Patriots/NFL 2021 Season Part III: 2-4 - Week 7 vs. NY Jets

[KrejciMVP]

600th TD pass to Evans for Brady

 

[smithformeragent]

Tom Brady is one bad man.

 

[McGarnagle]

If we can sweep the Bills and keep pace with them the rest of the way we're first place in the AFC East

I'm just saying.

(that's not going to happen, but get ready for a couple months of sports radio copium about THE PATH)

 

[TP]

Too bad we can't play the Jets every week.

 

[Troublesome 85]

Look who my friend just met

 

[Therick67]

Look who my friend just metView attachment 473780

Nice!!

 

[KrejciMVP]

Tony Romo really stunk up the Rolling Stones line

 

[DKH]

Look who my friend just metView attachment 473780

Did you get an autograph? He’s about only a handful of athletes I’d want

pretty awesome

 

[Troublesome 85]

Did you get an autograph? He’s about only a handful of athletes I’d want

pretty awesome

Dont think so. Hes a die hard Raiders fan.

 

[DKH]

I did not watch much of the Tampa game maybe 5 minutes

I’m a Fields fan and hope he turns out great

Did he look bad ? Under seige ?

 

[Troublesome 85]

I wonder if the cardinals are real

 

[DKH]

I wonder if the cardinals are real

Yes they are

 

[DKH]

600th TD pass to Evans for Brady

Going to take Mac 17 years to break it

15 if Belichick actually lets him throw it within the red zone

 

[Troublesome 85]

Forgot the raiders were out here till I seen people in Eagles and Raiders tees.

doesnt really add to Vegas traffic

 

[Gator Mike]

600th TD pass to Evans for Brady

Holy crap.

I mean, they've only played together for like a year and a half.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I have no problem admitting that I take great joy in seeing The Chiefs get smacked back to reality this year.

The premature "dynasty" and "Mahomes future GOAT" talk from all the sports media the past couple years has been nothing short of embarrassing

 

[The National]

Man Wentz is horrible.

 

[smithformeragent]

Buffalo
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Los Angeles C
Baltimore
Las Vegas

Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Kansas City

I’m just not seeing a path to the post season here.

 

[JRull86]

Buffalo
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Los Angeles C
Baltimore
Las Vegas

Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Kansas City

I’m just not seeing a path to the post season here.

Cleveland and Pitt will fade IMO. Cleveland dealing with way too many injuries, and play in a tough division, and Pitt is just...I don't even know what to think of them.

I'd assume KC turns it around at some point, but they are playing with fire.

Not sure about the Raiders, but theyve been winning that games they need to win.

Good news is they play the Chargers and Cleveland.

That week 1 Dolphins loss is going to kill NE.

 

[smithformeragent]

Agreed on the Miami loss.

Now they’ve got to win a game or two they probably shouldn’t.

Maybe more than a couple.

 

[VanIsle]

San Fran rain is wild. . .

 

[Mione134]

 

[EverettMike]

Genuinely not sure what looks worse the farther removed we get from it: losing to Miami at home or giving up any points at all to Houston and sneaking out with a win.

 

[McGarnagle]

Cleveland and Pitt will fade IMO. Cleveland dealing with way too many injuries, and play in a tough division, and Pitt is just...I don't even know what to think of them.

I'd assume KC turns it around at some point, but they are playing with fire.

Not sure about the Raiders, but theyve been winning that games they need to win.

Good news is they play the Chargers and Cleveland.

That week 1 Dolphins loss is going to kill NE.

Pats seem destined to finish one game out of the WC just because they fumbled away the Miami game in week 1 and they'll have to draft 19th overall or something.

I don't think they make the playoffs, but there are two paths and they're largely in the Patriots' own hands:

1. Somehow sweep Buffalo then keep pace the rest of the way to steal the division
2. There are 3 wild cards now, you don't have to worry about the AFC South or the others below you in the East getting them. So look at the North and West. Really you could just keep Cleveland as your target and we play them in three weeks while they're ravaged by injury. KC might just give up at this point, especially if Mahomes misses time with the concussion and Henne is their starter. Chargers and Broncos are talented yet bipolar (I suppose you could say the same about us), they could just fall apart at any point (beating the Chargers next week would help that along). And as much as Jamarr Chase and Burrow look like a modern day Montana and Rice out there this year, the Bengals will be considered a paper tiger (pun intended) until they can actually finish out a season well. Maybe they're the ones who collapse.

Mapping this out is almost deluding myself into thinking it's reasonable. If I were a betting man I'd still say we miss out by a hair and blame the Harris fumble vs. Miami. But really my thoughts on the path being there are based in the fact that everyone in the AFC has some real issues so far. Of course, we're among those teams. But someone has to survive and grab that third WC. If we bank on the principle of Belichick teams being better in December than in September I can see us convincing ourselves on the path.

 

[UncleRico]

Buffalo
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Los Angeles C
Baltimore
Las Vegas

Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Kansas City

I’m just not seeing a path to the post season here.

Pittsburgh is not good, cleveland doesn’t have Baker, KC is so bad defensively this could keep up.