New England Patriots +1.5

Patriots are the better team from top to bottom here, with depth at every position. Looking forward to the debut of Brady & Ochocinco. Brady will likely only play a couple of series. It sounds like Ryan Mallet might get the nod as the 2nd stringer tonight. He played well last game and hopefully will build on that.

Freeman may play the whole first quarter for Tampa, though I think New England's 1st string defense should be able to limit him. New England has plenty of depth at RB and WR, and I think there are a lot of players playing for roster spots here.

Bottom line - Patriots have better backups, and should be able to score points late in the game, even if they fall behind early on.

Season YTD: 0-0 (I am 5-0, but not counting those since I just recently started posting).

GL to all!

The Dude