Season 5, Weeks 1-7 Recap (@BYE during Week 8)

Recapping season five thus far, New England (record of 5-2, tied for 3rd best in NFL; the Chiefs lead by QB Peyton Manning have the NFL's best record at 6-0) has:

Lost against the following teams:

Blowout by the QB Chase Anderson (3rd year veteran)-led Colts, who were 3-3 going into the game, and they win by shocking margin of 28-7 final, which many view as a wake-up call to the Pats going into their BYE week 8.

On a controversial closing minutes 2-point conversion play, with a successful pass by Patriots QB Tom Brady to 5th-string WR Jermaine Cunningham, but the receiver (disputedly) did not break the plane of the endzone on his short out route before stepping   out of bounds, whereby rendering the final score of 18-20, giving QB Colin Knapernick's squad a much needed win after being 0-3 heading into the game facing a then 3-0 NE squad.

Won against the following teams:

At 5-1, the Jets are the current AFC East Division leader in Week 8 after the Patriots' stunning loss to the Colts. However, the Jets' only loss thus far this season was to New England.

The big questions that remain unanswered:

• With key Offensive Playmaker/Go To Guy TE Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski out for the season after the injury in the Colts game during Week 7, just how screwed is New England?
• Is New England's defense, even with the addition of good but oft-injured 1st round draft pick CB Kendrick Ferguson, good enough to hold the line?
• With their new return man/speed demon KR/PR Leonard Massey be enough to make the Pats' Special Teams a regular x-factor?