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We are so far the highest scoring offense in the history of the NFL.
I am perfectly happy responding to these type of 'complaints' about our gameplanning and schemes by saying BB and McDaniels know 1000x more than any of us about how to run this offense.
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We are so far the highest scoring offense in the history of the NFL.
I am perfectly happy responding to these type of 'complaints' about our gameplanning and schemes by saying BB and McDaniels know 1000x more than any of us about how to run this offense.
The lack of a power runner would still concern me. Like the short yardage situation that we couldn't convert last night - Sanders tackle, field goal. Sammy Morris is being missed at the moment. IMO anyway...
The Patriots are almost only bringing Maroney into the game when they plan on using him to run. He was only in on 23 out of a possible 58 offensive snaps, and NE used him on 15 of those 23 snaps. I don't like this as it's basically telling the opponent "Maroney's in the game, so he's going to run"
That being said I thought he did a good job for the amount of carried NE gave him, and he ran much better against that Colts D, than he did in the AFCCG.
For comparison, if he had run the ball 24 to 25 times Sunday, his projected rushing totals would have equaled out to something like 93-97 yards rushing.
Anyways, I think the Patriots need to start using Maroney more, and not just as a RB. He can catch the ball out of the backfield just fine, and has the ability to get extra yards after the catch, so hopefully they start using the full extent of his ability.
Given the RB situation with Morris out for the year, I don't know that the team isn't going to keep limiting Maroney for the rest of the regular season. My guess is that they'll try to 'save' him for the playoffs, where they can use him as much as is needed.
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Given the RB situation with Morris out for the year, I don't know that the team isn't going to keep limiting Maroney for the rest of the regular season. My guess is that they'll try to 'save' him for the playoffs, where they can use him as much as is needed.
Given that the alternatives are Eckel and Evans or overworking Faulk, I'd call it a smart move rather than firing a dig at a player who has no control over his number of plays..
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We are so far the highest scoring offense in the history of the NFL.
I am perfectly happy responding to these type of 'complaints' about our gameplanning and schemes by saying BB and McDaniels know 1000x more than any of us about how to run this offense.
BB said on nitwit radio today that the Pats probably stuck to their original game-plan too long yesterday.
I will say this, the coaches did a hell of a lot better managing the team this time than they did during the AFCCG.
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Given that the alternatives are Eckel and Evans or overworking Faulk, I'd call it a smart move rather than firing a dig at a player who has no control over his number of plays..
There was no criticism intended in my post. It was a play on "Manny bein' Manny," and how the Red Sox rested him prior to the playoffs.
With Morris out, Maroney is the only guy capable of carrying the load successfully. It's vital that we keep him fresh. Faulk can handle more passing snaps because he is usually releasing into a route which is less taxing than getting hit by big guys. Also, Faulk has become an exceptional pass blocker. When the weather turns and we need that 30 carry game from Maroney everyone will be happy that he's nice and fresh.
the pats really need a second rb
barlow? rhodes?
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The lack of a power runner would still concern me. Like the short yardage situation that we couldn't convert last night - Sanders tackle, field goal. Sammy Morris is being missed at the moment. IMO anyway...
NOT CONVERTING THAT SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION YESTERDAY WASN'T MARONEY'S FAULT. Please let's try to live in, ya know...the WORLD. That was on the OG and Heath Evans. That was an inexcusably TERRIBLE job by the blockers. The ONE guy, literally the ONE, you really need to account for, and you let him slip into the backfield in an instant. Ridiculous.
NOT CONVERTING THAT SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION YESTERDAY WASN'T MARONEY'S FAULT. Please let's try to live in, ya know...the WORLD. That was on the OG and Heath Evans. That was an inexcusably TERRIBLE job by the blockers. The ONE guy, literally the ONE, you really need to account for, and you let him slip into the backfield in an instant. Ridiculous.
Blaming LoMar for that is similiarly ridiculous.
I didn't blame him for it - I suppose the point I was trying to get across is that at the moment I would not be confident of running the ball successfully in short yardage situations. Morris offered us that and I don't think Maroney does.
But I agree that Sanders got into the backfield too easily on that play.
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