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Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin
They are Not well quarterbacked. Brady throws to a spot 10 yards away from the receiver and then yells at them for not being there.
That's just ****ing dumb. Brady is about done. Bet this is his last year.
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Not to argue, but that throw by Brady was more on the WR than Brady, IMO. The WR was supposed to take his route up-field, I think, but basically stopped at the sideline instead.
Make no mistake, Tom Brady is still a very good QB.
But this season he lacks any real weapons, his OL is not good, and Sony Michel has significantly regressed this season.
Bottom line, the Patriots aren't going to be nearly as efficient moving the ball this time around without Gronk carving up our defense, their OL is going to have trouble dealing with our pass rush, Brady is going to have to throw into much tighter windows against our top-10 secondary, and Michel isn't going to run for 5+ yards per carry either.
Their defense is going to have to carry most of the water for this match-up, and it's essentially the same defense they had from last year. A defense that Pat threw 7 TDs on, more than 450 yards, and a passer rating over 133. Their defense is going to have to play nearly a perfect game. Maybe the best performance of the season for them to have a chance of winning this game.
Meanwhile, our defense only has to play relatively mistake-free, but just a solid game; they don't have to be perfect against that Pats offense. Just good enough. Say, 80-90% of how they played against DEN.
And the Chiefs offense doesn't need a spectacular game either. They don't need Pat to throw 4 TDs, 400 yards, etc. Again, that's not the same Pats offense from last year. Our offense needs to score just their average of 30 points or so and the Pats probably won't be able to keep up. They've averaged less than 20 points in their last 4 games.
It won't be easy, because they're still the Patriots, but this is definitely the most vulnerable Patriot team we've ever seen in 20 years. The Chiefs just need to not beat themselves and start fast, and we should beat these guys.