PatsWickedPissah

I agree that the Pats' offense is too much for the Pats' defense.
Now, who's a moron?

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Rob0729

So I made a mistake typing. Pretty weak stretch than asserting that the Pats defense hasn't gotten a single bit better. I don't get paid to be an expert at typing on a message board. Uncle Richie gets paid to analyze teams both for Sirius and as a color commentator on CBS and he basically sucks at both (ok, he sucks as a color commentator and is ok on Sirius most of the time).

rojo8401

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.

Connor dropped an easy first down and that's just one of several drops that I remember.

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goheels22002

The long drives by the Jets (with the Patriots ahead by 7 or 10) were a sign of a maturing defense. The defense kept everything in front of them and made the Jets grind out first downs. No big plays and good tackling.

The Jets' play calling was conservative to prevent turnovers and keep TFB off the field. A few weeks ago we watched Buffalo carve up the Pats off turnovers with lots of missed tackles and guys wide open for medium passing routes. Things were much tighter against the Jets.

Dallas presents similar issues - no running game to speak of (or at least no sign of being committed to running the ball). And look for the Patriots defense to be tougher in the trenches again this week. The Patriots d-backs should be more aggressive jumping routes with Romo under pressure. He makes mistakes and tries to force the ball into coverage when forced to move around or out of the pocket.

If Vollmer is back to share time with Solder, look for another heavy dose of BJGE and Ridley to keep Romo and his receivers off the field. Long drives by the Patriots will help the defense stay aggressive for the whole 60 minutes.

ausbacker

By week 5, the defense had improved tremendously. To say otherwise is an indictment on a person's ability to diagnose performance and illustrate intelligence.

E1Downey

Hey Rob and anyone else who has Sirius.....how do you like it overall?(other than this incident) I've been thinking about getting it but am not sure. I listen to talk radio far more than music in the car, and have been pretty unhappy with all the beating of the dead horse that is the red sox lately.

Not only that but I'd love having someplace to listen to that is football all the time as it's by far the sport I'm most interested in. Does it have stations that are football 24/7, and if so, is it quality programming? If it's good stuff that alone would probably be enough, never mind all the other stuff.

I'm gonna go look into it more now, just thought I'd ask for a pats fan's opinion if they didn't mind. Sorry to drag you off topic a bit, and thanks in advance!

PatsWickedPissah

SIRIUS NFL radio rocks. Get it. The best show is Moving The Chains which visits different NFL training camps (Patriots) during the summer but other shows are excellent as well. The commentators know the Pats better than half the local writers. Not better than Reiss, SMY et. al. but better than the dregs. Once you've listened you'll never tune to 98.5 or WEEI except in desperation.

On SIRIUS there is also the Mad Dog Radio channel and ESPN radio where football is discussed and on game day you can hear radio broadcasts of all the games.

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This is known as "bad luck." RAH

lurker1965

55% of sports radio talk is really about getting people upset enough to call in. The other 45% is commercials.

It's OK. Frankly I'd rather the idiocy gets discussed away from where the baiter benefits.

Oh, he is neither a moron or a hater. He is just cynically manipulating you and people like you to get ratings.

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Dagg

Wasnt he the QB in the "tuck rule" game? PLus he was like 45 yrs in old and maybe his last year (looking at stats he only played 10 games after that in 2years), thats a tough pill to swallow even after all these years when maybe you coulda had a rinig.

rojo8401

He was. I always respected Gannon. Remember how he started off playing better than Brady in that game? I had always thought of him as a dome QB before that game.

That was a fumble. I would be bitter too.

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