How confident are you for Sunday?

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

and why do we probably lose a defensive battle?

I understand our De is banged up but to be in a defensive battle our de would be playing well or else there is no battle so than why would probably lose?

I would say just the opposite we are the ones with the experience and savy that should pull out a tough one (last week was more of an offensive battle than defensive). If our De gets in said defensive battle and holds down the Wild Cat, Unbalanced line, and pennington's short risk free passing game than I think we will win.

As we all know the NFL is wacky week to week and even if the defense is not playing well does not mean the other offense is making the best out of it - Sometimes both sides have off days and offsets each other's side

 

[italian pat patriot]

from 1 to 10: 7

crucial game at least

we must win-Go Pats !

 

[buile]

Confident of a win? 8
Yes, Miami *always* plays us tough, and now we're in their house. But this team showed me they can play from behind last week, and that's a great boost to confidence.

 

[Wildo7]

I'd say I'm at about a 5. The Dolphins seem to have the Pats numbers this time in the season, they beat us handily one time already and have even more motivation this time as the playoffs they haven't sniffed in years are coming into site. Plus they are at home. I think the game can easily go either way, though perhaps the extra couple of days the Pats have coming off a Thursday night game gives them a slight edge.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

5.

Sparano coached an outstanding game in their 1st meeting so I don't expect a distinct coaching advantage. So it's going to come down to personnel and execution. The Pats are already banged up quite a bit and might even be worse off if Warren and others are limited. Pennington killed them over the middle in the 1st game and the Pats really haven't shown that they've improved in that area since. On the other hand, the Wildcat shouldn't burn them like it did the first time now that there's a lot of film to provide ideas how to defend it. Also, Cassel has improved a lot and should be allowed to make things happen this time around whereas he wasn't given aggressive playcalls in the 1st matchup.

Road games against teams with winning records after 10 games are never easy, no matter who the opponent is.

Regards,
Chris

 

[stcjones]

I'm at 5. Our defense needs to show me something.

I'm going to see that 5....and raise it to a 5.5 ........I agree with your statement though.....this game comes down MAJORLY to how well the defense plays this time around...and how well the O does in the red zone out of the gate......don't want anymore come from behind heart killers!!!.....

 

[j00fek]

i really want the pats to win, but if they loose im starting to talk draft

 

[makoute]

6-7 I still feel we will win.

 

[Spiral]

I'd say about a four. You can bet that Miami will do something completely different on Sunday. Miami probably figures that BB will make the necessary adjustments to stop the wildcat, so the phins will do something that takes advantage of the whatever NE does to stop the wildcat. Point-counterpoint. This is going to be a real test for Pees, whose job security may be in doubt if the Patriots get embarrassed again.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

I would have been a 6 for the Colts game and a 7 for the Jets at home; so, you know the old saying, "twice burned thrice shy."

Put me down for a 4.99.

 

[SoCal Pmen]

5. I would be more confident if this game were in Foxboro.

 

[JR4]

About an 8.55555 for many reasons

1. Pats O has been a work in progress but has made significant improvement.
2. PATs put up 31 point on the JETs and Jets are a better D team than the fish.
3. The loss to the JETs has PATs chopping at the bit to let out their anger.
4. Cassel is now sustaining drives. PATs wont go 6 possessions without points again.
5. PATs red zone Offense is a little better and Cassel has learned a lot down there.

6. PATs special teams are much better and should give PATs and edge here.

7. While PATs and fish are about the same in terms of offense production
those stats include PATs new QB learning the system. Fish last four games
has been against easy opponents. They currently have a false sense of
how good they are.

8. PATs D has significantly improved since last time they played.
9. Mayo has greatly improved and so hasn't their run D
10. Meriweather has been improving and is faster the Rodney.
11. The addition of Webster should help PATs slot D.

12. The Biggest factor - BB now has a lot of tape on this team and has
had 10 days to study and prepare his team. I believe he has put a lot of
time into preparing for this critical game.


Finally not a point really but just a comment. Many blame the "Wildcat"
on PATs stunning loss. But could it be that Cassel and company
couldn't sustain drives that was the real reason they loss so big.
Don't forget the Hobbs fumble and the big pass plays given up. There were
only 6 direct snaps. That wasn't the primary reason PATs lost big. Miami
move the ball down the field into position where they could use the direct
snap effecively. If PATs could have sustained drives the fish wouldn't have
had as big a result. This time it WILL be different.

 

[nukin]

I was going to make a smart a** comment like "6.57434837649334" but I noticed everyone else did it so..

About a 7 - lets go pats!