More difficult team for the Pats to beat: Texans or 49ers?

49ers will be easier to beat IMO. Houston will be tough...hope it's snowing that monday night!

The only team who stops the Patriots scoring is the Patriots Offense. If they play up to 80% of their capacity, they score 4TD's a game. The issue becomes, can the Patriots D do enough to stop their opponent scoring more than the Patriots O?

ausbacker said:

The only team who stops the Patriots scoring is the Patriots Offense. If they play up to 80% of their capacity, they score 4TD's a game. The issue becomes, can the Patriots D do enough to stop their opponent scoring more than the Patriots O?

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It seemed like this year, the Patriots offense always starts off fast most of the time and goes silent in the 2nd half, especially the 4th quarter. Past 2 seasons, the Patriots would usually score a touchdown or two to put the game away, not the case this year. B/c of that, they let teams back into the game and it already cost them 2 games (Seattle, Baltimore), almost cost them 3 more too (Denver, NY Jets, Buffalo). Prevent offense I guess could be what you could call it.

Id go with the Texans. On top of a killer defense they have a stellar offense. I'm not sold on the 49ers' O.