Yes I have noticed lately that the Pats have shown they are vulnerable. They easily could have lost 3 of there last 5 games and those were against teams with records below .500. Still they won. I did watch a good portion of there game against the Jets and was stunned that they only scored one offensive TD and that came after a blocked punt. For some reason they have played down to there level of competition lately but blasted the Steelers. Not only did they blast the Steelers but I predict that they will beat the Giants by at LEAST 10 points this weekend. Then they will have defeated both Manning's in the same year. I am not a Patriots fan so MAYBE recent history is against them. Here is what I am talking about.
In 2003 Peyton Manning and Steve McNair were the NFL's Co-MVP's. However neither the Colts or Titans won the Super Bowl.
In 2004 Peyton Manning broke Dan Marino's single season record for TD passes in a season and was league MVP. The Colts did not win the Super Bowl.
In 2005 Shawn Alexander broke the single season record for most TD's and was named league MVP. The Seahawks did not win the Super Bowl.
In 2006 LaDanian Tomlinson broke the single season record for most TD's and was named league MVP. The Chargers did not win the Super Bowl.
Here is more history.
The last three AFC top seeds '04 Steelers, '05 Colts, and '06 Chargers did not win or even make it to the Super Bowl.
One more.
What do the last three Super Bowl winners '05 Pats, '06 Steelers, and '07 Colts have in common ? They all wore white jerseys. This year the NFC representative is supposed to wear white jerseys.
Hopefully all of this works against the Pats. Still the Pats will luck through all of that and go 19-0. As I said previously get ready for the 2009 season because the 2007 and 2008 season belongs to the Pats.
Coach J
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