tobias funke

Keep in mind that Belichick is not going to use a sophisticated scheme vs. a backup QB at home after clinching a playoff spot.

He seems to go as vanilla as possible anytime he thinks he can get away with it. But in big games that the team must win to guarantee tiebreakers, etc. (division leaders, manning, etc.), he seems to get more creative. This was not one of those games, I guess.

AzPatsFan

There was nothing surprising about this game. We had no DLs for this game other than Wilfork who weren't walking wounded. The GB coach figured they could run well enough to keep us honest and then Flynn could rinky-dink well enough to keep them in the game. He even activated three Fullbacks. They just kept running and gaining 4, 5 , and 6 yards.

He was correct.

One of the great advantages that the Pats have is the Coaching and Game planning that Belichcik brings. But when the Pack lost Rodgers, we effectively lost Belichick, since there was little film on Matt Flynn.

Flynn is a poised guy, much like Hoyer or Cassel. Like Brady and Hoyer he came is as a low draft pick and emerged as the second string QB as a rookie. That tells you a lot about the guy. Eventually our Offense scored its customary 31 points and the Pack just could not keep up.

Predictable, very predictable.

MassPats38

No DLs, no Spikes. The rotation was lacking, so I expect the linemen the Pats had were pretty gassed.

I'm not going to read more into this game than that.

Marko

TBC and Meriweather. I know Meriweather makes some big plays but sometimes I think his head was damaged by the "big bang clock"; way too many times out of position etc. TBC has the lamest spin move in the world, he is not Freeney and he tries it constantly. he made the play at the end of the game but that's because Flynn ran right into his lame spin move.

Fahrenhype

So far the margin for victory in two close games, against the Colts and tonight, was the defense forcing a turnover (or several). How do you like their chances if an offense plays mistake free against them in the playoffs? They don't seem to do the best job in the world of getting off the field when they are not forcing turnovers. It doesn't help that it seems like a lot of times Graham isn't punting as deep as Gostowski would (I was absolutely amazed the Jets didn't get at least one TD with some of the field position they got in that game).

I have very few concerns about the offense. Even with a mediocre game by Brady standards they put 24 points up on the #1 scoring defense and they probably would have had a few more opportunities if not for the strange non-call on the fair catch and Banta-Cain making a very stupid penalty. I'm just curious how you fine ladies and gentlemen think they'll do if somebody like Manning or Roethlisberger plays a turnover free game in January.

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mgteich

Thank you for the laugh. This is the worst analysis in some time.

KontradictioN

You do realize that Zoltan Mesko is the punter and not Shayne Graham and Stephen Gostkowski, right?

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condon84

One thing was obvious:

We flustered this kid in the first couple of drives by blitzing him, but somehow got away from that, dropped back in zone, and let him get into a rhythm and then he picked our defense apart.

In other words, typical Patriot defensive game.

KontradictioN

We were getting eaten alive on screens every time we kept blitzing aggressively.

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R_T26

Pats are typically good...play down to competition.