We could have won 147-0 or lost 800-0 and it still would be meaningless. It's preseason, no one is rolling out actual game plans and starters barely, if at all, play. Nothing but small looks into individual performances against live opponents. As long as you can have little to no injuries, that is a positive.
So our third-stringers and group of guys who'll be working at car washes in a month are better than Jacksonville's? God I hate preseason.
The media rides the Pat jock so hard its not even funny - this is the report from nfl.com: So after a single pre-season game and with 75% of rookies yet to be seen Mallett is crowned by the steal of the entire draft and a franchise QB
I don't like to pick games for teams that I'm biased against but I am willing to bet the Patriots won't win 14 games again. Teams that win that many games almost never do it two years in a row. The Patriots play the Chargers, Cowboys, Steelers, Giants, Eagles, Colts, and us (twice) this season. There's a better chance that we win more than 11 games this season than there is of the Patriots winning 14 again.
good thing the Pats drafted a franchise QB that will never start for them. lotta good that does. if he really is that good, he is good as gone after his rookie contract if the Pats aren't going to "Montana" Brady out of town for him, or the Pats will just trade him for a couple of pics.
Yeah, I have a real bold prediction too...I am willing to bet that if you roll a die, it won't land on four!!!! This is stupid. Obviously the odds would heavily favor you in this bet. Only about 3% of teams accomplish this. That is why Vegas has our over/under at 11.5 wins... HOWEVER: Since 2003 there has been only one year where ZERO teams have won 14 games. The Patriots have done it in 4 out of those 8 years. (2003 NE, 2004 NE & PIT, 2005 INDY, 2006 SD, 2007 NE, 2009 INDY, 2010 NE) I think that we have about as good a shot as any other team this year. The Steelers have a fairly easy schedule compared to ours, and maybe Green Bay too, but I don't see any other teams that look like they have an easy path to 14 wins. Last year we also played the Chargers, Steelers, Colts, and Jets (twice) so the main difference in DoS would be 2011 Cowboys, 2011 Giants, 2011 Eagles vs. 2010 Ravens, 2010 Bears, and 2010 Packers... not that big by the looks of it (I would call 2010 more difficult except we faced Flynn not Rogers).
ESPN is the sole reason an unproven QB like Kolb can get a Pro-Bowl, albeit physically-challenged, CB and a 2nd round pick. Don't pay attention to their orgasm over young QBs who tear apart players who are going to be working as train conductors or door to door salesmen in a month or so.
An aside to the side point: Anyone happen to catch Arkansas/Alabama at Arkansas? I don't have the passion to watch game film and every second of the combine/senior bowl, but that game told me to not be concerned too much about anything Ryan Mallett does. For now. Wish I could slap the worry out of the "ooh no, Patriots got a guy with an arm" people.
Well Kolb did throw for 300 yards his first two games as a starter. That's not a bad feat. And I personally don't think Whisenhunt is an idiot ESPN cock gobbling zombie, but that may just be me.
I assumed so. Everything that I said was based on >14 wins, and still applies (including the 3% and the teams that I listed).
Seeing as he had one good game against a pile of scrubs, I'm certainly not responding because I feel this is a likely scenario. God only knows what Mallett will turn out to be. However, I'm going to respond to that scenario anyway. Brady and Mallett both have contracts running through 2014. Brady will be 37 at the expiration of that contract. If they feel strongly enough about Mallett, I don't see why they wouldn't move on away from Brady. You get one, maybe two more seasons out of Brady (protestations notwithstanding). If you feel Mallett is your future, you absolutely stick with him.
