The 130-by-166-foot map has cracked and crumbled badly.
But on Sunday's evidence, they might struggle to make it 12 from 14. New England began well enough – one blocked punt aside – against the Miami Dolphins, reaching half-time with a 20-10 lead, but crumbled badly in the second half, giving up 23 unanswered points as they collapsed to a 33-20 defeat.
Opened in 1932, the hulking 3.5-mile elevated highway connecting Jersey City, South Kearny and Newark stands today as a kind of industrial Acropolis: its entrance ramps and lane widths dangerously outdated, its roadbed and concrete railings crumbling so badly that the state has installed netting to catch the falling debris.
But watch as such grandiose budgets crumble like badly mixed concrete.
It could even let India out-trumpet its great competitor, China.Watch as grandiose budgets crumble like badly mixed concreteBig efforts will be made in 2011.
There were riots, fires and welfare dependency, and sidewalks crumbled so badly the kids used the upheaved chunks of concrete as caves.
Rodgers will be at a loss to explain how his team crumbled so badly to squander the chance to move closer to their first title in 24 years.
John Huggins, a member of the port's lifeboat crew, said: "The lifeboat station stands on the badly crumbling wall and we hope this money will end years of uncertainty.
And we've spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.
Over the last five years, for example, the state has stopped its long-standing practice of contributing to the authority's huge capital programs, which have rebuilt dozens of crumbling subway stations and bought badly needed new subway cars and buses.
