If Tom Brady doesn't get hurt in 08'...

NextBigThing · Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 15886 Location: Tuck Rule FTW

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hahaha for real.

We lost the jets game in overtime, and barely lost to the colts. With Brady those are easy wins.

13 wins at least. Probably lose the Miami wild cat game.

15-1.

DirtyDez · Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:01 pm Post subject:

x0x · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 13903 Location: Oh Canada

You guys realize the Cards improved tremendously in the post-season AND would not have played in the snow.

I believe one of the highlight topics of the Boston Beatdown was how numerous Cardinals players had never played an NFL game in the snow.....
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anteros77 · Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 376

I can only imagine it would have somehow set off some series of events where the Giants somehow make the Superbowl instead of the Cards and beat them again.

Troy Brown · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:34 am Post subject:

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Oh come on, there's no way you really think Matt Cassel could have won a playoff game? Laughing

Troy Brown · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:08 am Post subject:

I do think the Patriots could have won a playoff game that year, yes. No, I don't believe Matt Cassel alone would have won a playoff game.
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Troy Brown · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:42 am Post subject:

Ok, let me just take your word for it.

Regardless of who they played, after the Steelers game, they played a complete game in all phases of the game. They also outscored those 4 teams by a total of 79 points. You forget how weak the AFC was that year. I exaggerated when I said "no one wanted to play the Patriots" but the only team anyone should have been truly afraid of that year were the Titans.

I don't think the Pats that year were much worse than the Colts. On par with the Ravens. Better than the Chargers or Dolphins.

That's beside the point, though. We don't penalize teams for destroying teams they're supposed to. That is, by definition, being hot. Teams in the NFL did not want to go into Gillette and face a Bill Belichick team when it appears they've figured out a consistent game, without all of the players they had lost throughout the year.
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UKpantherfan · Joined: 05 Oct 2011 Posts: 147 Location: Newcastle

If Brady didn't get hurt, Cassel wouldn't have played enough to earn a starting job down the line so the Chiefs have to draft a QB in 09 - do they end up with Sanchez, Josh Freeman, or skipping the position entirely in what turned out to be a very weak QB class. Maybe the Chiefs wait til '10 and take Sam Bradford or Tim "2nd QB off the board" Tebow.

With Tebow in Kansas, Denver end up picking the next QB on the board, Jimmy Clausen or Colt McCoy.

With Clausen in Denver, Carolina daft next QB available and has a season with John Skelton or Mike Kafka at the helm, which would have been infinitely better than Clausen and would have put them out of contention for Cam. This would in turn see the Panthers go with Blaine Gabbert, Andy Dalton or CK7.

So if Brady didn't get hurt, Tim Tebow could have been the face of the Kansas City Chiefs and CK7 could have ended up QB of the Carolina Panthers.

Hmmmmmmmm.

Please note a huge degree of Wink

here...
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x0x · Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 13903 Location: Oh Canada

That year in the AFC East was funky for several reasons. Not least of which is the Jets collapse.

If the Jets had beaten Miami and Seattle to end the year, they'd have won the division at 11-5.

I don't know how the tiebreaks work if Miami isn't in the picture. Would the Pats have made 6th seed over Baltimore?

Let's assume the playoff seedings turn out like this:

1. Titans
2. Steelers
3. Jets
4. Chargers
5. Colts
6. Patriots

That would be one hell of a matchup in the wildcard round. If the Pats had won they'd have faced the #1 seeded Titans and probably win that game, setting up a Steelers vs. Pats showdown.

I'm not sure how to factor in the drubbing they took from Pittsburgh earlier in the year, but I don't see why it would be an unwinnable game.
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mozwanted · Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 16718

Pats still dont win a superbowl.