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Originally Posted by Scipio
Hindsight being 20/20 and all, but the Pats are a complete football team. They avoid mistakes, they play solid on both sides of the ball, and they just win. If 21 in a row isn't enough, how about beating two true contenders in back to back weeks? How about beating Indy? How about winning a Super Bowl?
Again in retrospect, aren't the Jets just a watered down version of NE? Good QBs just coming into their prime, with a veteran backs? Both of them have that, but the Jets don't match up favorably on defense.
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I concede that they are complete, play balanced football, and avoid mistakes. I just don't htink they are dominant the way older dynasties were. I don't know if I'd classify the Jets as a real contender, but I was very impressed by the way they smashed the Hawks. The Indy victory seemed somewhat lucky to me - that was one of the few times I've seen manning make a mistke by just backing up and letting McGinest sack him senseless - but was a W nonetheless. I personally think that Manning will one day just smash them when he figures out what coverage Belicheck is using against him and can put his offensive genius (I think hes better than most o-coordinaters) to use. I give belicheck credit for mixing it up enough that Manning never gets a full feel for the NE D, though. I think Jacksonville could give them a good match, though, given the matchups - NE isn't great against the run and Jacksonville can run right at those LB's with Taylor and wear them down. Plus, I like Stroud et al against NE's line, though I think Brady could have success against their secondary if they give him even a little time.
The Jets don't seem that much like NE to me, because I think they have a big play threat in Santana Moss that NE doesn't have, and also because, as you mentioned, the NE D is significantly better and much more opportunistic than the Jets D.