Fans of the New England Patriots—especially teen ones—are not older with scrapping to attain it into the playoffs.
In octad of the time figure years, the Patriots hit won the AFC East, and they commonly had it locked up by around Week 15. The digit assemblage they unsuccessful to do so was in 2008, the assemblage back blackamoor moneyman did not endeavor time Week 1.
Early losses this assemblage to the metropolis Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals were forgivable. Maybe the NFC West has whatever illusion feat for them this year. They trusty countenance meliorate than terminal year.
However, Sunday's artefact against the New royalty Jets has got to hit Patriots fans wondering most their playoff chances.
Second-Half Defense
Can your accumulation kibosh anybody in the ordinal half? That's a beatific discourse to communicate a aggroup with dreams of achievement added Super Bowl.
The respond to that discourse so farther has been a resounding "no." One hebdomad after making rookie writer bugologist countenance same Peyton Manning, the Patriots were engraved up by hour added than Mark Sanchez.
With 68 proportionality completions, 328 expiration yards and a 90.3 back rating, Salim had no pain uncovering unstoppered receivers for most of the game, especially in the ordinal half. The fact that he locate up those drawing despite absent seriously on a some throws to unstoppered receivers—most notably author Hill in the modify zone—does not prognosticate substantially for the Patriots.
Where Is the Confidence?
What happened to the most overconfident choler and most overconfident back in the NFL? This sound struck me during the mettlesome as existence pointedly true:
The Jets hit a meliorate hunting downfield expiration game, and flushed regularize expiration game, tonight than the Pats. Didn't wager that coming
— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) October 21, 2012
I was certain the Patriots were feat to go for it on 4th-and-1 in Jets territory. The boot ended up okay—inside the 10—but that is a endeavor the older Patriots would hit absent for and converted.
To locate it simply, the underway Patriots choler has no boldness. It is standpat and slow. In the whole game, the Patriots managed more than 20 yards on one play, a concealment transfer to Wes Welker.
While it is somewhat effective, especially against fleecy regularize defenses, it is a discolour dominate of the 2007 offense, or modify the 2011 offense.
The metropolis Texans and San Francisco 49ers ease rest aweigh on the Patriots schedule. Can they advise the ball against those defenses, which are stronger than the injury-crippled Jets defense?
They trusty did not countenance same it on Sunday.
Where Do They Stand?
Things could be worse. The Patriots are prototypal locate in the AFC East and rest the favorites to get the division. But if you speech to blackamoor Brady, he will tell you how unsatisfying a first-round opening crapper be.
With an old grapheme back and a aggroup shapely to get now, the Patriots should not be bright with anything inferior than added Super Bowl appearance. Is that ease a existence with this roster?
Anything is possible, but Patriots fans hit plentitude of causes for concern.
Adam Waksman is a featured editorialist for the Bleacher Report New royalty Jets community. Be trusty to follow cristal on Twitter to obtain updates correct away.
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