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Ted Johnson runs down his way too early predictions for the upcoming Patriots season.
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00:00and all right so espn likes to get people talking and um they came out with their power index
00:06everyone loves power and i love indexes even more and um when you yes of course i'm i'm i love
00:12stats
00:13and i'm taking a look at who they've got ranked and how where they are it really doesn't matter
00:18as far as anything after the patriots because they're at number 14 on this list even after
00:25the playoff team brown thing i mean you're barely a playoff team which is kind of your prediction
00:29ted like that's what you've been saying for a while um it goes rams at one bills at two ravens
00:34at three
00:34god people gotta i almost swore a thing for the ravens uh number four is the seahawks number five
00:39the niners packers it's six chargers seven then it's the lions at eight chiefs at nine eagles at 10
00:46cowboys 11 bangles at 12 texans at 13 and then the patriots at 14 man after seeing goals and the
00:53texans in front of them how about the bingles but people six win bangles but people think that
00:59burrow's gonna win mvp this year burrow's it's partly because his confidence he thinks it's the
01:04best team he's had since he's been there that's what he keeps saying and so to hear him talk the
01:09way i've never heard him talk but that's basically it's the same team except they added uh mafay right
01:14or the pass rusher i mean a couple guys on the d line so the defense was they were 30th
01:18in the nfl
01:19in points per game last year so the worst defense so i mean i guess the offense is good and
01:23it's
01:23stayed but to jump them that high i just don't i don't get it i just think cj stroud the
01:29way he
01:30played in the playoffs it's like walking in on your girlfriend taking a dump you'll never think
01:34of them the same way again it ruined it for me i just i can't think of cj as being
01:39a good quarterback
01:40anymore so when i see him ahead of the patriots i just don't i don't get it i don't get
01:46it and the
01:46and the texans i don't think he's like a lost cause i think cj stroud two years ago came in
01:51here
01:52and and lit up the patriots he did he looked good so so i mean he's he's a he's a
01:56good player i think
01:57it's just between your ears man a little bit right for him he did give him a new right tackle
02:00it was a
02:01kind of a big free agent signing but still i i agree like i i wouldn't even mind that so
02:05much it is
02:06bizarre they have denver below you and they have uh who else is below them another good team jaguars
02:12so i see the jaguars being below and and denver is still a little bit of a question mark for
02:17me
02:17i mean i have the texans the bingles and the chargers in front of the patriots you
02:21could argue that's that's you know this should that shouldn't be the case why is everyone freaking
02:25out about the chargers ted uh i think partly it's because i think justin herbert for i think for the
02:31has a legit offensive coordinator mike mcdaniels who i think is a i think he's a great offensive
02:36mind he sucks as a head coach i think he's gonna be a great offensive coordinator for justin herbert
02:42and they've improved their offensive line which was horrendous last year so keep justin herbert
02:46you know uh upright with mike mcdaniels uh brain i think the that's why people are so bullish on
02:51so they knew that there was going to be controversy with this list as a matter of fact they wrote
02:55like
02:56a couple of different blog little blotters underneath it and one was why are the patriots so
03:00low and they said as we mentioned in the intro the patriots the first team to reach the super
03:04bowl and be ranked outside the top 10 in the following preseason fpi rankings they were also
03:10fortunate to make the super bowl last season which is very much tied into their current ranking
03:14on the surface the patriots numbers last season indicate a team with strong potential for sustained
03:19success they led the league in epa per play on offense and were 10th on defense but those numbers
03:24came against the league's easiest strength of schedule the patriots postseason schedule was so
03:29fortuitous they faced the chargers texans and the bow nixless broncos on the other hand this is not the
03:34same patriots team as a year ago especially not after acquiring wide receiver aj brown the former eagle star
03:40gives a lift to the best and most important part of this patriots team the passing offense
03:45so where does this all leave new england in 2026 still a long shot contender the patriots have a 6
03:52.7
03:52and 2.7 chance to get back in and to win the super bowl respectively that puts them on par
03:58with
03:59denver and houston well only a 6.7 chance like i i don't get that right up basically they were
04:03like
04:04yeah they got aj brown they had an easy schedule last year so they're middle of the pack it doesn't
04:08that
04:08does not add up they don't give you any good reasons why they're ranked 14th and they just had
04:12would you would we all agree i mean romeo dobbs is not a superstar but they give him 80 million
04:17dollars
04:17probably was probably top 10 signing in the offseason they get vera tucker they get byard they
04:21get draymond jones now they get aj brown and they went to the super bowl and you're going to put
04:26them
04:26as the 14th ranked team i what power index is what what are the numbers that are saying that it
04:31just
04:32doesn't make sense i don't get it but the one thing you do have to do is you have to
04:35kind of
04:36reevaluate what this schedule looks like for the new england patriots now that you know that aj brown
04:41is going to be part of it still a big question mark as to whether you got christian gonzalez
04:44i'm assuming that he's going to be there ted are you going to assume that he's going to be there
04:50just for this uh this experiment uh he'll be there eventually okay all right well that's that's what
04:56is that right because the other option could be he's going to miss games and then eventually show up
05:00and like you know they should have they should have put that in the blurb they should have put
05:03in the blurb that would have made sense and then that absolutely would have made sense so let's go
05:07to ted's way too early season prediction here uh ted what do you got i'll just uh go through each
05:12game and give you a quick little thought on each game all right week one at seattle loss no gonzo
05:16and jackson smith uh and jig bug goes off okay so you think they are not going to have christian
05:21gonzalez the beginning of the season i do not think so all right i think it's going to be uh
05:24i think
05:25it's going to be dude a standstill all right so week two at home against pittsburgh when aaron
05:30rogers farewell tour takes a hit what do they give him pre-game is it kind of a gift basket
05:34what do you give that guy just uh just ayahuasca so what does a whiny what do you give a
05:40whiny baby
05:41she just i i i just i can't stand him so much i can't stand he's an enigma the fact
05:48that he made
05:48he made a documentary about himself and called it the enigma you'll never understand my mind i've
05:54been reading like danica patrick she like he basically like messed up her whole head like
05:58you guys should print out her quotes put them in the locker oh serious all right all right no week
06:03three uh so right now one-on-one week three at jacksonville loss it's too damn hot no gonzo and
06:08they got travis hunter to kobe myers uh brian thomas uh did not get traded right so in parker
06:13washington so that offense down in jacksonville i think is going to be too much can i ask you real
06:18quick can i ask you if they have christian if they have christian gonzalez in those first three weeks
06:22is that a win at jacksonville i i like that a hell of a lot better okay is it a
06:25win at seattle
06:26uh it is not as a win at seattle okay i agree with you on both of those all right
06:30week four
06:30at buffalo loss they they're gonna they they're not gonna lose two years in a row at home i mean
06:35that win last year in buffalo sparked the nine game win streak uh in in week five it won't be
06:40the
06:40same josh not gonna let the winter kid uh i don't win in his place again so uh week five
06:45las vegas
06:46at home win uh thank god no geno smith all right and uh mendoza's not gonna be ready
06:51so uh right now i got them at two three two there you go all right week six new york
06:56jets could be
06:57the worst team in the nfl win week seven at chicago that's a win caleb williams equals tim t
07:04both cries in his mom's arms please mad and curse mad and curse and the game's in indiana now right
07:10don't they move in the stadium they are in time for this year i think so um that sucks i
07:15really
07:15not this year though it's like it's like that i think it's like in two years i believe it's in
07:20indiana
07:20though it's officially in indiana right you're not in illinois right it's still farther than
07:24foxborough is so we really can't mock it but it just seems not a fan of it being in foxborough
07:27i
07:28wish it was in the city i really do yeah going across state lines all right so drake may is
07:33going
07:33to prove he's the best quarterback in that class a win all right week eight at miami i don't know
07:38the jets and miami might be one two worst two teams in the nfl are we underestimating malik a little
07:43bit is that is there a chance he's like sneaky decent you know yeah i mean he could be so
07:49that's that
07:50but the coach feels like a clown yeah i just i think halfley's a nice guy but it's just the
07:55fact that he was at bc two years ago you're like wait a minute what i think it's just hard
07:58to win
07:58there i don't know what i think there's too many distractions i just i i just if they ever got
08:02a
08:02running game uh they would be a lot of all i know is you going through this list ted is
08:07making me
08:07a little scared that they're not going to pay gonzalez because it's a big deal it's a big deal it
08:11is a
08:12big deal all right but he doesn't think that matters in the in the first three games anyway he does
08:16he's yeah jacksonville oh yeah oh jackson jacksonville uh is a loss because no gonzo okay
08:20all right um and uh i'm three week nine all right thank you ken uh week nine green bay at
08:27home
08:27that's loss wow and the brady game uh you know what i love i like the offense for uh for
08:32green bay
08:33it is good door loves is uh is a good quarterback is micah parsons back micah parsons don't forget
08:39micah parsons he's out though until mid-october this game is in early november could be
08:43his return game could not be it's a money i think it's uh well it's a big i don't know
08:48monday night
08:48game or sunday night game and uh it's his return 25 sunday okay my bad uh still that's what they
08:54consider prime time still um that's the brady game micah parser comes back tom brady's calling it um
08:59it's gonna be a rough one for will oh i don't like where this is going all right week 10
09:03uh detroit
09:04they're out in uh where they're out that's here that's here okay they said all right drake may out
09:09duels jared goff um you know that's not here that's in uh jerry it's in germany yeah yeah yeah
09:14i thought that's what i thought yeah you're right all right dan campbell hasn't been able to replace
09:17ben johnson aaron glenn uh for coordinators that team took a step back and i just jared goff please
09:22so i got them winning that game uh six and four at the bye week all right um week 11
09:29uh at the la
09:30chargers loss mike mcdaniels he was a different maker jeez man that that's sunday night football i know
09:36i hear you i hear you that's a loss yeah i know brodo huh he's that important if gonzo's there
09:40do they win uh gonzo's not there yet oh if they if he was uh maybe that's a yeah okay
09:47yeah you see
09:48i'm telling you he's not there you said aj brown was worth two wins gonzalez might be worth two losses
09:53he might he might be at least you're right all right here we go week 13 buffalo at home when
09:58gonzo's
09:59back from his holdout all right um here we go week 14 minnesota short week on a thursday
10:06night oh i got him as a at a as a loss short week hurts the pads because brian flores
10:11his blitz
10:12packages are just too much to uh deal with it's also personal and uh and it's personal right
10:16tyler murray comes in yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah all right uh week 15 kc win okay now i'd like
10:26your
10:26head on this one this is where aj brown goes off i just think this is going to be a
10:30big game for uh
10:30for drake uh mahomes isn't what it used to be neither is travis kelsey so i got him winning in
10:35uh
10:35week 15 and then you got uh i'll finish up quick jets at home yep denver at home and then
10:44miami at home jets on the road jets on the road sorry denver at home miami at home win win
10:48win
10:48okay they went out they went out 11 and 6 second place in the afc east 16 i'll take 11
10:53and 6
10:54listen what you just said i'll take it that's it but you're saying that's uh 13 and 4 if they
10:59got
10:59gonzalez it's 13 and 4 they'd be there we go five of the last six in the win column so
11:05that's a
11:05that's a strong finish there
11:06that's right there
11:06that's a strong finish there
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