PSA: Pats went 12-4 without Revis, Browner, and Wilfork

[PatSunday]

2013: Wilfork got injured in September. Yes, we had Talib back then, but you get the point. Collins and (Logan) Ryan were rookies, as was the Punter R. Allen.

 

[VectorPrime]

Talib was a legit number 1 corner, you can't just handwave that away. We saw what happened when he went down in Denver.

 

[Deus Irae]

Are we really so desperately in denial about Revis that we have to go this far?

 

[VectorPrime]

Are we really so desperately in denial about Revis that we have to go this far?

No but our punter has a couple more years under his belt. Our Punter!

 

[Jlaff]

No but our punter has a couple more years under his belt. Our Punter!

Lol. Word on the street is he's been working hard in the offseason, this could be his break out year, might be a real game changer. (Sorry Allen, you do good stuff)

 

[convertedpatsfan]

I agree with the logic of the OP, although I'm not sure why Allen was included? Do I need another coffee or something?

Heck, we went to a Super Bowl with guys like Arrington, Sergio Brown, and Josh Barrett starting games in our secondary, and even used Edelman at times at corner.

And we won it all in 2004 without Law and Poole for most of the season, playing guys like Gay and Troy Brown.

We'd be a better team with Revis at $12M, sure. But I'm not ready to waive the white flag because he's not here. We've won a lot of games without him, or anyone close to him.

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

I don't understand this argument. I have yet to see one person say that we will have a 6-10 season or not have a good regular season now because revis *or browner or wilfork* is gone. We all know the patriots roll out of bed and get 12 or so wins every year regardless.

 

[nabwong]

Lol. Word on the street is he's been working hard in the offseason, this could be his break out year, might be a real game changer. (Sorry Allen, you do good stuff)

Word on the street is he also found a best friend now that Vereen has made the step up.

 

[oldrover]

I'll go one better... in 2011... Pats are one dropped pass away from a SB win... and here was their defensive roster:

Defensive linemen

• 95 Mark Anderson DE/OLB
• 97 Ron Brace DT
• 71 Brandon Deaderick DE
• 94 Shaun Ellis DE
• 74 Kyle Love DT
• 69 Alex Silvestro DE
• 98 Gerard Warren DT
• 75 Vince Wilfork DT

Linebackers

• 52 Dane Fletcher MLB
• 59 Gary Guyton OLB/MLB
• 90 Niko Koutouvides MLB
• 51 Jerod Mayo OLB
• 50 Rob Ninkovich OLB/DE
• 55 Brandon Spikes MLB
• 58 Tracy White OLB

Defensive backs

• 24 Kyle Arrington CB
• 31 Sergio Brown FS
• 25 Patrick Chung FS/SS
• 44 James Ihedigbo SS
• 23 Nate Jones CB/FS
• 32 Devin McCourty CB/FS
• 27 Antwaun Molden CB
• 29 Sterling Moore CB/FS
• 41 Malcolm Williams CB

Kind of makes you appreciate BB and TB... who I believe are both still on the team.

 

[micronin127]

In the AFC Championship game against the Ravens... Sterling Moore made the play of the game breaking up a TD catch. And we had Julian Edelman covering Anquan Boldin for large parts of the game.

Maybe we should sign Sterling Moore, he's available again. Knows the system.