The Bigger Threat

[Guts]

Brady always shreds the Steelers and I feel like the Pats can out duel them in a shootout so I'd still say Denver.

 

[deroc5050]

I know the Bronco's don't have a proven QB but there defense has the ability to shut us down. For what ever reason we have always matched up well against the Steelers. I fear the Broncos more unless they are using a rookie QB, like today for instance.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Brady always shreds the Steelers and I feel like the Pats can out duel them in a shootout so I'd still say Denver.

People keep saying this, but 2016 is not the same as those years. Just because we shred them 3-4 times out of 5 doesn't mean we will this time. I think we win, but not because we've destroyed them in seasons that have no relevance to this one.

 

[drewskie]

We'll have a better idea after our match ups against both these teams on the road this regular season.

 

[condon84]

We own the Steelers.

Defense wins championships and Denver's D is proven championship caliber.

 

[Kontradiction]

The Pat's have won numerous games including AFC Championsips in Pittsburgh. Denver has been a house of horrors for the Pat's for twenty years.

I can only remember one win, and that was the intentional safety game.

Won there in 2011 also.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Steelers....those weapons are unreal right now

 

[Nikolai]

I was just about to post that...we beat the Tebows.

Mark me down for Denver being the bigger threat, so long as we have to go through Denver. That said, a healthy Pats team will beat either without too much fuss.

 

[wolverinejoe80]

@wolverinejoe80 - Ravens? They have lost two in a row and barely beat bad teams to get to 3-0. Ravens will struggle to reach 9-7 this year and even if we do play them, this isn't a scary Ravens team anymore. New England wins easily.

they are always dangerous in the playoffs if they do make it to playoffs. i want no part of them in the playoffs. but yeah, it's probably 50/50 if they get in or not. i just hate ravens' grind out style. always tough out. steelers? they are the new colts to me.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

they are always dangerous in the playoffs if they do make it to playoffs. i want no part of them in the playoffs. but yeah, it's probably 50/50 if they get in or not. i just hate ravens' grind out style. always tough out. steelers? they are the new colts to me.

I say the Ravens finish 7-9 or 8-8 this year. Personally, Id say we won't need to worry about a playoff run in the 2016-2017 season.

 

[mosi]

Denver, hands down.

Agree, Denver in Denver is a tough place for the Pats. Always has been. That place still scares me.

 

[Uptown]

Denver easily. Defense (although you can run on them)....but still...that D just seems to make clutch plays at key moments (call it luck; whatever, they make them).

 

[Uptown]

Side note: Prayers up for OC Gary Kubiak. Heard he was taken to ER after the Den-Atl game. Get well.

 

[SomePatsFan13]

It's Denver because of Mile High.

Steelers may be able to run roughshod over our D (MAAAAAYBE), but they couldn't stop us if we were in a Head & Shoulders commercial for Polomalu.

 

[SomePatsFan13]

We'll have a better idea after our match ups against both these teams on the road this regular season.

On another note, isn't it strange that every team that could possibly beat us, we have to play them at their house, except the Seahawks?

Arizona, Denver, Pitt.

Hmm....................

 

[Patjew]

Going to Denver scares me.

Those wins in Pitt in 2001 and 2004 have nothing to do with this year.

 

[fnordcircle]

Playing in Denver should terrify anyone who has been watching football for at least a year.

 

[Tunescribe]

Too early for that question.

 

[BradyFTW!]

The Steelers are. They have an otherworldly offense and their defense has actually improved over last season. They're the biggest threat. Sammie Coates is also coming into his own and looks like more and more of a match-up nightmare opposite Antonio Brown.

Could've sworn Coates had questionable hands in college, but they've looked good so far. I was actively hoping the Pats wouldn't draft him. Credit to the Steeelers, they're amazing at identifying fixable issues and developing WRs.

 

[Kontradiction]

Could've sworn Coates had questionable hands in college, but they've looked good so far. I was actively hoping the Pats wouldn't draft him. Credit to the Steeelers, they're amazing at identifying fixable issues and developing WRs.

He did. And maybe they're still an issue but that issue hasn't reared it's head this season. I was actually hoping the Pats would draft him (I think I even mocked him to the Pats). The talent is there and he runs very precise routes. On that alone, I thought he would have been a good fit. If he continues to improve, he'll be a monster in that offense since opposing defenses have to consistently shade a safety to Brown's side of the field even if they have a lockdown corner on him.