I agree 100%. I never thought 2007 was Brady's best year. Yeah statistically it was the best year for a QB ever. But his work in the Super Bowl years, especially 2001 were more impressive. Yeah the defense was really good but he won playoff games and Super Bowls with Jermaine Wiggins and JR Redmond as big pieces in the passing game.
He is incredible this year and the Pats will only get better. I think he's saving Old Man Taylor for the late season/slash playoff run. What's great is if we turn things around (biggest if ever almost not worth mentioning) we will almost definetly get a free pass in Foxboro on Jan 2nd after NE beats the Jets next Monday. They already hold all tiebreakers over San Diego, Indy, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
It should be interesting with the Jets Monday. I'm really curious to see how the Jets approach this with their corners. Will they waste one of their big guns on Brandon Tate, who essentially adds almost nothing to the Pats offense with the exception of maybe one game this year, or will they move Revis to the slot to play Welker. Remember many thought we nuetralized Revis last year because he covered Tedd Ginn who we really weren't going to throw to much anyway. The Jets safties/nickel on Welker will spell trouble.
The biggest thing I commend about the Jets defense is, unlike us, they play matchups on defense. New England most definetly looks for mismatches which will be harder vs the Jets then many teams, like us, who don't move their CB's around. I hate when defenses let the offense dictate the matchups like we have for as long as I can remember. Say what you wanty about Wanny, and there is plenty to say, but at least he was smart enough to move Surtain to the slot on big passing downs. Many times he would be in the slot with guys like Marvin Harrison and had we put our nickel back there, whoever it may have been, it probably would have been an automatic 1st down, kind of like Benney Sapp is.
I agree with you man. the pats right now are imo the best team in the league. are they beatable? of course they are, but they are not only winning games, they are winning in dominant fashion. how many teams go into pittsburgh and win like they did, especially in primetime?
i dont know how the hell they keep doing it, and i keep sitting here baffled. i mean they plug guys in like woodhead,who barely got on the field with the jets, and now he plays a real solid role for the pats. everyone you plug in their , they keep scoring points. people including myself thought when they traded moss their offense would take a hit, but they look better than ever.
as for the jets matching up with the pats next week, the jets will have lots of trouble. the jets secondary ( revis) is very good at keeping big time wr out of the game, but a team like the pats does not have a real number 1. they got lots of guys who are capable of catching the ball like welker, tate, gronkowski, hernandez, branch, even woodhead. the jets also have no pass rush so brady will eat that defense alive. right now, i think the pats win 31-17.
as for getting on a run at the end of the season, i really hope we can somehow be 10-5 going into that final new england game, but even then i dont know if that would be enough with us losing all tiebreakers. our best shot imo is catching the ravens or jets for these reasons.
ravens remaining opponents - vs tampa, vs pitt, at hou, vs new orleans, at cle, vs cinn. most realistic shots at losing- vs pitt, vs new orleans, and at hou since its primetime and prob houstons last meaningful game at home. we need to finish a game ahead of them in the standings for it to matter, we cant tie them.
jets- at ne, vs mia, at pitt, at chi, vs buff. i dont know how the tiebreaker sitatuion would work with the jets if we finished tied with them with their losses being to ne, us, and pitt. i think for sure the jets will lose in new england and pitt, and obviously we have to beat them to have any chance, and the game in chicago, i think chicago is overrated, but the game is in chicago and the weather can play a big factor in that game.
if we need a win to make the playoffs the last game, and the pats have everything locked up, and its between us and the jets, im sure the pats will rest their starters.
lets hopefully get their first.