back asap
- Jerod Mayo – where are the big plays?
Bottom 5 (first is the worst)
- Gary Guyton – not surprising to me
- Shaun Ellis – most disappointing free agent left
- Philip Adams – big improvement vs. Jets
- Antoine Molden – okay vs. Jets in first start
- Sergio Brown – no longer in the safety mix?