TommyBrady12

Based on what has or has not been done this offseason so far, unless Belichick is making this into a 2-3 year project and conceding next year, I think he needs to look at the 2010 schedule.

Home: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings

Away: Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions

I can see the patriots losing to the Ravens, Colts, Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Chargers and splitting with the Jets and Dolphins. That means an 8-8 season.

I am not trying to troll or be a pain, but reality is realty. Next year's schedule is brutal. With the team the way it is right now, I can't see a great season. and i don't think the draft is going to help for next year either because it will take guys like Brandon Graham to develop. Add to that Welker is basically done for the year and we have a problem.

My gut feeling is BB is trying to restore this team to greatness but realizes it won't happen until 2012 or so. This is why the pats are refusing to throw money at old guys like Peppers and Boldin.

Thoughts?

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"He’s the greatest quarterback to ever play the game. He goes from being a rookie that nobody is expecting anything from, to taking over with people saying he can’t do it, to winning three Super Bowls....It should already be obvious he’s the greatest quarterback to ever have played. "

- Steelers S Troy Polamalu on Tom Brady

JSn

Reality is realty? That's deep. And weird.

I think if we're going to get an impact player who's a veteran, it will be in a draft-time trade when other teams are all bleary-eyed looking over the fence at the proverbial "greener-grass". FAR too soon to worry about it. At this time in 2007, I don't think anyone was thinking 16-0...

I also think we might score a rookie or two who can rip it up. Not worried. Not a bit. Yet.

I'll wait to panic when we lose our second pre-season game and the sky is proclaimed to be falling.

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Rob0729

Who even looks at the schedule now and predicts wins and losses. I guarantee you that at least three teams that were predicted to be very good won't be and three teams that are supposed to suck will be good to great. Happens virtually every year.

Look at the Vikings. What if their starting QB is Sage Rosenfels? What if Roethlisberger is taking time off to deal with his court case? What if Shonn Greene can't carry the load in NY? What if the Chargers don't fill all the holes they are making this offseason?

Last year at this time if you said the Jets would be in the AFC Championships, you'd probably laugh. Or that the Steelers would finish third in the AFC North and miss the playoffs all together.

Reality is reality. And the reality is that you cannot predict strength of schedule in March. I guarantee you whereever the Pats are ranked in SOS right now, it will be very different come December of this year. It could be worse, but it also could be a lot easier.

RodThePat

Looking at this schedule I can see us having any record between 9-7 and 14-2. This kind of exercise is pointless in March.

JackBauer

I'm pretty sure BB isn't even aware there is an NFL season in 2010.

Lampshade

Every game looks winnable, with 14 or so looking eminently losable. So somewhere between 2-14, and 16-0.

Pointless exercise at this point. Rest of FA, draft, injuries etc etc.

Sicilian

I bet if you gave him a football right now he'd try to eat it.

BradyManny

Our schedule was brutal in 2007 and we went 16-0. Our schedule was historically easy in 2008 and we went 11-5. If this team is one of the elite teams - and I think it can be again - then it ultimately doesn't matter what the schedule is, they'll win enough games to get a top seed.

PATRIOTS-80

Post of the day. Seriously, to predict the schedule now is ludicrous. Neither the Patriots or the other teams even have a finished 53 man roster.

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