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yeah?..well...don't try to bet Brady2Moss because he ain't with us anymore...SOMEBODY..*cough*Brady...to..Moss*cough*..did him in...a tragic story to be sure ....:help:
could be...what came first ..the moron or the Florio?
I have a hard time seeing this team as not top 4. With a better D and Brady, bb and mcdaniels at the helm we will score points on O. The pats are severely underrated, and that's better.
Denver
SF
Sea
GB
Falcons
Easy to picture the Patriots finishing behind 4 of that group.....
Just as easy seeing them score within that group. :confused2:
And it isn't far fetched to think they'll be ahead of all of them.
Unless of course you don't think Brady is one of the greatest QB ever.
Remember that "rebuilding" 2010 team? Averaged 32.4 points a game which was 4.8 points more a game than the 2nd best offense in the NFL.
I wasn't aware that Power Rating reelected only offensive production.
The Patriots finished tied for 3rd/4th last regular season, were one game away from being tied at 11-5 with a group of teams, and lost a great deal on offense in the offseason. We don't know what the offensive replacements will do, and we don't know if any of the defensive players will be worth a damn, but it's apparently still sacrilige to think it even possible that a few teams might catch the Patriots regular season numbers.
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7th in power rankings sounds about right to me.. though I have a lot of respect for the brains in Los Vegas that has us as best odds to win it all (but I also know they take betting trends into consideration when determining odds and that has nothing to do with the football side of thing).
Here is what I think of PFT and its "power rankings": pppfffffffffftttt!!!
I find no conflict between a ranking of 7th best team and bettors favoring Denver and New England. BTW, as reported by a poster yesterday, the current odds have Denver as the favorite with NE, SF and Seattle tied for the next best chance to win the Super Bowl.
...Just visited Caesars Palace the other day. They have Pats 7-1 to win in Feb 14' behind only Denver at 9-2, and tied with SF and Sea (also 7-1).
Those LV folks seem to know what's what from time to time...
Oh no someone showed some optimism again and Deus is playing the persecution card...again.
Sorry but I don't see any outrage or anything approaching sacrilege.
I just see people disagreeing with you about how bad the Patriots are going to be... oh wait, that's the sacrilege part isn't it?
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1 ~ Being a pessimist doesnt make you objective.
2 ~ Just as showing some optimism over the outcome of things we have absolutely no control over doesnt make us homers, sheep, clones or stupid.
3 ~ Sorry, I like Patsfan.com just fine and I see as much negativity here (objective or not) as I do sheepish fandom.
7th? Really? Top 5 at least. Apparently bengals haven't been ranked yet. Noway Bengals should be ranked better than Patriots and Packers going into next season. When was the last time the Bengals won a big time game against an elite team?
Vegas cares about setting lines and limiting exposure and they do this by keeping the numbers on either side of the line as even as possible so they can make their money on the juice.
They aren't in the business of trying to pick the winners, they're in the business of making money off of the act of betting. Anything else will invariably lead to the book going bankrupt when a wildcard team ends up beating an undefeated team in the Super Bowl.
Lines have no place in a discussion of actual football.