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Media types are bored because there is nothing to write about and editors are bitching at them to come up with something to create interest in every newspaper or website. One writer named Frank Schwab is now predicting a huge demise of the AFC Champion New England Patriots.
His first reason is that the Patriots have a much tougher schedule. He says that being out-sacked 6-1 in Super Bowl XLI and not changing the LT will be a problem. Of course he never mentions that Campbell may not have had a stable right leg. None the less he goes on and mentions Wilson being a center for the first time in the NFL and having to make a big adjustment. He claims that the nail in the coffin is a schedule that has 3 out of the first 4 games on the road and 7 of the first 11 also being on the road. He doesn't think that 4 of the final 6 and the last 2 being at home will have any positive bearing. he doesn't dare to actually put the number in ink, but he's pretty much saying that the Patriots will be 4-7. He doesn't say anything about the final 6 games, so one must assume the he either thinks they will lose all road games and only win home games which would be a 8-9 season or he thinks that they lose the final 6 at home and finish 4-13.
As a homer, I believe that the 2026 Patriots might be better than 2025. Having an easy schedule in 2025 gave the coaches an opportunity to closely examine the weakness in that team and do everything possible to correct them. I think that they may have done a better job than we all think and just might come out of the gate firing on all 22 cylinders.
His first reason is that the Patriots have a much tougher schedule. He says that being out-sacked 6-1 in Super Bowl XLI and not changing the LT will be a problem. Of course he never mentions that Campbell may not have had a stable right leg. None the less he goes on and mentions Wilson being a center for the first time in the NFL and having to make a big adjustment. He claims that the nail in the coffin is a schedule that has 3 out of the first 4 games on the road and 7 of the first 11 also being on the road. He doesn't think that 4 of the final 6 and the last 2 being at home will have any positive bearing. he doesn't dare to actually put the number in ink, but he's pretty much saying that the Patriots will be 4-7. He doesn't say anything about the final 6 games, so one must assume the he either thinks they will lose all road games and only win home games which would be a 8-9 season or he thinks that they lose the final 6 at home and finish 4-13.
As a homer, I believe that the 2026 Patriots might be better than 2025. Having an easy schedule in 2025 gave the coaches an opportunity to closely examine the weakness in that team and do everything possible to correct them. I think that they may have done a better job than we all think and just might come out of the gate firing on all 22 cylinders.
