The Drive

While the dust has yet to fully settle on this deal, Vegas has already bumped the Bucks not only past Boston in the East, but ahead of the defending champion Nuggets as the overall title favorite entering the '23-'24 season.

For the last three years, New England has made habit of beating the teams below them in the standings while losing to virtually every team above them. Will that change Sunday?

It's the return of Two Poll Tuesday! Let us know what grade you'd give Mac for Sunday's effort, as well as his 3-game sample size here in 2023.

Let me be clear. I'm happy with the win, because a win is a win. However, I'm certainly not pleased with it.

He's still got a .767 batting average for the season, but the esteemed Ernesto demands 80% or better for himself. Let's see if he can get back there with this week's slate of games.

Per CBS Sports, since the field expanded to a 12-team postseason format in 1990, teams that begin the season 0-3 have just a 2.5% chance to make the playoffs.

It's easy to make a case for either team Sunday because both teams are kind of in the same boat. Solid defenses that keep them in it most weeks, but offensively challenged.

Whether it's a long shot or not, here's to hoping Boston is in the conversation for at least one of the top FA's this winter, rather than heading back to the bargain rack.

Isn't a W or an L the only stat that really matters? Mac is now 2-7 in his last nine starts dating back to last Thanksgiving, with the two wins coming against backup QB's.

It's the first time since 2001 the Patriots are 0-2 to begin a season and its the first time in the Belichick era the team has trailed by at least 10 points in each of the first two games of a season.