Potential losses left

[Ring 6]

If you think are D has played well over all than we haven't been watching the same games.

I guess we havent been watching the same games then. Or at least you should be watching them from the perspective that the reason you play is to win.

 

[aluminum seats]

I didn't say it's a 100% factor but if you recall we went down 14 twice in the first game of the playoffs.

Look, it's a balance. But the reality is, and Belichick has trended in this direction, it's better knowing a guy will be healthy and able to play more than a more intangible "we've got momentum going" kind of thing.

 

[Ring 6]

Look, it's a balance. But the reality is, and Belichick has trended in this direction, it's better knowing a guy will be healthy and able to play more than a more intangible "we've got momentum going" kind of thing.

I disagree. I mean yes if you had ESP that a guy would be injured sure you would sit him.
But football players play football. Skipping 2 weeks of preparation and games hurts a team. Hurts it more than the potential injury imo.
Look at last season.
Look at last week. By far the worst game they have played all year came after the bye.

 

[Brit patriot]

Every game is a potential loss. Look at last year with the Iggles who were falling off a cliff form wise. i land in Tenerife for work, and we have lost!

However, I would imagine 12-4 will be the worst it will end up. Petty x 2, Goff, Tannehill, Semen, Malcolm X...Flacco the only QB who is a clear and present danger (though Miami and Denver have other reasons to be dangerous) We should be fine

 

[sb1]

Every game is a potential loss. The question is probably better said as "what the are the toughest games left on the schedule"

And the answer definitely includes @DEN.

Baltimore possibly but I think their defense this year is not nearly as good as it's made out to be.

 

[PatsFan2]

A healthy Dion Lewis should make the Patriots real creative on First Downs no disrespect to LeGere Blount and the Great season he's having. Lewis is a Dual Threat that would keep the D on their heels kinda like the way Seattle uses C.J. Prosise. The Pat's are going to have to outscore Teams with present D while keeping our Three and Outs to a minimum. Its the Offense from here on out if they sputter we Lose!

 

[mgteich]

The toughest games remaining are clearly DEN and MIA.

 

[Ring 6]

A healthy Dion Lewis should make the Patriots real creative on First Downs no disrespect to LeGere Blount and the Great season he's having. Lewis is a Dual Threat that would keep the D on their heels kinda like the way Seattle uses C.J. Prosise. The Pat's are going to have to outscore Teams with present D while keeping our Three and Outs to a minimum. Its the Offense from here on out if they sputter we Lose!

What do you mean by sputter? Score 10? 14?
The defense just ended a stretch where they allowed 17 or less 6 straight games (if you discount the garbage time 30 seconds left scrubs vs scrubs TD down by 24 points the bills scored)
Are you telling me the Seattle game is the only one that matters and they are now going to play like that instead of how they played for a month and a half?

 

[archstanton543]

All of them...this is an Any Given Sunday kind of league and you don't know who's going to be injured or not (hopefully no one...but it's a violent sport).

 

[NG Pats Fan]

You don't think we get home field?

We will get homefield! I still see Denver winning the division in the west pm

 

[MitchKumstein]

No way did I expect the Patriots to lose to Philly, Miami and the jets down the stretch last year

So I've stopped trying to guess the outcomes

 

[Ring 6]

No way did I expect the Patriots to lose to Philly, Miami and the jets down the stretch last year

So I've stopped trying to guess the outcomes

Yeah but they were half a team at that point due to injuries.
All bets are off when BB is afraid of his offense having the ball.

 

[juny]

Ranking games left by difficulty (guessing 1-2 losses):
@Den
@Mia
Bal
@SF
@NY
LA
NY

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

12-4 or 13-3 1 loss either in MIA or Denver..although I think we do great vs Denver so i am going with MIA since it will be week 17

 

[Jackson 2]

I don't care what the spread is, but I have a feeling this week's SF game could be much more difficult than either the spread and/or the "experts" think. Whatever anyone thinks about Kaepernick, he played pretty well last week and he's the type of guy who could shred our D the way it's playing lately. I hope I'm dead wrong.

 

[TedyB54]

I don't care what the spread is, but I have a feeling this week's SF game could be much more difficult than either the spread and/or the "experts" think. Whatever anyone thinks about Kaepernick, he played pretty well last week and he's the type of guy who could shred our D the way it's playing lately. I hope I'm dead wrong.

You may not be dead wrong. I would not be surprised if Kaepernick has his best game of the season so far against the Patriots. It seems to be a odd phenomenon. QBs that flat out suck every other week end up having flawless games when it comes time to play the Pats. Whether that's due to the Pats scheme or those QBs stepping up and becoming more focused, I have no clue. But, in too many instances, scrub QBs that are INT machines the rest of the season are throwing TDs and no picks during Patriot games.