PHOENIX — While many analysts have already got the Patriots ending useless final within the AFC East, at the least one knowledgeable has a very completely different take.
SiriusXM NFL’s Jim Miller doesn’t see the Patriots as cellar dwellers. In reality, Miller sees the Patriots profitable the division this yr.
And he wasn’t joking.
“I just personally think, when you have Mac Jones teamed up with Bill O’Brien, they’ll be able to win the division,” Miller mentioned Monday earlier than hitting the airwaves. “I think they’re that talented of a team. Nobody’s thinking about them, everybody thinks they’re going to be fourth, but I think they’re going to be much better. They’ll be right in the mix to compete and win the division . . . I think you’re going to see an offense that returns to the style of play New England has always had.”
Better than three-time defending champion Buffalo with Josh Allen? Better than a Dolphins staff that shored up its protection to go together with its stacked offense? Better than a Jets staff that’s about to land Aaron Rodgers?
Miller, a one-time Patriot and former NFL quarterback, didn’t flinch, even with a a lot more durable schedule this season. He is a believer.
He was much more optimistic than Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft, who mentioned he has hope given latest strikes and modifications made by the staff.
Miller thinks the Pats have a high protection, and with O’Brien getting Jones & Co. straightened out after final yr’s catastrophe, they’ll be proper there, and soar again into the highest spot after their third place (8-9) end final yr.
“Yup. I think it’s going to be a bounce-back year for the Patriots,” he mentioned. “I am drinking the Kool-aid. In Bill I trust.”
So the Patriots have at the least one NFL analyst of their nook.
Source: www.bostonherald.com