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***JSn*** · 11-12-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsFan2

Stephen Neal left the game with some sort of Knee injury atleast it doesn't sound too serious. Man our Right Side plays so good when he's in there.

And I see a whole lot of people claiming getting Kaczur back in there was big, too. Where did the "LeVoir 4-EVAH Coalition" go?

PatsFan2 · 11-12-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by JSn

I didn't realize parrots knew how to type, too.

In addition to both of them blocking well, Ben Watson has 11 receptions for 91 yards (8.3 AVG) and Wendy has 9 receptions for 93 yards (10.3 AVG). You think TE's who are blocking reasonably well and averaging a first down per catch are no dimensional? Sheesh. Some people can simply not be pleased.

I am from the old school that believes a TE who can Catch is worth more than one who Blocks. Call me crazy but i long for the Days of Ben Coates it's been that long since the Patriots had a TE that actually threatened a Defense.

P.S. i still have a little hope that Dave Thomas might become atleast a half decent receiving TE. JSn sorry but based on how High BB Drafted our last Three TE's he could have gotten similar Players that did the same things Graham and Watson do on Day 2.

***JSn*** · 11-12-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsFan2

I am from the old school that believes a TE who can Catch is worth more than one who Blocks. Call me crazy but i long for the Days of Ben Coates it's been that long since the Patriots had a TE that actually threatened a Defense.

P.S. i still have a little hope that Dave Thomas might become atleast a half decent receiving TE. JSn sorry but based on how High BB Drafted our last Three TE's he could have gotten similar Players that did the same things Graham and Watson do on Day 2.

Graham? Did you get your time machine working?

***Gunnails*** · 11-12-2008, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

Fourth, the Pats have the seventh ranked rushing attack in the league. Ok, some of the defenses they have faced aren't the best either, but their running offense is no slouch and I think the o-line is the healthiest it has been all year.

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I hesitate to mention this, but here goes.

The Pats are 7th in the league in total rushing yards, not the 7th ranked rushing team.

The Ravens are listed at #3 on NFL.com with 1352 yards, but they only have a avg. of 3.9 yards per rush, but they have rushed more times 343 then any other team

The Pats have 290 rush attempts for 1197 yards and an avg. of 4.1 yards per rush.

This tells me the Pats are better at running the ball then the #3 Ravens.

Giants are best with an avg 5.0 per carry and 3 other teams avg 4.6 for the 2nd highest yards per carry.

Care to guess what the Jets per carry avg. is

***JSn*** · 11-12-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunnails

Care to guess what the Jets per carry avg. is?

Before or after they played no-one on Sunday?

***Gunnails*** · 11-12-2008, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JSn

Before or after they played no-one on Sunday?

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Jets play the same teams as the Pats - Colts and Pitt.

***JSn*** · 11-12-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunnails

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Jets play the same teams as the Pats - Colts and Pitt.

I guess I was too subtle. I was referring to the Rams mailed in performance.

***Rob0729*** · 11-12-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunnails

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I hesitate to mention this, but here goes.

The Pats are 7th in the league in total rushing yards, not the 7th ranked rushing team.

The Ravens are listed at #3 on NFL.com with 1352 yards, but they only have a avg. of 3.9 yards per rush, but they have rushed more times 343 then any other team

The Pats have 290 rush attempts for 1197 yards and an avg. of 4.0 yards per rush.

This tells me the Pats are better at running the ball then the #3 Ravens.

Giants are best with an avg 5.0 per carry and 3 other teams avg 4.6 for the 2nd highest yards per carry.

Care to guess what the Jets per carry avg. is

I already discounted the Pats running game a bit, but even you have to admit it is the best running game the Jets have faced in a while.

BTW, the Pats' YPC dropped drastically against the Bills because they were basically playing keep away from the Bills in that game and had a lot of short distance runs at the end of the game making the YPC that game be 3.3.

***40yrpatsfan*** · 11-12-2008, 04:52 PM

This game's going to be a repeat of last Sunday. 20-10 Pats.

***Gunnails*** · 11-12-2008, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729

I already discounted the Pats running game a bit, but even you have to admit it is the best running game the Jets have faced in a while.

BTW, the Pats' YPC dropped drastically against the Bills because they were basically playing keep away from the Bills in that game and had a lot of short distance runs at the end of the game making the YPC that game be 3.3.

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The last decent running team the Jets played were the Raiders, at least they ran well on the Jets for 150 yards or so.