Originally Posted by DropKickFlutie

The Patriots in 2007 had the most prolific deep threat in NFL history in Randy Moss, who broke the all team record for regular season TD's.

That did not stop the Pats from struggling in multiple games in the playoffs that year, including the Superbowl.

Multiple posters here have noted that in the last 7 years the Patriot offense has lost big playoff games in which the offense has put up 17 or fewer points, especially by getting shut out in the 2nd half or in the 4th quarter of games.

The solution to this is not throwing money at a stud wide out. At best it would just be 2007 all over again, and will not address the original core problem(s) that result in offensive choke jobs.

The solution is looking at something a poster pointed out about Game Preparation Theory, in which playoff teams catch up to the K-Gun Patriots after more comprehensive playoff scouting.

The Patriots need to scout themselves especially on offense, in order to understand how to beat teams that make various 2nd half adjustments on them. It is NOT a talent issue, it is a play calling issue. In 2001 the Patriots had terrible receivers, but called the right play to secure the key 3rd down or make the key catch to advance a game-winning drive.

Originally Posted by Claremonster

Yeah, BB should hamstring his team from having a deep threat. Great idea.

Terrible thread.

Originally Posted by tonyto3690

Because it's a complete waste of materials and will do nothing but make our defense even worse. Having the GOAT offense doesn't mean anything if your defense can't stop anyone.

All that firepower on the Patriots offense in 2011 sure did us a whole lot of good on the sidelines as Eli drove 80 yards for a game winning TD in the Superbowl.

Originally Posted by tonyto3690

Sorry buddy, this isn't Madden. You can't give big contracts to every player you want. Go root for the Jets and Raiders if that's how you think a team should be run. We had the #3 scoring offense of all time. Adding more resources to our offense is a complete waste. We just need to stay healthy there we already have enough talent. On defense we simply do not have enough talent and desperately need more resources invested there.


EDIT:
I'm sure if another Randy Moss type moment came up where Belichick had the opportunity to trade a 4th round pick for Andre Johnson and AJ takes a paycut, Belichick would do that. Having a deep threat would help this team, having a superstar WR would help this team. The point is that this is not a video game where you can just willy-nilly add anyone you want to the team with no reprecussions. You have to manage the cap and spending 10-14 million on a WR is a complete waste of resources in concordance with what our needs are.

Originally Posted by moejr

Moss disappeared because McDaniels kept calling the long bomb to him and the D played him double triple coverage all night. We were predictable and the Giants took advantage.

Originally Posted by Claremonster

Awesome! Guess what games Gronk missed? Any important ones? Yeah, exactly!!!!

If/when he IS injured, a deep threat compensates for him not being there.

:coffee:

Originally Posted by Claremonster

Draft one dumbass...ever heard of a rookie contract?

Originally Posted by tonyto3690

Oh right, brilliant. Why didn't I think of that. We can just scoop up AJ Green or Larry Fitzgerald at #29 in the draft this spring.

Meanwhile since defensive players are apparently playing for free, we can pick up Melton for peanuts, because it's not like we should invest our draft picks in real positions of need. No, we should spend them on mythical #1 players that don't exist where we draft.

Better yet, lets trade 3 future #1 picks so we can get into the top 5 and hope we get lucky and don't draft a bust of a franchise wide out that only come out maybe once every five drafts besides flukes when Green/Jones did.