Whooshhhhhhhhhhh.....
You completely missed the point.
It has nothing to do with being your favorite term of derision (foam finger fans unite!) for anybody that does not share your point of view, and everything to do with cherry picking games or stats to allegedly prove something.
If the only games you take into consideration are the ones that a team lost (any team, it doesn't matter which one), then lo and behold - surprise Captain Obvious: that team looks bad!
If you still think that I am wrong, then please look strictly at the losses of any team of your choosing, and then show us how that team looks good.
If you are unable to do so then your point is meaningless.[/QUO
I could care less how other teams matchup up against the physical teams that whoop the Pats O line. I care about how the Pats stack up vs teams on their schedule. Last year, the teams that beat up on the Pats O line beat the Pats. And Pats have gotten in a bad habit of losing the last game every year...to the physical D lines. Baltimore had a 3 man D line that dominated the Pats 5OL + TEs. Brady managed 1 TD. NE scored 3 points in the 1st half vs SF...then Harbaugh pulled a BB and went prevent...allowing Brady to breathe and thrive. As soon as SF attacked again, game over.
My point.....its the same O line without the TEs. I don't see how this group all of sudden can morph into something they haven't been for years...especially with the newbie pass catchers. The biggest blessing is that they won't play the NFC West this year and instead get to play the hot messes of the NFC East. Cincy and Balt will be tests, maybe Cleve....but not in the class of SF or Seat.