There are advantages and disadvantages to each team. here they are.
Jets:
Advantages:
-Patriots know this opponent better than perhaps anyone else at this point, they match up well against them and the patriots seem to own them in Foxborough
-The Patriots will have similar circumstances headed into this game as the last 45-3 blowout, bye week leading to the hated jets in Gillette.
Disadvantages:
-The Patriots played them very recently, they will be prepared for how they exploited them this time and it will be a much closer game (at least the jets hope so).
-The Jets know the Patriots just as well, and the Jets hate the patriots more than anyone else, for as much tape as the patriots have of the jets talking trash and celebrating, the jets have a boatload from the 45-3 game alone.
Ravens:
Advantages:
-This is a redemption game, if the patriots win here they can say they have truly exorcise all of their past demons.
-The Ravens Provide all of the motivation the patriots need here, suggs has been talking smack since the patriots beat him. and the patriots have all of the tape from last years playoff debacle of the ravens all talking smack and saying the dynasty was over.
-The Patriots already beat the ravens in Foxborough.
Disadvantages:
-The Ravens have already played the patriots 3 times since last year in Foxborough and all times they have either kept it a close game or have blown out the patriots (last years playoffs)
- The Ravens want revenge, they still feel like they were screwed by the favoritism the ref show brady too many times and Suggs especially personally hates brady.
Chiefs:
Advantages:
- The Chiefs can look really sloppy in some games, today for instance they went out there to win a game against the raiders and got destroyed in the second half.
-The Patriots know Cassel better than any other quarterback in the league, he still utilizes their system for offense.
- Player by player, the patriots outclass the Chiefs, who have no superstars to speak of.
Disadvantages:
- This is a Mirror game almost the chiefs have so many coaches and players who used to be patriots and the teams know each others methods so well that it will have to be a closer game, the Chiefs are the closest team to the Browns in the playoffs in this regard.
-The Chiefs are pretty spread out in terms of talent, there is no one player you can zero in on and type to stop, outside of Dwayne Bowe which hampers the patriots methods on defense.
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I would honestly like to see the Jets back in Foxborough, the personal motivation is there, the opponent is common and the patriots are built to beat the jets defense, if the patriots somehow lost to the jets, i dont think i could bear to watch the jets celebrate ousting the patriots in Gillette without smashing my TV set.
