Division Round Opponent: Chiefs, Titans or Bills

[jmt57]

The Patriots will host either Kansas City, Tennessee or Buffalo for their first game of the 2017-18 post-season.

Many here feared Baltimore, who supposedly had about a 97% chance of making the playoffs prior to Sunday's games. Thanks for the schadenfreude, Harbaugh!

How does everyone here feel about each of those three potential opponents?

Is KC the biggest threat, to duplicate week one?

Does defeating Buffalo for a third time pose a problem?

Can the Tennessee defense cause issues for the Pats?

 

[Uptown]

Ideally, I’d love to face TEN or even a
Shady-less BUF, but if it’s KC we’ll be ready. BB & company will remember week 1

 

[reflexblue]

I want KC, i want to see them smashed. I want to crush them, to see them driven before us and hear the lamentations of their women

 

[Betterthanmost]

KC is coming here. We have some unfinished 'bizness'

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

How does everyone here feel about each of those three potential opponents? Good, better, best.

Is KC the biggest threat, to duplicate week one? Yes.

Does defeating Buffalo for a third time pose a problem? No.

Can the Tennessee defense cause issues for the Pats? No

Happy New Year!

 

[patsinthesnow]

Can any of these teams stop Dion Lewis from destroying them on the ground?

 

[SammyBlueCat]

We are going to take care of business.

 

[FoxboroFlyer]

No, no, and no. Divisional game is gravy.

 

[GorBelSer]

I think KC is the biggest hurdle, they always play hard against us and guys like Hill and Hunt make them very unpredictable. Titans are home team basically, hardly a threat on the road. Bills dont match up well with us, their run D is weak and they simply lack weapons to endure more than a half.

 

[FoxboroFlyer]

Happy New Year!

Likewise friend!

 

[sb1]

I want full health on both sides of the ball.

 

[BlueThunder]

I think BB and the coaching staff have Bills figured out.....Having seen KC before is a plus for BB.....Tenn is an unknown....I don't think it matters which team they face....if the Pats get their walking wounded back healthy no team can be a serious problem until the AFCCG and then if Steeler have to come to The Razor.....I'll take the Pats and give the points....

 

[lurker1965]

Italian race car diver; What behind me - no matter.

 

[juny]

 

[VrabelMayeWin]

Bills or Titans should be a relative cake walk. I think we'd beat KC too but they're better, with actual playmakers.

 

[FoxboroFlyer]

I want full health on both sides of the ball.

Agreed...having Burk, Hogan, Mitchell, and Branch back come playoff time will hopefully be a light bulb going off of difference. Not that I'm saying anything negative about the way things have been going. Stuff will just be better

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

I could care less. Just be ready to play and execute. I would love to play the game on Saturday but we will see.

 

[fightingirish595]

Ive knocked Tennesee, a lot this year. They are big time pretenders. That being said I think they match up kind of well with KC. I think will win that game (they beat KC in KC last year FWIW) I think the Jags beat buffalo. SO i think we end up playing the Titans

Is that the most preferred matchup? tough to say... Beating a team 3 times is tough. We will see. To me choosing between buffalo and Tennessee is splitting hairs. Pats will be favored by double digits against either

 

[TB12TheGoat]

Will we play on Saturday?

 

[nabwong]

Jeff Fisher also built this Tennessee team so I’m wary of their potential. /s