First off, I love Big Ben and love Mike Tomlin.
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!!!deleted!!! (738999) — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 08:56 PM)
First off, I love Big Ben and love Mike Tomlin.
But here's why the Patriots are better. They play well in the cold and are able to make in-game adjustments, and Pittsburgh is on the road and has zero success in Foxboro and usually has a one-game strategy. Yes, say what you willMike Tomlin can call Tom Brady and Belichik a-holes and Trump supporters (though it's still unclear as to why anyone with common sense would vote for a woman with who should be a convicted felon and jeopardized our national security on at least 55,000 times through her private email account, which was also used as a pay-for-play scam to blackmail foreign officials, blackmailed women in the 90s regarding her husband and should have actually been indicted twice then, is on video tape bragging about defending and getting the rapist of a 12-year-old girl free as a lawyer, and about literally 125 other scandals that are on the record, but that's another story).
Brady and Belichik can beat you in 17 different ways. They can switch strategies and game plans 180 degrees in any quarter, whereas Pittsburgh has one strategy and has to stick with it. It's not a knock against Big Ben and Tomlinbecause I love thembut I don't think they have what it takes to defeat the Pats.
A possible scenario: The Steelers lead 14-10 at halftime. Perhaps the Patriots are going to a single-back, running mode in the first half that features either Blount or White. If this is not working, they'll just spread it out in the second half and open up with a shotgun, five-receiver formation and just throw it all across the field. I don't think the Steelers will be totally stunned by this, but I don't think they can adjust as well as New England can.
I also think that the home field advantage is something to be considered. Brady never loses at home. Yes, there was the game with the Jets a few years ago, but that was an aberration, but he's got an something like an 85% winning percentage in Foxboro in the playoffs. I think that if Pittsburgh starts to fall, they'll fall hard. I hope for a great, classic game, but I ultimately think Big Ben will lose to the Pats in the second half. That New England cold will be too tough to handle!
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AH_Fan — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 10:29 PM)
Brady and Belichik can beat you in 17 different ways. They can switch strategies and game plans 180 degrees in any quarter
Yes, after Von Miller and the Broncos' defense gave Brady a beating in the 1st half of the AFC Championship Game last season, Belicheat made the halftime adjustments to stop Miller and the Broncos' defense from beating up Brady in the 2nd half, right?
Brady never loses at home. Yes, there was the game with the Jets a few years ago, but that was an aberration
2012 AFC Championship Game. Ravens won in Foxboro.
That New England cold will be too tough to handle!
Sure. Because it never gets cold in Pittsburgh, right?