The Official Patriots at Miami Dolphins Week One Game Thread

TBR said:

Bill, please trade 2nd rounder for a competent o-lineman

PLEASE

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That will not matter

DOGWARZ said:

Revis hurt?

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Someone said it earlier and I didn't see anything in the game about it as the reporters would be all over it

iapatsfan said:

At what point does Brady missing a wide open seam route to Gronkowski become about him?. As I type this he short hops a 10 yard out.

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Brady is a sacred cow on this board, but his limitations at this point are obvious. He can still be surgical, but he needs a lot of time because he can no longer extend plays on his own. Today he didn't get enough time. Vollmer, Solder and Cannon are all talented, so the line should improve. Dobson should help to open things up as well for the underneath stuff that they are so heavily reliant on.

English Patriot said:

Come on Luck, spank Peyton in Denver tonight.

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Thats the only thing that can make me feel better after that game.

we're all bozos on this bus...2014 Pats went into the lockerrom at halftime...the 2013 Pats came out and played the 2nd half.

Last place...the feathers will flying tonight

Bad loss but we ll rebound. minny just crushed the rams so it won't be easy

To some on this board, I have a song that might help you out.



But on a more serious note, what a disappointing opening game. There were some bright spots (Brady6 mentioned most of them), but if the Pats play like they played today for the rest of the season, they aren't sniffing the playoffs, let alone the superbowl. I'm not prepared to jump off the Golden gate bridge, but if the Pats end up 0-2 with a similar performance next week, I'll be quite alarmed.

Deus Irae said:

Has anyone else had technical issues with today's game thread?

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I have. My thread seems to have been derailed by a bunch of trollish spam posts.

iapatsfan said:

It's not even an accuracy issue. It's a pathetic arm strength issue. You can see it on the out routes as well. He is diminishing rapidly, and a second round pick on a QB was a result of that. Unfortunately, that pick won't help a D that couldn't slow down the Dolphins.

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Fair point also. The last thing they need is Brady floating it deep down field more often.

Well, we almost always suck in Miami, so there's that.

Concerned about the O-line - they just sucked.

Concerned about the D-line. Lot of mediocrity there.

This game isn't on Brady. Good lord, he got the crap beaten out of him today.

Oh, and the refereeing was brutal.

letekro said:

Brady is a sacred cow on this board, but his limitations at this point are obvious. He can still be surgical, but he needs a lot of time because he can no longer extend plays on his own. Today he didn't get enough time. Vollmer, Solder and Cannon are all talented, so the line should improve. Dobson should help to open things up as well for the underneath stuff that they are so heavily reliant on.

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But what about when he did get enough time and still made terrible passes? Brady definitely deserves alot of the blame. Along with damn near everybody else.

I know that many will keep the a mantra of lying everything on the OLine (Not saying they don't deserve it. I'm having a hard time remembering an O-Line so abysmal as this one today)

But Brady was pretty bad. He missed open receivers, made poor decisions. I wouldn't worry too much, except that he is 37 years old and some of those things happened last year.

I'm hoping that I'm reading too much into it, maybe it was a off day, maybe he was so worried about the O-Line. Anyway, there's a LOT to fix in one week

Dillon46 said:

Someone said it earlier and I didn't see anything in the game about it as the reporters would be all over it

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Reiss tweeted about it.

letekro said:

Brady is a sacred cow on this board, but his limitations at this point are obvious. He can still be surgical, but he needs a lot of time because he can no longer extend plays on his own. Today he didn't get enough time. Vollmer, Solder and Cannon are all talented, so the line should improve. Dobson should help to open things up as well for the underneath stuff that they are so heavily reliant on.

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The problem is he can be surgical within 10 yards. Teams know this. They can blitz, play tight and not have to worry about getting beat deep. It's been a problem for years, and it's getting worse.

Bruins29 said:

Bhelmet is just some loser.

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I put him on ignore after his second or third homophobic remark. He should be banned.

o line is extremely troubling, Peyton always seems to have a good line while ours collapses in crunch time every year.

Yup we're going to be the only team in the AFC East at 0-1

mayoclinic said:

I have. My thread seems to have been derailed by a bunch of trollish spam posts.

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The collective angst is almost Bergmanesque in it's intensity.

moejr said:

Our D is still as pathetic as ever and TB is back on the everything gets thrown to Gronk wagon. Not too surprised as we did nothing to get TB another legit receiver. We're 0-1 and well the last time that happened we won the SB so we can look at it that way.

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Yea, if we had a 25yr old TFB behing a wall and a playmaking defense again.

Hey when did the Pats resign Drew Bledsoe?