Claremonster

Some people are really silly, aren't they?

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sevengables_2207

Football players win or lose games. Not good or bad feelings.

MossWelkowski

If it was "just a game" to you guys, you wouldn't be posting on a message board at 1030 on a Tuesday night

Kdo5

I'm am nervous about all playoff games. History has proven that we are certainly not invincible. Ask the Jets or the Ravens. Do I feel good about the Texans game? Relatively so.

We are better and victory should be at hand. But our offense is a concern. Whatever anyone says there is the nagging issue of it's inconsistency. We cannot afford two quarters of great production, and two quarters of sub par production. The Texans are not likely to lay an egg like they did during the regular season but the game truly rests on whether we can avoid fumbles and drops which have been something of a plague. More importantly avoid stalling for consecutive drives.

I'm not worried about the defense unless our offense struggles to put up the performance that is expected of them. We shall see.

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Kdo5

And I have to say Felgy made a pretty good point on the radio today. Last game the Texans were more focused on limiting our effectiveness on underneath passes which was mostly effective. Rather we won by going over the top to guys like Lloyd and Stallworth.

Do we trust our abilities to go over the top with someone like Lloyd and come out with some plays? That's been an ongoing question mark. We need that.

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cmasspatsfan

I havent felt this good about the team in a few years (07), Id be surprised if they dont win the SB this year and I think TB wins two more before retiring. He seems really hungry to me and I think he has the supporting cast this year.
2010 was a young team, no suprise they blew it, last year was a bad defense that was still being worked on and they came this close (fingers almost touching) to winning it all. This year Toms hungry and the D is much better than last year. Unless something flukey happens its the Super Bowl this year kids, try to enjoy it instead of puking on your shoes.

Kdo5

It was not the defense who lost against the Jets in 2010, it was not the defense that lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl, and if we lose again I doubt it will be the defense's fault either. Sure they gave up plays and folded at critical times, but their play was not comparable to that of the offense. Brady and the offense need to come to play for three straight weeks against three good teams. Otherwise we don't stand much of a chance.

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MoneyFX

Hate to bring it up but during the 2010-2011 season right before the playoffs, I feared the day that Tom Brady and the offense would struggle and the defense would not be able to save the team. The Colts and Packers games late in the year game me a huge scare. But that was 2010.

But this year, I am feeling very confident about this team. It feels like one of those years where everything just comes together.

bostonia3333

Texans have the personnel to jam our wideouts at the LOS and prevent the dumpoffs...allowing the safeties come up and pretty much force Brady to beat you deep. Aiding this is a great interior DL rush, which helps the secondary out tremendously and gives them a wide margin of error to work with.

What worries me is once the Pats get flustered on offense(against i.e Jets, Giants, Ravens), they never are able to get into a rhythm until the final drive of the game when they are doing the no-huddle. By then its usually too late.

supafly

I have actually been quite impressed this year with the team's ability to change up their approach on the fly, making many necessary adjustments throughout.

The early part of the year was a bit of a learning curve, but since then they have been able to pretty much adjust when needed.

I do see your point in some of the specific examples that you pointed out, but I also have seen some good things in their adjustment aspect too.

One thing that is nice is they have the ability to both run and pass this year, and their offense is really more explosive then in years past, however I am somewhat leery of this game vs HOU at the same time. I am not as worried about Baltimore should we play them again, and with DEN my concerns would be with the defense.

If Houston shuts down Welker again, they should be able to still move the ball with the running game and Llyod/Hernandez/Gronk. If the defense holds them to 20 or so, we should be okay.

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