Kinda felt the Pats werent going to win this one. If there was ever a team that needed a bye week, its the Pats. Hopefully the key guys arent too rusty by the time they hit the field again.
Missing Edelman and Amendola is like ripping out half the playbook. These short term injuries make a team look alot worse than they are. You don't wont to revamp too much and teams try to put placeholders in who may or may not be good fits for the people the offense was planned around. Kind of like the hellish purgatory Dallas was trapped in all season. Those Dallas quarterback subs werent as bad as they looked, they were just bad trying to run an offense custom built for Tony Romo. But injuries are a part of the game, so, meh. It all comes around to everyone. Missing our 2 starting safeties didnt help much either.
Im still pretty sure Pats will get at least to the AFC Championship and I dont think there is a team in the AFC that can beat a healthy Patriots team in Foxboro.
The NFC looks interesting though. Cards look fucking terrifying. They just fly around from every direction. Arians is brilliant. If they can keep this level of play up, they will beat everyone they play, including the Pats. Would be a great game though.
Panthers are quickly learning what happens when you cant shut your fucking mouth in front of the press and act like a bunch of 16 year old idiots in front of grown men who remember when people disrespect them. The Patriots try mitigate that as much as they can by going overboard with praise and never saying anything not out of the "Belichick Handbook of Handy But Meaningless Cliches" (2003). Panthers? Not so much. If you dont think it motivates these guys when they hear "Hey, you want fucking Cam Newton dabbing in front of your family and tossing a ball to your kid?" Carolina is going to get everyones best game every week if they dont learn to keep a lower profile. Or, you know, they can just keep reading from Rex Ryans "Stupid Shit Guaranteed to Motivate Your Opponents"
Case in point. Panthers were blowing out the Falcons last time they played and took this picture during the 4th quarter, while the game was being played.
Today....
KEEP DABBING YO!