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Here we go:
- I lay this loss at the feet of Brady and the o-line. Once the Jets dialed up the pressure in the second half, they both folded. Wendell is a liability at times, but I don't know if Cannon can play RG after last week to slide Connolly back to center. Brady overrelied on Gronk far too much and he was making stupid throws all afternoon. I don't want to hear about Brady getting old crap, but he needs to pull his head out of his arse at times.
- The final penalty was an obscure penalty that has never been called before today, but I blame the player and not the refs on that play. It is a new rule this year and everyone on the FG blocking team needs to know it. It provided no advantage to the Pats on that play and considering how far the kick was, all the Pats had to do on that play was not commit a penalty. They blew it.
- I know the defense had a lot of ups and downs. And some of the downs were God-awful. But I was encouarged by some things especially with the rookie DTs. When Kelly comes back, the rotation of Kelly, Vellano, and Jones (and possibly Armstead if he can don anything this year) will be solid.
- Also, like a lot of the play by Logan Ryan. He made a nice heads up INT and did fairly well in coverage.
- We got the 2012 Kyle Arrington today when we absolutely needed the 2013 version.
- Good to see Gronk back. Clearly not 100%, but showed flashes of the old Gronk. In a few weeks, he should be farther back to 100%.
- People cry about predictable play calling on this team, but that is such an overrated complaint. Case and point, the Jets' overtime drive. The Pats knew exactly what they were trying to do and the Pats couldn't stop them until they got close to field goal range. Sometimes the best way to take the heart out of an opposing defense is when they know what is coming and can't stop it anyway.
- I am not going to cry about the injuries today. Yes, the Pats' defense would have played better if Mayo, Talib, and Kelly were playing. But that doesn't change the fact the offense played so bad and Amendola wasn't going to be the difference today on offense.
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