so NE's schedule is:

4 Mon, Oct 1 at Cincinnati Tickets ESPN 8:30 PM
5 Sun, Oct 7 Cleveland Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
6 Sun, Oct 14 at Dallas Tickets CBS 4:15 PM
7 Sun, Oct 21 at Miami Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
8 Sun, Oct 28 Washington Tickets FOX 4:15 PM
9 Sun, Nov 4 at Indianapolis Tickets CBS 4:15 PM
10 BYE WEEK
11 Sun, Nov 18 at Buffalo Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
12 Sun, Nov 25 Philadelphia Tickets NBC 8:15 PM
13 Mon, Dec 3 at Baltimore Tickets ESPN 8:30 PM
14 Sun, Dec 9 Pittsburgh Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
15 Sun, Dec 16 NY Jets Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
16 Sun, Dec 23 Miami Tickets CBS 1:00 PM
17 Sat, Dec 29 at NY Giants
I think the at Dallas and at Indy games will be tough, and maybe playing at Cincy with a pumped up Carson Palmer and Chad Johnson might make for some fireworks. But it's possible--however unlikely--that the Pats could go 16-0. Of course it's also possible Brady could be injured at we go 8-8. Many things are possible. Most likely, we'll go 14-2 or 13-3 and win one of those two big games but drop one and another one or two somewhere else down the line.

Of course, losing to someone in the reg season doesn't mean all that much. The year NE beat Philly in the superbowl, both teams were blown out by the Steelers during the regular season. And not just beat. Beat down. Back to back.