Rob0729

Last week's benching of AD reminds me of the time in 2003 when Ted Johnson was told that he was going to be deactivated for a game and he left the team. Johnson was underperforming at the time and him being told that he was not suiting up for a game sent him over the edge. It also lit a spark in Johnson and he turned around his career for the next twp years and became a dominant run stuffer.

Could this type of motivation do something similiar to Adalius Thomas? I guess we will get to see today.

BionicPatriot

Cant say I noticed him. what a surprise!

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Patspsycho

They played a lot of nickel and dime today.

goldspeed101

He was in the face of their qb's a few times, same with Burgess

crowell33

1 tackle, 0 assists, 0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 forced fumbles, 0 recovered fumbles, Patriots 35 Tampa Bay 7.

BradyFTW!

He got some excellent QB pressure, but since it won't show up on a stat sheet it didn't happen

ALP

he, like many other of the lb's, had QB hits....

and i also didnt notice him NOT set the edge

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Marqui

He didnt get the stats but he played well.

patsfan-1982

burgess had a sack and a FF late in the game he played a lil better then AD did but not by much

i just think that AD is not the super star LB he was made out to be in the free agent class of 2007

BennyBledsoe

Or maybe he was but even with the low-mileage he came out of Baltimore with (relative to other LBs his age), maybe he's already 'hit the wall'?

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