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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
New England's defense, let's face it, it's overrated. For fun, here's the slate of QBs they faced:
Tyrod Taylor (x2)
Fitzparick (x2)
Brock (x2)
Tannehill
Matt Moore
Carson Palmer
Cody Kessler (or Josh McCown or RGIII...does it matter? They all are not good)
Dalton
Landry Jones
Russell Wilson
Kaepernick (might have Gabbert but again, who cares?)
Goff
Flacco
Siemian
Roethlesberger
Lots, and lots of crap on that list. No doubt one of the easiest slates Belichick has had.
Now, let's see who Atlanta played
Brees (x2)
Newton (x2)
Winston (x2)
Rodgers (X2)
Russell Wilson (x2)
Carr
Siemian
Rivers
Wentz
Carson Palmer
Alex Smith
Goff
Kaepernick
Looks like they played 3 of the top 5-6 QBs in the league (including twice for Brees and Rodgers), and very little in terms of crap QBs. So yeah to me Atlanta's defense figures to be underrated here, and the Pats overrated. Matt Ryan is easily the best QB New England will face this year. Can't say the same for the Falcons and Brady.
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The Pats defense is legit. Say what you will about the teams they played this year, but the Pats defense has been a top 10 defense for 5 years running. This is not a one year blip based on schedule. They haven't allowed an opposing RB over 90 yards in 25 straight games, including games against Bell, David Johnson, McCoy, Ajayi, etc. Devin McCourty and Malcolm Butler are Pro-Bowl players in the secondary and Belichick is one of the greatest defensive minds of all time. This isn't going to be the Packers defense that Matt Ryan is seeing this week. I would be a lot more worried about how the Falcons stop the Pats, with their 25th ranked defense.