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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I agree that we don't have elite outside WRs like those you mentioned, but to make it sound like Brady has no talent to throw to is disingenuous. We have the worse OL in the NFL. That is the issue. Brady is scared sh!t back there and I don't blame him.
You're right, our o-line is horrible. But having nothing at outside WR even makes it worse as no team respects them and can bring everyone up leaving their corners in single coverage.
I agree that we don't have elite outside WRs like those you mentioned, but to make it sound like Brady has no talent to throw to is disingenuous. We have the worse OL in the NFL. That is the issue. Brady is scared sh!t back there and I don't blame him.
If we do somehow fix our OL and then Brady STILL can't find anyone to throw to other than Edelman, then yeah, it is an issue.
I know I wasn't the only one who saw Dobson starting to look really good prior to getting hurt last year. Or that Amendola looked great even with one hamstring against the Bills.
To say that these guys just dropped off after a year is crazy. The OL in my opinion IS the issue. How can you judge any of our skill players fairly with the way our OL has been playing?
But you think every one of the 65 players on the Patriots is going to the Hall of Fame...
Amendola is clearly not the player he was before the injury
LaFell is the WR3/WR4 he's always been
Thompkins and Dobson are 2nd year players who did very little as rookies and can't get on the field
Gronk is still a shell of himself
Wright is a WR with the TE title, and he can't block worth a damn
OHOH is ..... OHOH
So, other than Edelman, where are all these weapons?
DEFENSE - I AGREE
Some want a better front seven than Ninkovich, Wilfork, Jones, Jones. Easley, Mayo, Collins and Hightower (plus Buchanan and Vellano). I think that these 9 are plenty good enough to win. Some want better than Revis, Browner, Dennard, Ryan, Arrington, Butler. McCourty, Chung and Wilson. That may e the best defensive backfield since Law left. So, Belichick has chosen to use more resources on the defense. Perhaps, Belichicks believe that the formula to win is a solid defense, and a great QB with mediocre weapons that will give us a top 5 offense with Brady at QB. That is our formula. No team has done better. Poster are jumping of the bandwagon because we are 2-2. I suspect more will jump off by the time bye comes and we are 5-4 or 4-5.
You are judging these players in this current state where it's impossible for them to produce because of our OL.
Like I said, if our OL gets fixed and they still can't produce, then I will hop on the "these guys suck" wagon.
Please tell me which weapon(s) I 'judged' incorrectly, regardless of the O-line.
And with all that said, we can succeed if we can get serious production out of one of Amendola, Thompkins and Dobson.Amendola is clearly not the player he was before the injury
LaFell is the WR3/WR4 he's always been
Thompkins and Dobson are 2nd year players who did very little as rookies and can't get on the field
Gronk is still a shell of himself
Wright is a WR with the TE title, and he can't block worth a damn
OHOH is ..... OHOH
So, other than Edelman, where are all these weapons?
How can you fairly judge our receivers given that our OL gives our QB no time to throw accurate balls?
Is it fair to say Brady now sucks too given how he's played so far?
The last 5 games last season, the only tightend that had more touchdown receptions outside of Tim Wright was Jimmy Graham, and thats with Glennon throwing him the ball, I'm just saying.
Then he looks back and says to himself "Damn, I got by with David Patten, David Givens, Troy Brown and Deion Branch.. and Christian Fauria and Daniel Graham as tightends, hmmmm"Tom Brady looks at his offensive lines and offensive weapons:
Thats after he got in his groove the last 5 games, he was just a rookie after all in a BAD offense, I'm just sayingTim Wright only had 5 TDs all season.
I'm just saying.
Then he looks back and says to himself "Damn, I got by with David Patten, David Givens, Troy Brown and Deion Branch.. and Christian Fauria and Daniel Graham as tightends, hmmmm"
Answer the question. Here, I'll break them down to the individuals.
Amendola's a slot guy. He is not supposed to need a lot of time to get open. He's not getting open. Does he look to be the same player he was before the injury?
No need to answer about Gronk, because EVERYONE can see that he's not the Gronk of old.
Do you think LaFell is suddenly more than he was in Carolina?
Have the second year guys been getting on the field and making dozens of catches without us all knowing?
Do you think OHOH has magically transformed into something other than the OHOH we already knew?
Wright is the only unknown here, in terms of being a receiving weapon, and he is as I posted. He's a WR with the TE label, and he's a negative when it comes to blocking.