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Originally Posted by The Germanator
Fair enough, you didn't say that the Colts weren't overrated, but you said that the Patriots were overrated. And also, I never said that you said the Colts weren't overrated. I made that remark on my own after seeing what a lackluster game they just had. Plus, that was phrased as a question (a leading question of course), and I see that you agree that they may be overrated. My point is that the Patriots are not.
Basically, I don't understand how you can overrate statistically the BEST NFL TEAM EVER (so far). There's just no comparison, really. That's the top rating you could ever get, and what is there to say that that's incorrect, really? On pace for most points, margin of victory, QB rating, wins, etc ever in a different era where you aren't supposed to be able to build a team like this. Sure, their division is extremely weak, but it's not like they've just sneaked by those teams, they've absolutely dismantled them. They also handled the 8-1 Cowboys, 5-4 Redskins, 5-4 Chargers, rather easily and have beaten the 7-2 Colts on the road despite poor one-sided officiating.
If they struggle against the Steelers or anyone else on their road to what I believe will at least be 14-0 start, then we'll have a discussion. But for now, they are the best team ever, and I don't think any kind of "overratedness"(?) is involved. To me, it's a fact but you can of course disagree.
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the officiating had less of an impact than many like to think. you sound like a bill simmons reader. also, dont forget we had nobody on offense against the chargers. im not saying thats why they played bad (because they did) but it had an awful lot to do with it. we were missing 4 key players including 3 of our top 4 receivers and lost 2 O-Linemen during the game. we had 5 O-Lineman for the 2nd half of that game...including a practice squad player. one more guy goes down, a backup TE would have had to come in and play guard.
this colts team, when healthy, is better than last year's by a noticeable margin (we overachieved big time last year, the opposite of the year before. 2005 colts > 2006 colts). i would put the patriots slightly ahead of them, which to me makes the "best team evar by far!" talk enough to call them overrated. they'll likely win the Superbowl, but I was laughing when people were saying the Colts wouldn't come within 14 points of them.