Greetings from vacationland! No film review of the Jets game this week, but after catching up on LeGarrette Blount wired for sound, it’s time to weigh in on all things Pats.
Hard to believe another regular season is going to wrap up this weekend and then another chapter in the Bill Belichick/Tom Brady playoff history books will be written.
1. Congrats to our old pal Fitzy who will be heading to WAAF in the New Year! It’s always fun seeing amazing things happen to great people. But in other media news it sucked reading that Christopher Price might no longer be covering the Pats beat for WEEI. I can’t really imagine Patriots coverage without Price, who has a great sense of Patriots/New England sports history. Wishing all the best to him and hopefully he’ll stick around the Pats. His coverage is vital, along with Mike Reiss, Tom E. Curran and Jeff Howe, my must-read Pats crew.
2. Seemed like a mad dash this week to either minimize the Patriots success this year or find a way they might be beatable. Who are the Patriots AFRAID to play!? Obviously the unfortunate injury to Derek Carr transformed the AFC landscape with homefield still up for grabs. That leaves the Steelers and the Chiefs as the major threats. Making those two play each other in the divisional round is ideal. Of course there are ways that either could beat the Patriots in Foxborough. The Chiefs played them tough in last year’s AFCDG. The Steelers have the two best weapons in conference and the second-best quarterback. The real question — do the Chiefs/Steelers have the perfect game in them that it would take to knock then Pats off at home? I’m not sure. While I am sure the Pats offense will put up some points.