I hope the Patriots go undefeated and win the Super Bowl.

I am sick of seeing the 1972 Dolphins popping Champagne every time a team with a win streak loses. Some good sports huh?

Let's face it. If the 1972 Dolphins played against the 2007 Patriots it would be a blood bath.

Players today are bigger, stronger and faster. The high salaries of today's game has attracted better athletes. Not to mention the performance enhancing drugs that today's NFL'ers are using.

Back in 1972 a lineman weighing over 300 was exceedingly rare. Today it is rare to have one under 300 lbs.

Back in 1972 there were a few Bob Hayes, Harold Jackson speed burner/sprinter type wideouts in the NFL. Today EVERY team has two or three guys who probably can run the 100 yard dash in less than 9.3 seconds or better.

The 72 Dolphins could be good-sports about the whole thing but no, every year we see Bob Kuecheneburger, Mercury Morris, Larry Csonka or even as of three weeks ago Coach Shula speaking trash about the Patriots (last year it was Indy) or whoever is winning.

That's the 1st thing I am going to do after I perfect my Time Machine. I'm gonna bring the 1972 Dolphins to a neutral field with the 2007 Patriots, flip a coin to see by whose's rules we shall play...1972 or 2007. Then we'll play a full game.

2007 Patriots....73

1972 Dolphins....0

This would be one case where I'd love to see the Pats run up the score.

Here's another that would be accurate:

1985 Bears.....48

1972 Dolphins....7

I didn't care if the pats went undefeated until Shula started that classless whining, when the season's barely half over, badmouthing the Pats.

Now I want the Pats to smash his stupid, petty little record which is meaningful only to those Miami players and coach.

There are two chances that New England will go undefeated and that is slim and none. The undefeated Dolphins had Bob Griese, Paul Warfield, Larry Czonka, Jim Langer, Larry Little, Paul Warfield, Nick Buoniconti and Don Shula inducted into the Hall of Fame. They had Jim Kiick and Mercury Morris running along side Czonka. When Griese got injured Earl Morrall step in without missing a beat. New England is one dimensional without a running game to speak of. If Brady gets hurt who will step in to carry New England's torch? Finally, the reason that the so-called weaker NFC has such woeful records is because of the strength of schedule. I doubt if New England would be considered great if the BCS system was used in pro football. Comparing these Patriots to the 1972 Miami Dolphins is akin to believing that Jim Brown was not the greatest running back of all time.

Jim,

What does the strength of the NFC have to do with Pats vs. '72 Dolphins??? That was a random statement.

And, I'm sorry, but if there were an NFL "BCS" system, the Pats would be waaaaaaay ahead of everyone else. In fact at least one of the computer rankings in the BCS (Sagarin) also ranks the NFL teams. In his rankings--updated today--only four teams have more points than 26.00. The Pats have 40.27. The next nearest, Cowboys, have 34.09.

That's the first time I've every heard someone refering favorably to the BCS system. This strength of schedule thing bugs me. The Pats have defeated the division leading Bolts by 24 on the road, the 7-4 Browns by 17, the 10-1 division leading Cowboys on the road by 21, the 9-2 defending superbowl champions by 4 on the road with every call going against them. That's three division leaders by a combined score of 110 to 61 (again, with two of those on the road).

The combined win loss record of their opponents is bad because the Jets and Fins stink. That's two of the 11 games they've played. The other nine teams have combined record of 56-43. And they're crushing teams. Name another team that would have beaten the Eagles the way they played last night.

Besides, I'm registering last night's game as a 10 point win. The pass interference call against Moss on his touchdown reception was even more outrageous than the pass interference call on him in the game in Indy. Absolutely nuts.

Always preview before submitting. The Chargers game was at home.

Just across the wire..........Sean Taylor has been shot in his Miami home by intruders!!!

Considering that at any given point the NFL is a spread of the world's best talent of the day -- forgetting the 'roids and advances in the game, any team is still playing in its era against the league -- The Patriots are slaughtering their peers much more effectively and convincingly than the Dolphins did.

The 72 Dolphins won by an average of 15.3 points per game. That's bolstered by their one Pats-style whooping, a 52-0 slaughter of, yep, the New England Patriots. The 2007 Pats have won by an average of 23.4 points.

Through 11 games, the Pats have been better. But if they don't go perfect and 19-0, the fish can still lay claim to the greatest season. And that could be nearly impossible to match.

Of note: Wikipedia lists the Dolphins Champagne Toast as an urban legend.

The Pats were only a little bit better than mediocre last night. If that had been Green Bay instead of Philly, Brady and Co. would have had their butts kicked. It may still happen-- in the Super Bowl.

shot in the groin. ouch. and ESPN is saying nothing about 'intruders'

Man! what a wasted Sunday night. I cheered for the Eagles for the first (and last) time in my life! Hey, Belichick, it's not so easy winning when you can't cheat is it??? And please, please, stop comparing this team to the '72 Dolphins-that Miami team out shines this New England team in every possible way! Schula's Dophins were as rounded as a team can be-from the coaching to the trainers, to the water/ball boys. I still say that Belichick should be banned from the NFL for life and this team should be forced to forfeit all games since the cheating scandal!

The pats are not the unstoppable force that everyone makes them out to be... the eagles at 5-5 without McNabb showed them up last night and if not for a few dumb mistakes would have beaten them. Their defense has a ton of weak spots and if you can stop moss and keep everything short the eagles showed you can beat the pats no problem. Even if the pats make the superbowl and stay undefeated i still say there is a couple teams that can beat them.

The Packers have the ingredients to beat the Pats. Al Harris has shut down Moss many times in the past, and both he and Woodson have mauled almost every receiver they've seen this year (granted, they lead the league in PI and illegal contact penalties, but they haven't really been burned yet so something is working). Favre has played relatively decently this year, and with Grant's cutting upfield runs you can't just sit in a nickle or dime and expect to have success. If they can beat the Cowboys in Dallas on Thursday, Belichick should probably start gameplanning a repeat of SB XXXI on Friday.

Although I was incredibly surprised by how close the Eagles/Pat's game ended up being I look at it like this...........the Eagles played absolutely out of their shoes on Sunday night. Feeley was making incredible passes even as he was getting pummelled and the Eagle executed nearly every drive perfectly. If the Eagles had been playing any other team that night they probably would have won by a landslide but the fact of the matter is they played the Patriots and as well as they played they still lost. The Patriots on the other hand made some mistakes and most likely underestimated the Eagles and if I had to guess I'd say they may have prepared just a bit less than they typically would for most games. Hopefully they learned their lesson without it costing them the bid for a perfect season and they'll come back with a renewed vengeance next week and everyone will be looking at last nights' surprise as nothing more than an anomaly. GO PATS!!!

The Patriots won't go 16-0; here's why.

If they do go 15-0 somehow, they'll enter the Giants game with lots of media attention and sucking up. Belichick would love to flip the bird at all of them, and the best way to do that would be to play his reserves for the full game, which would lead to a loss and a Patriots team well rested for another Super Bowl run, which is what Belichick really wants.

15-1, I say, 15-1.

Everyone who knows football had to be impressed with A.J. Feeley. The real question is whether wimpy Andy Reid is going to continue to massage Donovan's bloated ego or do the right thing and install Feeley as the number one quarterback. Going back to Donovan McNabb is coaching malpractice.

I'm sure Pats will eat lot of humble pie next week and come out very strong to beat Ravens. Yesterday's match was an example of another solid 60 minutes performance by Pats. They found a way to win and that's what good teams do. Go Pats!!!

Of course the Dolphins are going to drink
champagne if the Patriots lose. What else do
they have to celebrate? Instead of asking whether
or not the Patriots are the best team ever, maybe
we should be asking whether or not the Dolphins
are the worst ever. I thought Dolphins were supposed
to be mammals? They smell like rotten fish!

FEELEY DEFINITELY HAS SOME TALENT. BUT HE NEEDS SOME REFINING. I'VE HEARD THAT WHAT KEPT HIM FROM BECOMING A STARTER QB IS HIS CRUNCH TIME WOES. THAT IS WHAT SEPARATES HIM FROM BRADY, MANNING, ETC...NEW ENGLAND COULD HAVE LOST HAD HE BEEN PATIENT WITH THE PLAY DURING THE LAST 4 MINUTES. AS A NEW ENGLAND FAN, I ADMIT, I THINK PATS COULD HAVE LOST. BUT PATS HUNG IN THERE AND WAITED UNTIL THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY CAME TO ICE THE GAME. LUCKY OR NOT, PATS WORKED HARD ON THIS ONE AND PROVED TO EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE NOT INVINCIBLE. THEY ARE NOT ABOVE NFL AND WINNING #11 IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THEY DONT CRUISE TO VICTORY. EACH WIN IS HARD EARNED. THEREFORE THEY DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED AND NOT HATED.

in comment to the idiot above who says belichick should be banned and pats stripped of wins. yeah lets let murderers and drug dealers play but go after a guy for something he is the "only" one trying. are you that absorbed with your own failings that you wish the same on others. eric mangenius started the taping and knew of it and cried like a baby. now he is getting his and the pats are crushing away.

Sorry The Angry One, but no reserves will start on the last game if the Pats are 15-0. A lot of teams that have already clinched their playoff berth do that and end up losing because tewo weeks of rest for an NFL player is just way too much. And also, you really think Belichick won't try to get his team into a glorious chapter of NFL history? You are really talking a bout a different guy here.
And about the Eagles-Pats game. I don't know what everyone is getting so excited about. Yes, the Pats nearly lost the game but that's it they NEARLY lost it. They played probably their worst game in the season, while the Eagles played their best game of the season. And even so, they managed to win. I think that's scarier than a 56-10 blowout. The 'any given sunday' factor exists and I'm not saying that everyone should take for granted the Pats will end 16-0, but they sure have the skill, schedule and weapons to do so? Do I think they are better than the '72 Dolphins? Well... who cares? Tha conversation goes as far as playing the match on Madden but that's about it

everybody wants to hate on new england.if they aren't that good then who'sgoing to stop them?thats what i thought.once they lose,then you can talk junk.until then just sit back and enjoy the ride.19-0 will be the end result.

The pats won the game! did anyone see any lineman on the eagles get called for holding?
the eagles feely, had the time he needed to
pass. the eagles front line was holding. the referees did a poor job, or the eagles were their favorite! stop calling offencive pass interference on moss. the NFL needs to put more replay cameras all around the field.

Eagles would have won if coach reid wouldn't have decided to score so soon (and feely). it was feeleys 2nd game of the season so hes a bit rusty. If they would have put the ball in the hands of Westbrook the game would have ended with as an upset and a home loss for the Pats. So i ask, do u Pats fans really think use won? i would be ashamed of myself after that game. You can expect the birds to have a season like last year and a freaky deja vu feeling.

2006
McNabb 10 games into season injured.
same thing in 2007

2006
Garcia plays against Colts and looses
2007
Feeley looses to Pats

2006
Win 5 final games to go 10-6
2007
Eagles 5-6 have possibilty of a repeat of last year. Winning 5 straight

ITS A RARE BUT HIGH POSSIBILITY

If birds go to playoffs the only competition is GB and Dallas.

Eagles can take out GB and if we beat Dallas in week 15 we can rematch Pats in superbowl 42

My comment on the Eagles game is that the Pats offense played great. The defense was terrible. No rush, no inside route pass coverage. I am not sure Feely was so great. Brady established against both Indy, Dallas and Philly that he can handle a rush. But the Pats have not established that they can count on one.

tpetu got it exactly right. I'd like to see the
Patriots win out (heck, I'd be happy to see anyone
go undefeated if it means quieting the idiots in
"what have you done lately" Miami). But I'm afraid
the Patriot defense is going to be their Achilles'
heel.