Friday, September 09, 2011
The Patriots: No Super Bowl this year?
Bill Barnwell doesn’t think the Patriots will make it to the Super Bowl, largely because there’s no way Brady can repeat his MVP performance from last year and because the Pats can’t possibly match their low turnover rate from last year. … Sounds statistically smart to me. But I’ll just go with my non-statistical gut: Teams aren’t as intimidated by the Pats as they used to be; BB hasn’t paced the team well heading into the playoffs over the past few years; the secondary is still a big question mark; the Packers, Jets and others just seem sharper and hungrier… Btw: Great Packers-Saints game last night. … Barnwell via Reader No. 1.
Bill Barnwell doesn’t think the Patriots will make it to the Super Bowl, largely because there’s no way Brady can repeat his MVP performance from last year and because the Pats can’t possibly match their low turnover rate from last year. … Sounds statistically smart to me. But I’ll just go with my non-statistical gut: Teams aren’t as intimidated by the Pats as they used to be; BB hasn’t paced the team well heading into the playoffs over the past few years; the secondary is still a big question mark; the Packers, Jets and others just seem sharper and hungrier… Btw: Great Packers-Saints game last night. … Barnwell via Reader No. 1.
