12th's 5 Reasons Why The Skins Beat N.E.

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Southpaw

Homerism or not, New England has seven wins this season. Five of which were against the bottom five total defenses in the league. If they think Washington will be a pushover, they're sadly mistaken.

Defensive ranks for those teams may be overblown. After all, they had to play the Pats. That can't help your stats.

My feeling with the Pats right now is that they haven't been the defensive team that they could be. The allowed 28 points to Miami - 21 after Ronnie "the Dolphins only offensive weapon" Brown was lost for the game (and season). Was the defense already celebrating the victory? If that's the case, it speaks volumes to their focus. Given that the media is already hyping next week's Pats/Colts game, we may be playing out as a classic "trap game".

I don't think it will happen, though I know it can.