Suddenly, the schedule looks daunting

[bougrj1]

 
Need I post the declines in Brady's numbers since 2011?
 
Beyond that, do you really need quant data to backup what the results have told you?
 
Oakland sucks, we needed a bullshit holding call to beat them, and Miami (who beat us soundly earlier) took them behind the woodshed in London.
 
The Vikings, sans AP, are a joke.
 
They edged out two bad opponents, got beat by a middle of the road team in miami, and got trounced by another middle of the road team in KC.
 
The Bengals are undefeated and have one of the best defenses in the NFL.
 
I love the Patriots as much as anyone, I've been to games at various points in my life since 1995 (I was 14), but the reality is, this team is not that good.

Now that this thread is bumped, it provides for some entertaining reading pre-Cincy.

 

[Leather]

 
Wasn't sure where else to put this.  No more SNF for the Pats.
 

Robert Bailey ‏@NFLrecord  3h3 hours ago
The #NFL announced a tweak in its Week 14 flex scheduling, and will shift the Patriots/Chargers game to 1p at #FOX.

 

 
Fuuuuuck.  Why?!

 

[Leather]

I think that's an erroneous tweet.  The Colts/Browns game that week got flex'd to 1 PM at Fox.
 
http://nflcommunications.com/2014/11/23/week-14-flex-scheduling-colts-browns-to-100-pm-et-on-fox-patriots-chargers-remains-nbc-sunday-night-game/1

 
Ohthankgodohyes.

 

[MentalDisabldLst]

I don't know which of these posts is more amusing in retrospect:
 

NO is a good comp [to the Pats].  Both teams are about in the same spot.  I feel NO is more likely to improve.

 

this is bad as i ever seen ne play since 2000   
 
i will give 3 quick  ways this year could happen   
 
Best Case 10-6  win wild card  Lose to ciny or den  in div round   
 
Middle   9-7  lose wild card to balt  
 
Ugly  8-8  lose tiebreaker to mia  miss playoffs   

 

All the Bengals need do is play an average game and protect the football and they beat us. The talent disparity is that wide.

 
Huge talent disparity!  New Orleans is better than us!  Best case scenario, 10-6 and a wild card!
 
If this were RMPS, they'd have some pretty strong language to describe the hysteria.

 

[Leather]

I think it's funny that j-man's three scenarios leave leave a whopping 2 game difference between "best case" and "ugly."
 
"Best case, NE is mediocre.  Worst case, NE is...mediocre."

 

[DJnVa]

I think that's an erroneous tweet.  The Colts/Browns game that week got flex'd to 1 PM at Fox.
 
http://nflcommunications.com/2014/11/23/week-14-flex-scheduling-colts-browns-to-100-pm-et-on-fox-patriots-chargers-remains-nbc-sunday-night-game/1

 
 
Yeah...nfl.com still has NE as the SNF game.
 
I was surprised this week wasn't flexed. Was it protected?
 
EDIT: Nevermind, just noticed the SNF game is Denver-KC.
 

 

[NortheasternPJ]

It was also protected.

 

[Rico Guapo]

Now that this thread is bumped, it provides for some entertaining reading pre-Cincy.

 
:smith:
 
I'm very guilty of being reactionary about the KC loss.

 

[Stitch01]

I don't know which of these posts is more amusing in retrospect:
 
 
 
 
Huge talent disparity!  New Orleans is better than us!  Best case scenario, 10-6 and a wild card!
 
If this were RMPS, they'd have some pretty strong language to describe the hysteria.

I laughed at my Saints quote.  Sort of object to it getting lumped in with some of the other stuff in this thread, especially in the context of all my posts in this thread, but cool.

 

[m0ckduck]

I don't know which of these posts is more amusing

  

I'm very guilty of being reactionary about the KC loss.

I was just going to say, MDL left out my personal favorite!

 

[dcmissle]

No cutting corners with nolo contendere -- instead, guilty as charged. 
 
It has been an exceptional coaching job all around (no whisper of Dante anymore).  Also, and a bit beneath the radar -- in-season additions have helped and could prove the difference by Feb.

 

[Mugsy's Walk-Off Bunt]

The OL grew more cohesive and consistent and Rob Gronkowski got fully healthy and started playing like Gronk. That is what happened.

 

[GBrushTWood]

Browner also came back from suspension, thus creating matchup nightmares for opposing offenses.

 

[LuckyBen]

Browner also came back from suspension, thus creating matchup nightmares for opposing offenses.

There were plenty of people who thought he was getting cut before playing his first game.

 

[bakahump]

Browner looked terrible in his limited Preseason snaps. While i didnt think he would be cut, I did privately wonder if he was cooked. (Seattle release.....SSS Preseason....etc etc)
 
Of course if we looked at the first series of the Regular season games Revis and Browner have played together they have seemed "bad" (comparatively......if my memory serves).
 
Anyone have the "1st Series" stats for the defense (specifically Revis and Browner)? 
 
I chocked it up to "figuring out" what the other team was doing and "adjusting".