PatsPropaganda

I think we were headed toward more 11 personnel in this one anyway, so I don’t think Fleming being out is a big loss this week. But I’d certainly like to have him back against the Packers next weekend, but one game at a time, right?

There’s a loss in there and that’s fine. It’s probably going to come in Green Bay and I wouldn’t be shocked to see them lose to the Chargers too if the game unfolded just right.

I go back to 2007. A loss can be a good thing. Especially with the Pats flying high right now. I’d much prefer to be a little under the radar going into the playoffs, but that’s hard to do while still getting the top seed.

It’s also good to be humbled a bit before the playoffs. The idea of peaking after Thanksgiving is a bit overblown. The team that wins the Super Bowl peaks in January and February.

So in a perfect world, they take a hard-fought loss in Green Bay. Right the ship in San Diego, then close out the season with three-straight AFC East wins sewing up the top seed in the AFC.

The real question is whether or not Miami has what it takes to win in New England, especially if their playoff chances are still on the line.

Of course the biggest thing is just staying healthy. I’d rather take 2-3 losses and end up the 3 or 4 seed than lose a key piece in December like we’ve had happen the last three seasons.

Yeah I agree, I’m waiting for him to have one of those games. I think the problem to this point is that no one has been able to completely shut down 87, 19 and 11 yet. And really none of them have had a bad game yet.

Amendola as their WR is a luxury the Pats really haven’t had since the days of Jabar Gaffney/Donte Stallworth. I know he gets judged on his salary and the media’s judgement of him specifically being the “Welker replacement”, but we’re going to need him at some point and I have a feeling he’ll come through.

At the very least I really like what he’s brought to the kickoff returns as well as some spot punt return duty to take some of the load off of Edelman.