PerfectSZN said:
It Tedi doesn't come back IMO the Pats will not do better than win one playoff game. They could possibly not even win the AFC east.
That guy makes game changing turnovers and defensive stops. If they lose him, he will be hard to replace. Thoughts???
My thought is, you have no idea how good the Patriots really are. I sometimes get the feeling that some people on this board have'nt watched any "non-Dolphin" football in 4 years.
Losing Bruschi hurts the Pats no doubt.
That being said they still have the best player in football, a deep recieving corp, the most underrated O-line in football, a 1400 yard rusher, good tight ends, the deepest D-line in football and a good secondary.
B.B. will do what he always does. Find an adequete replacement for Tedy (Monty Beisel), coach the hell out of him, scheme like crazy and not miss a beat.
They had Troy Brown as a nickel corner last year and still won it all...that tells me all I need to know.
The only thing that would put the Patriots "out" would be losing Tom Brady...other then that the last few years have taught me that in the Patreiots system no player is irreplacable.