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Ok..
a. I hope the Pats win, and do like our chances as well.
b. How can you talk about the circumstances surrounding our win against the Rams and not mention the 'circle the wagons' mentality of the 1st game against Judas' Jets?
Our O is still not getting TDs on a regular basis, and there's blood in the water on D with all the injuries. Meanwhile the Jesters are getting more familiar with their team identity considering all the personnel changes, so they have reason to be confident.
I surely hope BB & co. can come up with a good one this week.
This year's team reminds me of an automobile windshield. It keeps getting chips and cracks, but there's a thin film holding it all together.
Do you want to talk about how the Pats dominated the Bills more than the Jets did a week earlier and the Jets faced a Bills offense that didn't have Marshawn Lynch for 3 quarters? Yet, the Bills were legitimately in it in the fourth quarter and actually had the ball longer and had 5 less yards than the Jets. The Bills were more desperate yesterday than they were a week ago. We can look at a lot of individual games and get different analysis.
I can also argue the Pats are getting more in tune with their team identity too. People thought the Jets had turned the corner a month ago with opening up the offense vs. the Cards. After turning the ball over like crazy against bad teams like the Bengals, Raiders, and Chiefs; they are now going back to a conservative offense. Are they finding their identity or are they finding their indetity for the moment?
I think you can argue the Pats have found their identity more than the Jets because they have been doing the same thing week after week and barring a few mental mistakes last week, it has been working very well. The Jets' offense took the conservative approach for the first time since the Pats game yesterday and I don't know if it would have worked nearly as well if the Rams didn't cough up the ball 5 times. The week before the Jets won very differently because the Bills were somewhat successful on offense (292 total yards, 61% third down effiency, Trent Edwards completed 68.6% of his passes, the Bills had the ball for 30:02).