Cheesehawk Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) Patriots have played the easiest schedule in the league through week 5 with their opponents having a cumulative record of 5-18. Steelers: 1-4 / 23rd offense Dolphins: 0-5 / 32nd offense Jets: 0-5 / 31st offense Bills: 4-1 / 27th offense Redskins: 0-5 / 30th offense Edited October 7, 2019 by Cheesehawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August4th Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I think its very real. not sure if its some historically great defense like its stats show, but its one they can win a SB with 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 The Pats defense is always for real. But for real as in holding every team to single digits? No. This is like hyping Dak Prescott up after starting the season against the 31st, 30th, and 32nd Pass Defenses. The Pats have started the season against the 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd ranked offense this season. I think whoever made the schedule this year wanted to make really good first impressions on certain players and units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elky Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) Our defenses for most of the decade would have been shredded by Colt McCoy. Belichick made our defense great again. Edited November 3, 2019 by Elky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Remember during weeks 1-2 where everyone was like "Is the Ravens offense for real?" because we were beating up bad teams, then we regressed back to the norm but we're still the #1 scoring offense in the league? That's basically New England's defense. Are they gonna set records every week and be historically great? Not likely, but they're a very good unit that will most likely finish top 5 in DVOA and be a defense that New England can absolutely win with in January/February. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, August4th said: I think its very real. not sure if its some historically great defense like its stats show, but its one they can win a SB with This! They haven't played a single Offensive Juggernaut including the Steelers to actually challenge them but it's by far the best Defense they've had a quite awhile. Edited October 7, 2019 by Nabbs4u 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 It's a little bit ridiculous to see Patriots' FS McCourty in 1st place in the NFL in interceptions with 4. It's a little bit ridiculous to see Patriots' OLB Collins with 2nd place in the the NFL in interceptions with 3. It's a little bit ridiculous to see Patriots' CB Jackson tied for 3rd place in the the NFL in interceptions with 2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawgX Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 They're definitely really good. But I don't know if they're as good as their numbers indicate. They've beaten up on some truly awful offenses all season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Real enough to win it all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChazStandard Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 To be fair, when they played the Steelers Ben was healthy. So that's at least 1 highly talented offense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeotheLion Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Definitely for real. They aren't better than the Bears last year or even this year but they are an elite unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I can understand the argument re schedule and it's not going to be much better these next 2 games. However I have seen enough Patriots defenses that got lit up by the likes of Josh McCown, Blake Bortles etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siv Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 They may not have played the best competition but if you have a good defense, then they should beat up on the bad offenses/QBs. And they’ve freakin’ dominated those offenses. Don’t know about all time tanking but they’re definitely a SB caliber defense and one of the best in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plat2 Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 It's probably top 5 right now, so yes its for real. they are usually are for real year in year out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trentwannabe Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) Yes. Edit: What ranking list is this? Bills are 13th in Yds/G, 26th in Pts/G, 20th in Pass Yds/G and 7th in Rush Yds/G So I am just curious what parameters you were using for the list. Edited October 7, 2019 by Trentwannabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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