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lol

Great, great pitcher. Could have been even better had he not missed some of what would have been some of his better years from the war. Also, from what I remember reading, he sustained lots of injuries after his return. They say he threw 100 mph, which may not be true, but it's still impressive to think that he probably was in a league of his own in terms of fastball velocity back in the day.

I think it's partially because of a lack of trust in his defense. I think every coach with a good offense, but also a good defense, does the punt. BB doesn't anymore, even though he used to, which goes back to what I said about them not reverting to old-school Patriots football. Also, you have to know, one of the biggest no-nos in coaching is going for it on 4th down. You should be able to trust your offense to go for it if the occasion rises, but BB has gone for it while ahead by more than a field goal, which is completely unnecessary if you trust your defense. Nothing, it's a discussion board, so we discuss it. Also, do you think that a the Patriots would be better as they are right now, or with a 100%, fully motivated Randy Moss? I had no idea until I actually saw him play that he was playing like that again. He was like a void in the receiving corps.

Two things: They're not a solid, or even adequate defensive unit. They're still bad. Dojji says "young", but that's counting your chickens before they hatch. At the moment, the defense is bad, and that's being very generous, they're one of the worst units in the NFL. They're flawed, but they're not getting better yet. Getting better means they've turned the corner for good, if next year they're somewhere in the middle of the pack defensively, once again I'll admit they were young, and undeveloped. Right now, they're just not very good. I'm not one to evaluate based on potentials. Finally, they have absolutely not reverted to their 2001-2004 philosophy. They're offensive minded. They move the ball well. Why do you think BB keeps going for it on 4th downs? In fact, I believe YH213 (I'm not ragging on him, for once, he was the only person who originally expected the Patriots to be better without Moss) said that it was because BB trusts his offense more than his defense these days. You can revert to an old philosophy if you're doing the exact opposite as the previous philosophy, it doesn't make sense.

Who wants to read your biased garbage. I thought even you would admit that the Sox have taken a step forward, but you not only didn't do that, you also seem to think that they've taken a step back. Not only did you completely miss on the catcher comparison, but you cherrypicked stats that make it almost seem like you might be right. For example, Gonzo's OPS, while you fail to acknowledge he played in the pitcher's division to end all pitcher's divisions, trying to use Cameron's 2009 season, etc. Fail analysis doc, it's not a tumah.

Just hope he doesn't put Guerrier in vs. the Yankees like Gardy does.

I'm getting a Cardrian Goncrawfez jersey.

Nothing's ever locked up, but they're definitely going to be able to hold their own with the Yankees.

17 million for Jeter, with less everything.

the speed doesn't diminish, the ability to drive the ball does.

It doesn't ever really make sense to overpay, ever. Unless you have no limits, like the Yankees.

This. Crawford is good, but Jesus, 20 mil is ridiculous. 20 mil should be the price of someone like Crawford, but who hits 30 home runs.

I'm not a gold digger

Derek Jeter is extremely overpaid.

the Sox are totally going crazy with the money. I dig it.

Youk is bootylicious.

Waaaaattttt?????

Wat.

You can't coach players to play this well, otherwise the 2008 Patriots might have had a chance. You're giving Belichick (Who I believe will someday retire the greatest coach in NFL history, btw) entirely too much credit. Coaching does not turn you from a nobody, into an above-average player. No one predicted your TE or your WR or two RB would have this level of production. Did you ever calculate this growth, or expect it to this level? Legitimate question, I don't think anyone did. You'll always be given a solid team with those two, you are correct. But this is beyond what anyone could have expected.