(01-18-2018, 10:29 PM)Phil Swift Wrote: Could someone please explain to me how there is so much optimism being expressed regarding the chances of a team that lost TWICE to the same team that NE just embarrassed last weekend?  I don't see it. 
Just like I don't see the Jags' defense scheming up a plan to stop all of the Patriots' and Brady's weapons.  Just not gonna happen, unless Belichick is playing around with the injury report and Brady's hand was actually severed in that injury!

Because we're a better team than the Miami Dolphins. And since the Patriots lost to the Dolphins (in an actually meaningful and recent game - unlike both Titans losses) that means it's not worth playing the game, and the Patriots should just concede.

The Jags' defence doesn't need to scheme up a plan to stop all of the Patriots' and Brady's weapons. Because they're actually really good across the board. Which is lucky, because that's what you need to stand a chance. Getting cute with schemes will get you beaten badly. Brady can't do what Roethlisberger did last week (and still lost). He's not the same sort of QB, and he doesn't have the receivers for it. So throw away your fantasies of 42 points, because unless things become totally unhinged on the defensive side of the ball, that won't happen.

Face facts; this isn't a sure thing either way. Anyone who thinks it is is either ignorant or delusional. Or getting overexcited at a fan rally after beating Pittsburgh at their home for the second time this season. As I always say, I wish the Patriots were half as foolish as their fans - then this would be an easy win for Jacksonville.

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