CalCBFan;1679965 said:
The Pats will bury us in 2 weeks. I think the Pack could beat us and the Giants are startinig to look very good.
I marvel at how some fans can think that denying points to teams w/ no offense (Bears & Dolphins) and an injury decimated offense (Rams) constitute a good Defense. And the Bears D was injury riddled when we put up 34 on them and are the Dolphins really that good on D?
If we can play w/ the Pats, I'll start to drink the koolaid, but I'm going to have to see our D shut down a real QB and our O put some points up against a good D...
Vtwin;1680221 said:
My thoughts exactly.We can score points on anybody but we haven't proven we can stop a good offense.The Pat's have a great offense and Moss owns us.We do have the advantage of Wade Phillips having schemed against the Pat's many times before but I need to see it before I believe it.
Going
into Week 4, the Patriots had scored 38 points in each game versus teams with the 22nd (Chargers), 28th (Jets) and 32nd (Bills) ranked defenses. On the flip side of the coin, the Cowboys had scored 45, 37 and 34 points respectively in each game versus teams with the 16th (Bears), 20th (Dolphins) and 25th ranked defenses.
Dallas
entered Week 4 with the 21st ranked defense while New England had the #1 ranked defense. Even though the margin between rankings is wide, I believe that the game between both teams will be decided in a shootout that'll somewhat nullify both team's defenses and homefield advantage will play a big factor in how well Dallas will execute its offense.
Let Moss score his points. Witten, Owens and Crayton can easily counter any output their main receiving weapon can deliver.