SCPatBoy

Not-Asante Samuel fro me. Gay was beaten as bad as Samuel was tonight. Asante didn't have a very good game at all. Go back and watch teh replay of the game. You wil see!

tobias funke

Heroes of the game:
Brady - Set another passing record.
Maroney - Beast. I never doubted him but I'm glad he shut up those who did.
Faulk - Clutch as usual.
Watson - Amazing catch on that first TD. Glad to have you back, buddy.
Front seven - Shut down the rush, forced turnovers, and kept the pressure on when it mattered. Everyone here played great against a great offense.
Randall Gay - Not a great first half, but two big plays to force FGs instead of TDs in the 2nd half.
Rodney - Big INT to seal the game
Donte Stallworth - Nice ******* hustle. Way to step up after not getting a lot of reps lately.

Goats of the game
Gostowski - How do you miss that? Not impressed. You can't do that vs. the Colts.
Rodney, Asante, Neal - Really stupid penalties.
Asante - You get your own spot for playing awful coverage. You can say it's hard to cover a WR for too long, but jumping every other ball for an INT and getting beaten is killing us.

Honorable Mentions:
Randy - One catch for a first down and a lot of effort blocking for Laurence.

Metaphors

Probably because kicking from around that distance on the hash seems to be his "blind spot". It looks like he overcompensates the angle...basically just aims it instead of letting it fly.

BradyManny

Awesome screenname and avatar. It's nice to know we have a resident analrapist here, Dr. Tobias Funke.

HOT:

Brady, Welker, MARONEY, Stallworth, etc.... the no brainers.

Thomas - I thought he quietly played a good game, got pressure on the QB, ultimately Garrard made a lot of great plays to get away from it, but AD did his best to make the absence of Colvin more bearable.

Meriweather - He seemed active, had some monster hits, and broke up a pass on the sidelines in the 4th. He's played great down the stretch, particularly at the end of games.

Metaphors

I think lots of people watching the game were asking themselves where the Jags defense was...particularly on pass coverage. Ask Moss. He took a CB and a few friends with him every time he ran a route.

The Jags committed so many people to turn and run with Moss (and Welker to a lesser degree) that every other part of the defense suffered. They asked the 4 guys on the DL to get to Brady (no chance) and contain the run with limited to no support.

DaBruinz

Mr. Bigglesworth -
Sorry, but 19 yards per return would be amongst the WORST in the league. Hobbs, Welker and Faulk did not muff a return all year either. Also, You, like many other people, forget the MAJOR part of the return is NOT the runner, but the blocking. And it stunk.

I did not say that the defense was SOFT. I said the CBs were soft on the WRs. And, I'm sorry, if the Pats CBs are playing 10 yards off the WRs on 3rd and 5, then the other team deserves the 1st down every time.

I wasn't searching. And its pretty funny that Mike Reiss said much the same I did about the negatives.

DaBruinz

The penalty on NEAL was BS. He hit the guy from the side, but the guy was NOT engaged with another blocker. He was trying to go OVER Mankins, who was already on the ground.

captain stone

Who's Hot:

1) Everyone on offense - almost literally perfect.
All meaningful drives end in TDs, except 2. If TB sustains (or someone else picks up) his block, then Welker scores on the reverse. Phil Simms - and probably Welker - knew it at the time.
And the only play-call on which I completely disagreed with Skippy was the 3rd-and-1 incompletion to Welker. I know that Wes should have caught the ball, but the correct call would have been a Maroney run behind Heath Evans. It also would have killed another 2 minutes off the clock.
On the other side of the coin, hats off to Skippy for the 1st-quarter pitchout to Maroney on 2nd/3 when Evans rushed inside. I've been waiting for that play all year. Metaphors, et al. have suggested that some running plays may have been saved for the POs, esp. those that put LaMa in space. A FB in front of him more often would help too.

2) Kickoff coverage - Maurice Jones-Drew was a complete non-factor (12.2 ypr). Not coincidentally, Spann and Ventrone were not activated.

3) Run defense - Jax couldn't really get rolling there (3.6 ypc, long of 15), but they didn't have to depend as much on the running game, which brings me to...

Who's Not:

1) Pass defense - No pass rush (one sack) plus soft coverage (7.9 ypa). 5 of 8 drives lasted at least 9 plays. Only one 3-and-out. (The other drives were the sack/fumble and the End of Game.) The Miami Stomper drops another INT. Rodney is flagged for two PFs, and drops an INT in the end zone. This is unacceptable, and will not cut the mustard vs. Green Bay.

2) KO returns - Chad Jackson looked tentative and uninspired. Why wasn't Wilson activated instead of him? Andrews' one return was for only 13 yards, but maybe if he had returned all of the KOs, he might have found a groove and possibly busted one. The blocking was also surprisingly weak.

3) Gostkowski - a missed 35-yarder, and only 2 KOs out of 6 in the end zone (one TB).

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BingoBrown

Who's Hot? Let not forget the other Brady on this team.He had
some key blocks that made Maroney a lot more productive.

kotong

I wonder how "the sorriest corner in the league" can cover high-flying 6'5" Vincent Jackson or slippery-dude Chris Chambers.