MrBigglesWorth

In all reality, the defense will show up without a doubt and special teams has improved with Hobbs.

But these Patriots of ours will only advance as far as Brady and the offense carries them. They need to score in the first quarter and earlier if they can to be front runners. The longer the offense does little the more the Jets will grow in confidence and us as fans should be nervous.

Much like the entire season this team will push forward or be held back by its ability or limitation on putting points on the board.

DisgruntledTunaFan

When Junior Seau, Rodney Harrison, and Eugene Wilson went down, what was really amazing is that they continued to play lights out on the defensive side of the ball. They looked pretty darn impressive in road games against Jax and TN in recent weeks.

I've seen alot of teams lose as little as ONE guy, and just implode thereafter.

How the heck do the Pats continue to pull it off?

ctpatsfan77

Actually, one could very easily argue that the Pats have gotten better as the season goes along (yes, they gave up more points towards the end of the season, but they also caused far more takeaways).

How the heck do the Pats continue to pull it off? I think I can answer that in two words: quality depth.

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PATRIOT64

These Patriots are NOT a come from behind team for the majority of the games they played this year.

As a matter of fact I think 90% of the games won this year was because they were tied or ahead by late in the 2nd quarter and/or tied or ahead by halftime, - No big comebacks IMO mainly due to a lack of a big play receiver to make big plays if down by 7 or more they have stuggled in those 4 losses.

And we all know what Bradys record is when leading on the scoreboard after the 3rd quarter something like 64-1 I believe?

We must pray that the Patriots in the playoffs NEVER fall more than 13 points behind because I think this team needs to stay very close or ahead on the scoreboard to win - This year they just are not built to be a team to come back from 14 points or more-thats just the way it is, Unless Chad Jackson can wake up before September comes around again

captain stone

And it all begins with the OL. They must keep TB clean, open holes, and avoid penalties. Matt Light cannot afford any more breakdowns.

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BelichickFan

That would be "less than 5 points per quarter" not game. 4.6 points per quarter vs. 6 per quarter for the season. A little below.

Do you have a link with 3rd quarter scoring for all teams ? I would expect 1st and 3rd quarter scoring to be lower than 2nd and 4th as teams aren't fighting the clock to score in that quarter.

DarrylS

I would add two more words.. coaching and preparation. They also scored a lot of points in the past three weeks.. 104, that is a lot of points and for us to peak at this time with our complimentary team style is no accident.

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richpats

I've looked into these stats before- in the Belichick/Brady era, in games where the Pats fall behind by no more than 8 points, they are 27-2. Only the SD game in '02 and Miami meltdown in '04 did the Pats fail to comeback. In both games the Pats beat themselves. If the deficit is 10 points and under, the Pats are 30-3 (Carolina game in '05 is the other loss). If the deficit exceeds 10 points, the Pats are 3-22 (Pats have not come back from this type of deficit since 12/29/02).

This year in each Pats loss, they fell behind by 10+ points. Only in the Buffalo game did they come back by such a deficit. So yes, I agree, the Pats are not a 'comeback' team.

The Pats are 62-2 when leading at halftime (Denver '01 and Miami '04); 63-1 when leading after the 3rd quarter (Miami '04). Early control of the game is crucial for the Pats. In games where they score 17 points FIRST, the Pats are 57-1 IIRC (Miami '04 of course).

The Pats may not be a comeback team but they sure aren't a choke team either - just think, in 105 games they have only truly given ONE game away.

carolinatony

I agree.
Seems like its getting into sync a lot better the last few gams. I still believe no turnovers and we win the SB.

teamplay

great stats, richpats!