The fact that we’ve played tomato cans this first eight weeks of the season hasn’t really given us a good glimpse of what we truly are. These next four or five weeks will give us a really good idea of what our ceiling is this year. Including this Sunday in a potential conference final matchup.
I don't see Baltimore as being able to make it to the "conference finals".
You talk about "tomato cans" the Patriots have played and how the next 4-5 games will define them but who has Baltimore actually played:
- Miami, Arizona, KC, Cleveland, Pitt, Cincy, Seattle. They lost to KC and Cleveland. Of those teams, only KC and Seattle have winning records currently.
Who does Baltimore have to play yet: Pats, Buff, NYJ, Houston, Indy, LA, San Fran, Cleveland, Cincy. I could see Baltimore losing 6 of those 9 games. The only reason they're going to make the play-offs is because their division is the worst in the NFL. Bar none.
I see the #2 seed coming from the AFC South. I don't foresee Baltimore making it out of the WC round, honestly.