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Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
Well our scoring offense was as good this year as in any of the Weis years other than 2003. It's nice to romanticize the big guy but it doesn't really meet with the facts.
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Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
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So, let me get this straight, you have the ability to see alternate time streams so you can say, with certainty, that McGinest would have held his position better than TBC.
Sorry, but reality doesn't jive with you and here's why.
Alexander, the quicker, better coverage LB, started the Colts game and was lining up across from the Colts TEs. Please re-read that sentence. OK. So, if Alexander started the game, that would mean that the Pats felt that Alexander was a better coverage LB than Vrabel or TBC. (following so far?) Alexander was the one getting BURNED by the TEs (also would mean that Vrabel and TBC would be getting burned as well). As was Bruschi, for that matter. So, if the Pats felt that Alexander was the better coverage TE, what would having McGinest on the field and moving Vrabel to ILB as the Coverage LB really do? Umm.... Nothing. It would actually be a down grade because Vrabel isn't as good a coverage LB as Alexander.
The Pats probably should have gone to a 3-3-5 system and brough in an extra CB/S (Chad Scott, anyone?) to cover the TE. That way you have someone on their atheletic TE (Clark) who can keep up with the player and probably defense the pass better.
the problem with going to a 3-3-5 was that our dbacks were prob more tired than anyone
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Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
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The Pats probably should have gone to a 3-3-5 system and brough in an extra CB/S (Chad Scott, anyone?) to cover the TE. That way you have someone on their atheletic TE (Clark) who can keep up with the player and probably defense the pass better.
I'm sure that Belichicik wanted to do so. But Harrison was out. Geno, Tebuckey, Mitchell, Gay were also on IR. Then Hawkins went down. These are the guys that were missing. The barrel was empty. So they couldn't do that. That's what they would have preferred. They were forced to try the Alexander experiment.
Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
I'm guessing this guy's post meant more that this defense lacked a true big-play guy that we have become accustomed to stepping up. I admit that Willie's name surfaced in my mind on the final drive. Is/was he the answer? No, prolly not. Yet, who is?
The question posed was who are we missing? The answer is the guy who saves the day. We have no one who did so. The point is that we are lacking someone on defense that, not only do we believe in, but has deserved our belief.
Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
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Originally Posted by zarakotas5
I'm guessing this guy's post meant more that this defense lacked a true big-play guy that we have become accustomed to stepping up. I admit that Willie's name surfaced in my mind on the final drive. Is/was he the answer? No, prolly not. Yet, who is?
The question posed was who are we missing? The answer is the guy who saves the day. We have no one who did so. The point is that we are lacking someone on defense that, not only do we believe in, but has deserved our belief.
Re: Ironic: It wasnt Branch, Givens, or Vinatieri we missed the most
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