http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...als/playoffs/2006/01/04/scouts.afc/index.html And if you look at it really closely all the subliminals in the article point to the scout thinking the Jets will win, even if he doesn't say so outright. Kind of a hidden respect I think.
Banks picked the Pats, but this is not Banks -this is a veteran AFC scout that he asked to run the teams down for him.
"Subliminals"? Like here? Compared to Its not very "subliminal." The scout all but comes out and puts the check next to the Patriots in every category but WR and Secondary. He even explicitly says "Advantage Patriots" on the roster itself.
"They've got a good quarterback in Chad Pennington, and two good receivers in Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery. " "They're going to go as far as Pennington takes them. He's almost like Peyton Manning in some ways. It's all about making the right decisions and being smart with the ball. He's going to make good decisions, run the offense at the line of scrimmage, get them out of bad plays, and find the open man. They kind of bore you with good football ..." "It'll be how much Pennington can do against their secondary and how much their 3-4 defense pressures him." And the photo they used in the article was Pennington, not Brady.
