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Originally Posted by htismaqe
I'm not saying it's specifically you but there's a bunch of people here that are already wringing their hands about going to New England and/or the defense not being good enough for the playoffs. That's a LONG ways off.
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Yeah this talk of how we don't have a chance to beat the Pats because of our D is absurd. I had this feeling last year, and even more this year, that we can't be beat. We have not been out of any games since Patrick Mahomes has started. In Pat's 22 games including the playoffs we haven't lost a game by more than 7 points. That's unbelievable for a team with a good defense, but Pat did it all last year with an absolute trash defense.
People want to act like we can't beat them when our D is clearly better than last year and Our Savior looks even better than last year. So many people act like that D can stop us and we can't stop their offense. People are saying that D is the best the Pats have had because they have shut down 3 teams that are a combined 0-9 to start the season. Here are the points for and points allowed for these 3 trash teams:
Steelers - 49 PF and 85 PA
Dolphins - 16 PF and 123 PA
Jets - 33 PF and 70 PA
That comes out to 98 PF and 278 PA. Good for 10.8 PPG for the offense and 30.9 PPG for the defense. Let's see how the Pats D looks when they play a team that's not a cupcake.
[/QUOTE]Furthermore, it's one thing to say that, so far, Frank Clark for example, hasn't played up to expectations. It's another thing altogether to suggest it was a waste of money/picks, he's "trash", or some of the other hyperbole I've seen here over the last couple of weeks.[/QUOTE]
Im guilty of this. I think he will start to earn it though.