crypto

Last year as in a dozen or so pass attempts?

CampPen33

Bottom line is we are still tied for first in the division, there is a lot of football to play, and they're going to be fine.

Tucker

somewhat worried...I envision the pats losing three more (indy, NO, and miami) which will put us at 11-5. That SHOULD get us into the playoffs but...we know how that ended last year

however we should be fine

chrisfx811

Somewhat worried.
Despite all the changes on D, the Pats seem to still be playing the soft, bend-don't break schemes that drive me nuts.
The offense still frustrates me. Inconsistent running game, followed by a predictable passing game.

However, I'd say 3-2 isn't that bad all things considered.
I still don't know what to make of a performance against Buffalo that deserved a loss, but escaped with a win.
In the 2 losses, I look at the fact that the Pats had serious room for improvement in several areas of those games, while the teams they played seemed to play very well.

condon84

I'm somewhat worried.

Coming off the Baltimore game, I was excited about our young defense. They showed a lot of speed and aggressiveness and forced the play. Giving up 14 points against a well balance Baltimore attack who had a very good QB and a seasoned OC (Cam Cameron), I thought, well, it can only get better from here.

But then against the Broncos, we became extremely passive and played soft zone.

The past two weeks showed me two things:
1. We have the speed and the ability to be a more aggressive defense.
2. We may have the personnel to become a really good defensive unit, but if our coaches don't take advantage of our speed and play soft zones, what we saw against the Broncos might be an issue all year long.

As for our offense, I attribute our struggles to Brady. If Brady hits open receivers, it opens up our playbook. It's all about Brady and that's the reason why I'm not as worried. I believe Brady will get it together sooner or later.

DarrylS

Put me in the cautiously optimistic... have to pull it all together soon.

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+1

I picked not worried at all because we have seen this before with the Pats. 2003 started with a 3-2 record. 2001 was a messy start.

I think we suffer from impossible standards amoung a lot of the casual fanbase more than anything else. Luckily, we still have a very well rounded football team that needs to get into midseason form.

I think Brady is playing solid football at a high level. He just has not reached midseason form and his WRs need to remember their routes. He has missed a few throws more than he did in 2007, but what are we expecting from him in the first month?

PATSYLICIOUS

I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. I'm just saying I haven't seen him play this bad since early part of 2003, maybe before.

Of course I wouldn't count last year, there's nothing to go off of.

Pat the Pats Fan

I am not worried at this time. It is still early. Our schedule is not that difficult (although "On Any Sunday"), and I only see difficult games against NO, Indy and maybe one more "oops" game.

IMHO, this years start is similar to '03. Big shake up in personnel, a few stumbles out of the gate and then, hopefully getting into gear for a long run.

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A sarcastic Bill Belichick on Tom Brady's finger injury, "It's not life threatening."

spacecrime

Brady comes off of knee surgery and gets better every game. Has one bad game? We're doomed. No player should ever have a bad game.

He's still TFB and he's still working his way back.

We lost to a manic team who apparently shot their wad on that game and Brady lost in Denver. Yawn.

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