The Patriots situation as of right now.
I'm from Jetnation,com with the user name of DefesneWinsChampionships and the reason why I have a sn like HendersonD06 is because I'v been around on BillsZone for quiet some time and when we had D.Henderson as the DC from the Ravens, during the Herm era, as a fan... I was actually loving the way our Defense was heading with at the time a rookie in J.Vilma... I really dont post on Billszone that oftern for the simple fact I like to save my posts for the begining of the season and also for when we play each other, plus... I know how it feels to have Patriot fans over at JN, turning great threads, into garbage threads... Chad and his noodle arm can only go so far...
I never post on any other team sites, for some reason BillsZone made me welcomed, it's a great site... And one thing about Buffalo fans... You all are some die hard, bad wheater fans, and I respect that. All that talk about the Bills moving out of Buffalo was total B.S in my eyes... Why not just ruin the whole AFC East while thier at it? Without Rivals in the divison such as the Jets, Pats, Bills and Dolphins... As fans we would have nothing...
Now, as I was saying... This whole offseason I been saying the Jets are gonna win the AFC East this year (Maybe it's the homer in me) but I also been saying this whole off season that the Patriots are actually on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time in a long time. Now with the suspension of R.Harrison and the Injury to Seymour, that Defense with a below average secondary is looking really suspect at this time. Yea they went and got A.Thomas but at the same time A.Thomas was more of a product of a great system in my eyes out in Baltimore. For example... He was playing alongside R.Lewis who is a top 5 MLB, I'm sorry but Teddy Brusci is past his prime, and even while in his prime... Could NEVER play up to the level of a R.Lewis. He also played behind a D-Line that had an explosive DE in T.Suggs, and Im sorry but now that R.Seymour is out for 6-12 weeks... J.Green is no T.Suggs who is simply explosive for a lineman (I believe he's a LB once again this year for Baltimore) Now he was playing infront of the BEST SECONDARY in all of Football with 2 #1 CB's in McCalister and Rolle along with the best Safery in the game today in E.Reed... I'm sorry, but A.Thomas may be a bust out in NE. Throw in the factor that Dillon is gone who was a proven work-horse, Maroney has yet to prove in the NFL that he can handle the load for a full 16 game season also add the fact that Moss may be a cancer on and off the field... The Patriots are really introuble this year... And the Defense may just be the down fall.
Now onto the Jets... Last year we made the playoffs with a rookie HC in E.Mangini, a 1st year OC in Martys boy, 2 rookies on the O-Line in Brick and Mangold, we started the season with scrubby ass RB's in K.Barlow and D.Blaylock, this year we actually have a strong 1-2 punch with Thomas Jones and Leon Washington... With a run game, the Play-Action pass from Pennington to Coles and Cotchery can actually take this offense pretty far this year. We made the playoffs last year with Chad running the show who was playing for the first time in 2 seasons, and a brand new 3-4 D that was suspect against the run.
We had another great draft this year drafting the best CB in the draft in D.Revis who looks like a REAL SHUTDOWN Corner so far in the preseason, and we also drafted one of the best LB's in the draft in D.Harris from Michigan and a speed burning WR in Stukey who will be a nice addition with last years WR drafted in B.Smith who can do it all... Run, Pass, Catch, KR, and PR... B.Smith is the Jets "Slash" as of right now. With the addition of Revis we actually have a solid secondary with Dyson, Revis, Miller, Barrett, E.Coleman and K.Rhodes who is a Play-maker along with LB's in Barton, Vilma, Harris, Hobson and B.Thomas gives us nice deph at the LB positions and the D-Line is our weak spot with Roberson and Ellis and Coleman...
I really feel that this Jets team has a great chance at the AFC East this year, but the Bills drafted the RB I wanted in M.Lynch... Willis McGahaee who? I'm telling you that Lynch is going to be a STUD... Also J.P Lossman is a winner and he's gonna be a leader one day, the kid has a nice arm and he shows alot of heart. I really dont know 2 much about the Bills, but I do know this... When the Jets and Bills play... Its usually a tough game.