In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

I present to you...

The team without its NFL MVP,
playing in the 3rd best division in the NFL,
tied with a team that spent near 150mil in the offseason


...The New England Patriots

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

Shoulda done a poll!

I think the Titans are the second best team in the AFC. :rolleyes:

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

It's either the Jets or Pats, I will let you know on Fri..

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

WRONG.....1st best team in the AFC.


I know the Titans are undefeated and deserve their credit but even without Brady does that team scare you the way we did last year or the way those undefeated Colts teams did? They are benifiting from an easy schedule made easier by the Colts slow start. Now they will be a playoff team and they will most likely have the bye and will be a real tough win but they are not the juggernauts that we were and even we could be beat.


Note: there is no homerism in this post. I speak only the truth. :D

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

How do you figure? We may not even be the best in our division. The Miami Dolphins embarrassed us not too long ago. They've gone on to prove they belong in this discussion IMO.

The Titans are clearly #1, Steelers #2. Yet Pitt just lost to the Colts who also beat us last week. So that's 4 teams better than us. Did we forget about the Chargers beatdown?

While yes Matt Cassel is improving, I'm no more confident in our chances come January than I was 2 weeks ago. Sorry to be a Debby Downer, but the reality is we still have an uphill battle.

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

i would take the pats in the playoffs over the colts, the bolts, the fins and the steelers.....combined

and honestly, i dont think the steelers or the colts or the bolts or the miami wildcat are better then us....

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

Lol?

You assume the transitive property* for football, which is NEVER correct. You also say the Steelers are #1 in football, despite having a loss. If the Pats are worse than the teams that beat them, why aren't the Steelers worse than the teams they have lost against?

Oh... right. Because they can't exist.

*Transitive Property: if Y > Z and X > Y, then X > Z.

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

Algebra hurts my head. :violent:


My logic goes like this we were the best in the AFC last year and we are on top until someone that is contending knocks us off. If the Dolphins were tied with us right now maybe we would have to give them some credit. If the Colts or Bolts were tied maybe we would have to give them credit but we don't have to give credit to anyone else until they prove to be able to beat us.

*SBB Property: To be the best you have to beat the best.

Re: In your Opinion: Second best team in the AFC?
 

Based on the season so far, the Steelers. I don't expect it to last, especially past Week 12 ;)

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It's depressing to think that if the Pats had Brady this year that they would probably have an easier time getting to the Super Bowl than they did last year.

I still put the Titans at #1. I think the Pats are #2 because they are playing the best on both sides of the ball (at least consistently) of all the 6-3 teams. Roethlisberger is too beat up and indecisive right now. The Ravens and Jets are Jeckyl and Hyde on offense. The Pats aren't a scoring machine, but they have been fairly solid on both sides of the ball for over a month now.