carolinatony

Didn't score 20 pts in the last 2 SB's.
This is the only reason we lost! Did you think we would win without scoring 20 pts? I didn't and bet you didn't either.
Defense did their jobs in both games.

Let er rip........

kpreh

To be honest I do put a lot of the blame on the offense but there is plenty to go around all three phases of the game had their moments of stupid moves.

I believe the defense played the best nobody gave them any positive marks yet they did pretty damn good.

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CheeseMonkeys

How many windows have you guys punched in? I'm on my 4th.

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ausbacker

Given the Patriots predominately run a two tight end offense, having Gronkowski seriously hobbled and being dependent on receivers hurt the offense. Every receiver the Patriots have outside of Welker is a B or C grade type.

The Patriots didn't execute down the stretch on offense in the key moments. You can complain all you like, the fact is the Patriots were in the lead with 4 minutes to be played.

Rob0729

The Pats were in the lead with 1:10 left to play.

I agree the fact Gronk was far less than 100% killed the offense. They just didn't have the guns and the two guns they had were being doubled all game.

DaBruinz

I'm still trying to figure out how people are saying that the Pats didn't execute in the Special Teams portion of the game..

Was there a huge punt return that I missed? How about a kick return to the 50 or something?

Mike in 333

How exactly did the defense play great? Turnovers? Getting the Giants off the field? Stopping the final drive? Sorry, bend don't break is an illusion. Regardless of how the offense is playing they need to be on the field to score points and this defense did very little down the stretch to get the ball back to the offense.

ausbacker

I'm sure you understand the point I was making Rob. People can complain about the Offense all they like, and sure, they were some rather big problems with it today, but for the second Superbowl in a row to the Giants, the defense failed down the stretch again.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, win and lose as a team. Today exemplified that. Neither executed when needed.

carolinatony

I'll say it the last time
The O scores 20pts, we have 2 more rings!
The defense can be better but they did not lose this game.

PatriotFan77

Offense didn't do enough I agree. Defense did enough to win. Offense laid yet another turd.

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