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Seldom unless you're a Brett Favre kind of leader...
We'll have none of that.....
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Players that know each other, ride each other sometimes. Tedy is a "Patriots Way" cheerleader and he's razzing Ocho to stop watching the parade and get in it. I have no problem with it. if Ocho does, he can take it up with Tedy, or better, take it as a competitor and make him eat his words, which is what I'd like.
I don't have a football background but I find it hard to believe that a player who was targeted weekly by the opposition but still was able to put up top level stats should have this much difficulty producing in our system.
Is the system so difficult that only under the radar receivers (all the smurfs over the past decade) and one freakishly talented player (Moss) were able to grasp it? Heck, Caldwell, Doug Gabriel, and Donte Stallworth were all able to make some level of progress in this system - quite early in their stints as Patriots.
I refuse to believe that a player as dedicated and passionate about football can be so unable to muster any production. It never seems to add up.
By the way, I wish Tedy would have gotten into the ear of a guy like Adalius Thomas. It might even be better if Tedy sat down with Chad and said these words to him privately…but going off like this in a column to air his opinion seems a little too personal and even unprofessional.
2) Anyone who thinks a tweet is in any way indicative of anything has no idea what tweeting is. It's an afterthought. It's like texting. For someone who tweets a lot and gets used to it, I bet half the time it's a reflex, just something they do for 10 seconds and forget about it. To think this means Ocho isn't studying the playbook or working hard or this somehow makes him a "fan" is lunacy.
Actually, how often does a player or former player talk about another player's "business?"
Since when is motivation through media part of the "Patriot way"?
Since babbling through tweeter?
Evidently you don't watch the clown show on NFL Network nightly......football gossip with an occasional play discussed.
Evidently you don't watch the clown show on NFL Network nightly......football gossip with an occasional play discussed.
Today, after the Bruschi-Ocho Twitter affair, cameras, microphones, and reporters will be surrounding Chad waiting for his words of wisdom about his innermost feelings and the snowballing effect that Bruschi has started. His teammates will be standing to the side, watching the nonsense and wondering why this guy has put himself in this position. His coaches will be worrying that his head won't be totally into the game plan.
YOU DON"T PROVIDE AMMO for your critiques or your enemies. Don't talk about injuries. Leave your personal life at home. Ocho has invited this into the lockerroom, harmless as his words may seem.
"Chad’s a – from the day that he’s got here he’s worked really hard to be a part of this offense and be involved so I don’t know when he said that or what he said, but I know that we’re counting on him to be a huge contributor, and he expects that too. He expects to be out there making plays. When im out there in the huddle with him he’s very excited about being out there and making catches and doing the right thing and being in the right spot. He’s definitely done that over the course of training camp, so anyone that’s been at training camp knows that he’s been a part of what we’re trying to do since the day we got him so I’m excited for him, I’m excited for our offense.
"We need to clean some things up and when we do I think we can be very efficient out there. There were some things the other night that I definitely thought we could have done a better job of and I don’t mean that in an egotistical way, that’s just a fact. We definitely made big plays, which contributed to getting the ball in the end zone, but…we had three three-and-outs, that’s something that as an offense you never want a three-and-out and we had three of them, so those are things that we’re going to need to find ways to improve on. And it’s early in the year and I’m glad when we make mistakes that we can still win the game and we’ve got to continue to do that."
"Well, I didn’t realize until late in fourth quarter. Look, that’s part of our job, you know? Some days you don’t have opportunity to throw for that many yards – some days you throw for 200 yards and it’s a great day and some days you throw for 100 yards and the reason is, you’re trying to take what the defense is giving you. And there’s going to be days when we run the ball great, there’s other days where it’s more of a ball-possession game and there’s other nights where you have an opportunity that the matchups you get and the coverages you get and the way that the players are playing around me – really it’s my job to do that. I gotta make the throw to the open guys, I gotta be able to see the field, that’s part of my job. So whether I throw for 200 yards or 20 yards, as long as we’re winning, especially at this point – I’ve been on teams that won 18 straight games or 21 straight games, I’ve won Super Bowls – yardage and touchdowns, none of that really means anything to me anymore. Really it’s about winning the game and moving on to the next week and making improvements so that the margin or error may be smaller. That’s what we have to be prepared to do."
His teammates will be standing by his side and laughing their ***** off at how the media, fans and Bruschi are completely overreacting to this. Tom has already said that he doesn't know when or what Chad said about "being in awe", but that he knows how hard Chad has worked, and that anyone that has actually been with the team this season knows it as well.Today, after the Bruschi-Ocho Twitter affair, cameras, microphones, and reporters will be surrounding Chad waiting for his words of wisdom about his innermost feelings and the snowballing effect that Bruschi has started. His teammates will be standing to the side, watching the nonsense and wondering why this guy has put himself in this position. His coaches will be worrying that his head won't be totally into the game plan.
YOU DON"T PROVIDE AMMO for your critiques or your enemies. Don't talk about injuries. Leave your personal life at home. Ocho has invited this into the lockerroom, harmless as his words may seem.
Today, after the Bruschi-Ocho Twitter affair, cameras, microphones, and reporters will be surrounding Chad waiting for his words of wisdom about his innermost feelings and the snowballing effect that Bruschi has started. His teammates will be standing to the side, watching the nonsense and wondering why this guy has put himself in this position. His coaches will be worrying that his head won't be totally into the game plan.
YOU DON"T PROVIDE AMMO for your critiques or your enemies. Don't talk about injuries. Leave your personal life at home. Ocho has invited this into the lockerroom, harmless as his words may seem.
His teammates will be standing by his side and laughing their ***** off at how the media, fans and Bruschi are completely overreacting to this. Tom has already said that he doesn't know when or what Chad said about "being in awe", but that he knows how hard Chad has worked, and that anyone that has actually been with the team this season knows it as well.
Belichick doesn't give a turd what the media (which now includes Bruschi) says, and he will say just that to Chad. "Forget them. You're a part of this team. And this team knows it."
Give me a f'n break. Chad didn't do anything. Bruschi created this all by himself. Just because Tedy was a great Patriot doesn't excuse him ranting like an idiot.
I don't know about Chad but Moss is bright. He might not act like it but if you really listen to him talk, he's a bright individual. He might not be as polished as someone with his intelligence might have if their concentration was academics but I think he's above average in intelligence. It didn't take Brady or BB to say he was smart. I think his biggest downfall is that he gets bored if he isn't constantly challenged.