Bond Insurers

[temeculaguy]

And the door is open for football talk……for the second half of the season, that pats have had some close calls and even though they are clearly the best team, there are chinks in the armor that mediocre teams are finding ways to get up on them or give them a game. I am switching my odds of the pats going 19-0 from 80% to 50%. In the last six weeks they beat the Ravens, Eagles and Giants by only a field goal (only the giants are even going to the playoffs). Their road to perfection still has some better teams than those three in the way, in fact every game from here on in for them will be against better teams. It seems every team wants to beat them, even if they don’t win the superbowl, knocking off the pats will give them something to be proud of and emotion is huge in football, that’s why “home field advantage” applies more to football than any other sport.

S.D. I’m afraid the chargers will face the titans because the colts are banged up and will only give the titans half a game. I think it’s a good thing, the brownies are the cinderella story this year, they are the 2007 rockies, facing karma like that can be a bad thing, ask the padres. Allan I’ll agree that the colts are every bit as good as the pats but if they rest their starters or only play a few series it will doom them. The Pats put it all out there tonight and in two weeks it will come back to them, but I think three weeks is tooo long for these guys to be away from the game and I blame the Chargers slow start on Norm sitting everyone in the pre season.

[temeculaguy]

Allan one more thing, Chris Collinsworth is easily the smartest analyst in the business and he said the same thing in the fourth quarter about letting up on a team like the patriots. They didn’t edit the booth very well and I heard a few “oh god, what are you doing” comments that trailed off from him when he saw Coughlin’s call or the Giants corners letting moss go by. I had the feeling that Collinsworth could have coached from the booth and won the game and that he could tell how this one was going to end with a Norv Turner replica at the helm of the Giants. Hopefully Dungy watched the game with commentary and listens to Chris on HBO, I know Norv doesn’t listen but I bet Tony does.

[temeculaguy]

Allan one more thing, Chris Collinsworth is easily the smartest analyst in the business and he said the same thing in the fourth quarter about letting up on a team like the patriots. They didn’t edit the booth very well and I heard a few “oh god, what are you doing” comments that trailed off from him when he saw Coughlin’s call or the Giants corners letting moss go by. I had the feeling that Collinsworth could have coached from the booth and won the game and that he could tell how this one was going to end with a Norv Turner replica at the helm of the Giants. Hopefully Dungy watched the game with commentary and listens to Chris on HBO, I know Norv doesn’t listen but I bet Tony does.

[temeculaguy]

Allan one more thing, Chris Collinsworth is easily the smartest analyst in the business and he said the same thing in the fourth quarter about letting up on a team like the patriots. They didn’t edit the booth very well and I heard a few “oh god, what are you doing” comments that trailed off from him when he saw Coughlin’s call or the Giants corners letting moss go by. I had the feeling that Collinsworth could have coached from the booth and won the game and that he could tell how this one was going to end with a Norv Turner replica at the helm of the Giants. Hopefully Dungy watched the game with commentary and listens to Chris on HBO, I know Norv doesn’t listen but I bet Tony does.

[temeculaguy]

Allan one more thing, Chris Collinsworth is easily the smartest analyst in the business and he said the same thing in the fourth quarter about letting up on a team like the patriots. They didn’t edit the booth very well and I heard a few “oh god, what are you doing” comments that trailed off from him when he saw Coughlin’s call or the Giants corners letting moss go by. I had the feeling that Collinsworth could have coached from the booth and won the game and that he could tell how this one was going to end with a Norv Turner replica at the helm of the Giants. Hopefully Dungy watched the game with commentary and listens to Chris on HBO, I know Norv doesn’t listen but I bet Tony does.

[temeculaguy]

Allan one more thing, Chris Collinsworth is easily the smartest analyst in the business and he said the same thing in the fourth quarter about letting up on a team like the patriots. They didn’t edit the booth very well and I heard a few “oh god, what are you doing” comments that trailed off from him when he saw Coughlin’s call or the Giants corners letting moss go by. I had the feeling that Collinsworth could have coached from the booth and won the game and that he could tell how this one was going to end with a Norv Turner replica at the helm of the Giants. Hopefully Dungy watched the game with commentary and listens to Chris on HBO, I know Norv doesn’t listen but I bet Tony does.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Hey, thank God we haven’t hijacked this thread, too! Well, we at least have plausible deniability because SDR admitted he was going to do it!

That disclaimer out of the way, I would point out (in no particular order): The Colts did beat NE right up until the end and, save a few errant plays, clearly won in all phases of the game. The Giants most definitely watched the Eagles – NE game and applied the same defensive formula (pressure Brady, don’t allow WRs to get a clean release).

You can run on these guys. The Ravens did it quite effectively. That was another game where Billick had them on the ropes and they let up. You cannot do it with a team this good. They are a battle-hardened, veteran team and totally ruthless. I pointed out to my wife that (imho) the key difference between Manning and Brady is that Manning is a nice guy. Brady isn’t. He is very cold and calculating and merciless.

They aren’t invincible, though, and as the season moves on the chinks in the armor are more apparent, as TG pointed out.

Cris Collinsworth is definitely one of the best analysts out there. I also like Dan Dierdorf. He has a no-nonsense, player-derived perspective that I enjoy. I think John Madden has gone insane, or at least senile. Someone out to take that telestrator away from him before he hurts someone.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Hey, thank God we haven’t hijacked this thread, too! Well, we at least have plausible deniability because SDR admitted he was going to do it!

That disclaimer out of the way, I would point out (in no particular order): The Colts did beat NE right up until the end and, save a few errant plays, clearly won in all phases of the game. The Giants most definitely watched the Eagles – NE game and applied the same defensive formula (pressure Brady, don’t allow WRs to get a clean release).

You can run on these guys. The Ravens did it quite effectively. That was another game where Billick had them on the ropes and they let up. You cannot do it with a team this good. They are a battle-hardened, veteran team and totally ruthless. I pointed out to my wife that (imho) the key difference between Manning and Brady is that Manning is a nice guy. Brady isn’t. He is very cold and calculating and merciless.

They aren’t invincible, though, and as the season moves on the chinks in the armor are more apparent, as TG pointed out.

Cris Collinsworth is definitely one of the best analysts out there. I also like Dan Dierdorf. He has a no-nonsense, player-derived perspective that I enjoy. I think John Madden has gone insane, or at least senile. Someone out to take that telestrator away from him before he hurts someone.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Hey, thank God we haven’t hijacked this thread, too! Well, we at least have plausible deniability because SDR admitted he was going to do it!

That disclaimer out of the way, I would point out (in no particular order): The Colts did beat NE right up until the end and, save a few errant plays, clearly won in all phases of the game. The Giants most definitely watched the Eagles – NE game and applied the same defensive formula (pressure Brady, don’t allow WRs to get a clean release).

You can run on these guys. The Ravens did it quite effectively. That was another game where Billick had them on the ropes and they let up. You cannot do it with a team this good. They are a battle-hardened, veteran team and totally ruthless. I pointed out to my wife that (imho) the key difference between Manning and Brady is that Manning is a nice guy. Brady isn’t. He is very cold and calculating and merciless.

They aren’t invincible, though, and as the season moves on the chinks in the armor are more apparent, as TG pointed out.

Cris Collinsworth is definitely one of the best analysts out there. I also like Dan Dierdorf. He has a no-nonsense, player-derived perspective that I enjoy. I think John Madden has gone insane, or at least senile. Someone out to take that telestrator away from him before he hurts someone.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Hey, thank God we haven’t hijacked this thread, too! Well, we at least have plausible deniability because SDR admitted he was going to do it!

That disclaimer out of the way, I would point out (in no particular order): The Colts did beat NE right up until the end and, save a few errant plays, clearly won in all phases of the game. The Giants most definitely watched the Eagles – NE game and applied the same defensive formula (pressure Brady, don’t allow WRs to get a clean release).

You can run on these guys. The Ravens did it quite effectively. That was another game where Billick had them on the ropes and they let up. You cannot do it with a team this good. They are a battle-hardened, veteran team and totally ruthless. I pointed out to my wife that (imho) the key difference between Manning and Brady is that Manning is a nice guy. Brady isn’t. He is very cold and calculating and merciless.

They aren’t invincible, though, and as the season moves on the chinks in the armor are more apparent, as TG pointed out.

Cris Collinsworth is definitely one of the best analysts out there. I also like Dan Dierdorf. He has a no-nonsense, player-derived perspective that I enjoy. I think John Madden has gone insane, or at least senile. Someone out to take that telestrator away from him before he hurts someone.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

TG: Hey, thank God we haven’t hijacked this thread, too! Well, we at least have plausible deniability because SDR admitted he was going to do it!

That disclaimer out of the way, I would point out (in no particular order): The Colts did beat NE right up until the end and, save a few errant plays, clearly won in all phases of the game. The Giants most definitely watched the Eagles – NE game and applied the same defensive formula (pressure Brady, don’t allow WRs to get a clean release).

You can run on these guys. The Ravens did it quite effectively. That was another game where Billick had them on the ropes and they let up. You cannot do it with a team this good. They are a battle-hardened, veteran team and totally ruthless. I pointed out to my wife that (imho) the key difference between Manning and Brady is that Manning is a nice guy. Brady isn’t. He is very cold and calculating and merciless.

They aren’t invincible, though, and as the season moves on the chinks in the armor are more apparent, as TG pointed out.

Cris Collinsworth is definitely one of the best analysts out there. I also like Dan Dierdorf. He has a no-nonsense, player-derived perspective that I enjoy. I think John Madden has gone insane, or at least senile. Someone out to take that telestrator away from him before he hurts someone.

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