Patriots Pregame Thread Patriots @ Seahawks pre-game discussion

[TheRainMaker]

Pats offense is better, but the defense will be worse at Edge.

Seattle’s D had the day off with the Pats OL in shambles and Maye with a shoulder injury. Like 2007, nobody in the national media wants to acknowledge that.

Spotlight will be on Campbell.

Gonzalez will play. He already mentioned he’s not negotiating during the season, so he’s not going to abandon the team if this doesn’t get done soon.

If the Pats can score early, that will put pressure on Darnold to keep up. He was struggling in the Super Bowl before they just decided to run it until the Pats defense cracked.

We will have to look at those ugly ass pajama uniforms from the Seahawks and I hope the Pats don’t join the party again with all white. I’m hoping for the silver pants.

 

[Zuma]

 

[Gumby]

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Vrabel coach teams have underperformed in opening games. Is it result of a small sample size or part of the extended exhibition season coaching style? No Idea.
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This is 2d or 3d time I read this on this board and heard some faceless twitterites broadcasted it.

I’m not from there, BUT……….SHOW ME !!
Provide some datapoints other than NEP vs Faders last year. I just don’t buy offhand that he (Vrabes) is much worse than 50-50. [ in season openers ]

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

First couple of weeks are hardest to predict. Nothing to go off of other than what everything looks like on paper and how things looked last year in certain areas. You would think the Pats would come out the more hungry team with Seattle more relaxed from the SB win but who knows really. Obviously can't fault anyone for picking Seattle to win.

 

[varjao]

While I see the Seahawks are favorites (because the're a good team and home field there is huge) I don't think the distance is so large like the SB displayed.

They were clicking on all cylinders at the right time and we had some significant injuries, and our team wasn't prepared to play 21 games, we started the season with a new coaching staff, promissing QB hoping to make a 2nd year jump (not a certainty at the time) and coming from terrible years. They overachieved.

I don't think our defense made huge improvements but on the offense, there is hope. Can't waste possessions there, the offense needs to keep getting out of the field with changes in the scoreboard.