Who can stop the Patriots?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

In a way the Giants may have stopped NE. 

Every team has to deal with injuries and NE does better than most at plug and replace.  But Brady has been compensating for a duct tape and bubble gum o-line by having the quickest release of any NFL QB.  But his two quick outs were Edelman and Lewis. 

While I still expect NE to easily win the division I see them losing one or two of the following before Edelman returns for the playoffs: Bills, Denver, Jets.   

[MikeO]

Pats have a ton of injuries right now. I can see them struggling vs the Bills and Jets defense. I mean Rex is gonna blitz them on every play next week with the Pats injured o-line. And come Week 17 even with Miami out of it IF the Pats are unbeaten, if the Pats are really banged up I'm not sure if they will chase history and want a perfect regular season record again they might be wise to just sit as many guys as possible and get healthy.

I also think Cincy is a team that is built to beat New England. I mean it all hinges on Dalton playing good in a playoff game, but everywhere else they match up well with NE

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Pats have a ton of injuries right now. I can see them struggling vs the Bills and Jets defense. I mean Rex is gonna blitz them on every play next week with the Pats injured o-line. And come Week 17 even with Miami out of it IF the Pats are unbeaten, if the Pats are really banged up I'm not sure if they will chase history and want a perfect regular season record again they might be wise to just sit as many guys as possible and get healthy.

I also think Cincy is a team that is built to beat New England. I mean it all hinges on Dalton playing good in a playoff game, but everywhere else they match up well with NE

Yes, Cinci probably the toughest road block NE has to the superbowl. (they don't play in the regular season).

It is quite possible that either or both of the following could occur: AFCCG between two 17-0 teams and/or a superbowl between two 18-0 teams. 

Teams with winning records:

NE - Bills, Denver, Jets
Cinci - Car, Pitt, Den
Car - Atl x2

[MikeO]

Yes, Cinci probably the toughest road block NE has to the superbowl. (they don't play in the regular season).

It is quite possible that either or both of the following could occur: AFCCG between two 17-0 teams and/or a superbowl between two 18-0 teams. 

Teams with winning records:

NE - Bills, Denver, Jets
Cinci - Car, Pitt, Den
Car - Atl x2

I think Carolina will slip up vs Atlanta or New Orleans or the Giants but they will lock up the 1 seed in the NFC easy.

Cincy I have no faith in Dalton going 16-0 let alone getting to an AFC Title game unbeaten. They will lose to somebody. (and I think next week's Cincy-Arizona game could legit be a Super Bowl Preview)

NE's issue is if they want to push to be unbeaten, their schedule is cake. But it might not be worth it to make that chase. They might need to hit the breaks at some point and rest a bunch of guys. The injuries are mounting up too much for them.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

NE's issue is if they want to push to be unbeaten, their schedule is cake. But it might not be worth it to make that chase. They might need to hit the breaks at some point and rest a bunch of guys. The injuries are mounting up too much for them.

If NE is 15-0 and have the one seed they won't rest anyone that is healthy.  Guys that are banged up but could play might rest (e.g. if Edelman is cleared at the start of that week, BB might decided to give him a couple of extra weeks) but you aren't going to see Jimmy G play 3 quarters if Brady is healthy. 

[dolphins4life]

The Bills look like they want to hand this game to the Patriots.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

The Bills look like they want to hand this game to the Patriots.

Score should be 17-3

[dolphins4life]

In favor of the bills?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

In favor of the bills?

But for the whistle that would have been a TD.  Are you even watching the game?

[dolphins4life]

I stepped out to take a shower for the Patriots first series of the second half.

[dolphins4life]

Buffalo should have gone into the half up three, instead of down 7

[dolphins4life]

Now the Bills decide to let all the time run off the clock.

[mecadonzilla]

A lot of bad officiating in the game. To put a cherry on top, the refs fuck up the out of bounds call at the end of the game. Wow.  The clock should have stopped and the Bills get one more play.  Not that it would have mattered...Tyrod was especially horrible tonight.

[dolphins4life]

Lol that wouldn't have made a difference.

Also, the Patriots got robbed earlier, as Hoodie mentioned.

I think if you are traveling backwards and go out of bounds, the clock keeps running.  I remember hearing something about that somewhere.

More later.

[mecadonzilla]

Why does anyone think the inadvertent whistle would have been an automatic TD?  You can see the defensive player immediately pull up and not attempt to make a tackle when the play was blown dead.  Obviously, the whistle shouldn't have been blown, but the db obeyed the whistle and didn't even try to continue play even though he was in position to do so.