Slander wrote:Amen brother! I am so sick about hearing how Great the Patriots are! Oh really do people realize Miami went unbeaten without their hall of fame quarterback Bob Griese most of the way. Could you imagine Brady going down? Where would the Pats be? These group of Patties would be beaten handially by the 72 dolphins or 85 bears. The Patriots are a fraud and also a testament to how watered down the NFL has become.
It's one thing to be sick of hearing about how great any one team is. Nobody, including me, likes it. The reality is that it's the media that creates all hated teams, because of their endless coverage of one team or another. As for the Patriots being "beaten handily" by the 72 Dolphins or 85 Bears...You're simply talking out your asshole! The reality is that NOBODY knows what team would beat another, from a different era. I know this...the players of 2007 are far bigger and far faster than human beings were 35 years ago! That's a fact! I will give the 72 Dolphins credit for winning with a backup QB, and that's about it! The 72 Dolphins had one guy on their team over 270lbs (and he was 272), and they had a PUSSY schedule! Their opponents winning percentage the year the vaunted Dolphins went undefeated was a whopping THIRTY FIVE PERCENT! I think this season's version of the Dolphins would have been .500 if they were able to play that pussy of a schedule! That team was a FRAUD, with Griese or without him! Those old fucks need to stop waxing poetic about how great their team was and accept the reality that they were the beneficiaries of the easiest schedule on the planet! As for the NFL being watered down...There are more teams in the NFL with over 10 wins this season, than there were in 1972. Even though there are more teams in 2007, if you do it on a percentage basis, the win-loss records of the 72 NFL was no better than the 2007 NFL!
As far as the 85 Bears...I can speak about that team, with much more knowledge, as I saw most of their games. The 85 Bears team was the best defense that I ever saw in my life. That said, Mike Ditka (who coached the damn team) said they would have a shitload of trouble with this year's Patriots team! The 85 Bears had a great defensive line and the great Mike Singletary at linebacker, but they had NOBODY in their secondary. If you think that piss-poor secondary was covering the likes of Randy Moss, Wes Welker, and Donte Stallworth, you're delusional! Also, the 85 Bears team was not a very prolific offense. They relied upon the great Walter Payton, who was at the end of his career, in 1985. Their leading receiver in 1985 was Payton (a running back) with 49 catches! Willie Gault and Dennis McKinnon were the Bears' starting wide receivers. They had 33 and 31 catches, respectively, and had 1200 yards receiving, between both of them! McKinnon caught 7 touchdowns, and Gault had a whopping ONE! That is an embarrassing receiving core! Jim McMahon had a whopping 2300 yards passing and 15 touchdowns during that season! Just for some perspective on that, Joey Harrington and Damon Huard will both have more passing yards than McMahon had in 1985, so let's not make McMahon anything more than he was...a VERY average QB! While I respect the hell out of the 1985 Bears defense, their offense would NEVER score enough points to have any shot against this year's Patriots team! As I've said numerous times, I'm VERY okay with the world hating the Patriots. Just don't make completely moronic statements that are based on nothing but your imagination! At least bring some facts to the table!
John from Boston
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:41 am
