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I look at this and other boards and people are pointing fingers primarily on the offense. It is the usual whipping boys in Reche Caldwell and Josh McDaniels. Yeah, they played a part in the loss, but the Pats needed to score 39 points or more to win this game. That means a lionshare of the blame has to fall on the defense.
I am not giving the offense or these particular people a free pass. They deserve a portion of the blame, but Dean Pees deserves a huge portion of the blame because he should have known Dallas Clark was going to be a big part of the Colts' offensive plans and he had no answer for him. Why doesn't Pees get the same scrutiny as McDaniels for having a major flaw in his overall gameplan.
The offense was inconsistent and we did give up on the run a little too quickly and Caldwell dropped a couple of easy catches, but if we were able to even slow down the Colts' offense in the second half the offense still did enough to win the game.
We gave up 32 points in the second half yet people are calling out Caldwell and McDaniels.
I am not giving the offense or these particular people a free pass. They deserve a portion of the blame, but Dean Pees deserves a huge portion of the blame because he should have known Dallas Clark was going to be a big part of the Colts' offensive plans and he had no answer for him. Why doesn't Pees get the same scrutiny as McDaniels for having a major flaw in his overall gameplan.
The offense was inconsistent and we did give up on the run a little too quickly and Caldwell dropped a couple of easy catches, but if we were able to even slow down the Colts' offense in the second half the offense still did enough to win the game.
We gave up 32 points in the second half yet people are calling out Caldwell and McDaniels.