buile

How far can they go? All the way.

But, the way I look at it is: ~Should~ they beat Baltimore? Yes, they should beat them.

~Should~ they beat San Diego? That's tough. I'd suggest "no" they shouldn't, but they can.

They already proved they can beat Indy. I was very confident about a rematch. I'll be honest that over the rest of the season, I lost a little confidence, so ~should~ they beat them? Dunno, but they can.

PatsFanSince74

God, what a dumb thread. Haven't we been talking about this all week with polls and ****?

We'll play until we lose or bring home the bling. Take it to the bank.

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TheComeback

I'm not sure we can even beat the Ravens. We'll see. Both teams have improved in a lot of ways since they last met, but the Ravens defense has especially gotten better. They aren't nearly as weak against the pass as some on this forum believe.

It is going to be a lot tougher to win without Welker. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, but you have to face reality here. There's a chance Brady could play a great game or a chance that he could look completely lost. Can we run on the Ravens? That might be the most difficult aspect of the game.

I have confidence that our defense can contain the Ravens for most of the game. But if it's close in the 4th quarter, watch out. Baltimore has played well in the second half on offense, and the Patriots defense hasn't. I would not be surprised at all if we lost this game late.

We are 5-0 against them. At some point, Baltimore is going to beat us. I hope it isn't Sunday, but there is a strong possibility it will happen.

I expect a low scoring game.

If they can beat the Ravens without Welker, I'm actually pretty confident they can beat anyone else in the playoffs. This team we're about to play may be 9-7, but they're no joke.

Patriots2001

Can you imagine if we ended up playing the Jets in the AFCCG in Foxboro..Now that would be exciting and i don't know why i just get a feeling it could happen..

Mossachusetts

"It is what it is" -Bill Belichick

SVN

the way we have won/lost some games ,no game is a gimme especially this one.the fact that they are@home gives them some adv. but they better TACKLE. Rice has so many YACS and our tackling is quite ordinary.

BionicPatriot

New England Patriots going down easily in the playoffs?

Aint happenin. If they do go down, they aint goin down easily and I doubt they exit before the divisional round.

I know that's not saying much but that's about all you CAN say

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Kid~Brady

I DONT UNDERSTAND why ppl saying that we arent the same Caliber as Colts and Chargers? We pretty outplayed the Colts this season in the game we played them in. Even without Wes, i still believe we are just as good as a team.

Chargers, i love them but we've beaten couple times after they defeated the Colts (which was the last 2 years lol)

We are banged up but still, i think this kid Edelman has something good coming

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Mossachusetts

I honestly believe that they will beat the Ravens, but after that it all depends on how the defense plays. Just my opinion though.

condon84

There's really no clear dominant team out there. There are teams that are on a "hot" streak like the Chargers, Cowboys, and Packers, but talent-wise, I'd say everyone is on the same level.

We've definitely shown that we have glaring weak points (consistent pass rush being the most glaring), but I can see Belichick coming up with schemes that can minimize that weakness.

If our OL protects Brady, we're winning this thing.