I see Indy over the Pats next week

[trc1962]

I think Indy beats the pats next week as they are at home and playing well right now. Luck hasn't played well against the Pats yet and he is due. Pats are due for a loss.

[Doogansquest]

No one is "due." They either "do" it, or they don't.

I do feel as though the Patriots are the 3rd best team in the AFC, behind Denver and Indianapolis. I have New England losing 2 of their next 3, and Detroit isn't a pushover either.

[Broncos-R-Great]

Who knows, the NFL is crazy this year, whenever the media starts hyping a team they come out and play horrible.... The Patriots are the flavor of the week right now

[RobertR]

We can only hope that's the case.

[EddieMac]

NE is streaky every year. They get on a roll and destroy everyone. Hopefully that cools off while they hit this hard stretch of their schedule. They will lose 1 more, maybe 2 but that's it. We have to assume we will not hit the 1 seed this year unless we get lucky and take care of our own schedule too.

[LSIGRAD09]

Not sure. So far when Luck has played NE, the defense has owned him with multiple picks.

Of course, I believe those games were in Foxboro.

[Larryh]

I am beginning to think that this year is impossible to predict. Look at what the Jets did to the invincible Steelers yesterday. I would be really surprised if either NE or the Colts don't end up with 12-4 records maybe even 11-5. Every game seems to be tough these days.

[broncoslover115]

OMG, I want Indy to win this so badly. You should hear them up here in Boston both from fans and on the media.

NE is going to crush Indy, they are running the table, and will be hosting the AFC at home and will be wiping the floor with us again because the weak link on our team is Manning.

[ArchAngel]

No one is "due." They either "do" it, or they don't.

I do feel as though the Patriots are the 3rd best team in the AFC, behind Denver and Indianapolis. I have New England losing 2 of their next 3, and Detroit isn't a pushover either.

why are you such a buzz kill? Obviously no one in the league is "due" anything. Its called "fan speak", not to be taken literally.

[Remedy]

No one is "due." They either "do" it, or they don't.

I do feel as though the Patriots are the 3rd best team in the AFC, behind Denver and Indianapolis. I have New England losing 2 of their next 3, and Detroit isn't a pushover either.

that post seemed yoda esque.

[DirtDiver]

I disagree. I don't think Indy will be able to hang with the Patriots. I think the Patriots drop 1 more game and it will either be to the Packers in Green Bay (most likely) or to the Lions at home. That means we must run the table to get the #1 seed, which I don't think we'll do. But that's ok, we need to beat the Patriots in Foxborough and then finish up with a Super Bowl win in Glendale.

[-Rod-]

I do feel as though the Patriots are the 3rd best team in the AFC, behind Denver and Indianapolis.

That's quite funny considering what happened in week 9.

[Maharishineo]

That's quite funny considering what happened in week 9.

You've been around for way too long to put so much stock into one game. We're not on the team. Trying to take it one game at a time and temper our expectations isn't going to make the Denver Broncos play better. If you've watched enough football from this year then you'll see that our Broncos are the best team in the NFL and they are the only ones that can stop them, just like in 2012.

We're on the official Denver Broncos forums so I'm sure you're not surprised to get this type of response, but I don't consider myself a homer. It's just the truth, and I feel pretty good about my ability to have a pulse on our team:

Note that I don't toss darts at the board endlessly and only say when I'm right, these are pretty much the times when I actually had a gut feel about our team over the past few years: I knew we'd have a GREAT chance against the Steelers with Tebow at QB because of all of their injuries. Didn't expect to get past the Patriots after that. I predicted that we'd lose in the Super Bowl back in March of 2013, almost a full year earlier. I could tell our defense was playing their best game in years against the Seahawks before the safety against the Seahawks in the regular season this year. My friend asked me if I thought we really had a chance to drive 80-yards with only a minute left against Seattle and I told him that it was the perfect situation: Manning wouldn't be able to overthink it; he had to go go go and would get back to doing what he does. I anticipated that big game for Emmanuel Sanders against the Chargers, though not THAT big hahah It anticipated Edelman having a big game against us though again not THAT big:

http://forums.denverbroncos.com/showthread.php?233680-Does-anyone-else-get-the-feeling-Tim-Wright-is-going-to-blow-up-on-us&p=5071143#post5071143

I also anticipated Julius Thomas to have a good game, too, though. 33-yards and a TD isn't too bad but he didn't exactly go nuts. Aaaanyway,

I've also made a point to watch lots of other games this year. They didn't just have an unlucky game against the Dolphins. The Pats were outplayed. I picked the Raiders to cover in New England BEFORE everybody went into a hyper-panic... but then when people were saying they were done and Brady was washed up, I was watching the games thinking "What are they talking about? He just isn't getting any protection" and "New England always starts slow but they are coached up by the end of the season". Now they're 6-2 and everybody forgot they still have weaknesses. People constantly over-react one way or another. One week does not make a season.

They're a good team. They are always a good team, and they'll continue to improve as the season goes on. But now they're a bit overrated and I fully expect them to lose 2-3 more games. The Lions are VERY good, though you always have to worry about Stafford and Caldwell, and the group as a whole on the road. Dolphins are good, too, and the Patriots play the Packers, Chargers and Colts away from home.

Broncos shouldn't lose more than one, either against the Dolphins, at Chargers or at Chiefs.

We'll have home-field advantage and all will be right with the world. We'll win the Super Bowl this year, unless we collapse again. I'm still upset about 2012. That defense, man. We made the playoffs with a QB that completed two passes in a single game and then replaced him with Peyton Manning.

[Assassin27]

I hope im wrong but I don't think Indy beats NE.

[CanDB]

I do like Indy's chances. Even if they get behind, Luck and his mates are gamers, and will play to the very end.