Handel
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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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.Philly was a mediocre game defensively, but didn't the offense put up something like 400 yards?
o please, in this day and age, the NFL doesnt need scouts for opposing teams. thats nonsense. all teams need in todays game is video.
Look, it's hard to go 16-0. That's why no one has ever done it. Except usually, those poor performances turn into a loss here and there. This is uncharted territory and I think we are all a little unsure what to think. Let's take a page from the team and take it one week at a time.
So the Cowboys must be downright startled after actually, you know, LOSING to the Eagles at home and nearly losing to the now decrepit Lions. The Packers must be in shambles after getting blown out in Chicago. The Steelers should just turn in their postseason tickets now, for goodness sake. But at least everybody's darlings, the Vikings, are rolling... oh wait. And those Chargers can take some pride in losing to the hottest team in the league at the Metrodome, but they rolled the Lions and skimmed by Tennessee, at least. Clearly Indy is worlds better than the shaky Pats at this point, after the way they drilled the vaunted Chiefs at home, wiped the floor with Oakland, and, of course, BEAT New England when the Pats got all the breaks and were playing lights out football back in Week 9...
My point is that every bloody team in the league has had some difficult games this season, many of which were against bottom-feeders. This team tried to get every offensive record it could in front of the home crowd, against a 1-13 team, and people are "worried?" Ludicrous. Green Bay melts down in the elements against Chicago, yet beating the Jets by "only" ten is cause for panic?
The worst games this team has played this year have still resulted in W's, and that INCLUDES @Indy. If the Patriots hadn't drilled teams by 40 each week for the first 7 weeks of the year, fans would actually be ENJOYING watching history in their backyard. I won't even get into the fact that there was no need to show anything of ANY substance yesterday with so many potential opponent's eyes on this game (would you show all your stuff in the 3rd week of preseason when you were playing that team in week 3? please...)
Let's have some perspective please, people
No telling if the 2nd half of the Dolphins game was focusing on game planning etc... or if they were really trying. Overall in the last two games I've noticed much more attention to run blocking than pass blocking - not that I think the pass blocking has faltered terribly.
Aside from that I share the concern that the last two 4th Quarters haven't seen us put a point up on the board. Less so yesterday at 28-7 but the Jets game was too close.