nepatz11

Our o-line did not have its best game I agree.

But one of the reasons our o-line looked so bad is because the giants came at us from every angle in a very aggresive way. When teams do that there are things offense can do to make them pay. Specifically, short passes, intermediate passes, screen passes, delay traps, wide reciever screens, and i think the no huddle offense can put an aggressive defense on it's heels.


We did none of those things until the fourth quarter when Brady took over the play calling.

Is it any coincidence that we finally scored then?

The real goat of this game was Josh McDaniels. He let the Giants play this game on their terms and he hung Brady and offensive line out to dry. Make those adjustments at the half or sooner and we win easily.

richpats

Brady should have gone to a 3-step drop in the 2nd quarter. It looked like they were trying to go deep every play.

BradyManny

Moss was consistently wide open deep, if he had any time at all, they would've connected. I'm guessing if Moss was that open, the underneath was probably covered.

You can't blame Brady for this one, he still finished with decent numbers and put the team in position to win with 2+ minutes left. The reason they didn't score more was b/c the OL was a sieve and the OC didn't make adjustments in time.

nepatz11

They would be moving the ball and then try to go deep every couple of plays and it would end in DISASTER almost every time. It resulted in wasted downs and negative yardage plays that paralyzed our offense.

pheenix11

How do you know Brady took over the play calling in the 4th Quarter?

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Seels

McDaniels deserves some blame, a lot actually, but the players still have to play the game. The Oline play was inexusable, the worst I've seen a Pats Oline play in a very long time.

oldskool138

What about Dante Scarnecchia? Shouldn't he have gotten their heads screwed on straight in the locker room or when the D was on the field?

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QuinielaBox

It was winning the Baltimore game. They should have lost it. Then they rest up in week 16 and give it heck in the playoffs.

I think Belichick is the goat in SB XLII for passing on that 48 yard FG attampt. What was up with that? Also, he should have made provisions for a running game in the SB and slow done the NYG pass rush. It looked like he wanted to implement the Mike Martz show and assume that the O-line would take care of the Giants D-line. That certainly did not happen.

Finally divine intervention and coaching from big brother Peyton (the defacto Giants O-coordinator for the week) set up the winning drive and made Eli a pseudo-legend.

To tell you the truth, I was scared to death this was gonna happen.

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nepatz11

Because they did some no huddle and you could see Brady looking at his wrist thing.

There is a reason the o-line looked so bad and it think it is more complicated than all of a sudden they started to suck after being the best in the league for 18 weeks.

upstater1

This is the core of the ball game right there.

Of course, we went three and out twice on running plays in the 3rd quarter as well. More bad playcalling.

On the fumble on the last possession, Brady held the ball for 5 seconds.

3 points would have been useful right there.