Kudos To Light, Connolly, Koppen & Crumpler - New England Patriots Forums

***mgteich*** · 10-31-2010, 07:31 PM

They had a GREAT game.

TriplecHamp · 10-31-2010, 07:32 PM

lol Connolly? Ill give you everybody else but Connolly looked shakey on more than one occasion.

PATSYLICIOUS · 10-31-2010, 07:33 PM

Light especially for me. He caught alot of flack last week (rightfully so) and he totally shut down Jared Allen today. Amazing bounce back

JackBauer · 10-31-2010, 07:33 PM

Connolly looked pretty bad early, but seemed to get his act together as the game went on.

wistahpatsfan · 10-31-2010, 07:41 PM

Loved the Crumpler block coming across for the BJGE long gainer in the 4th qtr.

The O line kicked arse and kept TB mostly unscratched.

PatsLancer27 · 10-31-2010, 07:47 PM

The crumpler addition has been huge for the running game, that and having a couple of backs that run straight and don't go down when they see a different colored jersey. And itt was good to see Light have a good game like that.

mosi · 10-31-2010, 07:50 PM

The difference between a great O line and a bad O line is a QB. The O-line is good because of Brady. The rushing game is being helped tremendously by Crumpler. He is laying down some tremendous blocks.

***patchick*** · 10-31-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mosi

The difference between a great O line and a bad O line is a QB. The O-line is good because of Brady.

There's plenty of truth to this, but when a team allows no sacks and its RBs average 5.4 ypc, the o-line surely deserves praise.

JoeSixPat · 10-31-2010, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mosi

The difference between a great O line and a bad O line is a QB. The O-line is good because of Brady. The rushing game is being helped tremendously by Crumpler. He is laying down some tremendous blocks.

not exactly. Crumpler was having an off game last week and it showed in Brady's play.

Crumpler seems to have realized this and gotten back to his high standard of play.

I think it starts with Crumpler and ends with Brady... when both are having a good day its tough to stop this offense.

***jczxohn1*** · 10-31-2010, 10:00 PM

Half-time adjustments were key to this win. This is remarkable considering their m.o. earlier in the year, which was marked by unresponsiveness in the second half. Big improvement in the running game and BJGE's presser displayed a level of confidence unseen before.