Is this team now really worse than the 2001 Superbowl winners? Cassel is a big question mark for sure, but I honestly wouldn't put Tarvaris Jackson or even Arron Rogers too far ahead of him. And both of those teams are considered at least contenders this year. The only team from the AFC that looked really great yesterday was Pittsburg. Otherwise I don't see how anyone can say that this team has no chance at the Superbowl. I mean, did anyone watch the Bears basically beat down the Colts last night? The bears offense is not even close to the Pats even with Cassel taking the snaps.
I strongly believe that with our schedule, they should have no trouble still making the playoffs. And as we saw with the Giants last year, once in the playoffs anything can happen. I just don't see any teams looking like Juggernauts this year. Pitt, Philly, and maybe Dallas and that's about it for elite teams. I wouldn't say the Pats would be favored against any of those three right now, but they definitely could beat them on the right day.