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shirtsleeve

I absolutely cant stand Smith.

bradmahn

"Grit" doesn't win you games on it's own, not when you are up against a team that is better than you in almost every phase of the game and when you are playing against a coach who taught yours everything he knows. My money is on the Pats.

BelichickFan

Especially when the other team has a lot of "grit" itself - the Patriots have more talent and more grit that "The Jest", I daresay.

RayClay

We need to tackle their damn receivers, I'll tell you that.

If we hold down the YAC, we're looking good.

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RayClay

Nothing wrong with giving credit to the Jets and Mangini IMO.

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BelichickFan

If they beat us again I will. Until then they beat one team with a winning record and that team gave the game away. Not that we played a lot of tough teams but we beat a few more good ones than the Manginas did.

IcyPatriot

The only chance Mangina has against us is to blitz the crap out of Brady ... he has no other hand to play. Belichick has multiple hands to play and will trump Mangina real hard.

TheBostonStraggler

Agreed. Catching some of the Jets/Raiders game today, what little I saw makes your point. The Jets played very disciplined, high percentage football on offense. When they didn't run, it was quite a bit of the short passing game. A lot of screens, passes in the flat, quick throws etc etc. The YAC seemed a crucial part of their offense. They did go down the field some but it seemed sparse and in carefully selected spots. They put themselves in a lot of manageable third down scenarios. And when they needed 3 yards they would pass for 4 yards. I'm not putting that approach down (it definitely does limit the turnover possibility and eats up the clock), it just means the YAC must be limited by the Patriots. Do that and limit the run! That really should limit the Jets from scoring a crazy amount of points on offense. Now we just need to make sure we score more than whatever it is they score.................

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DarrylS

You need to force this team out of their control the clock game, and force them to play catch up.. but for the Pats the previous loss still will probably leave a bad taste in their mouths. The Pats that played the past few weeks is remarkably different than the team that played the Jets when they lost.

I predict a big win like yesterday, and there is nothing or no one who will convince me otherwise.

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