This is always an interesting division
Patriots own this division for so long but it seems like it's
the bills to own. Now four years in the future as long as
they have Josh Alan. So let's just go through team team by
team here. Let's start with a bills.
Their
win total is 11.5 last season. They were 11 and 6. They were
the three seed in the AFC.
Yeah. All right. I mean 11 and 5 you know it's of course
that's I'm gonna go over here.
You know, I will say
it's a tough first seven games on the bill schedule, starting
with their really, what their, it's their 17 game with
the Rams because they're not playing the NFC West this year.
So this is the extra game,
you know, crossover game which is really good,
you know, but yes, tough 47. And I look at it go, man.
That's a tough for seven but I also look at it the other way
and go will. These first seven got to play this team with this
good defense that I think is better
and then you have to deal with.
Well you got to get ready and
Be ready for Josh Allen and Company early on in the season.
That's not always going to be so easy either. So,
even though I look at it and go, wow, those first seven
games are brutal, okay? I don't think we're going to be sitting
here going. Whoa, the bills are two and five.
You know, I think it's
the worst. I'm thinking, whoa, they'll be four and three
and they got a chance in the middle of the schedule to kind
of go on a run where I just look at the Jets, the Vikings,
the Browns, Detroit, you know, the Patriots, the Jets again,
you know, again, not that I'm saying,
And they're better than yeah, on paper. They're better than
all those teams. They definitely are. I got no
problem saying that, I know it won't be easy. Playing
the Patriots at New England on a Thursday night, I get that,
but I think I could sit here right now and go. Do I think
that they're better than the Jets? The Vikings, the Browns,
the Lions, the Jets
on paper 100%, you know, and we'll see where the rest goes.
And so I am going to go with the over here with the bills
and I certainly can see them being 12 and 513 and for they
are the favorite to win the AFC East. I think we
have the division.
For each and every division here. So they are favored over
the Patriots. Over the Dolphins over the Jets. Do we have that?
Kristen have we have, we shown that already.
Oh, we did show it already. So I missed it but here it is.
Again, if you're watching on YouTube on our new page and
subscribe, thank you for that Bill's. It - 215 Patriots at
plus 450 right there with the dolphins at plus 450
and the Jets at plus 2000 right now. So
you know the bills were the one team. I think that showed up in
your mentions over and over again, when you posted both of
our top five, Rosters, excluding quarterbacks in
the NFL, right? Lot of bills fans were in there being like what?
Where the hell's
I know? I know why aren't we there? Well, it's one of those
where I think when you
still I think add everything together, I'd go, okay, we
added the coach and the quarterback in it, that would
put them top five for me. Yeah, you know again yeah there's
things about their roster were
there certain areas right on say, wow. Maybe as compared to
the other teams like their defense a line. I didn't say
wow but it has the potential to be more. Wow this year. All
right so I got that.
Secondary Corners,
you know, again, I know it's
a good but okay, it's a rookie. We got two seater devious.
White coming back from injury. You know, Jordan poyer, he's in
a wants more. Money's been sitting out on the side and it
didn't look great last year,
you know, offensive line I think is going to be better,
but it's not killer group, right? So that's where, you
know, again, I like Stefon Diggs I like The Supporting
Cast, but I don't go. Oh wow. That's definitely one of
the best skill groups and football. I don't think anybody would
so, you know, Again, that's where the coaching the schemes,
how they play the game, how they put pressure on you, both
sides of the ball to me, makes them
a top five team in football. Yeah, but without
the quarterback in the coach he had their I don't think they're
there. That's just some of the downside risk right before this
Buffalo Bills team in 2022. The New England Patriots there at
8.5 last year with a rookie quarterback.
They were 10 and 7, they were a playoff team. Six seed in
the AFC
8.5 seems kind of low, maybe
it's right on the Cusp for me.
Like it's it's
I'm going to go under here, right? I mean it's like I wrote
a flat line next to it because I'm like
it could go either way
but
you know, I think the biggest thing is
I got questions about their offense. I mean, how can I not?
I don't care of it.
I don't give a crap. If it's Bill Belichick or not,
right? It is they lost Josh McDaniels.
Nobody is you watch the preseason games, especially
the first team offense. It isn't been Stellar not great. There's
offensive line questions. You know I see throws or schemes
down field where I go
you know
Joshua and taught the guy to run the route like that, it
doesn't look quite as spaced out.
Are taught as well, with some of the past Concepts, how could
it not be McDaniel's is special? Even as great as Bill
Belichick is, he's not as good on offense. In mind is Josh,
McDaniels is not on just an offense of mind and teaching
the quarterback. No,
he's not. And this is the greatest coach ever.
I understand that, but not in that specific Department,
McDaniels a special there. So
and then I go offensive line,
you know, and the offense is not looking good. And then
I go, oh, what a great, you get the Dolphins, the first week on
that defense. Well, then you get the Steelers. Well, another
good defense and then hey the Ravens and then
the Packers. So I just go man, they could be
even though I don't think these teams are remarkably better
than them. I think there are maybe some bad matchups with
their defense has here and that's where it can get
a little scary so
that I could see them making a middle run
certainly you know, and the Jets are on the schedule twice
there and everything but then the end of the year when it
goes bills Cardinals. Raiders Bangles
Dolphins, bills again to get stuff.
So I'm going to go under here. I think the Patriots are going
to be An 89 football team,
eight, nine, seven, and ten eight and nine. That's what I'm
going to predict this year. I can't even believe I'm saying
it. I can't. I think their defense is really damn good.
I do
but I don't know if it's got enough Playmakers to where
I think they're just going to carry the team and I got
the questions in the office. I don't question Mac Jones
either. That's the other thing. I want people to really Mac,
physically looks better than last year
he does. I mean, he's quicker, his running looks better, his
arm looks more
more more More powerful
and I know he threw the bat interception. The other night
he was kind of scrambling to the right and the backer was
following him to the right. And then he set up behind a garden
of Defense attack on. I think he lost sight of the guy
and thought he was still floating with him and the guy
stopped and came back underneath it and he threw
the interception. So
but yeah, it's not Mac Jones question. Its offensive
question and just where they are as a team. They're at
goal-line stand to agrees with you
guys. So did the Patriots. Make a mistake by trying to
implement the Zone run scheme. This offseason. It mostly is
Bad and preseason and practice. I don't get it. I don't know
where it's come from.
I don't know why they're doing it.
And I don't, I know, I'm just I go the Patriots like the one of
the best man to man, blocking teams in football over the last
10 years.
The team that is like
better. That block block down block down kick-out, block
down, block down, look for work inside. Somebody else is
pulling around, kick out the traps in the middle, the Wham
plays all that, they're going to go to the Zone scheme.
I just don't know where it
came from, and that's part of my question to, you know, again
as much as I respect like, map Patricia and what he
Does this is his first year on this side of the ball to and
he's coaching the offense of line.
So, you know, you can maybe put me in this one, a little bit of
the category of like I got to see it to believe it first.
Yeah, yeah. Do you see the dolphins? And you believe them
in this preseason? Been some highlight plays. He got Tyreke
over there to help
your guide to
take the next step. As a quarterback, they were nine and
eight. Last year, there were four and two in the division.
That was better than the Patriots last year, right?
They've just missed out on the playoffs. The last couple of
years
8.5. I've is there
over under over. I'm just going over right now confidently
confidently.
You know not that I'm sitting here going old are going to be
12 and 5 but I'm going over here. Their team is too damn
good.
Their defense is going to
their defense is going to be the same.
All right there's really nothing going to change their.
In fact, I just think they'll be better because some of
the young guys are a year older and I just go watch out. I mean
I their defense is stacked. Let alone the scheme is awesome
authentically the last few years
there scheme is I've been very good, right? And we know
there's a quarterback question. I don't doubt the scheme
anymore and they got more Talent on the field that side
of the ball
and I think the scheme fits the quarterback to wear. Yes. I'm
not sold on to as being the franchise future guy. I know
I'm not,
you know, like I've told you
I want to see where it is. You know
when you start playing some good defense has to take away
some of the Mike McDaniel tricks and all that but tough
first four games, you know that that's that's like the only
thing I look at let me just make sure I pull up.
Yep, there he goes.
Pull up their schedule to
top first four games.
There's no doubt,
but have a stretch there, in the middle again, that I look
at and just go. They could make a run there on paper, they're
definitely better than the Jets. The Vikings,
the Steelers aligns the Bears, they're definitely better.
I'd have no problem sending that. I know that doesn't
translate into wins. I got you, but have you?
I don't think anybody in football would go. Well, if you
could have the Dolphins roster or the Viking Steelers lions
are Bears roster. Who would you take nobody
and the That's nobody would even think twice they go. I'll
take the Dolphins. So the that's why I go. They can make
them run their
end of the year get stuff. And then, what's the other thing?
I look at with this team cold weather. Yes, the definitely.
Yeah,
they got too cold games in December. So, they're lucky
that it's not more than that. They're at the bills. December
18th there, in Foxborough January 1st. That's going to be
big
and then the only potential cold games. They might have
could be November 6th at Chicago
and that's really about it.
Yeah. Yeah, so I go that's kind of favorable for a team and
a guy that I questioned the quarterbacks ability to throw
into bad weather. So sorry for the long answer there. No
that's good and weak ones going to be interesting. Yeah, Week 1
against the
Patriot Howard out, where, if the Patriots win
32 nothing, you'll go I was wrong.
I'm taking the L right now. Now we'll see that'll be. That'll
be a fun first week. Well beam there James Kaminsky. Just
walked by a researcher here. Huge Jets fan.
He just fans. He's not gonna be able to hear this. Yeah,
unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, depending on where
you go here, there 4 and 13. Last year, there were over
under is five and a half wins.
This is like again, I don't know where to go here. If I go,
if I go under its five wins, if I go over its I feel like it's
six wins.
I don't think it's going to be much more than that.
I'm really on the fence with that one. It's like about
perfectly placed. That's why they do that. I know how dare
they threw you but the the this is what I'll say at first
before I make a
final decision here. Because this is one that was,
I think the Jets are going to be a better football team.
I just don't know if it's necessarily going to translate
into a whole much. You know, a lot better of a record.
I don't, you know, again, I think
the schedule is
the karma. There is just remarkable they got the,
the toughest first 10 games in football. There's nobody that
has a tougher schedule.
You know, you look at it and I again, I'm paper,
I understand it's paper
but nobody
on their first 10 games. Can you sit there and go the Jets
rosters better than them right now? Nobody, they know I'm not
Ravens Browns, Bangles.
Steelers, I know is that perfect. But, you know, I think
we'd all probably still take the Steelers the Dolphins. The
Packers, the Broncos, the Patriots, the bills,
the Patriots again. You know again I think that's where it's
sheesh is right
to wear, hey, the end of the year, maybe they can make a run
and make it respectable. Maybe they do get to the six wins
there. With the Bears of Vikings
Alliance, the Jags of Seahawks
all being but like
I'll say under for right now, you know I'm qualifying it is
I think it's going to be five or six wins. Can they steal? Can
they steal a win
you know a Cleveland
or at Pittsburgh or somebody like that early on to make it
a 7 and 10 year to make it 8 and 9 year?
I don't know. I do think they're better across
the board, but as we talked about, I mean, you know, this is
playing High School football.
If your team's not that good, it helps to get going early in
the year with a winter. To go and you just start to feel
fake. Good. Yeah.
And then you're going to play that good team in week 4. And
you go. Well, yeah, we're three, you know, we're tuned
one. We're not just going to be outclassed here. You believe
you believe and, and I just
wonder if they're gonna be able to find a way to
start, believing it all my team in high school was not that
good. Okay, so it was the opposite, we lose the first
couple. Yeah, you're right. And then we go, we don't believe
anymore. But we would always look at our schedule and we go
man, we have a really tough schedule
and then it dawned on me, go. Because we don't have to play
ourselves. Ha ha ha.
And you're not very good, your schedules. Always gonna be
a little bit tougher than everyone else's because you
don't have plays it yourself. So Pete has noting here,
jets are favored in three games this year.
The first one is you noted
week 12 against Chicago after their buyers that we can do.
Yeah. It's well it's we get two weeks after their by.
So then against Detroit and then against Jacksonville all
at home. Right? So right. Only favored in 33 and
14. Yeah, that's scary knock.