1. Terrible quarterback play by Cassel.... On the snap before, Cassel missed an open Heath Evans in the flat.
Saw that and from my seat, he wasn't very open. Looked as if Cassel locked onto Evans as if Heath was the only option in the play. When it wasn't there, the play was dead.
Cassel kept his head up the entire time on his interception to Quintin Jammer on the next series, but he somehow failed to see that his receiver (Wes Welker) had gotten chipped and wouldn't be at the spot where Cassel was throwing.
Watching it on replay, it looked as if Welker ran into his own player. Some body screwed up the routes on that one.
3. Soft coverage in the secondary. But it also includes non-existent safety help.
This has to fall on Bill's shoulders. After O'Neal got burnt on the first play, I couldn't understand why they didn't put a safety over the top. They were clearly avoiding Hobbs early in the game.
To me, this is a huge issue. Safeties might had been staying in to watch the run or cover Gates.... even rush the QB, but even if that was the case, they were ineffective. If the LBs covered better, maybe the safeties could help the corners. Just think if Chambers was healthy for this game!
4. The pass rush is a joke.
Mike Vrabel had something like 6-7 sacks this time last year. Now he can't even touch the QB and Seymour is healthy up front?!?!?!?! Rivers was having a field day out there.
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The play calling on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball seem very suspect. They don't seem cleaver, poorly designed and are all together amateur-ish.
The Brady injury, coupled with the Super Bowl loss, must had killed any hope in that locker room. Its all lip service now, but hopefully things can happen with the number of games on the schedule.