You pats fans crack me up. For years you were able to beat Peyton Manning and the Colts at home in bad weather in the playoffs. Now that the Jets beat you at home in bad weather all of the sudden the weather is the "great equalizer". Give me a break. Waaah it was raining out, WAAAH it might rain again this Sunday. You play in NE, get over it.
Field turf is nasty when it's wet though.... When it's dry, that stuff clings to your cleats like nothing else, but if you soak it down, and don't go with the longest spikes they allow, you'll be slipping all over the place...
Good point, but I think bad weather completely nutrializes our passing game, while it only slows yours. arm strength = brady > pennington (duhhh)
Personally, I think it's game to game. NE went to Miami on a nice day last year and lost 20-0. Couple of weeks later we went there in a monsoon and Chad had his best moments of the year. The clutch TD throw over the middle to Cotch, the Leon screen. Granted, that was all Leon, but still. We scored 20 more points than NE against the same D on the same field and the weather was awful on our day there.
With Richard Seymour and Rodney Harrison not playing I think the Jets have a chance to win the game outright. At least I hope they do. As to the weather? Well Chad can't throw at all in high winds so I'd think that kind of weather would favor the Pats unless the Jets running game is better than it looks right now.
I don't know where this bad weather stuff is coming from. Both the Weather Channel and Accu weather are predicting nothing more than a chance of thunderstorms. As for you Pats fans, you are a bunch of hypocrites. I thought you had a bad weather team - you play in New England for God's sake. For you to say that the rain impacted the Jets' win last year means that you have to admit that the weather contributed to every Super Bowl team you had, from the snow game against the Raiders to the cold and wind against the Colts and Ravens etc. etc. It's great to hear you guys finally admit that all three championships were nothing more than pure luck and circumstance and not because the Pats were anywhere close to the best team in the NFL. The Raiders and the Colts take apart the Pats if the games are played in warm or dome conditions in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
I seem to remember Chad having one of his best games in San Deigo a few years ago in heavy rain, with a couple of huge passes. We'll be fine.
Well, you've heard about the Chaos theory? A butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can create a tornado in Texas and such. Well, Science has proven that a butterfly flapping is wings creates almost 3 times the force as Chad throwing a 5 yard pass. So the weather is related to him not being able to counteract the awesome power of butterflies.
I'm pretty sure you're talking about the playoff game in '04. I was at that game, and the rain quit during the 1st quarter. He had a good game on that wet field, though. He's had some good games in San Diego period. I've been to the last 3 out there, all wins for CP.
