Thanks for the good read as usual, Patspsycho. I enjoy reading your breakdowns, and I appreciate you explaining the finer points.
I have very little knowledge of the Xs and Os, but one thing I saw that made know were going to lose this game: this was last year's offense. A shotgun spread with an empty backfield. This has not worked since 2007. Some of us were talking about this a couple of games ago (as usual, it was ignored due to the win). When you see the team going out of shotgun with an empty backfield on third and short or third and medium, it seems like they are panicking and believing that Brady will do more than he will actually do.
I was very disappointed because I felt they were predictable this game, and this is despite having a bunch of valuable chess pieces like Woodhead and Gronkowski. I watch the games with my wife, and I usually am right about 50% of the time in figuring out where the ball is going. This game, I was right about 90% of the time. That's not good. It seems to me that the Jets DID NOT BITE on any playaction attempts? Were my eyes fooling me?
Also, this is a footnote, but did the Jets REALLY not see the direct snap to BJGE on the two-point conversion? I walked up to the television and put my finger on him to tell my wife to watch this guy, because he's receiving the direct snap. I think they've run that same play on every 2 pt attempt since 2001. Glad they made it, but another example, to me, of their predictability.
If you wouldn't mind, psycho, could you give a brief run down of Aaron Hernandez? It seemed like the Patriots just did not use him enough. Did they try to get him involved, or did they just leave him out of the gameplan? Not sure how bad that injury was, but he seemed to be the perfect Jets killer with his size and speed.