The Patriots are inching nearer to the highest.
New England not solely maintained its lead within the AFC East after its Week 7 victory over the Titans, however Mike Vrabel’s staff appears poised to enter Week 8 as one in every of two groups within the convention with 5 or extra wins. Solely the Colts have a greater file than the Patriots whereas the rival Payments have been on their bye following consecutive losses.
With that stated, the place do the Patriots rank within the AFC hierarchy with one Sunday left earlier than the calendar flips to November? Patriots insider Phil Perry weighed in on that subject throughout Patriots Postgame Reside after New England’s 31-13 victory at Nissan Stadium.
“I believe it’s the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs proper now,” Perry responded citing the highest staff within the convention.
Andy Reid’s group has received 4 of its final 5 video games and claimed a 31-0 bludgeoning of the Raiders on Sunday.
“I believe the Chiefs have discovered it within the final month and so they simply acquired Rashee Rice again, who’s speculated to be their finest receiver. Patrick Mahomes seems to be like prime Patrick Mahomes proper now. So, that might be the staff,” Perry stated. “Simply primarily based on their historical past and primarily based on the best way they’re taking part in proper now, I might say the Chiefs you’d must put on the high of the heap within the AFC.
“However I am placing the Patriots proper behind them,” Perry continued. “I am not placing the Colts there. I am not placing the Chargers there. I am actually not placing the Jacksonville Jaguars there after what we noticed at the moment and never the Buffalo Payments. I might say the Patriots proper now, as we sit right here at the moment, are the second-best staff.”
Fellow Patriots insider Tom E. Curran opted not to participate within the enjoyable citing the season hasn’t even hit the halfway level but.
“I haven’t got to and I do not need to,” Curran stated humorously.
Curran did, nonetheless, acknowledge the Patriots have been worthy of leaping up energy rankings and playoff chatter.
“It is a staff that actually deserves to be within the top-10 of everybody’s dialog,” Curran stated. “They don’t seem to be only a playoff hopeful. They don’t seem to be only a possible playoff participant. You can begin to reconfigure your expectations to say, ‘How will they match up in opposition to the groups which have playoff expertise?'”
New England, like the remainder of the league, nonetheless has an extended option to go.
However with second-year quarterback Drake Maye setting franchise data and playing as well as anybody in the league, and with a positive schedule suffering from cellar-dwellers, there’s an actual chance the Patriots aren’t simply vying for a playoff spot however the highest playoff spot.
Phil Perry, Tom E. Curran, and Michael Holley share their instantaneous evaluation and response to the Patriots win over the Titans. They break down Drake Maye’s spectacular efficiency, and the place the Patriots stand within the AFC.
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