Since I don't know how to enable a poll - thought I'd give this a try.

I'm saying...the Pats.

I'll go with KC being that Vermeil teams tend to threaten the 72 'fins but fall short around week 8 or so.

St. Louis -- first loss, week 11 in Buffalo. It'll be too damn cold for them to care about winning.

week 2 there are only 7 unbeaten teams -- sounds like parity to me.

The unbeaten teams are:

1. Atlanta

2. Detroit

3. Jacksonville

4. New England

5. NY Jets

6. Philadelphia

7. Seattle

The list will dwindle to at most 6 next week since Philly plays Detroit unless that game ends in a tie.

Only 3 left -- The Pats, Eagles and Jets

Next week, of the three undefeated teams, only the Patriots face a tough team. I imagine they will come through it. The Jets still have the ability to lose to any team at anytime (as they almost showed this past weekend), so it's no guarantee for them against the 49ers. There will be at least one less undefeated team the following weekend as the Patriots and the Jets face off. The Eagles have an easier schedule the next couple of weeks. So I suspect the Eagles will be the last undefeated team.

[ October 12, 2004, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: pat125 ]

Eagles.

The Eagles will get their toughest test late in November (11.28) against the Giants. Until then they play in succession Carolina, Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Washington. We're not talking about Arizona or Miami, but still....

The Patriots are great, but they face a rejuvenated Seattle team, then the Jets (who are also 10x better), then Pittsburgh (cf. under "Improved"), then the Rams (who if they bring their A game in the 3rd quarter and Martz takes his meds can defeat anybody), followed by Buffalo, KC, Baltimore (all three potential landmines). The subsequent stretch (Cleveland, Cincy, etc., except for the Jets again) should mean lots of wins.

[ October 12, 2004, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: fantomas ]

The J-E-T-S will be the last unbeaten team and will bring the Pats record winning streak to an end when they meet Oct. 24th in Foxboro.

~Joe

Uh oh. I think I just heard Cyd's head explode.

First I believe all three undeafeated teams will lose at least once. If the Pats make it past Seattle then I go with them, otherwise the Eagles.

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[ October 13, 2004, 09:20 PM: Message edited by: phillyrunner ]

And so it is! GO PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, 7-0!!!

Go fantomas! All-seeing, all-knowing! wink

Ditto!