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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.That's kind of stupid given that we will likely have Talib, Dennard and Gregory back - 3/4 of the starting DBfield.What I say?
I say that we our current defense we're ain't going anywhere.
With the way the pats played in the first half against carolina, i almost prefer not to have the bye this year. Playing the jets in the wild card and then the colts in indy are winnable games. And anything coild hapen in the afccg.
That's kind of stupid given that we will likely have Talib, Dennard and Gregory back - 3/4 of the starting DBfield.
The problem is how many games we lose while waiting to get them back - probably this week, after that everything is winnable. I suspect we'll miss the bye but host a WC game as a division winner.
So, we'll score 30 points a game for the rest of the season. That won't beat DEN. One other
will likely beat us. leaving us at 11-5.
Obviously, we'd rather have the 3rd seed than the 4th. As many have said, we'd rather play the 6th seed than play one of the top teams in the league.
anyone who says they would rather play 3 games then 2 is completely insane and fooling themselves. Have you seen the injuries? we are 2-3 on the road. This team isn't build for road playoff wins this year with the injuries. We can't even win on the road in the reg season let alone playoffs.
Team NEEDS bye in order to at least try and reach the SB
The injuries will not magically disappear with an extra week - most of the guys who are hurt have been IRed anyway. Talib and dennard are hurt now, but will probably be ok by January. Im more worried about gaining momentum and then plowing through somehow to the super bowl then home having home field advantage, which really hasn't done a whole lot in the playoffs against baltimore last year, the jets in 2010 and baltimore again in 2009. Hot teams are tough to stop. If the pats get hot and confident, they have the talent to beat anyone in the AFC.
Den goes 5-1 to finish 14-2, gets the #1 seed.
Ind goes 4-2 to finish 11-5, gets the #2 seed.
NE goes 4-2 to finish 11-5, gets the #3 seed.
Cin goes 3-2 to finish 10-6, gets the #4 seed.
KC goes 5-1 to finish 14-2, gets the #5 seed.
NYJ go 3-3 to finish 8-8, gets the #6 seed.
Wildcard Round
NE waxes NYJ
KC beats Cin
Divisional Round
Den beats KC
NE beats Ind
AFCCG
NE at Den - who knows?
What I say?
I say that with our current defense we're ain't going anywhere.
Right now we trail Indy due to 4-2 in the conference vs. 5-2 for them
But we have one more in-conference game to play than they do, so a tie in overall record may well also have a tie in conference record, and then it comes down to the next tiebreaker: Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games
Indy beat Denver, so we really need to do the same.
Indy beat Houston, so we really need to do the same.
Indy lost to Miami, while we beat them once and we need to beat them again.
We lost to Cincinnati, so hopefully they do as well.
Those things help us in potential tiebreaks with Indy to get #2 rather than #3.
I think the key thing to watch the rest of the way is the NE-Ind battle for the #2 seed. The #2 seed this year is probably better than the #1 seed, because the #1 seed has to face either Den or KC in the Divisional Round. I think 12-4 gets the #2 seed, so the question really is whether NE can go 5-1 the rest of the way. I think they can, but this week is pretty darned important. Not just for the overall record, but also for tiebreakers (conference record).
I don't know how its all going to play out, but I have a feeling we'll be seeing
Patriots-Giants III
I think I'll DVR that game and decide what to do about watching it late that evening
You and me both. My heart can't take another one of those games. I may leave the country this time and come back at a later date.
We'll get the 2 seed, that I'm fairly confident of. This week represents to me our only real chance to lose--Baltimore on the road is the only other game that makes me remotely nervous and I think we're starting to get to the point where we will click on O. If there are no more catastrophic injuries on D, I see 12-4 as the floor.
After watching the Giants twice and Baltimore last year, I'm less concerned with seeding and more concerned with peaking in January. I'd love the bye because it's one less chance to lose, but that's about it.
The 2 seed is almost a lock at this point. The colts are struggling without wayne and the bengals look depleted after losing geno atkins.
The patriots just have to keep everyone healthy until the end of the season.