11-02-2010, 06:48 PM
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Re: Felger: Setting the stupidity bar even lower
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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA
I think the Patriots had to claw for each yard has something more to do with the defenses they faced during most of the weeks Moss was gone.
San Diego and Baltimore have 2 of the better defenses in the league statistically - with Moss the team was not going to light it up much more if any than they did in those games.
You want proof? - WITH MOSS on the team the Jets shut down the offense for the whole 2nd half - good defenses shut down good offenses most of the time,fortunately for New England the other teams in those games in SD and against Baltimore made mental errors on special teams and turnovers on offense to help in getting to a 6-1 mark.
New England IMO is 6-1 not because the offense is powerful or the defense is making big stops - its been more of other teams making mistakes and turnovers and the Pats being good enough to capitalize on them like a smart coached team does.
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New flash: The Pats have been making the stops when they had to. That has been absolutely huge these last 4 weeks.
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Last edited by robertweathers; 11-02-2010 at 06:49 PM..
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