Quote:Are you forgetting the Broncos have three former Jaguars? The Patriots can't say that about their roster.

 

Yeah, and I disliked 2 of the 3. (Knighton is the only one I like). 

 

And that matters little....I can't stand Manning. That trumps all for me. 

 

Quote:Patriots have long been a thorn in the Jags side.  Not sure why anyone would choose them over the Broncos.

 

Personally enjoy watching Tom Brady cry after losing.

 

Peyton Manning has been a thorn in the Jags side more so than the Patriots. Him being in the division from 2002-2010 contributed significantly to us not ever winning it. Thus making us have to settle for wild card seeds the both years we made the playoffs in that span. Maybe if we would have won the division and gotten a bye, we would have not had to face the Patriots in the playoffs, or at worst faced them at home. Besides, once again you misplace your anger. Jack Del Rio and his simple defense was a big reason we always lost to them. I remember in one of the games Brady picked apart Jacks D to the tune of a record setting 24-26 for 92% completion rate. Jack refused to blitz him and instead got nickled and dimed to death. 

 

Also, if Peyton Manning would have taken care of business in 1999 at home vs the Tacks, maybe we'd have made that SB that year, as at that point we weren't yet owned by the Colts. Coughlin probably would have fared better vs that team than the Titans in the AFCC in 1999. The Titans were in our heads. So thats another reason to  root against Manning. 

 

While the Patriots knocked us out of the playoffs 3x, we also knocked them out once. People forget that. 

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