Re: Patriots 2010: the Year We Make Contracts
I honestly feel this team is better than a lot of people think. The past few weeks have been ugly, ugly games. But you know what's funny? WE'VE WON EACH WEEK!
That's the difference between the Patriots from 2001-2005 and what we've seen the past few years. During the Super Bowl run, the Pats won games ugly. There weren't a ton of fancy plays...anything big came from gutting it out and taking advantage of an opportunity, forcing another team to make a mistake. We rarely ran up the score on another team. It might have been ugly, but we won.
We have won ugly the pasty few weeks. We have a bruising runner in BenJarvus Green-Ellis. We have a possession (read: high percentage, high efficiency) passing game. With Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Buffalo left on the schedule, we should at the very least be a 10-win team. Pittsburgh, Indy, Jets, Packers, and Dolphins are pretty much toss-ups, but even if we win against Miami, Green Bay, and the Jets, that would be 13. The Jets have a favorable schedule for the rest of the season, with their only real challenges coming from Houston, Pittsburgh, and the Pats. But that's all just a matter of playing around with schedules and whatnot.
That being said, Pats can't overlook the Browns coming off the bye. Look what happened to the Saints.
