The New England Patriots have had good success against the Jaguars over the past couple years. Granted this is a much improved Jags team, but the Pats are a smidge better too. Last years 24-21 win at Jacksonville was close and could've gone to overtime if not for a David Garrard fumble that sealed the Jags fate. Maurice Jones-Drew busted a long TD off a broken play, that can't happen again. The Pats absolutely have to contain the Jacksonville running attack - something they traditionally have been able to do in the playoffs. If the big three of Richard Seymour, Vince Wilfork and Ty Warren (I'll throw Jarvis Green in there too should the Pats open up in a 4-3 defense) play they way they are capable of the game should be placed on the arm of Garrard. After this weekends Steelers game I don't know if he's got it in him to put up enough points to beat the Pats.
Jaguars Up Next for Pats
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January 07, 2008
Mike Dussault
Jaguars Up Next for Pats
Thank you to San Diego for bouncing back from the turd they laid in the first half of Sundays Wild Card match-up versus the Titans and thus keeping my previous post relevant. The Colts look like they just got a late Christmas present in the form of an Antonio Gates badly sprained toe. The chances of Philip Rivers winning at Indianapolis without his favorite target just got (in the words of Ben Stiller's stunt double Tom Crooze) a little but more impossibler. If the Colts shut down Ladanian Tomlinson (who I refuse to call LT since that nickname is already owned by one of the greatest linebackers of all time) it's hard to imagine the Chargers being able to pull off the upset with Rivers lobbing his weak ducks to Chris Chambers. Even if Gates somehow manages to play he's not going to be 100% and the Chargers won't be able to count on Peyton Manning giving them six interceptions this time around. All signs this early in the week point to the Colts exacting revenge for one of their three losses with relative ease. Still, San Diego's defense has been solid, it's just that the Indy D is going to eat Philip Rivers alive. No way Rivers can keep up with Manning, especially if Marvin Harrison is back.
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