fourth place. I think we agree. The New York football. Giants
will be the team that is bringing up the rear of
the afc's. Do you agree?
I absolutely agree. And it's unfortunate because it's like
II want to believe more in the Jets, right? But like, where's
the offense going to come from? Especially with Zach Wilson
out. I've, we haven't heard very much about their
first-round pick in Garrett Wilson, right? I mean, I like
what I
do in the last time. You heard something about him.
I see. What good is it look bad? I don't even know.
It's just kind of weird. I mean sauce Gardner you know we'll
see if you actually earns the nickname of sauce your
quarterback you better bring something with through
That. But yeah, I don't, I just specially when we're looking
at, you know, their schedule in the early season. I man, that
is a tough tough thing that you gotta go through.
I don't know where the office is Gonna Come From it. I don't
see how they're not going to be last.
Yeah, I agree completely. Then it becomes a challenge as you
work farther up the ladder and it is so hard for me to say
this. It is hard for me to process. It is hard for me to
even
comprehend it.
But I think the Patriots are going to finish in third behind
the Dolphins in the bills. I
we give Bill Belichick the benefit of the doubt, because
if you haven't heard, he's 16
rings as a head coach, two more as a coordinator. So he has
eight Tommy, not seven. He's still got one more than you,
but
you look at what they're doing. This whole, go to Miami. Five
days earlier thing, it smacks of desperation and if any other
coach was doing, it would be
And laughing. Look how desperate this guy is. I mean
they're horrible in Miami when they have the better team
they're going down to Miami this year with knocked,
the better team.
They made the playoffs last year,
they got blown off the field. 47 is 17
by the Buffalo Bills. It completely erased, any positive
vibes, they worked 18 weeks to create. I just don't see it
this year, I don't see it. Prove me wrong
Patriots.
I'm IBI get proven wrong all the time. Trust me. I'm used to
it but But I just feel like we're so caught up in the idea
that Bill Belichick can do no wrong.
We're failing to notice all the wrong that he's doing with
his coaching staff, with who's being entrusted with what
responsibility with the nepotism that I think has
caused the coaching staff
to maybe not be in a position where he can hold guys
accountable. The way needs to, because you're going to fire
anybody. Maybe he's got a fire one or two of his kids,
who aren't getting it done.
Well, if you can't hold them accountable, how can you hold
anyone accountable? And I think he's kind of Got into this
mess. This is one of the problems
of coaches hiring their kids. If the kids aren't good enough,
what do you do?
I think it all kind of jumbled together and you throwing
the talent or lack thereof. I think it's going to be a real
challenge here for the Patriots.
It should be by all accounts. I mean, anybody that would say
that the Patriots should finish in second and the AFC East is
giving Bill Belichick, like I should say, giving the Patriots
the Bill Belichick boost but frankly I agree.
With you. I think they'll finish in third and if not for
how bad, I think the Jets were going to be. I think that they
might finish in fourth because
I think our buddy. Tom, Curren of NBC Sports Boston. Said
something like this, and I'm paraphrasing, but it's
basically, like,
you could be the best high school, history teacher
in the state, but if they reassign you and they make you
go teach biology, how good are you going to be at that? Right,
that's what the Patriots are kind of doing
with Matt Patricia.
Was a good defensive coordinator failed as a head
coach. But now they're having him Coach. Oh well and called
the offensive plays sometimes. Maybe not all the time. I don't
know, right, do you have a map put, excuse
me, you have a Joe judge who also went and was a failed head
coach, but he was a special teams coordinator and coached
wide receivers and he is the one entrusted with making sure
your second-year quarterback, takes a step and those are some
huge risks and
they better pay off or Bill Belichick is going to
deservedly face and serious questions. After this year,
I remember and it's now been my God, 11 years ago,
when Andy Reid fired, Sean McDermott who took over as
defensive coordinator,
the
move was to make Juan Castillo mmm. The
longtime offensive line coach
into the defensive coordinator,
mmm, and because Andy Reid had no rings. He had Super Bowl
appearances.
Had no rings.
All right, he had won Super Bowl appearance. He had. He had
several conference championships. Yeah, right.
Wherever it was like, has he lost his damn mind here? Like,
what's handy, read, really thinking,
what is he really doing here?
And, you know, it ended up
being the last two years. I think Andy Reid served as he
goes. Head coach with Juan Castillo is defensive
coordinator so it is a major dramatic shift and I know Matt
Patricia is a smart guy.
I know that the Patriots. Regard him as one of
the smartest guys in the NFL maybe even smarter at some level and
Bill Belichick, but it's a huge change and to have Josh
McDaniels out
and this kind of Patchwork
and you know Belichick has said it multiple times now and I've
never heard him say this, in all the years. He's been head
coach, how he's ultimately in charge of everything. I mean,
he knows he's got a big old pile of chips on the table
from everything. He's done the last 20 years,
they could suffer through a bad year or two or three,
because of everything he's done. For that team.
And I think he's setting himself up to take the blame
because he knows he's in a position where he can take
the blame, he can absorb the blame because of everything he's
accomplished, but it is his fault. I mean, it's not like
he's lying, everything that does happen, they're ultimately
falls on him. And I think
it's important to note too that it's not just McDaniels that
they're missing. But he took several offensive assistance
with him from New England, to Las Vegas. So that's a part of
this, too. I like, why do you have to go and get Joe judge in
a
patrician? Put them in. He's positions well because Josh
McDaniels took, some of the guys that you probably would
have promoted to the, you know, Southern Nevada. So, like that,
that all of these things,
what will flow into it. But like,
it is ultimately, Bill, Belichick's responsibility.
All right. So we've got second place in first place, and
I think this is as easy as fourth place was Dolphins to. Yes,
bills one, because choo choo hype train, Buffalo Bills,
winning the division.
Winning the conference winning the Super Bowl.
Can't win the Super. You can win the Super bowl without
winning the division. We know that's not unprecedented, but
the bills are everyone's favorite team. Of course
the bills one the Dolphins to.
Yeah. And, I mean, look, I think Miami has a lot of
potential if Tuatara by little is good then yeah, they will
probably finish in second place and I have a lot of faith in
Mike McDaniel, maybe that's misplaced. Maybe it's not but
based on how he was.
Kyle, Shanahan's right-hand man.
Arm silly rabbit. I hope people understand that reference
because that's really obscure but based on how close he is to
Kyle Shanahan and how much I love that offensive system,
like I think that that can translate into some success
there in Miami. I love the way they
built the team. You know, you got so much speed with Tyreke
Hill and Jalen waddle. They should be able to do some good
things. And then, of course, you know, Buffalo is the best
team in that Division. I don't think anybody has any qualms
about saying
that, but it's more about
Didn't see with them this year because I don't want to see
them go down to like Jacksonville and lose. 926 like
they did last year, right? Like they had some lapses. So let's
avoid those lapses and see and show and so that we can all see
exactly. The kind of team that can go to the Super Bowl, be
a one seed host, the AFC Championship game and then you
Hoist the Lombardi.
I mean, even though Brian table became the head coach of
the New York Giants. After the season, there were some rough
spots last year
for the bills.
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