Thoughts on the game:
Vrabel has these mother fuckers HITTING. All across the internet, and out in the world, people today are crying because the Patriots play too tough and hit too hard. Jacksonville, maybe Indianapolis, is going to have to (hopefully, probably), come up here in January, and in freezing cold fucking weather, in Gillette, they’re going to have to endure HITS.
If they want to catch a ball, it looks like the Patriots are going to make you take one.
The defense sometimes folds like wet paper, and fast. It seems like when the other team does score, they go right down the field. All season I feel like it’s been nice stop or right down the field. Makes me think that’s fixable.
Finally, the national media is jumping on the bandwagon hard after last night. Media is awesome for knowing who was good last year. You could tell this team was legit AF a million years ago.
The entire void left by Brady and others league-wide has yet to be filled.
The league right now is overall mediocre. Good quarterback play and good coaching can move a surrounding cast through the tournament. This Patriot team overall generally plays fucking great in Prime Time too. SNF they crushed the Bills in front of the entire country, TNF they beat Burrow, and last night they embarrassed the Giants regardless of score.
I think if we make the Super Bowl, the NFC is going to be a big fucking problem, but Vrabel’s 2025 Patriots can send the entire AFC bracket home, especially if we’re the #1 seed.