I
guess I am that guy, after all. That insufferable New England Patriots fan who
sounds like that obnoxious hipster talking about craft beers. Sorry. It's hard
not to come off as… condescending, I guess. (I'm doing it right now!)
Insensitive? It is easy to lose perspective rooting for Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. (Oops! Doing it again. Sorry!)
Let's be serious, though. Undefeated? Come on! It was just one game. They
scored 51 points but still. Just. One. Game. Long way to go. Winning three games
won't get you anything in this league.
It's
a convenient story line, I suppose. The post-scandal Eff You seasons. They did
it in 2007 following Spygate. Crush your
enemies. See them driven before you. Hear the lamentations of their women.
16-0-0.
For
their post-Deflategate encore?
How
about the Patriots just put the ball in Tom Brady's hands and see what happens?
I'm
trying to contain myself. As effortless as it seemed at times while New England
was serving up a 50-burger with fries and a Coke to the Jacksonville Jaguars,
the Patriots can clearly get better. They settled for field goals on three of
their nine scoring possessions. (Yeah, okay. A little snarky. But factual!) They
can get better on defense. Hard to say how they can get much better on special
teams.
Undefeated?
There
are a whole bunch of 3-0-0 teams, including the Bengals, Panthers and Falcons.
It seems to me the Bengals were 3-0-0 last year, too. What ever happened to
them, anyway?
The
Patriots were an apocalyptic 2-2-0 to start last season and that turned out
okay.
The
point is, the regular season is dick. Oh, sure, you've got to win enough games
to get into the playoffs, preferably with home field but a single loss won't end your regular season. Doing that at least nine times probably will. The point is, you don't need to be undefeated in the
regular season. You need to be undefeated in the playoffs. Yes, I'm looking at
you Andy Dalton. (Again a little snarky. But factual!)
Ice
me down, son.
It's
a long way to January.
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