newton_tom_cat

1st i was thinking this was all about losing the league's best player at the most important position. but the more i think about it would he have made that much of a difference that we wouldn't have lost today? really, what could he have done to get the defense to read the 6 direct RB snaps that hurt us so?

i have a fear setting in that TB masked a rot that's been going on with this team for years, especially to an aging defense. maybe we were headed into serious decline anyway, even with TB.

what do you all think?

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Sean Pa Patriot

The D looks bad,

I think we would have been competive with Brady, and played differently.. But who knows.. I know the first 2 weeks should have been blow outs with Brady..

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We going to take it one game at a time

swheeler23

With Brady at qb the defense is not on the field as much. Last year the high scores helped the defense in two ways. They were not on the field as much and other teams had to throw because they were always playing from behind. Masking the Patriots trouble with stopping the running game.

BelichickFan

Everything changes, there's no way to say. Defense plays different with the lead, more rest, OL doesn't have to deal with the Dolphins blitzing with NO threat at all of Cassel burning them deep. Etc.

newton_tom_cat

thats true of course, but question is would things have changed enough to make us a winner? 6x we got burned on direct snap ... my greatest fear is we lose anyway. now thats a real crisis

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Alk

We walked into a buzzsaw yesterday. I don't think having Brady would have made that big of a difference. The last time this team looked this bad was against Miami and that was with Brady.

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Rob0729

I don't know the score, but I still think the Pats lose. It would have been closer though.

PATS68

I think Brady would have made a difference in the game becasue he scores points and not FGs. The D has to defend the whole field when he is in the game. The Cassel lead O has been playing only what seems like a 20 yard space.

I think Brady at QB he could at least made the game into a shoot out. Brady does not miss a wide open Dave Thomas down the field. That play easy as it gets TD.

BradyManny

IMO, we win w Brady, and win big - and its no knock on Cassel. But its an entirely different game yesterday if Brady plays. For starters, the Dolphins go in probably expecting to get their *****es kicked - and Brady probably takes those first two drives and puts 14 points on the board. With a 2 score lead, the whole game changes, and we probably don't see Ronnie Brown abuse the defense the way he did.

D-Money

I think people are giving up on this defense way to quickly.I expect the D to bounce back but that doesnt mean that we will put up 20 or more points.There is alot of pressure on the D because Cassel cant put up more then 20 points.