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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
And, I don't saying that I welcome that beaten up team to Denver this week. That being said, it will be interesting since neither of us appears to believe our team will win.
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Patriots OLine is back, thank God, though some of what the Patriots are doing with them makes no damn sense to me. Cannon sucks at tackle, but if they have to play him at tackle, put Vollmer on the LEFT and Cannon on the RIGHT. Cannon on the left side sucked, got Brady killed, and resulted in the holding call that negated a big pass play.
Otherwise, I just find it hard to see how our crippled offense moves the ball well against a very good Denver defense. As I said, we're down 3 of our top 4 receiving threats, assuming Amendola is out, as seems likely even if it's "only" a sprained MCL or whatever.
Pats have historically been fine against Wade Phillips defenses. Moreso than Rex Ryan's. If we had our full range of guys, I'd expect to win. That holds true in the playoffs also, so if Edelman/Amendola are back, and we don't lose other guys int he meantime, then I'm fine playing Denver at Foxboro or Mile High.
But our defense is very good, and Jaime Collins will be back for the Denver game, which is a big boost. I imagine it will be low-scoring as the Denver offense isn't likely to light it up on us.