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Should've ended for you in 2014. He had his defense give him 5 turnovers, yet still lost the game.
Yep.
Bills are slipping though. Their roster is getting worse and they are dead to rights when a team locks down Diggs. I don't see a team running away with a record of 13-4 or 12-5. Someone wins the division at 11-6 at best. All four teams will beat up on each other.
Unfortunately, a lot of people did. I heard from like four people I hadn't heard from in years who heard it who messaged me, and a couple of my son's friends were like, "Isn't that your dad?" So that was fun.
If they win that first one, I think they'll win the finale.
Again, same story. I think if they can get the first one, if Tua is banged up or if the Dolphins are having issues, a later season meeting down there - provided the Patriots are playing well at that point - is winnable.
I don't know. If you watch that home game, they got creative in the first quarter with the Marcus Jones play, then couldn't put anything together playcalling wise from there on offense. Then Jones had the pick early in the third that got called back and Patricia got ultra-conservative. I don't think O'Brien will do that. Again, I go back to the Cowboys game in 2021 when Jones through the pick-six and McDaniels came right back on the next play and he threw the touchdown to Bourne. Gotta let the kid move past a mistake and keep playing.
I know some of you guys take this way more seriously than I do, but I think it's awesome that @Ian did this. I don't come to Patsfans for unbiased takes and holding someone accountable later for a prediction over which way a football game turned out. That's ridiculous. This is a fun take and I hope he's right. And if not, like he wasn't last year, I'll still credit him for being an actual fan of the Pats.
LOL, so you're saying it wouldn't have been more interesting if I just went:
Damn, we can't even beat the Cobra Commanders!?!
Actual fans can be skeptical too. @Ian is giving the highly optimistic view. The you'll regret it comment was tongue-in-cheek. I get it's for fun, that's sort of the point in all of this, right. Predictions at this point for the season are obviously tricky but I feel pretty confident in who I think the Patriots are (or are not as in a non-playoff team). I have more questions about the other three teams in the division, but at their optimum level, each has a higher ceiling than the Patriots. I think the Patriots will need all three to fall short of expectations for them to contend for the division and the chances of that are slim.
Ah, cool. It can be heard to hear tone on these posts. I didn't think you were ripping him, but wasn't completely sure. And I wasn't trying to imply that anyone wasn't an actual fan, I was trying to do a word play on Patsfans/fan of the Pats.
Sometimes less is more.
Again, look at it collectively vs trying to imagine it week by week - they’re two different things. I’m obviously skeptical like most people, but when you start going through week by week and thinking about how some previous scenarios have gone, how even last season, they were in contention, it’s funny how it starts to go.
Ian, I've read some, and I am so rooting for this to be right, down to every detail, and for you to be able to go on air with your naysayers and rub the article in their faces, Babe-Ruth-calling-his-shot style. I mean. no particular logic sounds unsound. I want BOB to turn our wideouts into something wonderful too -- like I said elsewhere, I am skeptical but at the same time I see these green shoots when I think about our receivers and Mac. BUT, I don't think we make our bones on offense this year. We're not a get-out-of-our-way team. we're a potential win-by-refusing-to-lose team.Again, look at it collectively vs trying to imagine it week by week - they’re two different things. I’m obviously skeptical like most people, but when you start going through week by week and thinking about how some previous scenarios have gone, how even last season, they were in contention, it’s funny how it starts to go.
I had them at one point with a shot at a top seed before falling apart over the final couple of weeks (if you read it, you probably saw that). Not because I planned it that way, but I just sort of started writing it and let it go from there and that’s how it went.
Even if you’re skeptical, start going through each week taking various things into consideration (based not just on how you feel or your hatred for coaches, players, but also what you’ve seen from this team in the past) and see how it plays out.
There could be some people who end up with more wins than they thought, or there could be some who end up with less. But either way, when you just go one week at a time vs a broad look, it definitely changes how you view it.
And it’s obviously May…and I took best case scenarios because planning for the worst doesn’t make it a very fun exercise. Obviously, if Bill O’Brien doesn’t make the impact we’re all hoping, we’re in big trouble.
Week 1: vs Eagles - LLOL, so you're saying it wouldn't have been more interesting if I just went:
Week 1: vs Eagles - Nope
Week 2: vs Dolphins - No
Week 3: at Jets - Try Again
Week 4: at Cowboys - Not a chance
Week 5: vs Saints - Still no
Week 6: at Raiders - Seriously?
Week 7: vs Buffalo - Don't even bother
Week 8 : at Miami - Forget it
Week 9: vs Washington - FINALLY! (but probably not)
Week 10: vs Colts (Germany) - They should get this one ... (but probably not)
Week 11: Bye (We've definitely got this!!!)
Week 12: at Giants - Nope
Week 13: vs Chargers - LOL, um... no.
Week 14: at Pittsburgh - I don't think so
Week 15: vs KC - Don't bother showing up
Week 16: at Denver - Really?
Week 17: at Buffalo - Wait ... still no
Week 18: vs Jets - And ... no.
0-16 - Chalk it up. #1 Overall Pick next April.
My mind doesn't work that way. I'd like to think - just like I do during the season - they've got a shot during any given week, and that's just how I approach it. Hopefully, it reads a little better that way
I note that take a 5-1 start. Usually, a new offense takes time to gel. On the other hand, the last game is against the jets, and you have it as a loss. If we need the game to get into the playoffs, I would expect us to win it.
The Commanders are a gimmie. The Colts aren't because of the long road trip.
