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I think you're forgetting our secondary issues. There is no way we make it to the AFCC game with that secondary. They've been playing even worse than last year.
Patriots were 5-3 after 8 games last year. It is really early.
I think Houston is best built for a SB run. I could see them smacking us around like the Giants have done.
They're the team to beat IMO, I think by season's end we could establish ourselves as the top dog but until this pass D get it together and we stop having these mental lapses in games we do not look like a super bowl team. But the potential is definitely there, this stretch is a great opportunity to build momentum and be 9-3 heading into those 2 big ones at home with Houston and SF.
Someone probably already posted it, but if SD loses tonight -- and I think they will -- there will be exactly two teams in the AFC with winning records.
Incidentally, Baltimore has eeked out a few very close games in situations not dissimilar to ones the Patriots have squandered. It's a razor-thin margin between their 5-1 and our 3-3. (And actually, I'm of the opinion that the FG at the end of the Bal game was a blown call, in which case both teams would be 4-2 with NE having the head-to-head advantage.)
Houston has beaten pretty much nobody, except maybe for Denver, a game in which they barely escaped at the end. And they got slaughtered by 18 points last night; by contrast, the Patriots' 3 losses have come by a combined 4 points.
The Pats need to find a way to pull out the close games, perform better (and more decisively) in all three phases in the 4th quarter especially, but it's only mid-October, and the Pats/BB/TB have enough good stuff in the bank that I'm nowhere near ready to panic yet.
Someone probably already posted it, but if SD loses tonight -- and I think they will -- there will be exactly two teams in the AFC with winning records.
Incidentally, Baltimore has eeked out a few very close games in situations not dissimilar to ones the Patriots have squandered. It's a razor-thin margin between their 5-1 and our 3-3. (And actually, I'm of the opinion that the FG at the end of the Bal game was a blown call, in which case both teams would be 4-2 with NE having the head-to-head advantage.)
Houston has beaten pretty much nobody, except maybe for Denver, a game in which they barely escaped at the end. And they got slaughtered by 18 points last night; by contrast, the Patriots' 3 losses have come by a combined 4 points.
The Pats need to find a way to pull out the close games, perform better (and more decisively) in all three phases in the 4th quarter especially, but it's only mid-October, and the Pats/BB/TB have enough good stuff in the bank that I'm nowhere near ready to panic yet.
I've yet to see Houston shut down an elite offense. The got spanked by New Orleans last year and Green Bay last night, we can score on them. I just don't know if we'll be able to shut down Andre Johnson at all.
I think Houston is best built for a SB run. I could see them smacking us around like the Giants have done.
They're the team to beat IMO, I think by season's end we could establish ourselves as the top dog but until this pass D get it together and we stop having these mental lapses in games we do not look like a super bowl team. But the potential is definitely there, this stretch is a great opportunity to build momentum and be 9-3 heading into those 2 big ones at home with Houston and SF.
Haha I am aware how putrid our secondary is, but I suppose I am an optimist thinking they will at least be mediocre come playoff time. These next 6 games are huge, and if we can get some momentum and win them all I will feel confident going into those games against the Texans and Niners at home. There is still hope.
I've yet to see Houston shut down an elite offense. The got spanked by New Orleans last year and Green Bay last night, we can score on them. I just don't know if we'll be able to shut down Andre Johnson at all.
not with the mistakes i've seen my chargers make lol
unless everyone on other afc teams keep getting injured
let's just all pray the jets don't somehow make the playoffs
Nobody shuts down elite offenses these days with regularity. I just think with their front 7 they may have the ability to get to Brady and keep him rattled. They could probably shut down our run game like the other good front 7's have this year and leave us one dimensional.
Their offense is actually a good matchup for us IMO. We're good against the run and Shaub is not an elite type QB, totally unproven in playoffs. Andre has not been the same this season, not even on pace for 1000. Not many other legit weapons in the passing game. But those are the types of teams that have traditionally given us fits in the playoffs.
...We're good against the run and Shaub is not an elite type QB, totally unproven in playoffs.
And neither are Kevin Kolb and Russell Wilson... and both looked like Joe Montana against our secondary.
And neither are Kevin Kolb and Russell Wilson... and both looked like Joe Montana against our secondary.
Not to rain on the parade, but the patriots are lucky they're in a winnable division this year and should concentrate on that. They're young and have talent, but they still have secondary problems as well as putting everything together problems. They've managed to give games away despite some awesome stretches of front seven and offensive play, and you get no awards for being awesome during losses.
It really doesn't matter who the "best" team is early in the year, it's who improves, gels and does it when it counts, and that means get in the playoffs any way you can.