Five Questions About Team Of The Decade Rankings

2009-06-15T16:27:30-04:00

2009-06-02T14:09:44-04:00

2009-06-15T07:46:41-04:00

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Hippy

Lakewood 356585

43 So Bobcaat, if you're on the fence between the Steelers and the Pats for being the best of the decade why not just say that. You made an elaborate attempt at be cynical toward the Patriots and then said they were one of if not the best team based on this up coming year. As much as it is funny and I do mean hearing everyone talk smack about the Pats is funny, why waffle? If you???re a Steelers fan but respect the Pats say that and move on. If you???re a Steelers fan and just want to try and rip into the Pats then you???re just like every other Joe but with a better vocabulary and maybe a little more education. 5742048

2009-06-15T16:27:30-04:00

bobcat79er

Williamsport 790260

So Bobcaat, if you're on the fence between the Steelers and the Pats for being the best of the decade why not just say that. You made an elaborate attempt at be cynical toward the Patriots and then said they were one of if not the best team based on this up coming year. As much as it is funny and I do mean hearing everyone talk smack about the Pats is funny, why waffle? If you???re a Steelers fan but respect the Pats say that and move on. If you???re a Steelers fan and just want to try and rip into the Pats then you???re just like every other Joe but with a better vocabulary and maybe a little more education.

44 Nah, Hippy, I'm neither a PAT or Steeler fan. BOTH have a great franchise and I respect both. I'm a Cowboy fan. I'm just SO TIRED of all the childish namecalling. I'd rather not rate them for "decade's best" because arguments could be made for AND against both. I'm simply tired of arguing---I'm MELLOW...Gee, maybe I should swap names with you... 5751577

2009-06-15T07:46:41-04:00

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Hippy

Lakewood 356585

2009-06-14T11:28:05-04:00

bobcat79er

Williamsport 790260

42 My sympathies to PATs fans. When you're good for long periods it habors and intensifies feeling of dislike and many will grasp at ANYTHING negative or anything that if twisted around could be PERCEIVED as negative. The smacktalk and constant defending and endless debating grow tiresome, and it makes you wonder sometimes if life would be simpler if you just gave up football and took up stamp collecting (You have The Simpsons and Kiss, but no Abraham Lincoln?? You idiot!). It's football, folks, and alot of us simply enjoy the game. The PATs are a GREAT franchise and have alot to be proud of, and like all teams have a few warts. The Steelers have a great franchise as well, but I'd prefer to let time lend perspective. 5737559

2009-06-12T09:02:19-04:00

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Hippy

Lakewood 356585

41 ALL YOU HATERS: Let me thank you for making us the team of the decade. Yes YOU have helped make us the team of the decade. What defines a team of the decade? A team that all other teams??? circle on their calendar when they come out with the schedule. I bet every one of you haters ???if??? you have the Pats on your schedule have circled that day too. You could loose every other game next year but if you beat the Patriots you would walk away with a sense of accomplishment. The thousands and thousands of post that all you haters put on every article written about the Patriots is a constant reminder how much OUR team gets under your skin. It???s amazing, some of you actually create new profiles with discontent names on them about the Patriots just to show your hate! Another thing that makes us the team of the decade is the fact that (I???m betting) some of you know more players on the Patriots??? team than even your own! The media, the haters, everyone of you outside of us Pats fans remind us every day how much we have gotten under your skin by winning. I???m guessing that if any of your teams had/have won as many rings as we have you would be posting comments for YOUR team and not ours. So once again thank you for showing how New England Patriots is the team of the decade and how you have all made that possible. Have a great day! 5720156

2009-06-12T07:21:13-04:00

Superman4

Lemoyne 87399

40 ",...and last year's opportunistic run through the Tom Brady-less AFC." Implication: Tom Brady healthy and playing is all the Patriots need to win the Super Bowl. Just like they won SB 40, 41, 42,...........oh. Rushmore 5719445

2009-06-12T07:17:26-04:00

Superman4

Lemoyne 87399

39 "and last year's opportunistic run through the Tom Brady-less AFC." Implication: So, if Tom Brady was not injured and played the 2008 season, the Patriots would have won SB 43,...just like they won the past 4 Super Bowls simply because Tom Brady was on the field,.............oh. DFKent 5719402

2009-06-12T01:11:44-04:00

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DScalzo

Va. Beach 478414

38 It goes to the Steelers for one thing. The patties went undefeated in a season only to loose the Superbowl to a team they where heavily favored against. Thank you NY Giants. For that the Giants became my 2ND favorite team beam my beloved fins. 5719170

2009-06-11T14:11:35-04:00

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Hippy

Lakewood 356585

37 Being a Patriot fan all my life I would only let pride get in my way to answer the first question but here goes. To seperate ourselves from the team we love (which New Englanders can't be) and say "how does it look to others?" is almost like disowning your own child if you're a Pat's fan. A Yankees fan, a Jets fan, a Cavs fan would all point and say you've cheated or lied your way to the top. All of which maybe true at least in your eyes, but I will say this.....Being on top ain't too bad of a place to look from....Even when the years pass and we aren't on top...you remind us of the time when we were....for that .....we thank you! As Madonna once said....good press or bad press is still press....That means they're talkin about YOU..... Peace 5712003

2009-06-03T16:23:53-04:00

Pats54

Milton 655625

Well argued Bob B. Sorry, didn't mean to take away Detroit's thunder at No. 32. So it seems about half of you think the Patriots' dominance was tainted. Is that fair to say?

17 Perloff you are a turd, Pats are the best hands down, I like how the rest of the NFL acts like the Patriots are the only team that filmed or stole signals. On a Fox telecast after the Spygate story broke former Cowboys coach Jimmie Johnson said they did the same thing, he said he did not benefit but knew other coaches that did, he said it was a common practice in the NFL. Anyone who thinks the Patriots were the only team to do this is very naive, how bout those Steelers in the 70's, that team (and the league) were riddled with steroids. Hey Perloff, go play with your taint(ed), loser 5624687

2009-06-07T18:37:40-04:00

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Dallas_W

Cincinnati 486454

Perloff you are a turd, Pats are the best hands down, I like how the rest of the NFL acts like the Patriots are the only team that filmed or stole signals. On a Fox telecast after the Spygate story broke former Cowboys coach Jimmie Johnson said they did the same thing, he said he did not benefit but knew other coaches that did, he said it was a common practice in the NFL. Anyone who thinks the Patriots were the only team to do this is very naive, how bout those Steelers in the 70's, that team (and the league) were riddled with steroids. Hey Perloff, go play with your taint(ed), loser

36 Awesome morality lesson, Pats54. It's good to know that cheating is perfectly ok as long as there is anecdotal evidence suggesting other teams cheat as well, all coming from from a person no longer affiliated with any team. 5663385

2009-06-04T13:26:51-04:00

steeler_chris_5

El Cajon 125606

35 Look, I am a die hard member of Steeler Nation but I would have to say that even if the Steelers win the Super Bowl in the 2009 season, I would be hard pressed to put them ahead of the Pats as the team of the decade. Why? Because I still have horrible memories of the 2001 AFC title game, which made Troy Brown into a folk hero, and the 2004 AFC title game, which made Big Ben look like a rookie for one of the few times in the 2004 season. Spygate or not, the Pats won both games and Steelers lost both games. For the Spygate people, the 2001 game, remember 2 of the 3 TDs scored by the Pats were from the worst special teams in the history of the playoffs. No spies needed for that. That and Bill Cowher was outcoached in the 2004 game and Belichick just toyed with the Steelers offense. Having said that, I would love to see the team of the decade debate take a another turn if/when the Steelers win it all in 2009. Black and Gold forever. 5635332

<div class="photo_container image_right" style="width: 300px;"> <div class="photo"><img src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/35661/tom-brady-bill-belichick.jpg" alt="Tom-brady-bill-belichick" /></div> <div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align: left;">Are these innocent, pensive looks or are Tom Brady and Bill Belichick practicing squinting to see the other teams' signals? You decide. :: Getty Images<br /></div> </div> <p>As you'd expect, SI.com's <strong>Don Banks</strong> pretty much nailed it in <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/don_banks/06/01/decade/index.html" target="_blank">his 2000s NFL Team of the Decade rankings</a>, but I have a few questions …  <br /><br />1. Does anyone else feel uneasy about calling the Patriots the team of the decade even though they were caught illegally taping opponents' signals despite explicit warnings from the NFL? Does this call for an asterisk? <br /><br />2. Of the metrics used to determine this list, number of winning seasons could be the most deceiving because it rewards mediocrity. Isn't one Super Bowl trip and nine losing seasons better than 10 years hovering around 8-8?<br /><br />The Broncos had only one losing season this decade, but were they ever a threat to win it all? The 2000-2005 Dolphins always piled up wins in September and October, but disappeared late in the season. <br /><br />3.  The Giants' and Ravens' Super Bowl wins should catapult them over the Eagles. What did Philly really accomplish if they didn't get a ring?<br /><br />4. Would the Steelers have won two Super Bowls this decade if <strong>Tom Brady</strong> hadn’t gotten injured last season? Then again, things would be a lot different without the tuck rule and <strong>David Tyree</strong>’s helmet as well. <br /><br />5. Would anyone have a problem putting the Bengals at No. 32 because of their pathetic off-field legacy from this decade?<br /><br />What do you think of Banks' rankings?</p> 66181 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/397/2/thumb/Perloff.jpg 550 NY

Andrew Perloff

New York 3992