Quote:No, not at all, Amendola is no replacement for Welker, and Hernandez was expected to be on the roster. Wheteher lost to FA, hurt in pre-season, in a game, or thrown in jail ... it took players that were Playmakers away from the Patriots. They also had a rash of injuries.

 

The Colts have lost good players to FA, so it happens. Just making note that the Patriots were severly thinned out at playmakers, and they still find a way to win. Dang, I am trying to think of their RB that has been in & out this season. Oh well.

 

 

 

But the Patriots still won most of their games, even when Brady looked like crap.

 

 

On the BB discussion, I think the 2001 Patriots team was a pretty good team, I think Bledsoe was holding that team back at that point in his career. You could watch that team, and swear they were lousy, and Brady made a huge difference ... The O-Line couldn't block a Turtle with Bledsoe under center. I don't mean to knock on Bledsoe, he had his games where he looked like he was the best QB in the league, but he was far far from it. I'm going with 2013 as BB best coaching job. Every decision he makes this season seems to be the right one.

 

Erm... Many Pats fans are more pleased with Amendola than they are with Welker. Pats fan on one of the Colts boards that I frequent said they liked Welker & wanted him to stay, but he dropped a lot of passes in crucial moments. He says that Amendola has filled in better than Welker, only problem is he does have an injury past.

 

Also, you state that Brady won most of those games.... So has Andrew Luck. Despite what everyones been talking about how "the Colts are doomed because of their play the last 4 weeks".... We've won 2 of those games. We're 7-4, Patriots are 8-3.

 

Patriots losses on offense don't even come close to the losses the Colts have had on offense and to think so is INSANE.

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