The Patriots had their best win of the season Sunday night against the Ravens, 23-17, at Gillette Stadium in poor weather conditions.
With the win, they are now 4-5 on the year and in 10th place in the AFC, but two games behind teams in spots 5-9.
So, does Tedy Bruschi believe the Patriots can now sneak into the playoffs?
“It’s still there for them, I still think it’s going to be very difficult to do," he said Wednesday on Ordway, Merloni & Fauria. "It’s strange just because they lose the games they are supposed to win like vs. Denver, and they win the games [they are not supposed to]. So, do you think they will beat the Texans? Absolutely. But is it possible that they will lose? Yes. I think you have to look at both sides of the coin going forward.
"I think Cam is a huge piece. I think the offensive line is a huge piece that stays negative in results for one, and then keeps playing the way that they are playing. It can go a varied amount of ways in my opinion. They could not make the playoffs, absolutely. They can based on how they played against the Ravens.”
Bruschi does not believe the win over Baltimore was an outlier.
“I’d love to say that was an outlier based on the weather, but isn’t that what the Ravens are built for?" he said. "This is a strong, physical defensive running football team that when it gets sloppy, when it gets ugly, they can use their quarterback as a running back and pound it and overload formations with Greg Roman calling the calls and just pound you to you submit. But, it was the Patriots who did exactly that to the Ravens. They out Raven’d the Ravens. That is why I think this is something you really have to look at it as what a tough team this Patriots team is.
"They were tougher than the Ravens. They were mentally tough. They didn’t make the mistakes, the Ravens did. I thought it was a great win all the way around. You’ve got guys contributing everywhere on the defensive side of the ball. The offensive line, like I said, is going to be the leader for this team and they did it again. Cam Newton was better than Lamar Jackson. I think that is just look at the conditions, look at what they were for each quarterback and Cam was the one that was stoic, that was making the plays that they needed to make and the running game just was there for him.
"So yes, all the credit has to go to the Patriots and it’s not an outlier because of the weather, they went out and played a great football game.”
The Patriots will take on the Texans in Houston this weekend.
