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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 want to know where Reiss is getting his information/intuition on strongly believing Dante returning in 2016
Miller was past Fleming before the ball realized it was snapped.
I thought he said Brian Daboll will most likely get the OL job.
On the offensive line, barring a surprise Dante Scarnecchia return, tight ends coach Brian Daboll would seem to be the obvious fit. It was Daboll who worked closely with Scarnecchia in 2013 to help ease the transition to DeGuglielmo.
earlier in the season there were references to the genius of a rotating OL.....a week ago, we got a good taste of the downside
earlier in the season there were references to the genius of a rotating OL....
Again I ask. Why was Andrews replaced? Things starting going bad as soon as that happened.
This has been noted in the Matt Light thread. It's no doubt the reason why Googs got fired.
It happened in the 2nd Bills game, and fairly early on. I believe the consensus was that Andrews was getting overwhelmed and was partially responsible for missed calls/assignments.
And despite people want to do some revisionist history on it because of what happened at the end of the season it was the right call to replace Andrews at that point. And, quite honestly, Stork didn't play much worse than any of the other linemen throughout the year. Unfortunately, for him his return almost coincided with the collapse of our offense after we lost Lewis and Edelman so correlation will not be his friend.
The major blunder for me was Belichick sending Harper to field that punt in those circumstances, that was almost arrogant and it bit him in the arse.
How does who you choose to return a punt when your punt returners are injured have anything to do with arrogance?The list of mistakes in this game (and the coaching failures in the end of the season) is so big that if we list we would look like the lolphins, not the Patriots, so even though I'm atheist I tend to believe that some things are not meant to be, or not in that specific moment. It was not the Patriots year, it wasn't meant to be. We got so impressed with the beginning of the season and 16-0 talks that all of a sudden 12-4 looks bad. It's not, even though it hurts to know we could have done better and ultimately lost HFA and then another SB appearance.
The Eagles game was a **** up but there are always one of those games in a season, Jets playing at home with playoff aspirations will always be a tough game and Miami won us for the 3rd time in a row in Miami so we should conclude that playing in Miami is tough, it has been in recent years. We won the Giants by the skin of the teeth, that was a very difficult game, let's swap this game with the Eagles for a moment and we still end 12-4.
The major blunder for me was Belichick sending Harper to field that punt in those circumstances, that was almost arrogant and it bit him in the arse. OK the refs, ok McDaniels and his playcalling, ok Denver got lucky but that game was almost in the books and we allowed them to comeback with a turnover originated by a BAD decision. Literally one play that changed the whole season from that moment on.
It all culminated with one of the worst playoff games I ever seen. I wonder if this team was overrated to begin with.