Your expectations from 2017 Pats

Goodell hanging by the neck from the lighthouse

Anything can happen. But this team has more top end talent AND more depth than ever before, even at the QB position. Last year, we knew Brady was suspended, but none of us had any clue, really, what JG could do. Now (assuming JG is still on the team at the start of the year) I think all of us would conclude that even if Brady missed large chunks of time, the team is in good hands at QB.

That said, I fully expect them to win 12+ games and be in the AFCCG. They are, on paper, the best team in the AFC (the best team in football actually), but getting to the Super Bowl might come down to where the AFCCG is played. They seem to have a very difficult schedule this year and so 12-4 might be a good mark, but there might be another team that goes 13-3. If the Pats have to go on the road for the AFCCG, they could lose. And, of course, winning the Super Bowl, even when the Patriots have had great teams, has NEVER been easy.

So 12+ wins and making it to the AFCCG. I'll take my chances from there.

Be competitive in every game.

7-9, miss the playoffs. It's the phins time sadly

What I expect is a 12+ win season and another trip to the AFCCG.

What I'd like is for the Pats to beat Eli's Giants in the SB before he's indicted.

Health permitting, I expect to see the Pats battling it out in next years super bowl game.

I simply want another Lombardi.

As for what I expect... I expect another competitive team that makes the post season. Anything goes after that.

stinkypete said:

I don't care if Brady goes full Manning and has a 7/25 TD/INT ratio.

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Giant middle finger to you, sir, for this sentence for many different reasons. And I'm only half kidding.

12-4 or better
AFCE Champs
BYE
AFC Champs
SB Champs

Anything less is deep disappointment

Well, it's the offseason. I guess it makes sense to have a thread full of SB victory predictions, and the ever-popular 19-0 prediction.

I hate to be a wet blanket, but I don't think we're favored to win the SB.

Just more favored than anybody else in the league (see the above conversation about 25% chance).

Trouble is, in this case it is the good of the 1 vs. the good of the 31.