Who Is Our Biggest AFC Threat?

meatface · Nov 17, 2015

MUFC7 said:
It's the Steelers ans it's not even close. Elite qb with the best WR in the game + Martavis Bryant. Hopefully DeAngelo Williams will feel the long season until the play offs. With a healthy Roethlisberger they are a lock for second best team in the AFC

A healthy big Ben is a pretty big question mark this season

NormZauchin · Nov 17, 2015

PatriotsPimp136 said:
Health's a concern. This team can't afford to keep losing players and they need edelman back. Edelman's going to work extra hard to come back in 7 weeks

To try to put a positive spin on Edelman's injury, one could say that being out of the lineup for the next 6 to 8 weeks insures that he won't sustain an injury that would knock him out of the playoffs. The Pats pretty much have the division wrapped up, so they don't need him for that. They might miss him in trying to gain a playoff bye, but increasingly their two chief rivals, Denver and Cincinnati, are showing their deficiencies. The biggest effect Edelman's injury may have is on the Pats' chances of finishing the season undefeated.

Wordsmyth · Nov 17, 2015

The Bungles lost a step last night when they succumbed to those mighty Tinhorns. Yeehaw!

Ring 6 · Nov 17, 2015

mgteich said:
OK, so a 13-3 Cinci would be the greatest threat to the patriots in the AFC.

Not necessarily. Pittsburgh may be a better team with a worse record by the time the season ends.

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A Defiant Goose · Nov 17, 2015

Yea. As I said. Pittsburgh is the Patriots' biggest threat. Nobody else in the AFC worries me in the least.

BTTA · Nov 17, 2015

1. Pittsburgh
2. Jets or Bills, whichever makes the playoffs
3. Cincy
4. Denver

Pat the Pats Fan · Nov 17, 2015

I voted Steelers, only because I don't expect the Pats to face the Bengals in the playoffs, if history repeats.....

PatsDeb · Nov 17, 2015

meatface said:
Injury bug?

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This is really it. We've seen the enemy, and it be us (or the injury bug).

PatsFanSince74 · Nov 17, 2015

Aside from "More Injuries" (credit to JMCOO above), my answer is "The Steelers." Why?

It's about the QB's and there are two other QB's playing today with two rings; we know who they are. In addition, last night we saw what a Romeo Crennel D (OK, OK, he does have JJ) can do to Andy Dalton and the Bengals. We all know where Romeo learned everything he knows and we all know who will be talking to him at length if the Pats play the Bengals in January.

As for the rest, Luck has been exposed and I'm afraid that this is Peyton's last Rodeo. You only had to look at the expression on his face after he broke Favre's record on Sunday to know that he knows it.

After watching the Giants on Sunday, they're my pick to win the NFC. Everyone else is a pretender, though the Cardinals might do it. I have no earthly explanation for what happened to the Packers. I think the Seahawks were broken by Malcolm Butler. If I'm wrong about the Panthers, I'll eat my SB XXXVI championship hat, but I just don't see them winning the Conference.

I'm afraid we might just have to suffer through another Pats-Giants SB.

I think I'll move to another planet for the day.

50-yard-line · Nov 17, 2015

lillloyd said:
I'm glad you all are so confident we'll squeeze into the playoffs to begin with

I don't know what to make of the Bengals because Dalton was "Bad Andy" in the Cincy-Pitt game, which again makes me wonder how he'll do playoff time. The other thing is, Cincy has been incredibly fortunate thus far on the injury front (a year after being incredibly UNfortunate), and you've got to believe that at some point the law of averages will catch up to them at least a little bit. But it's tough to argue with their sterling results this year, and their top-to-bottom roster talent is really impressive.

Things change a huge amount week to week in the NFL, so maybe a team or two gets sorted out/hot and becomes a true challenger....but standing here right now, it just seems like the entire AFC field (sans NE of course) seems fatally flawed. I just have a tough time imagining anyone going into Foxboro and winning.

Re/ Pitt, 10 weeks in and they're still a very tough team to figure out. Part of that is due to injuries and associated lineup shuffling, but part of that is just inconsistency, particularly on defense.

That said, I'd love to see a NE-Pitt rematch. I don't think we'd win, but I think it could be a helluva entertaining game with Ben healthy and Martavis back in the mix. Maybe we'd even have someone cover Gronk this time But we have a long, long road to even make it that far.

After Week 1's opening game, I told a friend that the Pats-Steelers would be the AFCCG. Were it not for catastrophic injuries to the Steelers, few would now likely disagree. Even with Ben sucking after his absence, they beat up the Bengals. Clearly the best two in the conference.

I agree with the ranking posted earlier:
Steelers
Jets/Bills
Cincy
Denver

Ring 6 · Nov 17, 2015

50-yard-line said:
After Week 1's opening game, I told a friend that the Pats-Steelers would be the AFCCG. Were it not for catastrophic injuries to the Steelers, few would now likely disagree. Even with Ben sucking after his absence, they beat up the Bengals. Clearly the best two in the conference.

I agree with the ranking posted earlier:
Steelers
Jets/Bills
Cincy
Denver

They scored 10 points against the bengals.
Not sure where all the Pittsburgh love is coming from.
The d is shaky bell is gone thru haven't won a playoff game in 4 years. They have 4 of their remaining 6 on the road. WC is their only hope and that's not a lock.

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Kontradiction · Nov 17, 2015

Steelers if Ben is healthy. I think Butler would hold his own against Brown but Bryant would abuse whomever would be covering him and DeAngelo Williams ran with some success in Week 1, though we were giving Pittsburgh the run a lot. I still think a Patriots team with some pieces on the OL, Edelman, and Collins back win that game, but Pittsburgh has the pieces to score with New England. I would say Cincy but I don't think the Red Rocket (see what I did there?) is over his prime time jitters.

primetime · Nov 17, 2015

Pat the Pats Fan said:
I voted Steelers, only because I don't expect the Pats to face the Bengals in the playoffs, if history repeats.....

Only twice. First as tragedy, then as farce.

everlong · Nov 17, 2015

Our biggest threat in the AFC is the IR. If they can get everybody back and not losing anybody else they won't lose. HUGE IF's the way things are going.

mihap · Nov 17, 2015

Steelers, Jets, Buffalo

SHOWTIME15 · Nov 17, 2015

KontradictioN said:
Steelers if Ben is healthy. I think Butler would hold his own against Brown but Bryant would abuse whomever would be covering him and DeAngelo Williams ran with some success in Week 1, though we were giving Pittsburgh the run a lot. I still think a Patriots team with some pieces on the OL, Edelman, and Collins back win that game, but Pittsburgh has the pieces to score with New England. I would say Cincy but I don't think the Red Rocket (see what I did there?) is over his prime time jitters.

i think you meant Red Rifle

Rusty Coupe · Nov 18, 2015

Wonder if this guy voted in the poll

Pennsylvania man allegedly shoots neighbor in fight over Steelers game

A fight over Sunday's Pittsburgh Steelers game ended with a man shooting his neighbor, according to police.

WTAE reported that 58-year-old Earl Dunbar allegedly shot neighbor Victor Sawyer in the shoulder from inside his house in Knoxville, Pa. on Sunday. The report, which cites the criminal complaint, says that Dunbar and Sawyer were watching Sunday's Steelers game at another house on their street and started arguing.

Dunbar has Steelers paraphernalia on his house, WTAE said, and also has a sign outside that says, "No trespassing, violators will be shot, survivors will be shot again,"

Sawyer was coming up on Dunbar's porch after Dunbar returned home, and Dunbar allegedly fired at him from inside the house, WTAE reported.

Sawyer was taken to the hospital in stable condition, WTAE said, and Dunbar is being held in Allegheny County Jail, charged with aggravated assault. His bond is $50,000.

Pennsylvania man allegedly shoots neighbor in fight over Steelers game

Mark. · Nov 18, 2015

PatsFanSince74 said:
After watching the Giants on Sunday, they're my pick to win the NFC. Everyone else is a pretender, though the Cardinals might do it. I have no earthly explanation for what happened to the Packers. I think the Seahawks were broken by Malcolm Butler. If I'm wrong about the Panthers, I'll eat my SB XXXVI championship hat, but I just don't see them winning the Conference.

I'm afraid we might just have to suffer through another Pats-Giants SB.

I think I'll move to another planet for the day.

And I'll join you on that other planet. That is the last team I want to see in the Superbowl.

mosslost · Nov 18, 2015

50-yard-line said:
After Week 1's opening game, I told a friend that the Pats-Steelers would be the AFCCG. Were it not for catastrophic injuries to the Steelers, few would now likely disagree. Even with Ben sucking after his absence, they beat up the Bengals. Clearly the best two in the conference.

I agree with the ranking posted earlier:
Steelers
Jets/Bills
Cincy
Denver

We would likely get them in the Divisional Round

IcyPatriot · Nov 18, 2015

Colts are if Andrew Luck gets healthy or Denver if Brock can give them something .... and it's not even close.

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