I have been lurking here for a while, European NFL fan who has always like the Jags and loves to watch the Patriots play. I guess it’s like watching the Bulls in the 90’s.

Although Gronk is a huge weapon, Pats won the title without him last season. Also Brady threw deep a lot this season, mostly because of Cooks. If you leave him open Brady will find him.

Pats usually start slow and adjust to what the other team does, so end of 2nd quarter/start of second half you have to be careful. That’s where Pats usually blow games wide open.

You haven’t seen it much this year, but if Burkhead is healthy and Pats struggle B.B. will go to two backs and send them both out on routes. They were getting whatever they wanted with that setup early in the year and you haven’t seen it since.

And Jags need points. Pats will score 24+ and running on them the whole game won’t work, so Bortles will have to play well. Brady can throw a pick and come back with 4 TD’s without breaking a sweat. And someone suggested blitzing: you should look at the numbers when teams send extra defenders on Brady. That is not a good idea at all.

It will be a great game, but personally I think these teams are playing for second place. This looks to be the Vikings season.

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