bwahahaha Pete fuckin Prisco and his ridiculous boston favoritism. Don't get me wrong, New England will still be a good team, but that defense is still fucking atrocious, Brady is a year older, and there is just no fucking way they are as good as their 07 team.
Our defense won't be good, but it will be better. I think that 16-0 is an outside possibility just because of how easy our schedule looks right now. But anywhere between 12-14 wins seems like a much more realistic prediction.
I could see the pats as a 10 win team, or a 14 win team. But 16 is just outlandish, it's only been done once before, and that team was significantly more talented than this pats team. This team will be good as long as Brady exists, but I doubt they ever are 16-0 good again while Brady plays.
@ Baltimore @ Buffalo Denver @ Jets Texans 49ers Thats 6 really tough games Plus http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/20101...aign=GC_schedule_rr#menu=highlights&tab=recap
Prisco was born and raised a Jets fan. He had the Jets overtaking the Pats last year. People generally have positive things to say about teams that excel over a long period. That said, no 16-0. I'm predicting 14-2 right now.
They already have. Wes and Tom went on vaca together (Costa Rica I believe) this year. They took their women with them (Clearly to camoflage their homosexual relations).
Didn't Matt Light retire? Brian Waters is gone. Is the OL a concern now? They beat one team with a winning record last year. Does Brandon Lloyd and Josh McDaniels make them that much better? I realize the defense "should" be better. Name me one defense that , in July, "shouldn't" get better. Jets defense "should" be better too.
Thats called the post Tom Brady era. Where the Pats consistently battle the Dolphins for 3rd in the division
What's your point? I said they won't go 16-0. They weent 13-3 with a crappy D last year, and with the schedule they're playing and improvements in some areas, 14-2 seems like a reasonable guess to me. And no, I have no worries about the OL. Waters is not necessarily gone, unless I've missed something the last couple of days. He didn't do the offseason thing, but he's still under contract, so unless he doesn't show up for camp, he's still on the team. The Pats know how to coach up their line. They lived fine without Mankins for half a year awhile back and Light being injured, and Koppen being out...
As far as I know Brian Waters is still expected to return, and if not we actually have a lot of depth at guard with Mankins, Gallery, and Connolly all capable starters, and Cannon a very exciting prospect at that position. I'm slightly more worried at Tackle, but we are still fairly well off. Solder and Vollmer are both very solid starters. If one of them is injured, Gallery and Cannon are both able to play the position without creating any blatant weakness that can be exploited (a la Wayne Hunter 2011). Losing Light obviously doesn't help, but gaining Koppen back allows us to move Connolly around wherever we need him, and if Vollmer has a healthy year we could have a top-5 OL in the league. We did only beat one winning team, but that is more a reflection of a weak schedule than anything else. Our total record against winning teams was 1-2, which doesn't look good, but if you actually watched the team I don't think you can say fairly that we struggled against quality opponents. We won all 7 (8?) of our games against 8-8 teams, including both games against the Jets (divisional rivals who were 8-6 against other opponents) and two games against the Broncos (who were 9-7 against other opponents). With regards to your last comment, it is a lot easier to improve a bottom-10 (arguably worst in the NFL) defense than a top-10 one. The Texans, Broncos, and Ravens are all teams that come to mind that "shouldn't" get better this year on defense. The Pats certainly should.
I think its dumb to guess anyone is going to go 16-0 or 0-16. The Patriots are going to be great as always since they have Brady and Bill, but I think even Pats fans will say they got some good breaks in their 16-0 season. Its tough that everything falls in place and no bounces go against you. I don't think the Patriots have a chance at going 16-0 this seaosn just because I don't think the AFC East is as bad as it was in 07. A few injuries changes that as always, but you can't predict that. I would pencil the Pats in for 11-5 and better though.
Okay, go ahead. Name our 6 losses. We would have to lose pretty much all of our tough games (Ravens, 49ers, Texans) plus some of our "should win, but not easily" games like the Jets, Bills, and potentially an easy game or two. Anything could happen, but we should have at least 50/50 odds against our toughest three opponents, and shouldn't drop more than a game or two (or even three) beyond that. I think that 12-4 or 13-3 is probably the most likely scenario, but 14-2 isn't unrealistic at all for an optimistic fan.
Nice! :beer: Made me laugh. Pats will win 10+ games barring any severe injury(s). Stupid article to fill dead time and get people fired up.
