This will hurt the Patriots. On the other hand, they are still the Patriots. When it comes to the Patriots and Tom Brady, I have to see a decline for awhile before I believe it.
I think we can beat them when we play them, but we are a team still figuring out what we are. Two weeks in, and I still am not sure how good we are. Maybe we are a 10 win team. Maybe five, or somewhere in between. I hope it's ten, but no way I can guess correctly yet.