Joey Galloway's Breakout Game? [Update: Galloway inactive...] - New England Patriots Forums

QB12 · 10-10-2009, 04:57 PM

Hear me out:

1) McDaniels knows how important Welker is to moving the chains in particular and the offense in general. He knows the Pats are 3-0 when Welker starts. McD will make sure Welker is bracketed to take away the hot reads and check downs as best he can.

2) With Bailey locking down Moss, and stopping Welker the focus of Denver's pass defense (as I believe), you'd think Watson or Baker might have big games. But I think the TE will first be asked to chip Denver's fast DE's, especially Dumervil. That will delay the TE's release from the line of scrimmage, and minimize somewhat their role in the passing game.

3) Which leaves us with Galloway probably drawing single coverage on the side opposite Moss. Joey's had 4 weeks of the regular season to digest the playbook and try to get on the same page with Brady. I also think the Patriots will be smarter, and use him to go vertical, and play more to Joey's strengths, rather than trying to make him an underneath receiver - which he isn't. By using Joey this way, any RB like Morris or Maroney who might stay in to block, can leak out into the short zone cleared by Galloway's vertical route. This strategy also plays to Maroney's strength of getting him out in space.

What do you think?

QB12

***PatriotsInGA*** · 10-10-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by QB12

Hear me out:

1) McDaniels knows how important Welker is to moving the chains in particular and the offense in general. He knows the Pats are 3-0 when Welker starts. McD will make sure Welker is bracketed to take away the hot reads and check downs as best he can.

2) With Bailey locking down Moss, and stopping Welker the focus of Denver's pass defense (as I believe), you'd think Watson or Baker might have big games. But I think the TE will first be asked to chip Denver's fast DE's, especially Dumervil. That will delay the TE's release from the line of scrimmage, and minimize somewhat their role in the passing game.

3) Which leaves us with Galloway, probably drawing single coverage, on the other side. Joey's had 4 weeks of the regular season to digest the playbook and try to get on the same page with Brady. And I also see the Patriots using him to extend the field, and go vertical, and play more to Joey's strengths than trying to make him an underneath receiver, which he isn't. Plus, by doing so, any RB like Morris or Maroney who might stay in to block, can leak out into the short zone cleared by Galloway's vertical route. This strategy also plays to Maroney's strength of getting him out in space.

What do you think?

QB12

2-0 when Welker starts. He didn't play vs. Atlanta.

QB12 · 10-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Stand corrected. Since Game 1 of the 2007 season, the Patriots are undefeated in the regular season when Tom Brady and Wes Welker have started . . .

QB12

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 10-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Galloway sees the tick-tick-ticking on his status as a #3 receiver slowly ticking away if he does not get it together soon,BB proved with his 'dissapearance last week' that he needs to get it right. - Nunn/Edelman combo is on speed dial in case.

The ol vet needs to show a glimpse of his glory days back and quickly

QB12 · 10-10-2009, 05:06 PM

I'm no Galloway apologist, but it is noteworthy that the one time they sent him vertical he beat the Jets CB and would have scored had Tom not overthrown him.

QB12

PATRIOTSFANINPA · 10-10-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by QB12

I'm no Galloway apologist, but it is noteworthy that the one time they sent him vertical he beat the Jets CB and would have scored had Tom not overthrown him.

QB12

I think we all know that in time,Brady will be back to throwing accurately more often....That is not as obvious as to Galloway and if he will get IT.

***KontradictioN*** · 10-10-2009, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA

I think we all know that in time,Brady will be back to throwing accurately more often....That is not as obvious as to Galloway and if he will get IT.

He is nearly back to that point now. We need to start Galloway and make Denver pay if they decide to focus soley on Moss and Welker.

FirstAndGoal · 10-10-2009, 05:21 PM

Nope, we have a top secret. Just before the game, Chad Jackson is going to be signed and he's going to "make Josh pay". He's going to catch 20 balls for 340 yards and 5 touchdowns without even getting his uniform dirty. I heard it from a reliable source

***convertedpatsfan*** · 10-10-2009, 05:42 PM

The pessimist in me says Denver would be better off leaving Galloway open on every play since he's had stone hands and Brady clearly isn't happy with him. But I do think Galloway will be a factor by the end of the season. This is a really tricky offense to pick up; even Moss and Welker have touched upon that.

I've seen several people mention we should have kept Gaffney, but Gaffney had 11 catches in his first year in NE (in 11 games), and never broke 40 catches in a season despite playing all 16 regular season games in 2007 and 2008.

Galloway has only 7 catches in 3 games, but there have been more than a few times where he was wide open and Brady missed him. And there have definitely been some drops. Partly that's his comfort level with the system, and I think partly he's trying too hard to make up for past mistakes. I hope not, because that's not a good sign when trying to play on a BB team. You have to do your job, and forget about the last play and focus on the next one.

I'm disappointed in how rough it's been, but I don't think I'm ready to call it a failed experiment yet. Now that Brady's almost back to his old self, we'll be able to properly evaluate Galloway.

denverpatsfan · 10-10-2009, 06:23 PM

I hope he gets cut. Dropping passes thrown right to him and going out of bounds in the back of the end zone have NOTHING to do with "picking up the complicated offense".

One of the younger guys is going to have to step up in order to win this game. Whether that be offense or defense.