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Week One thoughts from someone who's been following this team, up and down, for a long time.
1) We won. I recall a season that started with an L to the Bills a few years back that didn't turn out so bad.
2) The O Line is a lot better than it played yesterday.
3) TB's going to be just fine.
4) The Dillon-Maroney combo is going to kill.
5) We need a downfield threat fast (sending tight ends long isn't going to stretch or fool many defenses). Message to Pioli: sign Branch this week even if you have to swallow your pride.
6) Our defensive line is as good as any in the league. But, we're sketchy at LB and downfield, and haven't been tested by a top QB. This might not be too pleasant when it happens and I'm afraid that Chad Doofington looked pretty good yesterday, especially with the game on the line.
7) Anyone who knows anything about football would have told you BEFORE Sunday's game that we won't be dominating too many teams this year. We focused on the future this offseason and let go a few key players who had one or maybe two good years left in them rather than pay them the big bucks past their "Sell-by" date. This means we're going to be scrambling to fill a few holes for a while.
8) We're going to field a competititive team, should win the division and anything can happen in the Post-season, but there are very few games you can pencil in as "W's."
9) As a Patriots fan, you're backing a team that's committed to being competitive over the long run. We have a management that makes decisions looking not just at the "next" season, but one or two years down the road. This means that we'll let go of a few players we'd all rather have playing with us, but it also means that we won't be waiting 26 years, like the Steelers, to win another SB.
10) So, my message to those who are hitting the panic button: Take a deep breath. Relax. It's a long season and we're going to be on the winning or losing side of more than one game like yesterday's.
1) We won. I recall a season that started with an L to the Bills a few years back that didn't turn out so bad.
2) The O Line is a lot better than it played yesterday.
3) TB's going to be just fine.
4) The Dillon-Maroney combo is going to kill.
5) We need a downfield threat fast (sending tight ends long isn't going to stretch or fool many defenses). Message to Pioli: sign Branch this week even if you have to swallow your pride.
6) Our defensive line is as good as any in the league. But, we're sketchy at LB and downfield, and haven't been tested by a top QB. This might not be too pleasant when it happens and I'm afraid that Chad Doofington looked pretty good yesterday, especially with the game on the line.
7) Anyone who knows anything about football would have told you BEFORE Sunday's game that we won't be dominating too many teams this year. We focused on the future this offseason and let go a few key players who had one or maybe two good years left in them rather than pay them the big bucks past their "Sell-by" date. This means we're going to be scrambling to fill a few holes for a while.
8) We're going to field a competititive team, should win the division and anything can happen in the Post-season, but there are very few games you can pencil in as "W's."
9) As a Patriots fan, you're backing a team that's committed to being competitive over the long run. We have a management that makes decisions looking not just at the "next" season, but one or two years down the road. This means that we'll let go of a few players we'd all rather have playing with us, but it also means that we won't be waiting 26 years, like the Steelers, to win another SB.
10) So, my message to those who are hitting the panic button: Take a deep breath. Relax. It's a long season and we're going to be on the winning or losing side of more than one game like yesterday's.