Even though they won I felt very angry at how that game went right after it was over. Once the usual sickening stress of what looked like a sure defeat to the Pats in the 4th quarter had abated, I felt differently. A win is a win no matter how ugly. A win for this franchise over the Pats is priceless at ANY TIME. TBH I thought the Bills game wasnt that bad now I have some perspective. The problem was the INT and the dropped TD in the endzone. Overall,I think Daboll did a good job to put us in a position to win and with some better execution from some of the people on offense, it would have been much more comfortable. The Pats are injury riddled, disheartened and just dont have the talent anymore. Cam Newton looks bad and really isn't the type of veteran QB to mentor anyone (so no plan B) . Their plan to bring him in and not miss a beat exposes Bellichick for the mediocre bum (without Brady) that he looked like in Cleveland.
All that being said, it infuriates me that Beane has not brought in more people to help this defense. There are solutions out there. There are lots of out of work players or practice squad guys around the league who would do a better job than some of these guys are doing now. Get some people in and cut some of the deadwood.
I think this team could win it all if they got on a roll at the right time, the offense has shown it can battle with anyone. But our defense just doesn't have the playmakers who can change a game vs the big boys which dooms us in any playoff scenario.