The Patriots Are Back, the Chargers Are Done, and More Week 4 Story Lines

PelisseroHe took a hit and walking it off, according to Nick Underhill. So crisis averted on that point. There is something to be said for the panic that ensues in September about a variety of different things. And everyone buried the Falcons, obviously, out of the gate. People buried the Patriots, buried Drake May to a degree that seemed, I don't know, a little bit presumptuous three games into a season with the AFC champs.

PelisseroAnd they come out in Buffalo. I tried in the suite on Substack, which of course you get subscribed to, to tamp down some of that.

PelisseroShe'll talk to a lot of people familiar with what's going on. There was not like panic about Drake. You know, it's his shoulder. It's Vrabel. It's like, so it's none of that stuff. Like he's not playing well. He's had a little bit of bad luck, bad decisions. He's pressing.

PelisseroHe's still a couple in that game against Buffalo. But you saw the real Drake May in the second half, the same guy that everybody fell in love with a year ago. That's a Patriots team that's still going to be really well coached. They went in there and made statements. I thought on both sides, the ball shield.

PelisseroAnd all of a sudden now, I mean, I think you at least have to have the real conversation of, are the Patriots or the Bills? again, they just faced off head to head, but who's the favorite in that division?

PelisseroYeah, you

Kapadiahad written that, you know, it's had nothing to do with the shoulder. Like you mentioned, it's bad luck. He's pressing, he's making bad decisions. It felt to me reading that like, all right, it's between the ears a little bit. And I thought it was so interesting how they approached this game where early on they had a fourth and three where you can kick the field goal, you know, get on the point, you're get on the board, you're on the