And THAT's the reason why this game is pretty much a no win situation for the Pats. No matter WHAT they do today it is going to be diminished by the fact tat they are playing the Jags. If the Jags beat the 16 point spread, then it will be viewed as a vast disappointment. If the Pats DO beat it, then it will be "Hey, so what. It was the Jags". And if the game is close or God forbid, they lose, then it will be known to some posters here as the "best day of the season" yet because of the fuel they will have when they post after the game, BECAUSE it was against the Jags.
I don't see a situation here where anything they do will be viewed as a positive. "But... it was against the Jags" will be the refrain that will be heard so often that it will become like one of those tunes that you.can't get out of your heads