mgteich

1) Morris is capable of carrying a large part of the load, and also being the short yardage back. I now have no problem with Morris being the Dillon to Maroney. If necessary, he can be the feature back.

2) Gaffney had more reps than any WR not named Moss. I was wrong. You guys were right about Gaffney.

3) Stallworth saw the field nine times. Lots of backups had more plays than that. We don't know why. I certainly expected him to get more WR reps than Washington or Gaffney.

DaBruinz

I agree with all three of these... Though Morris had me worried when he went down.......

jbb9s

In the second half, when he cut and slipped behind the line of scrimmage, got up and ran off a nice 6 or 7 yard gain - now that was impressive. Think he might have tweaked his leg on the play but he was back a few plays later.

mgteich

It was indeed seeing him come back that was part of me being impressed. I suspect that Maroney wouldn't have returned to the game from the same injury (perhaps I am not being fair, but it is my personal impression).

cstjohn17

The game was a perfect start, very efficient offense, effective defense and still plenty of room for improvement. Surprises to me:

1) O Line - It looked like varsity verus JV, last year Brady took one of the worst beating of his career against the Jets. Today he had all day.
2) Brady efficiency - A lot of the offense has been missing at different stages of the season but in almost every formation the offense was effortless. The past two years each possesion was a life and death struggle, today it was just like clock work.
3) Jets running defense - The constant body shots opened up the passing game. When the safeties came up Brady made them pay, in the past the deep throws resulted in a bunch of 'almost long plays'
4) Moss is a pure receiver - Sure he is a freak, tall fast, etc. but I had no idea that he was so natural and had such an understanding of the game. He catches the ball with his hands, runs routes at the percise depth required. 180+ yards and I don't think he is even in game shape yet.
5) Offensive distribution - incredible number of people touched tha ball. I was impressed at how in the majority of cases players made the tough catches even though it may have been their first touch of the game. Some times players can't get into a rythm unless they are actively invloved. This group was a much of pros, each making their plays when called upon.
6) Pass rush - much better pressure than last year, the secondary still has to gel / get into game shape but if they can force teams in 3rd and long, advantage Patriots.

I am sure there is a million more, the AFC East race is pretty much over.

DaBruinz

5) The Pats had 10 different people touch the ball, either via rushing or receptions. That is normal for the Pats... And, honestly, normal for most teams... Just reviewing some of the other Box Scores from around the league, I see teams with 10-13 people having rushes or touching the ball.

Pats726

I agree about Morris...I too was a BIT concerned without Dillon...MUCH LESS so now..
Not sure why they used gaffney more..Stallworth less..but it's OK..that was THIS game..I think next week it will be a different story..Having a ton of receivers really helps things..makes game planning really hard.

upstater1

I don't want to take anything away from our OL, but last year teams were blitzing their strong safety every down. No one respected the Patriots passing game.

What you saw today was fear of Wes Welker and Randy Moss.

That's why I voted for Moss as the key to today's game.

mgteich

There were lots of bltizes today. The OL and TE's and RB's picked up every single one.

MrBigglesWorth

Yeah the Jets were scared to death to even try blitizing more than only a few occassions.

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