Week 2-Favre Versus Cassel

The Patriots have once again, for the millionth time, proved that they are a team, not a collection of good players. And as usual, all week, the media was pitting the Jets, (Who barely pulled out of a game against the Miami Dolphins who went 1-15 last year.) as a team worthy of beating the New England Patriots....riiiight. Where to begin?
Well,we can start with the quarterbacks. I am a Brett Favre fan, he is one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. He rocks, but he did not show his best game yesterday. He threw a lot of incomplete passes all game, and an interception. He did throw one touchdown, but he could have had a better game. He was crafty as usual, making deep passes on occasion, and doing things to keep a play alive. But he was far from great.
Cassel made his first start yesterday against a Jets team pumped(for some strange reason) over a close win against the Dolphins. Cassel started the game great. He was in control the whole time, and managed the game well. He threw no touchdowns, but also no interceptions and made good decisions in key parts of the game. He almost had a nice deep, downfield, pass to Randy Moss, but Moss dropped it. But, kudos to Cassel for showing a decent performance for his first start. Statistically, he played a better game than Tom Brady did on his first start. That pretty impressive.
Our running game showed great consistency, converting on a lot of key third downs. What is a great asset to our team this year, is that we have between 4-5 high caliber running backs to rotate with, giving us a fresh runner virtually every down of the game. Meaning the defense has a harder time of 'wearing' our offense out. Maroney was sidelined for most of the game with a very minor injury. But Sammy Morris and Lamont Jordon shined against the Jets. Not to mention Kevin Faulk's return. He made an outstanding catch, bouncing it into the air, for any of the defenders, and catching it and converting for a first down.
I must say, Bill Belichick had this game under his control from the very beginning. Him and Jets Coach, Eric Mangini, have had a smoldering rivalry since Mangini left the Patriot's coaching staff and moved into the Jets Head Coach position. But Bill had the Jets outplayed all game. On a fourth down play, following the Jets final time-out, Bill Belichick brought out the offense in an attempt to convert. This caused the Jet defense to swarm the line of scrimmage to stop the play, leaving the backfield completely empty. Then with few seconds left, Belichick quickly called the offense off and brought on the punting team. They punted, and the confused Jets were left with terrible field position for the following drive. Just an example of how the coaching job for the Patriots was impressive as usual.
Next week, the Patriots host those dreaded Miami Dolphins. The Jets beat 'em, that MUST mean something, right? I like our chances of going 3-0 before the bye.