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00:00Let me give you a chance to give an answer.
00:03No one's been able to really give an answer yet.
00:05Why do I feel badly about this game
00:10other than everyone thinks the Patriots are going to win
00:14for the first time since going back to maybe Carolina?
00:17I can't think of anyone detracting and saying,
00:20oh, they could get popped by the Panthers here.
00:23Every other game...
00:25But even Carolina came in after shutting out Atlanta.
00:28Yeah, but Atlanta, the Tampa Bay, the Browns,
00:32you sat here and said, maybe the Browns.
00:33Maybe the Browns are the team that they shouldn't lose to,
00:36but they end up losing to.
00:37No one's saying that about this game,
00:39and that alone worries me.
00:42Well, it's just because of the spot, I think,
00:44is why you're worried.
00:45It's Thursday night.
00:46It's a short week.
00:47It's been a long stretch of games
00:49where they haven't had a break.
00:51This will be their 11th consecutive game.
00:52No bye.
00:53Bye is still a couple weeks off.
00:54So I think that's probably the source of your unease
00:58when you're thinking about this game.
00:59It's really not about the matchup,
01:01although there are a few things that the Jets can do,
01:03I think, to make this a little bit closer than people expect.
01:07Their run game has been very good at times.
01:09Now the Patriots' run defense has been good,
01:11but it's a little bit of a unique run game
01:12with a quarterback who can run as a powerful runner,
01:15and Brees Hall's having a good season.
01:17Pressure-wise, can they pressure Drake May
01:19to the point where it becomes a little closer than people expect?
01:23Will McDonald had four sacks last week, Fred,
01:25four sacks and nine pressures.
01:27Jermaine Johnson had nine pressures on the other side,
01:29so they can get after quarterbacks.
01:31So if they can do those two things,
01:32if they can run it and get after Drake May
01:34and maybe mix in a big return or two,
01:36now you're talking about a one-score game.
01:38You're talking about a two-score game,
01:39and you're talking about a three-score game.
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