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The team is deep, deep, deep.
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While things look great after two games, a reality check for the 16-0 crowd.
You can pretty much count on at least on WTF game, and one division loss. In addition, nothing on the road should be taken lightly. Being favored to win every game is completely different from being expected to win every one of those games.
2014: Week 1 loss at Miami by 13 (Pats favored by 5)
2014: Week 4 loss at Kansas City by 27 (Pats favored by 3)
2014 road record: 5-3
2014 division record: 4-2
2013: Week 5 loss at Cincinnati by 7 (Pats favored by 1)
2013: Week 7 loss at N.Y. Jets by 3 (Pats favored by 3)
2013 road record: 4-4
2013 division record 4-2
2012: Week 2 loss vs Arizona by 2 (Pats favored by 13.5)
2012: Week 6 loss at Seattle by 1 (Pats favored by 4)
2012: Week 15 loss vs San Francisco by 7 (Pats favored by 5)
2012 road record: 6-2
2012 division record: 6-0
2011: Week 3 loss at Buffalo by 3 (Pats favored by 7.5)
2011: Week 8 loss at Pittsburgh by 8 (Pats favored by 3)
2011: Week 9 loss at N.Y. Giants by 4 (Pats favored by 9)
2011 road record: 6-2
2011 division record: 5-1
2010: Week 2 loss at N.Y. Jets by 14 (Pats favored by 3)
2010: Week 9 loss at Cleveland by 20 (Pats favored by 4)
2010 road record: 6-2
2010 division record: 5-1
2009: Week 2 loss at N.Y. Jets by 7 (Pats favored by 3.5)
2009: Week 5 loss at Denver by 3 (Pats favored by 3)
2009: Week 13 loss at Miami by 1 (Pats favored by 5)
2009 road record: 2-6
2009 division record: 4-2
In recent history, on average the Pats go about 5-3 on the road.
Within the division the Patriots are more likely to go 4-2 than 6-0.
It is fun to aspire for an undefeated season, but at the same time it is simply not a realistic expectation.
Browner was no better in coverage than Fletcher
I'm not sure if Fletcher cannot have a role, but Browner did not allow at least one TD per game where he was 2 or more yards behind a wide open receiver. There is no doubt that Bradley has been worse than Brandon this far.
Oh, I think there's plenty of doubt to that. Browner had more penalties than games last year, and was rarely left alone deep.
turns out Jax was indeed cup cake city
in the playoffs kansas city, denver, pittsburgh could be trouble but that's a long ways away.
A few thoughts on this:
--Please spare me the posters who predict/guarantee any particularly record, particularly undefeated. It's just silly, and nobody's going to come back at season's end and say, "wow, you really nailed it!" Anybody can make a guess, which is fine, but enough with the "you heard it hear first" nonsense.
--The Pats under Belichick and Brady always post winning records, but there's one they haven't finished with yet, 15-1. Law of averages?
--Someone in this thread mentioned the Colts. A little OT, but I was thinking the other day how surprising it is that a seemingly sharp football mind like Ron Jawarski picked the Colts to win the AFC. I just can't see how their offseason moves would have led anyone to that conclusion.
--On the odds of the Pats going 19-0, a poster did the math on it using an 80% probability per game. I would say that's a bit low--the Jax game, for example, would have been more in the neighborhood of 95%, I think. And would any be lower than 80%? I don't think so. So I think more realistically the odds would land somewhere around 8%. Fun to play with the numbers a bit.
The Bills scored 19 unanswered points against us in the 4th quarter last week, just blew out the Dolphins, and are currently the third highest-scoring offense in the League. I expect them to be a challenge come November, when we face them a second time. And I'd go as far as to call them a potential playoff team.
buffalo will be tough, as you say, but we get them in foxboro the next time. and we let them back in the game because we took the foot off the gas pedal almg with questionable play calling.