Figured I’d play beat the trolls/haters and get on here quick.  As the coach will tell us all, they were outplayed in all 3 phases of the game.  Out coached, out hustled and failed to execute at key points in the game.  Ravens came to play and they deserved to win this game.  It hurts, but it’s only a game.  Bruins on at 1pm tomorrow, so there’s that.  Ok, I’m sure the trolls are lubed up and ready to spew some of there pent up hate…..let it go now, we can take it.  Your turn Johnny

Ok, Here we go. . . Welker royally screwed us again, not a guaranteed touchdown on that drive but him dropping that pass was a 10-14 point swing for Baltimore. Number 1 offense in the NFL looked awful. Is there a reason Brady can’t play against the Ravens and Giants? Once Talib got hurt that pretty much guaranteed a Ravens win, Patriots defense looks completely different with Talib on the field. Pollard is a dirty player I don’t care what anybody says, he has cause 3 Patriots injuries on 2 different teams all of which cost us games afterwards. If all of this was not bad enough, now I have to hear about the stupid Harbaugh Bowl for the next 2 weeks, THX Pats! Now whoever put that Ray Lewis retirement party Billboard up please take your idiotic self out of the house and remove that thing immediately. GO NINERS!!! Remember Ray Lewis is a murderer and does not deserve to win the superbowl.

Is it true that Ray Lewis during halftime gave his whole team bj’s? It was reported that Lewis was involved in some sort of Bukkake situation during halftime…..Oh well there is always next year, And good news Ray Lewis will be retired so the Pats won’t have to worry about the Ravens, But with there luck they will get to the superbowl and so will the Giants. We all know how that ends =/

Thank god the pats ran all over Baltimore. Otherwise, they would have been in big trouble

I hate to say it but Ravens were the better team. They beat Indy, then beat Denver and the Pats on the road. The deserve to go to SB. The offense was non-existant. Anytime a team plays this offense physically it folds. Better luck next year. 

quite simply we didn’t deserve to win…. no two ways around it…. The Patriots are my favorite team on Earth but they were just flat out terrible today. I can’t stand Flacco and this drama queen performance Ray Lewis is putting on is starting to annoy me… Go 49ers!

Once Talib left the game, the whole thing changed.  Shows me that the Pats need to get some more experienced CB’s, a Strong Safety, a friggin pass rush, get bigger on the O-line, and get a little bigger at WR.  Someone with glue for hands. How many big games have you seen Welker drop a key pass he easily could have had???  On another note, why wasn’t Pollard flagged for the cheap helmet shot on Ridley that caused the fumble?  I hope he gets his someday.

Patriot fans were right it was a blowout, Brady looked awful, 0 points in the second half, the Patriots haven’t won a super bowl since spygate. Well at least they didn’t lose there 3 super bowl in the last three trips. Ray Lewis was never convicted of murder. The Patriots on the other hand were fined a half a million dollars for cheating

bad ,bad,game, worst tackling, no rush, Tom ?? Wes ????? , and the out coached Bill. It seem to me that the Pats thought they had to be on the field to win, they recieved evey thing they got!!

Big Game Chokers Can we finally stop being so over-confident. Some Pats fans are too giddy and it makes us all look like A-holes. Besides better to lose now than get embarresed in the SB by the 49ers. How do you score 13 points at home in the biggest game of the year? Back to school Belichick.

1. Talib going out dated the defense back to week 3. I was nervous there and now I know why
2. Drops. Why does Welker all of a sudden drop key passes??
3. Time management!! WTF was that at the end of the half. 17-7 was right there for the taking
4. BB needs to quit building his team with jags. Spend money on GOOD players and not these cast-offs
5. Throw out the offensive playbook. The dink and dunk doesnt work anymore. PLAYMAKERS on offense are whats needed. Need guys that can catch balls 25+yards down the field in all areas of the field
6. The offense continues year by year by year since 06 to falter in the playoffs and not do what they need to do and cost the team.
7. Get a REAL kick returner
8. Start putting a team on the field that can win 35-31 OR 20-17 like in 01-02-03-04-05

…more to come

9. NO MORE GRONK ON EXTRA POINTS

The mighty Patriots,a total beatdown, and now coach Bill will crawl under some rock and not talk to anybody, what great sportsmanship

Someone needs to put a bounty on Pollard’s head. Enough is enough. 

Time to take off the rose colored glasses.Tom Brady is not what he is cracked up to be in big games

10. The Patriots OWNED filed position in the 1st half and did NOTHING!! How can a offense this good start every drive inside the Ravens 50 and not have AT LEAST 20 points? Its a joke. Time to spend money and get big players. Dwayne Bowe is a FA. Give him what he wants

NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, HEY HEY HEY, GOODBYE!!

Not sure what you are replying to but here is my reply to your idiotic comments. I understand your need to bring up spygate because like every butt hurt loser in the NFL that is the only thing they have on the Patriots. I also understand it is easy to hate a team that wins so much. PS: OJ Simpson was never convicted of murder either, bad argument.

NFL is fixed.  The Ravens were a joke and then all of a sudden Lewis said hes retiring and now their in the SB. Its a rigged league

I’m just shaking my head. The second half was pretty surreal. Was that Kansas City I was watching?

You are right…The NFL told Brady to look putrid

I agree with most of your points. Patriots never really had a deep threat till Randy Moss and that never got us a championship. I agree 100% they need more playmakers, not on offense but Defense, In order to win close games you need a good defense. I believe Talib getting hurt is what did us in. I think Patriots are one great corner and a good safety and a Healthy Chandler Jones away from being a top 10 defense.

We will be back here next year while whoever you root for probably won’t, Enjoy this one happy filled moment of your life until you have to go back to real life where everything sucks for you.

Bill has not been the same coach in winning the big game since he cannot spy on teams anymore. Real great sportsman as well in not granting an interview. No way is Tom Brady better than Joe Montana. Joe Montana won the big game. Brady does not do that.

Ravens look tired in the 4th quarter from getting all of those 1st downs. Flacco outplays Brady again and Welker was big game as usual. How about that time management at the end of the 1st half….Sorry you arrogant jerks and Boomer who was drinking again on the set. What a loser.

Agree 100%… Hasn’t put this team on his back in a big game since the Carolina Super Bowl.

No doubt about it…it is only a game…people need to get a life….the seasons over and now we turn to the bruins , celtics and red sox

Your right those 3 superbowls the Patriots won were clearly all because Belichick was a super secret spy and after they realized he led a double life the Patriots were no longer a great team. Remeber Tom Brady is a fluke and great play away from being 5-0 in superbowls. so post-spygate he went to superbowl twice and almost won both, clearly the Super secret spy thing helped them out in the past.

 I also understand it is easy to hate a team that wins so much. Except big games lately TBF. Sorry I know
it hurts. It’ not your fault……………  It’s not your fault……………… It’s not your fault.

at least we have the red sox – ahahahahahahahahahahaha.
my bet is that we’re sore losers.

 Spygate isn’t why they haven’t won since.  Blame that on bad defense and dropped passes.

Patriots just didn’t come to play today. Not the coaches, not the offense, not the defense, not the special teams, not the coordinators. Patriots choked at HOME in front of their fans. It’s that simple. A shameful performance. Seems this is getting to be their post season style. Pollard is a dirty player and the NFL needs to address his style of play. He takes too many players out. Why the NFL allows all these injuries is beyond me. It’s one thing to be physical. It’s another thing to intentionally try to hurt players. Welker is getting a reputation for dropping to many post season passes. Great player. Having problems in post season play. Very poor performance by Patriots tonight. It starts with Belichick and Brady. Tough defenses kill the Patriots now.

 Agreed on all points.

The 2 Tight ends are great….when you have them both healthy!!  Gronks health going forward is a concern to me.  especially when the games matter most – in the playoffs.

 Other than improving the ofeensive line, I would rather see the Pats sink their big money into the defense.  Enough with this stupid offense first, defense second approach.  those teams rarely win the big ones.

Nothing quite like watching the team your team ( in my case obviously the Patriots) do everything conceivably possible short of actually walking off the field – to lose a game. Though I noticed a change in the defense when Talib went out – I noticed the biggest momentum shift when Welker dropped the drive saver and likely points and as momentum and the lack of defense through most of the second half would have it .. the game.

Belichik on not using the time-out earlier at the end of the half  “We were playing for the 3 there”.
WTF?    That being said, time to upgrade the receiving corps.  Welker not a #1. Great WR but tonight proves again he needs help.  So thin at WR.  Lloyd useless per usual.  3rd and short playcalling was atrocious.

I never thought i would say this but i wish Belichick and Brady would just go away already, i’m sick of the heartache EVERY year since 05

 Go back and look how loaded and dominant those 49ers teams were.  Many of those superbowl wins were lopsided for Montana.  I still regard him as the best, always will.  As for Brady, he is a great player, but I think we foolishly got caught up in the success and giving him all the credit for it. As for spygate – its over rated.  The reason why they haven’t won since is a team built for the regular season and not the playoffs.  The defense has been flawed and has been second fiddle to the offense for around 8 years now.  Build a better defense and it’s a different story.

Why is everyone blaming welker. Sure he didnt catch another catchable ball in a big spot, but Tom didn’t play
all that great either. Let’s spread the blame pie arould a little.

Let me get this straight, Tim Tebow who is on the 1st team all religous gets to be a 3rd string QB on the Jets, and Ray Lewis who is on the 1st degree all murders gets to go to the superbowl? I don’t know about this whole god thing anymore.

offense line not an issue, defense is. I agree in order to win big/close games you need top 10 defense.

Does it bother you that the Pats got further than the Packers? You sound pretty bitter to me…..

This sucks from my view in California!

right because all the big games they have won in the past just gets thrown right out the window because of this loss? I believe every playoff game is a big game and TB has won the most among QB’s your argument is invalid.

They are also 3 field goals away from being the Buffalo Bills.

Let’s go niners!

Fellow Pats fans… I know this one hurts, but as #75 and #12 reiterated tonight, the Ravens deserved to win this one in the end.  The Patriots certainly were capable of winning tonight, but here are a few thoughts of mine that I thought made the difference in the game:

1. Lack of pass pressure on Flacco throughout most of the game, which allowed Flacco to convert on some key 3rd downs.
2. Aqib Talib injury changed the game plan for the defense, and in the end, the Ravens were able to drive down the field and take advantage of that.
3. Key drops by a few receivers on what could have been game-altering plays.  There was a period early in the first half where the Pats could have stretched their lead.  Granted, that doesn’t guarantee they win in the end still, but it certainly would have helped.
4. Not having Gronk turned out to hurt when they got in the red zone tonight I think.
5. The Ravens have gotten healthy at the right time, and the number of plays they’ve played on defense was probably an over-emphasized story line.
6. People will probably fault Brady and this offense when you look at the numbers… 13 points, 0 in the 2nd half, 1 TD to 2 picks… but he and Flacco were matching each other throw for throw throughout most of this game.  The Ridley fumble really changed the aspect of the game, as it was still a one possession game before that play.  That’s when the game turned, and unfortunately for TB, the stats get skewed at the end a little bit for him.  I can’t fault him really on either of his picks.  He wasn’t accurate on all his throws, but I thought he played a decent game.  It should have been much better if there weren’t some key drops, but the clock mismanagement at the end of the first half has to be partly blamed on him.

In the end, just not enough well-executed plays that should have been made, and the Ravens created turnovers.  We’ll be back next year though, I will never stop believing.

Keep those chins up, Pats fans. You can still be proud of this team, just wasn’t their year this time.

Your the man Pedro, Tell it like it is brova.

Yea Casey Anthony was never convicted of murder either lol

 and a helmet catching a ball via a miracle from being 19-0 .. the ‘what if’ argument doesnt work – sorry your packers were even flatter in the post season than the Patriots but dont take that out on us.

Different Pats defense, after Talib got injured. It took the grit out of the whole team, actually (did they know what would happen?). Poor time mgmt. at the end of the 1st half (TB should have known better or a redunancy is needed, like BB?). Too many drops (Welker, in particular?). With the offense sputtering in the 2nd half, their defense was on the field too much (and it showed). The Ridley turnover just killed them (it was a borderline hit), as they were moving the chains. All this basically killed any chance the Pats had at winning this game. Credit where credit is due, the Ravens wanted to win more than the Pats did. What a shame and a wasted season (to get so close). The Brady-window is closing – quickly. Maybe another year or two?

It is when Brady needs a tight end like gronk to block all the time to prevent pressure. When i see how untouched Flaco has been tonight and all season, I see a need for some improvement.

They are better than what was on that field tonight.Someone destroy pollard so he can never play again please. He is a dirty SOB that the league never seems to want to suspend. 3 helemet to helmets tonight including the Ridley fumble…Which wasnt a fumble.

I bet ol Gronk couldn’t wait to get the hell out of there and get to the club to get down on it dun dun get down on it

Helmet catch or not they still lost that superbowl and ended the year 18-1….   Thats like bringing up the Pats getting the call on the tuck rule against the raiders that catapulted them into the SuperBowl win that year. What ifs don’t count Gray only wins and
loses do.

Great sportsmanship by belichick…he is a class act!

I love it when people are presented with taped evidence and still deny the obvious. He lost the ball before any part of his body that could be considered down by contact reached the ground. Quit crying you loser.

 How about benard “Cheap Shot Champ” Pollard? Another player who is better than him, and he makes sure that they can’t come back. He’s a repeat offender, worse than Vilma of the Saints, yet the league lets this punk slide on unnecessary hits. Go be a troll somewhere else, tool.

I’d never , ever thought I’d say this, but its time for BB and all of his coaching staff, to go..To many bad play calls at critical times..Too many instances of poor clock/time managment, both during the regular season and the playoffs.
Do something, while there’s still time for Brady, and the Pats.

The coward Goodell, more concerned with protecting his brand than with doing the right thing, buried Spygate and moved to silence all further inquiry. Every playoff loss and Bernie Pollard-inflicted injury since truly feel as if they’re some sort of divine punishment to the Patriots and their fans for their hubris.

I hope every year is like this. I dont want to see them go 4-12 ever… I want to see the Pats destroy their lousy division, get a high seed, and their pink hat fans and d-bag homer columnists like Simmons and Shaugnessy get overconfident. Pats get tantalizingly close to another trophy, only to lose to a supposedly inferior opponent in the conference game or Super Bowl… That’s what I love to see, and I’ve only been “disappointed” when Pollard took Brady out in the first game of the 08 season and they missed the playoffs. Looking forward to next year and seeing what other cruel punishments karma has in store for the Patriots and their fans.

The Folks in K.C., Cleveland, Cincinnati etc. would love to have teams like we have in N.E. it
wasn’t always like that here, be thankful.  These are the “Good Old Days” you will remember
years from now.

Classy post, about Dirtiest player in the Nfl Pollard almost ruining Brady’s career.You are a …no this is better Ray Lewis’s cousin..

You’re flagging my post, because you can’t take the truth? Not very classy, fellow Pats fans(?)

Karma has nothing to do with it.  It’s about the talent level of the teams, getting healthy/hot at the right time, and plain & simple: executing when it matters most.  The Ravens have those qualities and did those things tonight.  When it comes to Spygate, there is a huge misunderstanding amongst many fans about what it’s all about.  Teams are allowed to film the opposing team & the opposing sideline, but it is only allowable from up in the booth.  The fact that the Patriots have continued to win and be a good to great franchise is proof that Spygate had nothing to do with their success.  Their SB-winning teams were well-rounded teams in every facet of the game that EARNED their championships.  Since 2007 (maybe even sooner), the defenses haven’t been good enough, and they haven’t been healthy at the right time.  On top of that, some ridiculously amazing plays have been made against them in the SB.  That’s it for the Pats in a nutshell.  I’m not one to ever enjoy other people’s “suffering”.  The Ravens earned the win tonight, and I congratulate them.  Let’s just take a step back here and realize that this is just a game.  To relish in other’s defeat I think is taking it a bit too far.  Football is meant to bring people together, not “look forward to…cruel punishments” for a team and their fan base. C’mon now. I’m sure you’re better than that.

Props for a reasoned and well-written response, but take a step back… Who, other than the Patriots, benefits from the stonewalling of further investigation into Spygate? Yeah, that “divine retribution” line was a little much, but the fact remains that the Belichick got a relative slap on the wrist in the interest of preserving Goodell’s towering facade of “integrity”. Look at what happened to cycling… It will take decades to recover the same level of interest and TV ratings here in America after the Lance debacle destroyed the sports’ image (if it ever recovers). Having to vacate the Pats’ championships in 02, 04, and 05 would be nothing short of catastrophic to the league. It would be like the MLB steroids scandal times 50. So Goodell did what Nixon didn’t and destroyed the tapes. Losses and injuries since “divine punishment”? Yeah, I admit that’s a stretch. The rest of the country feeling that they’re fully deserved after Belichick escapes with his career intact? Kind of understandable.

Bro,,youre repeating what I’ve been saying since the playoff loss to the Jets two years ago….BB has been failing us during the draft yearly,continuously passing on the downfield threats that I literally wanted on draft day (Connor Barwin,Torrey Smith,Brooks Reed,Chris Givens,T.Y. Hilton)…The big issue is that not having downfield threats who pose problems for the secondary ,allows the safeties to play short,and double up on welker and the tight ends..Was it not obvious that the one game we had an outside speed guy(stallworth),we completed like 5 long plays downfield??  Also,,we were at our best running a 3-4 with speed outside linebackers who can also play in the 4-3….Ninkovich only puts pressure on teams with weak tackles…If Im not mistaken,almost every sack he had this year was against the jets,bills,and dolphins…This kid demps that we grabbed should be an interesting returner.

Translation- “I’m so bitter about the Patriots winning the division and going to championship games every year that I’m going to go to a BOSTON RADIO STATION WEBSITE, make a profile and like my own comments”… GTFO of here btch, go to Espn where you can join your troll friends. For F*&%s sake its a Football Game! I wish you were this motivated to kill yourself so we could all avoid your idiotic comments.

I hear Miles Austin may be available as well,and probably cheaper..He’s a good fit for this team and has made TONS of huge plays….I’d like to see us trade mallett and our second for Fitz,but I may be dreaming…Ariz might be smart to do that considering that mallett is better than any other qb inthe draft.

We wouldve won last year with Moss,if not just to draw the coverage away from the other receivers….Brady has to be too perfect,always working with only 15 yards of field and tight coverage…we need a free agent stud,and we need to draft a stud….Welker needs to come back as well…..I still disagree with giving Hernandez the big money that wouldve been wisely spent on an outside threat.

He did it 3 times..Go fack yourself

Having John Taylor and Jerry rice being a threat to take it to the house on every play,and having pro bowl offensive lines giving Montana a day and a half,not to mention perrenial pro bowlers Dwight Clark and Brent jones making plays,will insure that someone will be wide open on every play,or the holes would be gigantic for Roger Craig.

BTW, Welker had 117 yards receiving. Everyone blaming him can suck it. Instead blame the head hunting Ravens. 3 PF calls for head hunting, and, of course, you’re allowed to knock heads with the running back. That Ridley KO completely changed the game. W/e, Pats were playing with one hand tied behind their back no: Gronk, Edleman, Talib, Ridley (for most of the 2nd half), etc. Next year = Healthier and better team. I’m not even gonna watch the SB. The NFL wanted Lewis in the big dance and now they’ve got it.

It’s a “Disqus” profile, meaning that you can post on any site that uses Disqus as its message board system. So no, I did not create a profile specifically for this website. I was just looking at WEEI.com because deadspin singled it out the station as having some of the most ill-informed callers of any sports radio station in the country. Conveniently they use Disqus, and conveniently it’s “just a football game” when your team loses.

Too bad the pahckey closes at 8, you’d be smashing your empty thunderbirds on each other’s heads in defeat like every fake southie mick (who are actually from Cohasset or Billreeka) did in my dorm after the Boone game in 04. So call it nostalgia rather than trolling.

Its just too hard for our receivers to get open when we’re only dealing with 15 yards of the field to work with on offense,and 7 men in coverage against us…Our team is built wrong,and our leader(bb) is making it way too hard on #12 to make plays…He’s trying to make a gourmet meal while shopping for the groceries at a convenient store…For instance,we are the ONLY team in the NFL who doesn’t have an outside receiver who can truly make a play downfield physically,either with his body,or his legs(legit speed)unless theres blown coverage..Even having the threat of a big playmaker downfield is automatically going to force the defenses to alter their gameplan to have their safeties watch out for them..And when you have your safeties downfield,guess what,,they’re not cheating on the short,doubling up on guys like Welker,Gronk and Hernandez…If we had a couple of guys who could burn,we would either be having Welker in single coverage,Gronk in single coverage,or the potential of being open downfield….As of now, it makes it tough for Brady…Hes constantly dealing with receivers that are having a hard time getting open,thus forcing brady to be perfect..Can you imagine what Welker and gronk could do with considtent single coverage?? I’m not sure we’d ever lose if we had a Larry fitzgerald on one side,and even a T.Y. Hilton type on the other side. Someone’s gonna be open…. ..Chandler Jones is our only legitimate pass rusher,and he was out….Ninkovich is more of a 4-3 tackling,fumble forcing  outside linebacker….Is everyone not watching him constantly getting stuffed by decent offensive tackles on a regular basis??? ,

   Resign Welker,,,move some money around,grab a legit receiver in free agency with the extra cap money coming off the books(Ocho cinco 6 mil,Fanene wasted 3 mil etc),draft an outside receiver with wheels…draft a serious outside pass rusher with our first pick,and pray we can get Richard Seymour back for reasonable dollars…

So you thought, “Hey, I know what would be an intelligent and sportsmanlike thing for me to do, I’ll use my Disqus profile to troll a website dedicated to Patriots fans, won’t that be fun?” As stated previously, Kill Yourself, you obviously don’t have much of a life going for you so why not just save us all the hate and end it now?

it looked like tom brady wasn’t even trying, what happened at the end of the half?
2min 35 sec left and brady lets the clock go down to the 2 min warning like ‘no big deal”
he was prob paid to lose. what a freakin joke.

then he just goes to the bench and sulks “i can’t wait to get outta here”

This game shows how much we need a deep threat receiver next year.  There’s only so much Brady can do when he can only throw short routes or screen passes; he needs a deep downfield threat

Flacco was untouched because without Jones we have 0 Pass rush. Nink got to him once but that was about it.

I’m sure like Ray Lewis you think Jesus is up there scheming bad things against the Pats because of Spygate right? Please kindly walk in front of a moving bus.

you disagree with signing Hernandez? I believe you are the only one. Hes the most versatile offense player we have.

Who was our deep threat when we were winning superbowls? We need a good shutdown top 10 defense. If Brady doesn’t feel like he has to score every time out there I am sure it will be less mentally exhausting on him allowing him to play a better game.

I love how Ray Lewis thinks God is up there with a Ravens jersey cheering him on. What an murdering idiot.

Yeah, you are right. I just found the stats for the season and he was sacked 35 times this season, so he can be gotten to. Ninkovich got him twice, that’s it for us.

Dude way too much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

screw the helmet catch. ok a little lucky. The giants defense was steller and shut out the mighty pats offense. no excuses. wasnt the patriots suppose to steam roll over the gmen.

David Patten made several plays behind the secondary with his wheels,,,so could Deion Branch before he blew his knees out,and Troy Brown(remember the Miami game in overtime) could do it as well….We have ZERO unless there’s miscommunication between the safety and the corner….

I’m saying that it wouldve been wiser to spend his money on a deep threat…Hernandez also had two years left on his deal going into this year,and Belichick decided to tear it up and extend him two years early…

Not just a guy to make the play downfield,but a guy who will force the defensive coordinators change their gameplans against us,and draw the safeties away from Welker and the tight ends…So if they decide to move the safeties up against the short and intermediate,then we have single coverage on the outside and down the field.

Bernard Pollard, who cares what brady did, dang you beat them and going to superbowl, so sit down and shut up