Rob0729

For all you Chicken Littles out there I want to point you to several facts of the last four years:

On December 1, 2005, Pittsburgh were 8-4 coming off back to back loss including a 26-7 loss to Indy.

On December 10, 2006, the Colts finished a streak losing 3 out of 4 games including a 44-10 loss to Jacksonville and went on to have statistically the worst run defense in NFL history.

On December 1, 2007, the Giants were 6-5 coming off a 41-17 loss to the Vikes.

On December 1, 2008, the Cards were 7-5 and coming off a 48-20 loss to the Eagles.

What do all these teams have in common other than not looking like strong Super Bowl contenders entering December? They all won the Super Bowl (except the Card who came close to winning the Super Bowl, but lost it in the final two minutes of the game) in the years listed eventhough all were expected to either not make the playoffs at all or be one and done once the playoffs started.

Now this doesn't mean the Pats will win the Super Bowl, but it definitely means that the people writing them off too prematurely. Barring a total collapse the Pats will win the AFC East. Once the Pats get into the playoffs, anything can happen.

Tunescribe

Good post. Hopefully, BB will read it and realize there's no need to fire O'Brien and Pees and bring Crennel and Weis back for the stretch run.

dtbrks

Agreed.. there is a lot of football left..

Who the ***** thought the giants would even make the playoffs in 07, let alone beat the Pats in the SB after the Pats beat them in NY?

MassPats38

Thanks, Rob. Good to see something upbeat on the board. You would think the Pats are 3-8 from the tone of its fan base reflected in the posts today.

Sean Pa Patriot

Get in the tournament... and see what happens...

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We going to take it one game at a time

mayoclinic

Good post. I had been thinking about all of those situations.

Certainly the season's not over and there's time to regroup. My biggest concerns at this point are:

1. The Pats have no pass rush. That's a huge flaw which will be hard to overcome or disguise come playoff time.

2. The Pats still haven't played a 60 minute game, executed effectively in the red zone, or won a true road game this year.

3. The Pats have fallen flat in 4 of their biggest contests this season.

Those things don't bode well for us. But, as you say, there's no reason to panic at this stage.

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Patspsycho

Sensible post. It's not over until it's over.

The one big thing we have in our favor is that it's Brady back there, and you never rule him out. it's not like we have an one and out QB.

PATSYLICIOUS

Tru say. Alot can change between now and January.

Who here wouldn't want another shot at the Colts? We should have beat them.

The only team we have reason to not feel confident against is the Saints, and we may not even have to see them if we do get to the bowl.

vyrago

Haven't you been paying attention Sean????

One and done.

I, personally, have read that nostradamusism 10 times--and that's only today!

Try to keep up.

PATRIOTSFANINPA

Nice try to get our hopes up Rob and another one is the fact that the NFC Champion Cardinals got crushed by nearly 40 points against the Patriots last december and was the last game they lost prior to the big game IIRC.

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