- Joined
- Feb 10, 2005
- Messages
- 33,093
- Reaction score
- 22,708
I would be ecstatic were we (Patriots) 2-2 after those opponents. 1-3 would be tough to take but it depends on how our players develop.The Bucs next 3 games:
Panthers
@Broncos
Chargers
Now, the Bucs still have to get on the same page, and the travel miles are brutal, but those are 3 winnable games.
The Patriots next 3 games:
@Seahawks
Raiders
@Chiefs
Now, I'm not saying this will happen, but the Patriots could certainly lose all 3 of those game and be 1-3. And 2-2 is probably a winning first 1/4 season in BB's eyes.
So we've got a bunch of people acting like fools over one unbalanced week (Patriots played a bad-to-mediocre team, at home: Bucs played an excellent team, on the road), when we could see a complete reversal of team fortunes over the next couple of weeks. I don't see that, because I think the Bucs will need more time to gel, but there's no question that it could happen.
Bucs SHOULD beat Panthers a known quantity but I have scant respect for Bucs HC.