I saw the Packer game and no doubt they are miles ahead of us right now. That doesn't mean they will be better than us come playoff time but right now our team looks like a bad fire drill. We need to get the team organized fast because after a couple of weeks the teams that are playing well and are organized are making adjustments not figuring out how who's at the line of scrimage.
All this is expected when you add 7 probowlers to the team. They won't adjust the way team plays in a matter of 8 series in the preseason (That equates to less than one game). You can say all the new additions have played 2 games so far. If we start the season 3-1, that's a win win situation with the loss being against Chargers. If we can go 4-0, then we can end up even going 14-2....But the key is, we need to get these new guys some time to adjust and then they will know the system as much as Pennington and Vilma did...
Even without Brady the Pats still have a nasty offense. Good Teams can win with a competent quarterback, look at when the Bears made the Superbowl. Step 1 - Make the playoffs, the AFC this is a way tougher task than the NFC.