Louisville Slugger
Footballguy
If anyone is looking for a nice bye week option at qb,I might take a look at Chad Henne in a game that could be a shootout vs the Patriots.
Last December Henne threw for 335 yards and two td's against the Patriots on 52 attempts. Since then the Patriots have lost a starting cb (Leigh Bodden) to injury and are starting rookie cb Devin McCourty and an undrafted free agent (Kyle Arington) who is talking the place of Darius Butler (who has looked horrendous) at cb...To add insult to injury the Patriots cannot get to the qb. They simply do not have the talent up front anymore.
Last week the Patriots defense made the Buffalo Bills (the worst offense in the league) look like the Joe Montana era 49ers. Ok, I'm exaggerating a little, but the Bills did put up 30 points on the Pat's in their own building. That would have NEVER happended in the glory days when guys like Teddy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison and Richard Seymour were on the field.
Thus far the Patriots have given up the following to some less than explosive offenses.
1/ Carson Palmer 345 yds 2td's 24 points
2/ Mark Sanchez 220 yds 3td's 28 points
3/ Ryan Fitzpatrick 242 yds 2td's 30 points
The only way the Patriots can win (until their young defense starts to gain some experiance) is to put up a ton of points. The sad thing for Patriot fans is that while their defense is very poor their offense is Superbowl caliber. Guys like Brady, Moss, Welker etc...are still very tough to stop. The Patriots offense is capable of putting up points in a hurry which leads me to suspect this is going to be a very high scoring game. I don't think either defense can stop the opposing offense on a consistent basis.
With that in mind I think it is quite possible/likely that Henne throws for 300 yards and 2 td's against a young
Patriots defense that is struggling to find itself early in the season.
P.S. Brandon Marshall is going to eat the Patriots alive.
Last December Henne threw for 335 yards and two td's against the Patriots on 52 attempts. Since then the Patriots have lost a starting cb (Leigh Bodden) to injury and are starting rookie cb Devin McCourty and an undrafted free agent (Kyle Arington) who is talking the place of Darius Butler (who has looked horrendous) at cb...To add insult to injury the Patriots cannot get to the qb. They simply do not have the talent up front anymore.
Last week the Patriots defense made the Buffalo Bills (the worst offense in the league) look like the Joe Montana era 49ers. Ok, I'm exaggerating a little, but the Bills did put up 30 points on the Pat's in their own building. That would have NEVER happended in the glory days when guys like Teddy Bruschi, Rodney Harrison and Richard Seymour were on the field.
Thus far the Patriots have given up the following to some less than explosive offenses.
1/ Carson Palmer 345 yds 2td's 24 points
2/ Mark Sanchez 220 yds 3td's 28 points
3/ Ryan Fitzpatrick 242 yds 2td's 30 points
The only way the Patriots can win (until their young defense starts to gain some experiance) is to put up a ton of points. The sad thing for Patriot fans is that while their defense is very poor their offense is Superbowl caliber. Guys like Brady, Moss, Welker etc...are still very tough to stop. The Patriots offense is capable of putting up points in a hurry which leads me to suspect this is going to be a very high scoring game. I don't think either defense can stop the opposing offense on a consistent basis.
With that in mind I think it is quite possible/likely that Henne throws for 300 yards and 2 td's against a young
Patriots defense that is struggling to find itself early in the season.
P.S. Brandon Marshall is going to eat the Patriots alive.
