QuiGon
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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.Yes the Pats will be favored in all of them except Indy but it's still an upset if you get through all of them.
Indy favored over the pats?
Brady is 10-1 in Domes, not including playoffs, which pushes that number even higher. 'Nuff said.
I see your point, but there is no comparison here. That team had no DL, injured WRs for most of the year, poor running game, awful safety play and a not nearly as good Tom Brady.
The 2007 NE Patriots would destroy the 2002 team 45-3.
By halftime.
Yes, you will. I'm sure Belichick would not let up when we are 13-0 or 14-0. He will push it. Not in order to finish undefeated, but to keep the team on edge.
Remember, this team had a winning streak over 20 games long. There is no, Lose Now, Win the Super Bowl mentality here.
The problem with your logic is that none of those flaws were apparent the first two weeks of 2002. The chinks in the Pats armor didn't show until that awful 4 game losing streak. Problems with the Pats could emerge this year, though I highly doubt it. Still, the 2002 season is a cautionary tale not to go overboard. The real quality of any team in the league doesn't become clear until November anyway.
Also there is no way in hell Belichick will rest starters before the playoffs under any circumstance. He's not that stupid. Remember what happened to Indy in 2005, and remember how Belichick treated the San Francisco season finale in 2004.
Will any team ever have a 16-0 season? Once you've clinched your place in the playoffs you're not going to kill your starters for a perfect season.
Bill has a keen sense of football history (witness the records set in our final game these past two seasons). I think he would try for 16-0 even without the bull**** of this season.
The 14-0 Dophins had an historically weak schedule. They played ZERO playoff teams during the regular season. It is theoretically impossible for a modern team not to face at least two playoff teams.
Going 16-0 is a truly unlikely event. Even if we handle Indy, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Cinci, we are liable to get tripped up by one of the lesser teams in the league.
But I think that the Partiots have a better shot than any recent team. (Which probably explains my preseason prediction of 16 wins )
It isn't "theoretically" impossible, it is just impossible. Every team plays two entire divisions besiders their own. Someone has to win both of them.