I think last year caught alot of teams off guard as they were not ready for this combo - I think this year you will see teams study on how Moss for the most part got shut down the latter half of the season and work on that - There will be tougher yards to come by in 2008 for Moss and Welker no doubt in my mind - I am almost sure of that -
But OTOH I see a better performance from the rushing attack than last year if the OL holds up well.
If this team is not more of a ball controlled offense this year than the 45 second TD machine it was last year, I will be very surprised - I do not expect scoring to be as high either with more of regular season points in the mid to upper 400 range,not over 500.
I would be willling to bet anyone that there will be AT LEAST 9 or 10 games this year decided by 7 points or less between NE and its opponents.