Tom Brady still may appeal the most recent court decision that re-instated his 4-game suspension, and I hope he does. However if he doesn’t, and he has to serve the 4 games, it will thrust Jimmy Garoppolo into the spotlight as an NFL starter for the first time in his career.
New England’s first four games are at Arizona, and then home against Miami, Houston and Buffalo. All things considered, I like the Pats chances in these games. 3-1 is more than reasonable, with 2-2 being the worst case scenario.