KontradictioN

Going zone heavy in the first half combined with absolutely back breaking turnovers by the offense lost us this one. Eliminate one of those factors, and this is a Patriots win.

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Agreed. Better now than in the playoffs. They became overconfident after last week. The coaching staff will have to get the players settled down. We shot ourselves in the foot way too much. I hope we draft some stud offensive lineman and a fast tall receiver next year.

Off The Grid

Wow.

I'm seriously impressed by our FanBase.

I am fully prepared to have my face rubbed in it.

After all: I've got it comin'.

But the fact that the first two Cats who responded ~ you two ~ are clearly "Let's Get Back To Work" guys...says a LOT about our FanBase.

Now...who wants to rub my FACE in it???

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aluminum seats

Exactly. These games happen. And as much as I'd love for the Pats to get the bye (possible still, but VERY unlikely), that's OK. To lay an egg (an understandable egg, in a way--wet footballs are slippery. But both teams played in the same conditions) is just one of those things. If this were the playoffs? No more games? Ugh.

As it is, they get back to it next week. Hope Dennard & Spikes are OK. On we go.

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Off The Grid

Well said, Sir.

Seriously, though: If anyone wants to rub my face in it, I'm ready to take one for the team...so to speak!!

I'm so very proud to root for this Team.

#$%&.

It happens.

And the way they never gave up...and came raging back...makes me intensely proud.

I'll stand by them any Day...or Night.

...and consider it a Privilege.

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jsull87

Basically... we came out and made to many mistakes to win the game. the only reason we came even close was the greatness of a QB that basically let us put up 31 points in a quarter against the best d in the NFL.

Brady got little to no help tonight from our D but in all honesty i don't mind this loss too much. It was against a good team and we played shockingly in the 1st half... came out... and played a shocking start of the 3rd.

The basically we rallied which is what i wanted to see and almost pulled off one of the most remarkable comebacks in nfl history.

The only thing that thwarted us in the end is ST and Defense letting us down in two consecutive plays letting the 49rs go the full length of the field. After the D had done brilliantly to get the ball back for Brady those 2 playes were back breakers.

51Hits

If I remember correctly, even the big pass play the D gave up right after our ST's brain fart in second half was simply due to them beating the blitz. That was the only real back breaker the D gave up all day.

What did we have as a team, 4 turn overs? 2 in our own territory no less. Yet the 9ers only beat us by 7? Take away 2 of those and this game is probably different.

mayoclinic

Well, that one's pretty much up in smoke. I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams giving up 41 to the 49ers, or the kind of game we had last night. That's why they play the games.

I actually thought the defense didn't play too badly for a while, but they were out there too long, and had their backs against the wall too many times. I didn't see the 2nd half, so I can't comment on that part - it sounds a bit ugly.

SF's a darn good team, but I still like Seattle better. And it will be tough for SF to maintain the same energy level 2 weeks in a row on the road.

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Patriot Missile

let's not go overboard here. The D played bad but the offense and special teams put the defense at a disadvantage most of the game. Team loss for the most part. Offense couldn't figure things out until the game was out of hand. The greatness of Brady was awesome. Ridleys performance was the death bed.

2 plays/what if's were what if Talib doesnt get snagged up while returning the fumble and what if Dennard didn't get injured?

I'm shocked we lost and truly believe they will beat them handily if they play again. Team hasn't played this team in 4 years and now BB has all the film he needs to make a devastating game plan next time. Not to mention a healthy Gronkowski in the next meeting. I'm stoked for New Orleans.

KontradictioN

Going with a true cover 0 on that end of the field wasn't needed and was a bad call. But, bad call and all, that play goes nowhere if Arrington doesn't whiff on the tackle.

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