Success

New York over Boston. Those words always sound good when placed together in that order.

I always like to see it later - just because more injuries happen as the season moves along, and having that week later in the season gives injured players time to heal.

Man, the Patriots schedule is easy as pie. Could be a December fight for the division. For the 1st time in years, I don't think we can take any games for granted.

Man, there is already a thread on this - but I am really feelin' it this year. I feel like we finally have the kind of defense you need to win a title.

I like that we have the Eagles last. Possible that they're resting their starters by then (and maybe us too if all goes well).

I don't mind Cincy in the opener. They seem to always start slow.

I think there is a pretty good shot we have the best team this year, and probably for the 1st time in the JA era. I love how they went after improving the D this offseason. I think it will be a top D, and that is what we need to put us over the top. But there are if's and caveats and variables. Will Bosa get back to some of his old form? Will Coleman & Kincaid take the proverbial "next step"? How good can Palmer be w/ Josh? And the biggest - can we stay relatively healthy? Last season was probably as healthy as we've been entering the playoffs. Here's hoping we can be saying that or something close to it about the upcoming year....

I was at the Yankees game yesterday. The moment the Knicks won, the crowd went absolutely wild. Man, if the Knicks could really pull it off, what an upset that would be....

How does it put him in an uncomfortable situation? He knows he is marrying an ACTRESS. They act. It's what they do. Josh just doesn't strike me as someone who would be remotely insecure about that. I bet he loved the movie. It's probably going to be the biggest movie of the year.

Man, I hope so. I really need to get on w/ my life at some point. I just saw her movie today. It was a really great, fun movie - she's an excellent actress. I'd be way more worried about Josh if he didn't realize what he signed up for when he got engaged to someone in the acting profession.

We need our Crosby. We need a disruptor. The guys we've drafted on D are all "pretty good." We need someone who can take over a game on that side of the ball. Here's hoping.

Defenses can dictate championship games much more than offenses, imo. And we see that in so many title games. When you have a smothering defense, it creates much better opportunities for the offense - better field position, turnovers, TOP. I disagreed w/ most of the hand-wringing about WR during the draft. Let's build that defense to be smothering and dictate the big games. JA will put up points w/ just about anyone.

I'm so glad that we lost that game. The Pats having to settle for the 4th pick was pretty huge given the nature of the talent in this past draft. I think they had a great offseason - but I'm still not that worried about them. A lot for them depends on if Vrabel & Maye are both as good as they've been hyped to be. Personally, I think both have been a bit overhyped to this point.

I think a healthy Samuel being better is a given. Kincaid is the big question mark. I mean, we've kind of seen it - but it hasn't translated. There are always midseason trades!

I'd put us around the 18-22 range. Obviously not great, but far from the worst. And fine w/ a great running game and top tier D.