Despite New Faces, Patriots Still Team to Beat

[WilliamPitt]

Bottom line: Joe Andruzzi, Ty Law, David Patten, and Roman Phifer all are gone. Tedy Bruschi may not be able to play. But the Patriots still have their core group of Brady, Deion Branch, Corey Dillon, Rodney Harrison, Willie McGinest, Richard Seymour, Adam Vinatieri, Mike Vrabel, Eugene Wilson … and on and on. New England will feature a lot of new faces, but it's the same old story: The Patriots still are the team to beat.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=smith_michael&id=2081187

[trotsky]

1. Does this mean Bruschi hasn't ruled out playing?

That's crazy. Seriously, it's not with the risk.

[crimson333]

2. To bad they will lose their opening game

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. the Jets will beat them

A healthy Pennington, a new kicker, Coles coming in at WR. We're set to take you guys on this year.

I predict both the Jets and Pats will finish with 11-5 records and the tiebreaker will depend on the head-to-head series.