|Mitch|

The Pats didn't lose their HC for a whole season, their Interim for 6 games, their GM for 8 games either...

We are in uncharted territory, no team has ever been punished this harshly... A 10-6 season would be more than respectable, we do have a pretty tough schedule...

And as for the "meh" division comment, division games are always the toughest... Doesn't seem to matter how bad the other division teams are, they're always close games and could go either way...

GoofySaint

The pats still sure as heck weren't expected to go 18-1. A system with the way that way payton built it and with how the saints have prepared themselves will allow his loss to mean nothing(though it'll be good when we get him back cause this can probably last for only one season). The fluidity of interim coach to interim coach due to how well the system is done will allow us to compete normally.

That depends on the game

Some of our best blowouts were against divisional teams?

panthers 45-17

falcons 45-16

bucs 27-16



Yes we lost to tampa bay but that was because payton got hurt halfway through and nobody was prepared for it. We've had 5 months to prepare ourselves now.


The point is, when you go to up to a neutral football fan and ask them "hey whose gonna win the NFC south"? What do you think their first choice will be? Cause it sure isn't gonna be the freaking panthers.