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Yeah. That too. LOL. He is now 8-0 without Brees the last 2 seasons which is very impressive. If this was Bill doing this with a gadget player the last 3 weeks, media would be fawning all over him and COY considerations. Payton is very underrated. He has not had the post-season success because Brees is an awful post-season player much like Manning.
Like Matt Patricia, I'll always appreciate Payton for wearing that shirt.
It's an important week for lots of teams. In the race for bragging rights, Tampa needs to win to keep ahead of NE. NE is coming on strong but I wonder if they can keep on winning with the kind of offensive stats they are producing.
I doubt very much Tampa cares about NE at all. It is a media creation. Tampa needs to win because they can basically wrap up a playoff spot with 2 more wins as you say. If they can get to 10 wins they could be the 5th seed potentially and get the NFC East winner which would be a good path to the playoffs.
10-6 is a wide path in. Doubtful we'll see another week like last week where every single team the Pats are chasing win their games. A couple of those teams like Miami have schedules that are toughening up.
Pats having a better record than the Bucs would be absolutely remarkable.
Yeah. Tampa just had their toughest 4 game stretch and now has their easiest games left. The Pats have their toughest stretch now.Pats having a better record than the Bucs would be absolutely remarkable.
7-5 is only one game better than 6-6 but the Pats are about to start the toughest stretch of their season. I can see Bucs winning at least 3 of their last 4, and Pats splitting their last 2. We'll see what happens.
What would be amusing is if the Pats are 8-7 but eliminated, Bill putting a preseason lineup out there against the Jets to try and make them win and screw them out of Lawrence.
The issue of course is this isn’t a rookie an you brought in. It is a qb with 1-3 years left. He doesn’t really have a lot of chances to get comfortable. Sadly
This is the kind of thing that gets overlooked when fans look at a team's record.
I'd bet on the Bucs vs the Giants if it happens.
I was just saying to someone, the difference between 11 or 12 wins is beating the garbage teams and going .500 vs the good ones. Tampa is 5-1 vs losing teams with the one loss to the Bears on the short week. They are 2-4 vs good teams. If they win their next 4 then they finish with 11 wins. The Pats lost 3 games to losing teams which is why they are sitting at 6-6 and now have their 3 toughest games ahead of them so if they go 1-2 which is likely then they finish with 7 or 8 wins and out of the playoffs.
Really? Would have thought no AFCE team would have an easier schedule than the AFCN. Though they play each other so I guess it evens a bit
So far, the Pats have played to the level of the competition, last Sunday being the exception. I'm wondering if continually losing to the Dolphins in Miami was more of a Brady thing, or more of a Belichick thing. I guess we will find out in 10 days.
What worries me about Tampa is they're still trying to figure out who they are and what they do best. Are they an Arians offense or a Brady offense? Is the defense gonna play soft coverage or are they going to be aggressive in man and blitz? It's an easy schedule, but whether they win depends on what kind of team we see.
Yep. Typical for the first year together of a new QB and new team/coach. I hope they can figure it out in time.
