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2015-16 Record: 12-4
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Head Coach: Bill Belichick
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Core Players:
Tom Brady
Rob Gronkowski
Dont’a Hightower
Malcolm Butler
Key Additions:
Martellus Bennett
X-Factors:
Jimmy Garoppolo
Dion Lewis
Julian Edelman
OK, Brady's suspended for the first 4 games. fukk it. :GhostfaceStare: This will be the the first time since the 2008 season that the Patriots will be without star quarterback Tom Brady for a significant portion of the season. The Pats will open the year with third-year starter Jimmy G at QB as Brady serves his four-game suspension for his involvement in the deaded D*flategate saga.
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Jimmy G has NEVER started an NFL game and has attempted only 31 passes in his 2 seasons with New England.
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Thankfully, Jimmy G has looked good early in training camp. But Belichick will have to re-design the team's offence a bit in order to make things easier on Jimmy G and won't ask him to handle as much at the line of scrimmage.
We have A LOT of important players in the final year of their contracts, so we traded emerging pass rusher Chandler Jones to the Arizona Cardinals
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On offense, we've basically kept our personnel, except for Brandon LaFell being the lone notable departure.
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BUT we got MARTELLUS BENNETT!
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We further strengthened our receiving corps by landing Chris Hogan as a restricted free agent to help stretch the field and we also brought in veteran Nate Washington, who was a reliable deep-ball weapon earlier in his career.
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Defensively, the Patriots went back to their roots and added bulk at the line of scrimmage, bringing in defensive tackle Terrance Knighton. :PacHahaPats:The 300-pounder will take over Vince Wilfork's old responsibilities in its base packages and will come off the field on passing downs, which is where new addition Chris Long could factor in. Long, the second-overall pick of the 2008 draft, signed a bargain deal to replace some of Jones's snaps at defensive end. He ain't an elite pass rusher
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We also made a huuuuuuuuuge addition to its coaching staff by bringing back O-line guru Dante Scarnecchia. He retired after the 2013 season following a 30-year coaching career in New England, but now he's BIKE with us to fix their biggest weakness. Scarnecchia will have to build up the young players, such as rookie guard Joe Thuney, guard Shaq Mason, centre Bryan Stork and right guard Jon Cooper (who came over from the Cardinals in the Jones trade). Beli will be looking to see an IMMEDIATE improvement from our O-line after he decided to NOT renew the contract of former O-line coach Dave DeGuglielmo.
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We can win our 2nd Super Bowl in 3 years. Why? Because we're the NFL's version of the San Antonio Spurs. Similar to Gregg Popovich and the recently-retired Tim "GOAT PF" Duncan, the combination of Belichick and Brady has allowed the Patriots to dominate the AFC East for 14 of the last 15 seasons. :PacHahaPats:Heck, Belichick even managed to win double-digit games with Matt Cassel in 2008 so four games of Garoppolo shouldn't come close to hurting us in the beginning of this season. Plus, we have MORE depth across their 90-man roster than we've had in recent years. WE READY! :UMadPats:
The only way we'll lose this season is if our o-line sucks again and Garoppolo crumbles under the pressure.
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12 of Brady is enough for us to clinch the AFC East. The 4-game suspension could even be a blessing in disguise if it means he's fresher down the stretch.
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My predictions:
*We go 13-3 and win the AFC East
*Brady goes off in 12 games following his absence
*Gronk has a record-breaking season
*Our offense leads the league in points per game
*Our defense is ranked top 3
*Dion Lewis stays healthy and becomes a pro-Bowler
*We defeat the Broncos en route to the Super Bowl
*We get the Super Bowl matchup we deserved last season: Pats vs. Panthers
*Brady earns ANOTHER Super Bowl MVP and becomes the undisputed GOAT QB
My #Brehtriots
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