Way too early Playoff picture

[No_Matter_What]

12 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I know you're just joking but we have to be at least a little concerned about the Pats threatening for the division. They, like seemingly everybody else in this middling conference, have an easy schedule the rest of the way. Their toughest remaining games are at Bucs and at Ravens (assuming they are fielding a normal team by late December). And then of course their 2nd matchup against us which might decide the division, seriously. If they keep pace with our wins the rest of the season and beat us in that game, the division is theirs. I wouldn’t bet on it of course, they're still a young team and have some legit flaws on both sides of the roster. But I wouldn't bet on us running away with this thing either.

Anything can happen but you are overestimating them. They lost to Steelers and Raiders managing to score grand total of 27 points combined. Diggs won't play like this every day. Maye won't play like this every day. Even with our 3 turnovers, we win that game 8 out of 10 times. They were good and lucky.

 

We win 13+, they win 11 at best. 

 

Oh and we won't lose to them again this year.

Edited 1 hour ago by No_Matter_What

[HappyDays]

8 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Anything can happen but you are overestimating them. They lost to Steelers and Raiders managing to score grand total of 27 points combined. Diggs won't play like this every day. Maye won't play like this every day. Even with our 3 turnovers, we win that game 8 out of 10 times. They were good and lucky.

 

We win 13+, they win 11 at best. 

 

Oh and we won't lose to them again this year.

 

I tend to agree with everything you said here but I believe in Vrabel and it's easy to flush that week 1 loss when you consider it was their first game under a totally new coaching staff. They've been getting better and better since then so I'm inclined to believe that the team we saw the last two weeks is closer to the truth. That team still has flaws and will probably lose a couple games they shouldn't, but then again you could say that word for word about the Bills and not sound crazy.

[No_Matter_What]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I tend to agree with everything you said here but I believe in Vrabel and it's easy to flush that week 1 loss when you consider it was their first game under a totally new coaching staff. They've been getting better and better since then so I'm inclined to believe that the team we saw the last two weeks is closer to the truth. That team still has flaws and will probably lose a couple games they shouldn't, but then again you could say that word for word about the Bills and not sound crazy.

Agreed. I am not saying they are a 7-8 win team. They are solid and on the rise. I just think we are way better this year and it will show. They will lose some games which you'd consider easy wins for them after SNF.

[Albwan]

chiefs beat the pats in the championship game to head to the superbowl.

That's how the league wants it.

[Success]

59 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

I know you're just joking but we have to be at least a little concerned about the Pats threatening for the division. They, like seemingly everybody else in this middling conference, have an easy schedule the rest of the way. Their toughest remaining games are at Bucs and at Ravens (assuming they are fielding a normal team by late December). And then of course their 2nd matchup against us which might decide the division, seriously. If they keep pace with our wins the rest of the season and beat us in that game, the division is theirs. I wouldn’t bet on it of course, they're still a young team and have some legit flaws on both sides of the roster. But I wouldn't bet on us running away with this thing either.

 

I think the Pats drop one of the next 3 "easy" ones they have.  

 

If not, they have turned a corner, and are a legit concern - though if we're healthy, I can't see us getting swept by them. They needed us to have a really bad, sloppy game w/ some weird reffing to pull it out this past weekend.  I don't see that happening twice.  

 

But we'd have to basically keep pace w/ them otherwise, and we've got Chiefs & Eagles.