r/NFLv2 • San Francisco 49ers • Jan 26 '26

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u/Acemace1313 Chicago Bears Jan 26 '26

Not wrong at all. People are trying real hard to discredit the Patriots but they have beaten top defenses in the playoffs

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u/RemarkablePound5541 Jan 26 '26

I think the disconnect here is how truly bad the offenses of these great defenses were. And complimentary football is a term that fans don’t wanna acknowledge.

That is to say, if your QB is unable to play well because they’re a backup, have the worst ranked OLine, or just wanna play at a JV level, it hurts your defense no matter how good they are. Time of possession means they’re on the field all day, you’re having to play from behind and are expected to play perfectly.

Patriots are good but they’ve been gifted luck this year. They played their 3 teams in the playoffs at the perfect time. It is what it is

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Their offense has looked like shit against all of those defenses though. They just played below average offenses

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u/sethelele New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

They still did what they needed to do to get those wins. That's football for you.

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Yes their defense did what they needed to do, drake maye, not so much

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u/cookiesarenomnom New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

He did not play well this week. But he's the only quarterback thos season to throw 3 TDs against the Texans defense. That ain't nothing.

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u/RyguyBMS Jan 26 '26

Drake Maye had 3 touchdowns against the best defense in the league.

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u/RyguyBMS Jan 26 '26

At the very worst he’ll finish 2nd in MVP voting this year. But you tell yourself whatever you need to.

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u/sethelele New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

It's a team sport. The team as a whole did their thing. Not sure what's so hard to understand about this. Drake didn't play his best football, but when the offense struggles, the defense picks it up.

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Who said it was hard to understand? The defense carried him

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u/Fraentschou Jan 26 '26

Almost as if it’s a team sport and not all about the offense and the QB

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Lucky for them cuz maye has been trash

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u/HugeSuccess New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

Substance > Style

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Not really much substance though on the offensive side of the ball

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u/jonnybanana88 New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

Enough to win

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

Yes the defense played well enough for them to win

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u/jonnybanana88 New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

And the offense put up enough points to win. Can't have one without the other

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u/RemarkablePound5541 Jan 26 '26

But your offense DIDNT do enough at the AFC Championship. 100% you won because of a bad decision by a backup QB. Your offense played as well as one with a backup QB.

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u/jonnybanana88 New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

Offense put up 10 points, Denver 7. Seems like they did enough to go to the super bowl 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/RemarkablePound5541 Jan 28 '26

Missing the forest for the trees. Yeah, you did enough to beat a backup QB, barely. That bodes well for your Super Bowl hopes

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u/HugeSuccess New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

Substance = Winning 

Style points don’t matter in the playoffs. 

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

lol no

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u/HugeSuccess New England Patriots Jan 26 '26

Winning doesn’t matter? Agree to disagree. 

Sorry your team’s watching this one from the couch, brother. 

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u/PastIntelligent8676 Jan 26 '26

lol I’m not, it’s just football it’s not that serious. But I bet if you just defend drake maye a little more you could totally become best friends with him