Back in August, the Patriots were trudging through training camp and we were concerning ourselves about the depth of this team, especially on the offensive side of the football.
At that point, with Julian Edelman set to serve a four-game suspension, and Eric Decker dropping out at the last minute, as well as a handful of other receivers that had come briefly and gone quickly, it was hard to tell exactly where the Pats would be when we reached the first week of November.
It was difficult to know if the Patriots would be at their normal 7-2 after the season’s halfway point, or if their initial lack of depth would cause them to be at a disappointing (for New England standards) 5-4 or something like that.