Yes, the Patriots should beat the Bears.
Spread: Patriots by 3
Outlook: Yes, both Pats losses were on the road, but they didn’t have Josh Gordon or Julian Edelman. And Bill Belichick has made a career of bedeviling young QBs such as Mitch Trubisky; Belichick is 57-18 on the road against under-25 arms. Oh, and the Bears just got shredded by Brock Osweiler. Meet Tom Brady.
Prediction: Patriots 27-23
Outlook: Drew Brees and the NFL’s highest-scoring offense face the league’s No. 1-rated defense. Brees’ next scoring pass will be his 500th, but getting it at Baltimore is no given. Something else: Brees is 0-4 vs. the Ravens – the only team he has yet to beat in his 18-year career. But Baltimore has the first defense since the 1970 merger to not allow a second-half TD through the first six games. Sorry, Drew, but for a change yours is not the winning hand. Defense and home field are.
Prediction: Ravens 28-24.
Prediction: Jets 23-20.
Last week: 11-4 overall, 7-8 vs. spread
Season: 64-27-2,52-38-3
By Greg Cote, Miami Herald
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