Patriots vs. NFC Pro Bowl Team, Who ya got?

[capone0]

Did I say just GB. I said GB + Dallas. Do you realize how good their pesonnel is.

[bones]

10-1 in the NFL is really [censored] good. I don't think most people realize how close teams are in talent.

[Pudge714]

GB is overrated and teams like TB, Jax and Pit are underrated, but they are all still really good.

[ehafner]

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They almost lost to the Colts. How could they beat a Pro Bowl team?

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They played well below expectation imo. Pats had several costly penalties and still came out with the win, on the road, against far and away the 2nd best team in the NFL imo.

[BillNye]

I tried to keep out players that are done for the year but I could of easily snuck a few in, also this was just off the top of my head so could have easily missed some players.

QB - Favre, Romo, Brees
RB - Peterson, Westbrook, MBIII
FB - ???
WR - Owens, Smith, Fitzgerald, Holt, Boldin, Plaxico
TE - Jason Witten, Jeremy Shockey
LT - Walter Jones
LG - Steve Hutchinson
C - ??? (not birk, not Kruetz)
RG - Shawn Andrews
RT - Chris Samuels

Pats have the edge at QB, Moss is better than anybody from NFC but the rest of the depth is obviously worse. Pats have a large deficit at RB and Oline despite having super good Oline.

DE - Aaron Kampman
DT - Kevin Williams
DT - Tommie Harris
DE - Osi Umenyiora
OLB - Ware
MLB - Urlacher
OLB - Peterson
CB - Clements, R. Barber
CB - D. Hall, Al Harris
FS - S. Taylor
SS - A. Wilson

Devin Hester for KR / PR

Defense is clearly better, they got them outmatched in O + D + STeams.

NFC wins but I'd imagine the Pats could put up a fight as they have a good edge at coaching no matter who the NFC Head Coach is. NFC +10

[Yeti]

i think everyone in this thread vastly underestimates how important it is to have a team and not just a collection of random players.

[Spellmen]

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I tried to keep out players that are done for the year but I could of easily snuck a few in, also this was just off the top of my head so could have easily missed some players.

QB - Favre, Romo, Brees
RB - Peterson, Westbrook, MBIII
FB - ???
WR - Owens, Smith, Fitzgerald, Holt, Boldin, Plaxico
TE - Jason Witten, Jeremy Shockey
LT - Walter Jones
LG - Steve Hutchinson
C - ??? (not birk, not Kruetz)
RG - Shawn Andrews
RT - Chris Samuels

Pats have the edge at QB, Moss is better than anybody from NFC but the rest of the depth is obviously worse. Pats have a large deficit at RB and Oline despite having super good Oline.

DE - Aaron Kampman
DT - Kevin Williams
DT - Tommie Harris
DE - Osi Umenyiora
OLB - Ware
MLB - Urlacher
OLB - Peterson
CB - Clements, R. Barber
CB - D. Hall, Al Harris
FS - S. Taylor
SS - A. Wilson

Devin Hester for KR / PR

Defense is clearly better, they got them outmatched in O + D + STeams.

NFC wins but I'd imagine the Pats could put up a fight as they have a good edge at coaching no matter who the NFC Head Coach is. NFC +10

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Depth is where it's at. You cover this with the offense, but defense is a huge advantage as well. The Pats receivers have been great, but try spreading out that secondary when it's Hall or Clements playing the nickel or dime, not happening. In addition, guys like Trent Cole, Shaun Rogers,or Pat Williams would be backups. You could build a line where at least 8 guys could be rotated in without much of a dropoff. The NE line is good, but these guys would just rape them as NE tired out and they stayed fresh. And obviously, no one is matching up against a lineup of Owens, Holt, Smith, and Fitz with Westbrook or Bush coming out of a backfield.

[FlyWf]

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i think everyone in this thread vastly underestimates how important it is to have a team and not just a collection of random players.

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In turn I think you are vastly underestimating the effect of fatigue. The other team would be rotating guys like crazy.

[vhawk01]

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i think everyone in this thread vastly underestimates how important it is to have a team and not just a collection of random players.

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I think thats being factored in, although some people explicitly mentioned "assuming 1 month to work together" and so on. I mean, the Pats looked pretty sick on offense in week 1, because their talent was overwhelming, how much time had they worked together before that? A few months? So, with even MORE overwhelming talent, they'd need even less time to dominate. Its not like these are college players having to get used to the NFL or NFL guys having to get used to rugby or something.

[ZeTurd]

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i think everyone in this thread vastly underestimates how important it is to have a team and not just a collection of random players.

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Yeah, this is key imo. If the premise is a perfectly gelled NFC team, coached by a brilliant coach over a long period of time, obviously the NFC team would be favored. In a realistic setting, the Pats would probably blow the NFC team off the field. Sad as that is.