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Good, but somewhat overrated defense
Lousy offense
The Patriots should have put up 30+ in this game, but a few mistakes prevented that. Brady missed an open Gronk in the end zone, just for one example. I think the Seahawks can be a problem for others, and I'm not saying that the defense isn't a good one, because it is, but I don't see them as an elite team. Of course, the season's still young and teams develop.
Also, I'm sure I speak for more people than just myself when I entreat you to stick around. We can certainly use more perspectives from fans of other teams.
I've got to say that I honestly don't how exactly how good the Seahawks D truly is or can be ... but we're certainly going to find out. As I mentioned before, the Seahawks travel down to SF play the 49ers on Thursday. That was absolutely brutal of the schedule makers there and feels very much like a trap game to me (Seattle coming off an emotional win and SF coming off a tough loss and playing at home). You want to talk about overrated -- I don't care how well the 49ers offense is playing -- Alex Smith is very much overrated (My very best friend is a 49ers fan. We talk all the time and I tell him the exact same thing).
Personally, I think that you guys may lose a little bit of perspective on how good other teams are because your offense is SO darned good. As I mentioned before, I saw: Montana's 49ers, Aikman's Cowboys, and a lot of other really high powered offenses play -- your offense as it stands today is right up there with all of them in my book. As the announcers mentioned, the last time the Patriots faced the #1 Defense (the Steelers, which I believe was back on 9/14/2010) ... you guys laid 39 points on them.
As far as the Hawks offense is concerned, admittedly it's a work in progress. If there's one thing I've learned from all my years watching football, it's that an offense is only as good as it's offensive line. Back in 2005, we rode that offensive line to the Super Bowl. I mean shoot, with Walter Jones and Steve Hutchinson on the left side -- no one was going to make a dent with those 2. Other teams KNEW what the play was that was coming (because Holmgren is SO predictable) ... and STILL no one could stop Alexander from rumbling 10 yards. Your line (frankly) is really, really good. How they kept Brady's jersey clean for much of the day is beyond me -- very impressive. Our current offensive line on the other hand is definitely in flux. Moffit was out today (but even he hadn't been playing his normal RG position) ... Carpenter was playing his first game at LG ... and the rest of the line has been flag city all year. So, we're nowhere near a Super Bowl caliber line IMO at this point -- that's for sure.
Thanks for the kind words there Deus. I'll definitely poke my head in from time to time to give my .02.