LIke I said earlier, all the sports networks are talking about Brady’s return, Rex and Sanchez, and T.O. without mentioning anything from the current division champs. The only thing mentioned about the Dolphins nowadays is “oh well they got a tough schedule….” that’s it. Crowder and Porter were just blowing off steam that the media created.

I doubt any of you would argue with what Crowder had to say about Rex Ryan and the Jets..

“Oh, he’s going crazy. He’s going absolutely nuts. I know it’s his first chance to be a head coach, and I know he’s excited about life. But, like I said, I’ve never played a football game in June in my whole life. So congratulations to him. He’s the OTA, the OTA Super Bowl winner.”

The fishies won the division on some arcane NFL tiebreaker while the Pats were without Brady and had an injury report that looked like the Vietnam Memorial Wall, but the rest of the division is supposed to pay homage to the Dolphins accomplishment? Uhhh, no.

Hell, they won one game the previous year and now they are the kings?

And as far as writers predicting the Pats winning the Superbowl; that’s what writers do; a lot. Would you prefer them predicting the fish will win the Superbowl?

I don’t get why you even wrote this.

Give Miami their due. Props to them for winning the division, in ties, there are tie-breakers, they won and now have a tougher schedule because of it.

The Pats have alot of potential, but that media circus they had every week of 2007 is enough to make you cringe.

Week after week of:
Q: Are you guys looking to go 16-0? Are you shoe-ins for the Super Bowl.
A: We are just looking to next week and competing agains (fill in team name).

I think those guys were answering questions in their sleep. The games were easier than the media.

I’d rather everyone thought Brady wouldn’t come back, Moss and Galloway were washed up, Welker had lost a step, and the defense had more holes than a screen door.

Stay of the media radar and just play football.

Congrats to the Dolphins, AFC East Champs. Did you see the new QB the Jets have and their upgraded defense? How about TO in Buffalo, they got something to look forward to. Pats who?

I understand why the Dolphins and their fans are a bit tired of the media talk that are asserting they will miss the playoffs and that the Patriots are back as the top dogs of the division. I believe that as well, but I would definitely be ticked off if it was the other way around.

More generally, I think the hype for the Patriots is too much. I like the moves we have made, but I don’t consider us the best team in the league right now. The Steelers return the best team from last year, the Giants look pretty good, and – more to the point – we had some major holes last year, especially on defense. The Dolphins profited from their weak schedule last year, but so did we. The west divisions minus the Chargers were HORRIBLE, so none of the AFC East teams were worth their records. Not the Dolphins, not the Bills, definitely not the Jets and not us either.

But we get Brady back, they say. Yes, and that is great, but he is also a questionmark at this point. Maybe he will be back to 2007, but we just don’t know yet. So isn’t it a bit off the mark making the Patriots the best team in the league at this point?

That, however, is old news. What I really don’t like is the quotes from Moss and Welker. There is a fine line between confidense and arrogance, and in my opinion they were flirting with it. I’m fine with believing in your own abilities as long as everybody remembers that the 2008 Patriots offense hasn’t done A THING yet. Whatever this year will bring, is still to come, and I would be much more comfortable if the players just said the offense would be “really good.” Let’s wait until october before we talk about “the sky is the limit” or “historically great”. Nothing is more dangerous than starting to belive your own hype.

Your team has new free agents, new draftees, maybe a new coach or two. You look at the players lost and rationalize that you’ll do well without them.

It is a time to focus on the upside:
Can your losing team have a winning season? It’s June, of course they can.
Can you team make the playoffs? It’s June, baby, of course they will.
Will they take the division, the conference? In June, damn straight they will.
Can your team win, dare I say it, the Super Bowl. It’s June, man and we’re already picking out the rings!

What we don’t need is the media messing up fantasy island. It’s every fan’s right to believe their team is good in June, and it there should be some sort of a law against screwing that up. I mean, if your team can’t be good in June, how will they look in December?