Illegal Contact right on. Same team as last year almost. Brady has to be awesome every week. In many ways they are worse than last year. Gronk is better but they have no running game. BJGE clearly is slow to the hole with the turf toe. Stevan Ridley and Vereen have given them nothing this year. Woodhead has been pretty good when used.
On defense, they have a little better pass rush. Safeties are much worse and the corners are worse thanks to Devin McCourty just falling apart.
I think they will have a difficult time running the table and the only way this team even makes it to a Super Bowl is to get the #1 seed.
The Jets are looming at the #6 seed. The Pats could win 12 and get the #3 and play the Jets or they could be a #1 and get the Jets again. The Jets a 3rd time would scare. Because to lose to them in the playoffs again would be humiliating as it gets.
At some point the offense will be slowed down and the defense will be exposed and the season will end. Basically the trend the last 3 years.
We will here the same excuses from the same cast of characters on this board. These are the same people that would argue with the realists about Jermaine Cunningham. But, its the same crap, "You're a troll, you're a jets fan." I mean I don't know you people, but your rebuttals are something a kid would say on a playground. So grow up. If you're not smart enough to make an intelligent defense that's not my fault. But in the end this team lacks talent on defense. I have said it a thousand times. They could have paid Goldson 500k more. They didn't and look at the season that guy had. They could have drafted better THIS YEAR alone. On D, they have been CHEAP, with the draft they have been incompetent at drafting defensive players. And even on offense. There have been huge misses. Taylor Price, they took Vereen 15 picks in front of DeMarco Murray. Murray was 10X the player Vereen was in college playing in a much better league.
Look at this defense next year. Where is the maturing young talent? Still have problems at safety, linebacker and defensive line. Don't forget that Andre Carter is a free agent. Dowling tore ligaments in his leg don't expect him and his fragile body to be ready to go.
Great free agent crop out there again. If this team once again goes cheap and if they once again F up the draft, than this cycle will continue. And let's face it, you can't expect a defense to turn around on the strength of rookies. And Tom is a year older next year.