Friday, November 14, 2008

I'm ok with this loss. I realy am.

OK, so I haven't posted in a little bit. The Patriots beat the Bills. They pushed the Bills from 1st place to last place in the AFC East. They entered this game against the Jets tied with them for 1st place. And they lost.

I'm ok with this loss. I really am. The Jets didn't beat the Patriots. The Patriots beat the Patriots. They beat themselves. Many dropped passes, and stupid penalties cost the Patriots this game. I truly feel they outplayed the Jets. Cassel through for 400 yards, 3 Touchdowns, a Passing 2-point conversion, and oh, did I mention, 62 yards running? He led the team in running yardage! Compared to Favre's 258 passing yards, 2 passing TD's, and ran for no yardage. The legendary Favre didn't beat Cassel and the Patriots. The Patriots lost this game. Plain and simple.

I still feel that Patriots can go 10-6 this season. I don't think they'll beat the Steelers, and I'm still up in the air about whether they beat the Dolphins. If they don't beat the Dolphins next week, then I don't see them making the Playoffs. The AFC is a very competitive Division, and the AFC East suddenly has good teams in it. We shall see!

OK...can I just share something that I'm VERY SICK AND TIRED OF about?!?!?!

I'm so sick of Sports Announcers (and everyone else), comparing Matt Cassel to Tom Brady. GET OVER IT! Matt Cassel is NOT Tom Brady! He's a completely different person! It's true. I'm so sick of every time that Cassel under or over throws a ball, or makes a mis-read, or whatever, and the announcer will pipe in that, "Brady would have done this...Brady wouldn't have thrown that...Brady would have been looking at his shoes and just chucked the ball to Moss". Get over it! Matt Cassel isn't Tom Brady. He told us all that after week 1. He wasn't trying to be Tom Brady, he was trying to be Matt Cassel. Is one better than another? Look at Cassel's stats for this game. I've listed them above. Yes, the Patriots still lost this game. But a game is not, or should not, be centered on the Quarterbacks' shoulders.

10-6. I see it very do-able. If the beat Miami. I don't know that this years Patriots could go on to win the Superbowl. But I do think they're worth of making the Playoffs. We shall see.