meatface
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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.Better team than last year despite losing a hall of fame corner in the offseason? We were definitely a better team with Revis
A better team with Revis? I dont see it. A better CB group with Revis sure. Better D possibly, sure..... How can you say "better team" when they have been lights out so far and last year this time it was right before the Chiefs game.
You dont know what we wouldn't have if we kept Revis. So there not anywhere near enough info to make a statement like that. Unless you come from the "more flashy big name big salaried players you have on the team, the better you are" school of thought.
You really think this team wouldn't be better without Revis? Yes, we do have enough "info" to make a statement like that. Are you saying you don't have enough info to know if Revis would be an upgrade over fletcher?
Brady is playing at his October pace of last year, Gronk is playing healthy from the start, Edelman is basically uncoverable in the short passing game, Lewis is an upgrade over Vereen as a runner and receiver through 3 games, Blount looked very good against what appears to be a solid run D in Jax, and the OL hasn't had many issues to start like they did last season. The DL should be vastly improved, Mayo is back as the 3rd LB, etc, etc.
Yes, losing Revis hurts, but to think that losing him negates every other improvement over last years team a net loss? That's just ignorant.
This team is weaker at CB (admittedly, FARRRR weaker) and FB than the team that ran onto the field for SB49.
It appears better than or equal at:
QB=/+
RB+ (and I'm a huge Ridley fan, this running game will be far better with Blount/Lewis vs Ridley/Blount/Vereen, we simply CHOOSE to not run at times)
TE+
WR= (once LaFell returns + )
OL+ (through first 3 games at least)
DE+
DT= (for starters, depth is +++, potentially starters win out by season end)
LB+
S=/+
It's hard to not say that this team is better overall and they are clicking much earlier than last years team. Missteps happen to everyone, but we have a team that deserves to be feared right now and while I'm not going to predict 16-0 and a SB win, there isn't a single team in the NFL that we should not beat (as of today), with AZ, GB, and SEA appearing to be the biggest competitors, none of which we face on the way to the SB should we make it there again.
I really hope we break that tendency we seem to have of losing to a bad team that has no business beating us once a year, the "any given Sunday" rule is great for laughs, but it's really irritating when it catches us.
You really think this team wouldn't be better without Revis? Yes, we do have enough "info" to make a statement like that. Are you saying you don't have enough info to know if Revis would be an upgrade over fletcher?
12 more wins needed for Bill Belichick to tie Curly Lambeau for 4th all-time among NFL coaches. Amazing. We are so incredibly fortunate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_head_coaches_with_50_wins
He's fighting a hamstring injury now. If I remember correctly he had hamstring problems all last season.
If the injury progresses, we dodged a bullet and doomed the Jets.
He's fighting a hamstring injury now. If I remember correctly he had hamstring problems all last season.
If the injury progresses, we dodged a bullet and doomed the Jets.
P U PI haven't heard a word on lafell. Is he coming back for that colts game?
He had hammy issues in 2010 too IIRC. Didn't seem to hold him out longer than a week, even though Moss burned him the week after for a TD.