Litmus Test For a Dynasty! (Rams vs. Patriots 2001, Week 10) 

Brendon Keen thanks for sharing this. I forgot

Hard to think they started 02 3-0 and finished 9-7. The ONLY season Brady never made the playoffs.

And then they also started the 03 season with a 31-0 smackdown loss to the bills. So after finishing 9-7 the season before and starting the 03 season as bad as you can there was a LOT of whispering as to whether or not Belichicks message had been lost on the players and whether or not he had control of the locker room, because he had just made a SHOCKING move before week 1 by trading the defensive captain Lawyer Malloy to the Bills, who was loved by not only the fans but by many of the players as well. Then they go out and get drubbed by the same team Malloy got traded to, not to mention Bledsoe was on the other side too. But then Rodney Harrison stepped up as a leader of that team, and well they only lost one more game that year, go 14-2 and go on to become a dynasty. But a lot of people either forgot or just don't realize just how close the dynasty was to falling apart early on in 2003.

@@brendanmurphy964 No matter what happens to the patriots, bill belichick & tom brady will always be the g.o.a.ts!

Yea but that stupid tuck rule that made no sense whatsoever being in the NFL rulebook bailed out the Pat's win against the raiders so they could end up playing in afc championship game against the steelers. That yr NFL was fixed for the Pat's to win the superbowl cause of 9/11 and there other yrs nfl was fixed to so a certain team could win a superbowl like the Buccaneers most recently winning a superbowl in there own home stadium with brady at qb, u can't get more rigged and scripted the NFL pulled just like wwe sports entertainment.

Him beating the colts was , another game on this awesome channel

Imagine seeing the hits after the slide at 10:38 in today's game. There would be 7 flags on the ground the instant that happened, especially to Brady.

@@TradingPatriots ha

Same here. As much as I enjoy football today, sometimes the game feels more like a track meet instead of football. College and pro.

In the 2000 preseason, New England played San Francisco. The Niners had just drafted Giavanni Carmazzi in hopes of grooming the next Joe Montana or Steve Young. The announcer even predicted that the next Joe Montana might be playing. The irony is that Tom Brady got to see limited action that game, and did well enough to make the team as the 4th string QB. Carmazzi got sacked twice that game, and washed out of the league a short time later

They only won that super bowl because of the Spy gate.. Pats literally taped the rams walk through practice just before the big game! They literally knew everything the Rams we're gonna do on offense and shut them down.. Rams installed new plays no one seen them run yet but they some how knew...Rams beat them here week 10 and should have beat them in the super bowl but regardless the pats still came out on top and it was a great game.. One of the best super bowls I've seen and came down to a field goal

In both Super Bowls, Brady led the offense to just 13 points. No other QB has ever won a SB scoring 13 points or fewer, Brady did it twice.

@@stevenjohn9665ah they won because they was the better team ion wanna hear no bs crybaby ass excuse the rams was the best team and lost to a mediocre team with a backup qb ik it hurt 😂

Ricky proehl was also right about the rams winning their second 🏈🏆… 20 years after

I know, right? Now its almost unwatchable since Tirico left after 2015. Sean McDonnaugh was dry. The Booger-Jason Witten booth gave me a headache. This current bunch are boring.

@@Zach-mw5so wimps

Heck of a run and also benefitted from a not so great conference overall. Not dissing the 2001 team at all, but 11-5 rarely ever cuts it to pull the 2 seed. New England was really fortunate that year, although I feel that they likely would have been able to win out regardless.

@@SmugTomato 2018 season as well. we barely squeezed into the first round bye!

@@1990Thunderbolt Honestly, that just reminds me how similar the 2001 and 2018 Patriots were. Seems fitting that the dynasty would end almost exactly how it began.

@@SmugTomato i say the 1st saga of the patriots dynasty is over and now the new era begins.

The raiders dropped some crucial games late in the 01 season to mediocre Arizona and Tennessee teams. If not for that, the raiders probably finish 13-3 and the tuck rule game is played in Oakland. Coincidentally, that was the first time the NFL played the Saturday divisional in primetime. Had they kicked off 4 hours earlier, the game would've been played with zero snow.

His 3 super bowls were actually legendary passing games look it up even while losing 2

smashmouth era

Didnt spygate also happen that year?

@@thehighground6940 2007. So clueless and misinformed in a world full of information.

@@aaronjackson9385 are you calling me dumb?

@@aaronjackson9385 also how am I supposed to memorize which year they cheated?

@@thehighground6940 no just too careless to search something that would take 7 seconds to find.

Former Michigan great

especially the 9/11

*Potential dyanasty

Superbowl 36 was rigged for the Pat's to win cause of 9/11 and refs didnt call obvious penalties on the Pat's that game refs missed like 10 to 15 penalties cause the rigging was in and refs had to make sure the script went as planned so the Pat's could win superbowl 36 and if any Pat's fans or nfl fan doesnt believe that then they're not woke cause raiders ended up in the superbowl a yr lata in 2002 and Pat's didnt make the playoffs and that ain't even a coincidence either cause nfl is scripted like wwe sports entertainment.

@@Tainopisno1 pats didn’t make the playoffs the next year because of all those injuries they were facing, even Brady dealt with injuries.

Yeah, calling back Tebucky Jones’ 99-yard fumble return on a defensive holding call is a great way to “rig” the game for the Pats. Makes total sense. Brilliant.

@@Tainopisno1 The NFL ISN'T 'scripted'. Sheesh, I'm TIRED of people who think EVERYTHING in sports is 'scripted'. Lemme guess, you don't even watch sports anymore because you think it's ALL 'rigged' do you? Why don't you go crawl into a CAVE then and leave everyone else ALONE while you keep spinning your conspiracy bullsh!t to NOBODY who CARES.

Amen

as a rams fan ik exactly what you mean i didn't realize how much they turned the ball over back then passing all the time because they would score so much but marshall definitely could take over a game had they let him run

Plus it taught them to not blitz as much and just let Rams receivers catch short passes and mostly give Marshall Faulk chances to run, but Martz was too stubborn about his air raid offense to just call run plays with a HOF RB

@@mikeyoungblood1642I know as a rams fan it still angers me to this day

Almost did, though 😉

Brady ended the Rams, Seahawks, and for now, Chiefs dynasty and prevented Peyton from having one.

Think of all the Championships the Steelers might have if not for Tom too (and maybe San Diego).

And the most boring super bowl LIII later

@@YankeesFan-yq1fc i don't think it was boring. it was defensive game and the patriots got the better end of it.

@@YankeesFan-yq1fc pats defense devised a plan to stop one of the better offenses that whole year, that shit was awesome to watch.

@@williamsanders2348 Gurley was injured. The game was a bust

except give full credit where its due to NE and put the accountability for losing where it belongs-on his own head coach Mike Martz...As much as I loved the Pats I will always believe Martz cost the Rams the game by putting too much of a burden on Warner and not enough on M.Faulk...Martz was nonchalant about TOs and somewhat if not highly predictable to boot.

And 51, though not for another 15 years

Tebucky jones and Brian cox and a young Richard seymour

Those uniforms were not that good I don’t like them I like the old throwbacks the old royal and yellows but the new ones are also clean

I like the new colour scheme just not the fonts of their jersey numbers. The blue and yellow pops

Nah these uniforms were terrible the plain blue and yellow they wore before and after these were the best. These were almost as bad or worse than the current ones; the color of these ones is especially egregious, why would you mess with the beautiful color scheme? These uniforms were also synonymous with two things: losing the super bowl and sucking afterwards

I didn't like how the Rams changed them from their yellow-blue LA ones. But then again I didn't like how they moved away from LA at all. But for a dome team, you'd expect them to look like that. Not that good, not that bad. Just meh

@@TheLocalLt Not that I disagree with your opinion, but the reason they went with the gold and navy was to represent the city they were playing in. Gold and Navy have a more "St. Louis feel" to them, so it made sense in that regard. The brighter colors do a much better job representing LA on the other hand. I agree that the throwbacks are the best, but at least understand that there was some logic to the decision. On a side note, I think it's stupid that they abandoned the horn on the shoulder.. It really helped set their uni's apart, and that rule applies for both new and old.

@JBSptfn Oh yeah. I forgot they were not very good at drafting either. That never helps. I just feel like those two moves I mentioned really set their franchise back a bit.

besides tuck rule

@@erics2739 did you miss that I said Big REGULAR SEASON 🤔 that was the last game ever played and was the divisional round

only lasted a little lol

@@1990Thunderbolt I know after Warner got hurt that second time they were never the same

@@greasedupmonkeyspanker838 the 2001 patriots ended the greatest show on turf. literally. they were never the same since the loss to us in the super bowl 36.

@@1990Thunderboltyeah and then in 99 when they barley beat the Titans

@@greasedupmonkeyspanker838 Titans in '99 were actually a great team. They had a 13-3 record, same as the Rams. They actually beat the Rams earlier that season.

Oh good, someone still believes that line of nonsense.

Is there any proof of this ti be true? If not then keep your mouth shut.....

The writer was from the Boston Globe and they published that story without really knowing anything. When they realized it wasn’t true they took it down and apologized. Do. The. Research.

@@Behemoth78 It was the Herald but yes, it was 100% false.

this is 2001 that's kurt warner

@@Sports_Guy873 imagine not getting the joke

You’re right, cause Jared Goff couldn’t even score a touchdown in their Super Bowl 😂

@@karamvirs1638 omg i am so stupid! ha

Pay attention man, that’s clearly Marc Bulger

on turf

@@erics2739 oh ya baby greatest super bowl show on turf a balanced team with no holes including the coaching staff

a banger

Well, not Brady’s! Lol 😂 he’s going for 8 this season

Same reason the Patriots are going to be in rebuild mode the next 5 years at least and likely suck along the way

Hi. :)

6 because the Rams were the first and last of 6 teams to suffer.

HELL YEAH

No, they did. That’s what tends to happen when you’re victorious in the AFC title game.

@@mjf2891 I mean when the tuck rule happened

jj you mean when the rule was applied correctly?

@@mjf2891 I get it was a rule at the time but he pumped faked which should not be counted as a forward pass, I’m just saying the rule was kinda bs and was taken out of the rule book for a reason

Spygate didn't happen until week 1 6 years later Dummy

Do you normally make this many lame excuses like a sore loser does?

You sound like a winner Steve. I'll bet your parents are very proud.

It's easy to still be crying 19 years later

It's easy when you're a sore loser who's needs to make lame excuses instead of taking a loss like a man

@@ravens52raylewis87 Its easy to get away with murder as well

@@bootitup6927 Aaron Hernandez says what now?

@@ravens52raylewis87 I said Ray Lewis got away with murder on January 31st, 2000. Great linebacker, killed on and off the field.

How'd they cheat during this game moron?

Do you normally make this many excuses like a sore ass loser does?

You're losing at life Miles