The Official Post game thread

[Sciz]

Originally Posted by Boston Boxer

no one says "hella" anymore

Correction: It was %*#&ing windy.

[thechris]

This game came down to MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.

Pats had plenty and blew em. Throwing on 3rd and 2? Defense was not the same without Talib. Offense played as if the gatorade bucket was filled with semen. Pathetic.

Window is closing very soon unfortunately. Only a few more years to get this with Brady. Need to bring back Welker even though he has midget hands.

[Luke Skywelker]

Eerily conservative play calling in this one offensively, in particular when it was clear the defense was watered down post Talib injury and they were going to need points. I mean, two punts from inside the Balt 35? Wind or not, what is gained by punting? Maybe 15-25 yards of field position? Game plan was vanilla - chip away, chip away. Yeah, fine, but throw something out there that catches them off guard/makes them honest. Why was Vereen non existent until the 4th? The guy goes from a major X factor one week to not on the field the next? Another case of BB playing a game not to lose. This game felt scared from the beginning - so many of these physical wars have felt this way. TB plays scared, BB coaches scared, team loses. There is no swagger whatsoever.

TB has a couple good years left in him - time to stop playing scared. If you go down, go down gunning.

The lack of depth in the secondary was killer. The drop off after Talib was a cliff. It's amazing how the identity of the Pats has changed so significantly - where back in the SB days it was notoriously about depth and the "next man up", these days, guys go down and the team is crippled.

[Patriots_Poet]

thanks god kids and wife went to bed , now I can let the tears come out

[Joker]

The Pats would have NOT made any FG's from outside the 30 tonight going TOWARD the lighthouse...I was there and I can attest to this...maybe you can say they should have gone for it on 4thy from the 35 but that is a specious argument...FG's going that way were out of the question, that's just the way it was tonight

[Tunescribe]

Originally Posted by Joker

Just got back from the Razor...sat four rows back...big thanx to Seacoast fan for getting me this tremendous seat.

My take is simply that the Ravens took the game over on OUR field...they piunched the Pats in the mouth and the Pats never got up off the mat.

Talib's injury really changed the way they played their D going forward but the Pats left too many plays out there tonight...too many drops on sure big gains...again, outplayed...the Ravens were the better team tonight...no excuses

I think the Pats handed them a lot though, Joker. The Ravens really did not show me much although they do deserve credit for the win. If Talib doesn't go down and Brady is a bit sharper on some of the obvious missed throws, it's a different ballgame.

What frustrated me most tonight: lack of pass rush (blitz generally absent again) and not establishing the running game early.

This team needs DL pass rushing help, greater depth at corner and safety, and a WR who can stretch the field. All glaring holes tonight.

[Joker]

They had zero pass rush and yet...did YOU see any blitzes until the 4th quarter??? I saw a corner blitz that came form twnety yards away and a safety blitz, otherwise...vanilla... have yet to watch the tape but it was like they weren't even ready tro play defense tonight

[Jangles]

Wes Welker is no longer automatic.

Guy can be counted on for a crucial drop almost as often as a first down anymore.

[#56300ex]

Does anyone else feel like these losses in big games are getting easier to take?


Almost feels like you've come to expect it?

Never going to jump ship on this team, just venting.

[Jangles]

Originally Posted by #56300ex

Does anyone else feel like these losses in big games are getting easier to take?


Almost feels like you've come to expect it?

Never going to jump ship on this team, just venting.

Watched the games today with my buddy who's a 49ers fan and was ribbing me all day.

I told him the last 5 years have hardened me against big losses.

Which sucks but it's true.