Chad Jackson sat as a statement? - New England Patriots Forums

Old Town Pats · 09-26-2006, 08:40 AM

In Belicheck's post game press conference The question was raised about Jackson to which he responded "We put our best 45 out there." I love Belicheck and I love the Patriot way of molding team character but this one may have cost us a game. I do not see how any of those WR's on the field Sunday could be in the "best 45" before Jackson. He has to be on the field next week PERIOD! McDaniels wake up and play your best WR's (Gabriel, Jackson)!

desi-patsfan · 09-26-2006, 08:45 AM

Jackson not on the field cost us the game huh? It wasn the horrendous overthrow's by brady. Or the under throws. Or the no running game. Or the broken coverage that led to long TD. Look i dont why he was sat down. Maybe it was an attitude problem. But putting the whole thing in one WR is not accurate.

***BelichickFan*** · 09-26-2006, 08:46 AM

If he was only, say, 75% then he probably wasn't one of the top 45. And even if he still was there would be no point in risking him making it worse. Just relax, Belichick wants to win more than we do and if Jackson can help, he'll play.

TomBrady'sGoat · 09-26-2006, 08:56 AM

This was already posted yesterday. The consensus was that BB always responds with "we play the best 45 guys" whether a guy is injured or having Bethel issues.

mdhprime · 09-26-2006, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Old Town Pats

In Belicheck's post game press conference The question was raised about Jackson to which he responded "We put our best 45 out there." I love Belicheck and I love the Patriot way of molding team character but this one may have cost us a game. I do not see how any of those WR's on the field Sunday could be in the "best 45" before Jackson. He has to be on the field next week PERIOD! McDaniels wake up and play your best WR's (Gabriel, Jackson)!

None of us can say we know more about or can make better decisions about who to play than the coaching staff. Blaming the OC for not activating a player you want to see on the field is lazy thinking. All any of us can do is hazard a guess as to why he didn't play. I think there are two possibilities: 1.) Hamstrings can be notoriously tough to heal. Perhaps he had a bit of a setback during practice. 2.) The staff wanted to give some opportunities to other players who haven't been in the system that long to see what they could do (Gabriel and Smith.) These are just guesses, so take them as such.

Old Town Pats · 09-26-2006, 09:43 AM

Give opportunities to other players??????? Gabriel playing one quarter is not giving opportunities. Wake up!!! My bashing of the OC is legitimate. We have scored a grand total of 50 points in 3 games. 2 of those points were from the Defense so we are averaging 16 points a game from our offense. Yes, I think I can want more from our OC. Play the people that need to be played. The point about Belicheck saying that about injured players is a good one, but to that I say why bring him back if he is not 100% in the first place. You jump on me because I am not saying all the nicey nice things. Jackson & Gabriel not on the field allowed Denver to ATTACK! It shortened the field. That D is way to good for that. So yes.... I will continue to say that not having those 2 WR's in the game in the game led to an L. The combination of that and an OC who calls the same plays that have not worked over and over again.

edgecy · 09-26-2006, 09:45 AM

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How do you come about drawing that conclusion? Is it hard to believe that Chad Jackson was not one of the best 45 man they could put out on Saturday?

I personally can't see how you guys can come up with some of the most outrageous conclusions, ever. He didn't play. He wasn't ready. Period. And if he doesn't play next week, then so be it.

edgecy · 09-26-2006, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Old Town Pats

Give opportunities to other players??????? Gabriel playing one quarter is not giving opportunities. Wake up!!! My bashing of the OC is legitimate. We have scored a grand total of 50 points in 3 games. 2 of those points were from the Defense so we are averaging 16 points a game from our offense. Yes, I think I can want more from our OC. Play the people that need to be played. The point about Belicheck saying that about injured players is a good one, but to that I say why bring him back if he is not 100% in the first place. You jump on me because I am not saying all the nicey nice things. Jackson & Gabriel not on the field allowed Denver to ATTACK! It shortened the field. That D is way to good for that. So yes.... I will continue to say that not having those 2 WR's in the game in the game led to an L. The combination of that and an OC who calls the same plays that have not worked over and over again.

It's certainly true that not having players on the field led to the L, but I don't think it's just the WRs. Corey Dillon wasn't on the field. I don't agree with playing players just for the sake of playing them. If they're not ready, they're not ready and there is no reason to jeopardize their development by rushing them onto the field. Please do remember Chad Jackson is still a rookie.

RayClay · 09-26-2006, 09:56 AM

Slippery field. Recovering from hamstring.

Old Town Pats · 09-26-2006, 10:32 AM

It is not just Jackson. He needs to be on the field for development. Not off of it! If it was his hamstring OKAY! I get it, please stop trying to tell me he has a bad hamstring. My point was we didn't have the STRETCH THE FIELD WR! If he is unhealthy that is fine. He is a rookie and because he is he can not be a go to guy?????
- Colston in NO is a rookie 7th ROUND draft pick
15rec. 204yds 2TD
-Jennings in GB is a rookie 2nd ROUND draft pick
10 rec. 173yds. 2TD

By the way, if you are wondering, they are both in the top 30 in the NFL. Jackson was supposed to be better than both. So my expectations in his play should be the same as yours! He was rated the #1 WR in the draft by most publications. He has been on the field for limited action and has had a TD, a long reception, and one play were he burned the secondary and lost his concentration. If he has a bad hammy so did Steve Smith. He had two of them. Time for the rookie to grow up rookie. Deion is gone and we need weapons