Ryan Clark thinks Dolphins will be better than Pats!?

And Willie thinks the Raiders will have a better record than the Pats.

Et tu Willie?

Wozzy said:

If not for the wind game maybe New England wouldn't exit the bye believing all the great things the media were saying about them, like their crap didn't stink... and that would propel them the rest of the way. We can play the "what if" game all day long.

New England was a better team than the Dolphins in 2021, that's just a fact. It has no bearing at all on 2022, every season is a new season. Nothing

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Wozzy said:

If not for the wind game maybe New England wouldn't exit the bye believing all the great things the media were saying about them, like their crap didn't stink... and that would propel them the rest of the way. We can play the "what if" game all day long.

New England was a better team than the Dolphins in 2021, that's just a fact. It has no bearing at all on 2022, every season is a new season. Nothing is written.

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I don't think we were to much better then Miami last year. We did finish 1 game above them but went 0-2 against them. I believe they've improved their team more then we have this off season.

They've improved a lot by adding Hill who in anyone's eyes is a top 3 to 5 receiver. Waddle will just keep getting better as well. They also improved their O line. If Tua can't succeed with Hill and Waddle, he'll never succeed.

I don't feel we've improved as much as I hoped, we lost a top 5 to 7 corner which is big. We also lost a few other key players. We did add Parker which should improve our WR core. Let's hope Mac takes a big leap as that will be the difference for us this year.

Not trying to be a downer, just being realistic as I've seen some lofty predictions.

Ryan Clark in November said as much as he hated to admit it the Pats were going to the Super Bowl and that prediction didn't exactly pan out. These guys just say whatever cause people will talk about it.

jah said:

When I saw the headline, I thought "hmm, maybe, maybe not". It never registered in my head that this might be worth getting mad about. It's a prediction that really could go either way, considering both teams had similar records in 2021.

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This sounds right. Most here say Miami will be better this year, and if they had one more win last year I think they take the wildcard spot, effectively a better outcome than NE.

We'll see. They might have to play the games to find out.

tasmlab said:

This sounds right. Most here say Miami will be better this year, and if they had one more win last year I think they take the wildcard spot, effectively a better outcome than NE.

We'll see. They might have to play the games to find out.

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No need. Everybody on here knows what will happen. Just ask.

I think Ryan Clark has never liked the patriots. So it’s not shocking that he would take a semi hot take about the dolphins.

The dolphins are the offseason darlings like we were last year. Who knows how they will do with hill and a new coach.

I still have a lot of questions about our offense and I am going to need to see improvement in the preseason before I’m convinced we are much better than the dolphins.

This thread is still active? I swear that I have hit the “ignore thread” button twice already but it keeps returning. Maybe @Ian can add a “no seriously, this thread sucks balls” button.

Jete, Jags & Little Nicky's team are the bottom of the AFC barrel... Then it's Pats vs Dolphins for next-worst.


EDIT: Cleveland could be an interesting situation if DeShaun Watson's fortunes take an unfavorable turn; and the Titties have to be concerned with the way Tannyhill's season ended, as well as the inevitable decline of Derrick Henry & life without AJ Brown...

Just imagine how good they'd be had they drafted Justin Herbert instead of Tua...

MAC10 said:

Just imagine how good they'd be had they drafted Justin Herbert instead of Tua...

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Or signed Drew Brees instead of Daunte Culpepper. We can do this all day.

He’s obviously entitled to his opinion, but I’m not sure why any Patriots fan would care, as he has been wrong about them for as long as he has been around.

TommyD4207 said:

Or signed Drew Brees instead of Daunte Culpepper. We can do this all day.

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It probably wouldn't have been much different as he was only good with Peyton.

MAC10 said:

Just imagine how good they'd be had they drafted Justin Herbert instead of Tua...

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I'm sure Miami is thinking about this given the makeup of their offense. It was idiotic selecting an overrated guy with a shot put throwing arm coming off of a hip injury. Picks like this is where Owners should step in and say no.

TheRainMaker said:

It probably wouldn't have been much different as he was only good with Peyton.


I'm sure Miami is thinking about this given the makeup of their offense. It was idiotic selecting an overrated guy with a shot put throwing arm coming off of a hip injury. Picks like this is where Owners should step in and say no.

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That’s the thing…from what I’ve heard drafting Tua WAS an owner decision

MAC10 said:

That’s the thing…from what I’ve heard drafting Tua WAS an owner decision

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I think it is a very realistic chance they're better than us next year.

203Pat said:

I think it is a very realistic chance they're better than us next year.

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Yep; we should have the HC/QB advantage, but they also have potentially good players starting at the other position groups on offense, their OL should be solid though I don't know who their backup Center would be, and I prefer their personnel on defense to ours, especially if Melvin Ingram can provide quality backup snaps from outside behind Phillips & Van Ginkel.