patriotsheatyan Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 If allowed a rematch, which games are most likely to go differently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crickett Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 A would say quite a few of them that didn't result in a complete blow out. A rematch would allow the losing team to assess what went wrong and adjust to the team they just lost to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The ones that were close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmillion83 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 A lot of close ones were heartbreaking enough that I'm not sure some teams could recover so it's a tough question. I'd probably look at examples of teams that didn't play their best ball that day instead of that crushing last minute defeat. In recent memory, I don't think it was Carolina's day vs Denver and think Cam and company would adjust and beat Peyton in a rematch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp6488 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I think Giants/Pats in 2007 is the easy one. Giants were well-constructed for this matchup, but I still think this fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The two biggest upsets the Patriots were in. 2001 vs Rams (Pats basically needed a perfect game) and 2007 vs the Giants (Giants defense deserves a ton of credit, but the Pats were intent on forcing big plays all game and a more intermediate pass game would have done alot to take pressure off Brady)- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I think it’d go differently majority of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Seahawks v Broncos, Raiders v Bucs, and Ravens v Giants are the only ones in my lifetime that I think pretty much always go the way they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Yin-Yang said: I think it’d go differently majority of the time. I actually agree with this. Even in some of the more thorough blowouts, a hard reset and both teams allowed to re-evaluate their gameplan would lead to a different outcome. The few games where you wouldn't see that? Probably some lopsided affairs like Dallas in 1992 (52-17 over Buffalo) or San Francisco in 1990 (vs Denver, 55-10) where one team was completely dominant over the other in every aspect of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancerman Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 10 hours ago, ET80 said: I actually agree with this. Even in some of the more thorough blowouts, a hard reset and both teams allowed to re-evaluate their gameplan would lead to a different outcome. The few games where you wouldn't see that? Probably some lopsided affairs like Dallas in 1992 (52-17 over Buffalo) or San Francisco in 1990 (vs Denver, 55-10) where one team was completely dominant over the other in every aspect of the game. In recent years maybe. That wasn’t always the case. Super Bowl 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 48. All of those were unlikely to go the other way if you played them again. There was a decent enough margin. We got a lot of incredibly close ones from the Rams vs Titans to the present with maybe only a couple one sided affairs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 11 hours ago, Malik said: Seahawks v Broncos, Raiders v Bucs, and Ravens v Giants are the only ones in my lifetime that I think pretty much always go the way they do. The first two were due to horrible game planning by the losing team, especially Raiders/Bucs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crickett Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, Elky said: The first two were due to horrible game planning by the losing team, especially Raiders/Bucs. Given their coaching staff, if they had a do-over, I don't think the Raiders game plan would have been any better. Gruden had the Raiders' number, and by the Raiders' number I mean the Raiders' playbook. Because it was his playbook that he made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom cody Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The Falcons probably don't give up the 28-3 lead they had vs. the Patriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Super Bowl XXXIX McNabb was sick, among other things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Austin Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Steelers/Seahawks, Rams/Patriots, Giants/Bills, Colts/Jets I don't know if Giants/Patriots would have a different outcome. The Giants seemed to match up well against them. I think if they had a rematch. I still think NY would beat them. I mean they beat them in SB 46; regular season game that season, and almost beat them in the 07 finale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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