Who can beat them?
I keep looking at the "what ifs" and I can't see a team that can beat them.
If there was one team that had a "lights out defense" this year (there really isn't one) and a decent offense, then I think THAT team would have a chance. But I don't see that team on the Pats radar anywhere.
Truthfully, if the Pats stay healthy and focused, the only thing that might mess up their plans would be some nasty weather in New England.
Offensively, they are almost unstoppable. If the other team can't get to Brady, then forget about it, it's over. There's no team in the NFL with the linebackers and D backs needed to cover Moss, Stallworth, Welker, Gaffney and Watson/Maroney all at the same time. And even if they get decent coverage, Brady knows he can throw to Moss when he is covered and Moss can make the catch. When Moss is motivated to play, like he has been this season, he looks like one of the best WR of all time.
Defensively, they do what they need to...they have enough talent and experience to stop a few drives and get their offense back on the field...
You combine those two with the fact that they probably have the best coaching staff in the league (wow it hurts to say that...I have never been a Bellichek fan)...and you can see why the look unbeatable. That staff knows how to game plan and they are the best at "in game" adjustments. Bellichek's guys almost never lose two halves...they know how to make the adjustments that win games...
19-0 is almost a given -- it would take a terrible "off day" by almost the whole team, or some bad weather that would make the offense less potent -- for another team to really have a shot at beating them...
Last edited by SteelerFan1967 : 12-27-2007 at 02:08 PM.
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