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Rank the Soul-Crushing Losses vs/by the Patriots


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Candidates:

2001 Rams, Superbowl - last second FG win against massive underdog

2004 Colts, Divisional Playoffs - record breaking offense/Peytons MVP season dominated in the snow

2004 Steelers, AFCCG - 15-1 loaded roster with #1 seed, losing at home 

2006 Chargers, Divisional Playoffs - McCree fumble to end the season with a loaded team that likely would have won the SB had he gotten down

2011 Ravens, AFCCG - The Lee Evans drop.  Had great chance to win the SB against a very mediocre Giants team

2012 Jets, MNF -  Buttfumble, beginning of the end of the Sanchez/Rex era

2014 Seahawks, Superbowl - Butler interception

2016 Falcons, Superbowl - 28-3

 

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2006 Colts, AFCCG - blew a 21-6 lead in Indy

2007 Giants, Superbowl - Undefeated season

2009 Ravens, Divisional Playoffs - No Welker = Blowout loss. First playoff blow out loss for Brady, one and done.

2010 Jets, Divisional Playoffs - After winning 45-3 to Jets in regular season laugher, choke away a season where they blew out all four conference championship teams during the season and several other playoff teams

2011 Giants, Superbowl - Lose to Eli again.  Manningham catch

2013 Broncos, AFCCG - Team was held together by ducktape and gum.  Would have gotten blown out by the Seahawks

2015 Broncos, AFCCG - Broncos defense dominates Patriots OL

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7 minutes ago, 808 said:

Need an ego boost I see... lmao

I was going to make two separate threads but instead made one.  

 

3 minutes ago, 808 said:

I'll take the bait. 

February 6, 2005. Super Bowl XXXIX.

Game tied 14-14 to start the 4th quarter. Final score, 24-21. 

Thankfully Sir Paul McCartney had a nice half time performance. 

Losing a superbowl is always rough, but is it really soul crushing to lose to the dynasty Patriots with your best player having a broken leg?

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Just now, tonyto36 said:

Losing a superbowl is always rough, but is it really soul crushing to lose to the dynasty Patriots with your best player having a broken leg?

When your team hadn't been to the Super Bowl since 1980, and never won one before, absolutely yes.

 

 

But for the sake of the poll, it has to be the most recent Super Bowl. 

 

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1 hour ago, tonyto36 said:

Candidates:

2001 Rams, Superbowl - last second FG win against massive underdog

2004 Colts, Divisional Playoffs - record breaking offense/Peytons MVP season dominated in the snow

2004 Steelers, AFCCG - 15-1 loaded roster with #1 seed, losing at home 

2006 Chargers, Divisional Playoffs - McCree fumble to end the season with a loaded team that likely would have won the SB had he gotten down

2011 Ravens, AFCCG - The Lee Evans drop.  Had great chance to win the SB against a very mediocre Giants team

2012 Jets, MNF -  Buttfumble, beginning of the end of the Sanchez/Rex era

2014 Seahawks, Superbowl - Butler interception

2016 Falcons, Superbowl - 28-3

 

Candidates:

2006 Colts, AFCCG - blew a 21-6 lead in Indy

2007 Giants, Superbowl - Undefeated season

2009 Ravens, Divisional Playoffs - No Welker = Blowout loss. First playoff blow out loss for Brady, one and done.

2010 Jets, Divisional Playoffs - After winning 45-3 to Jets in regular season laugher, choke away a season where they blew out all four conference championship teams during the season and several other playoff teams

2011 Giants, Superbowl - Lose to Eli again.  Manningham catch

2013 Broncos, AFCCG - Team was held together by ducktape and gum.  Would have gotten blown out by the Seahawks

2015 Broncos, AFCCG - Broncos defense dominates Patriots OL

Of all those games listed, the worse one is still the surprising Patriots defeat to the Giants in SB 42. It remains the biggest game in New England franchise history, because of the immortality factor. The Patriots lit up that Giants defense in the final regular season game in New Jersey, but whether it was overconfidence or not, the Patriots couldn't execute.  

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3 minutes ago, LaserFocus said:

Of all those games listed, the worse one is still the surprising Patriots defeat to the Giants in SB 42. It remains the biggest game in New England franchise history, because of the immortality factor. The Patriots lit up that Giants defense in the final regular season game in New Jersey, but whether it was overconfidence or not, the Patriots couldn't execute.  

Not really. The Giants probably gave the Patriots one of their 3 toughest games of the year and the Patriots were pretty banged up and not the same team they were the first half of the season and Brady went into that game with a nagging injury. The fact that it took pretty much a perfect game and the Giants still probably only won off  of  luck speaks volumes about how improbable it was. 

Either way I'd say the Tuck Rule is the biggest game in franchise history tbh. Even if the Patriots beat he Giants in 2007 it probably wouldn't even be the signature win of that season let alone franchise history. You'd look back to something like that great Colts game or the nail biter vs the Ravens before that Super Bowl game. It's more important to NFL history because it preserved the Miami perfect season, but that era of Patriots was already immortalized well before that and quite frankly the Brady/Belichick era in it's totality is more important than that single game. Hell that's not even the biggest Super Bowl upset the Patriots were apart of compared to the Rams game.

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Anyways the worst loss vs the Patriots is probably the Seahawks. You're talking about a team that was looking to go into that dynasty territory. As a defensive team being the group that beat Brady and Manning in back to back Super Bowls would have been historic. A second Super Bowl probably makes a lot of the backfield HOF consideration worthy. They become one of the greatest defenses in history that you can put up with the Steel Curtain and 85 Bears. And the way their team imploded after. 

Rams for similar reasons. 

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1 hour ago, LaserFocus said:

Of all those games listed, the worse one is still the surprising Patriots defeat to the Giants in SB 42. It remains the biggest game in New England franchise history, because of the immortality factor. The Patriots lit up that Giants defense in the final regular season game in New Jersey, but whether it was overconfidence or not, the Patriots couldn't execute.  

Not disagreeing.

49 minutes ago, Danger said:

Patriots fans are really annoying TBH. 

Keep it classy Philly fans!

https://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/the-day-they-booed-mcnabb/

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1 minute ago, Danger said:

How is it being unclassy by calling out a fanbase that's notorious for stroking their own ego all the time? 

It's a thread that highlights some of the worst losses in Patriots history.

I have no idea why you're so uppity and insecure.

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