newton_tom_cat
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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everyone wants to blame our defense, especially because they gave up a TD on the giants last possession. they like to pick on them because they're old. and yes i have doubts about harrison and bruschi, but for the most part the defense as a whole played well enough to win. they held the giants to 17 points, their lowest point total in 4 post season games.
our offense let us down by only scoring 14 and keeping the defense on the field too much. prior to our 2nd TD with less than 3 mins to go, we had only scored once, and that was a TD on our opening drive.
i think 4 reasons explain the offensive letdown:
- lack of running game
- teams game planning against moss
- brady losing some sharpness in the post season
- uncharacteristically bad oline play
of these i think lack of running game was the biggest problem. if we had a running game we could sustain longer drives, take pressure off brady and open up more deep plays for moss. the bad oline play i'm guessing was a combination of injured LG, giants strong front 7 and lack of a running game and RBs that can help in pass protection.
w/o calling out names, all i can say is we need to upgrade our RB situation and fast. this isn't getting it done and we'll have a much tougher go of it next season now that teams have figured out how to game plan for us.
our offense let us down by only scoring 14 and keeping the defense on the field too much. prior to our 2nd TD with less than 3 mins to go, we had only scored once, and that was a TD on our opening drive.
i think 4 reasons explain the offensive letdown:
- lack of running game
- teams game planning against moss
- brady losing some sharpness in the post season
- uncharacteristically bad oline play
of these i think lack of running game was the biggest problem. if we had a running game we could sustain longer drives, take pressure off brady and open up more deep plays for moss. the bad oline play i'm guessing was a combination of injured LG, giants strong front 7 and lack of a running game and RBs that can help in pass protection.
w/o calling out names, all i can say is we need to upgrade our RB situation and fast. this isn't getting it done and we'll have a much tougher go of it next season now that teams have figured out how to game plan for us.