Al's Brother

And here's the kicker for what really kind of has me leaning Patriots now.

salivating we're salivating we'll say sure and you just look at how denver won a lot of their football games a lot of comfort behind victories they had an nfl record 12 wins coming from behind which means bo nicks had to do some special things sure the defense came up big as well to get some turnovers and some big fourth down stops but i believe in this offense of the patriots and you look at what they were able to do in the first half of games this year

Number one offense in all of football, averaging 17 points per game.

If they can continue to put up points early, I don't think they'll let it slip away.

And I don't see the Denver Broncos, led by Jarrett Stidham, who has four starts in his NFL career, eight interceptions in those starts.

being able to lead the Denver Broncos to another come-from-behind victory.

I think the Patriots get up early and continue to put the pedal to the metal.

I think they have an opportunity to run away with this thing.

I think the Patriots should be the play.

But here's the thing with Stidham.

Here's the thing with Stidham.

He hasn't thrown a football at a meaningful game against first-string offenses since 2023.

We're in 2026.

I think it's really substantial.

And you don't think Sean Payton knows that?

People think that the Denver Broncos are going to keep this a close game, but it's not going to happen.

I think people are big-braining this one, and we're not going to stand for it, and we're not going to do it.

The one other piece of information that I got here since week 10 onward, the Patriots defense –

Ranked 7th in weighted DVOA, which is adjusted for strength of opponent, which is actually better than what the Broncos have been able to do defensively in the same 10-game stretch here.

I believe they ranked 12th.