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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.you know what would be wonderful, picking up david nelson now that the jet cut him, and using him vs the jets to rub some salt in the jest's wounds
It's always fun to use the Jets castoffs against them, but I don't think that is going to apply in the case of David Nelson, and that's a good thing.
How soon until the jets jettison harvin? Or do they gave a strong enough locker room to control him.
I see no disagreement Sup. The defense--against the run particularly---was spectacularly bad. And attacking the Jets through the air is obviously sensible. Moving beyond these things, I think those who point out that >70% passing is pretty extreme, and that better balance would have improved TOP are making a valid point. Whether a different mix would have been preferable, and whether this was part of the game planning or reaction to specific situations, is certainly open for discussion, but I have seen no intelligent argument to suggest that better balance would not have improved TOP.I agree with some of your finer points, but I was speaking just about the more general sense. In my opinion, the bottom line was that we just didn't play nearly effectively enough on defense. I don't believe that it had anything to do with offensive gameplanning, which is what I think you are talking about.
Speaking offensively---In the case of the NYJ, I think their obvious weakness in the secondary states to attack through the air. The decision was likely made even easier due to their obvious strength being their front seven and ability to stop the run. In the case of Thursday night's game, the coaching staff very well may have assumed us losing the TOP battle due to some of these factors. Unfortunately, our inability to stop the run AND the combination of allowing too many 3rd down conversions made it much more difficult than it needed to be. Just my opinion of course.
The Jets have one of the best run defenses in the NFL and the Pats nearly put up 30 on them almost exlusively through the air. And yet you think they should have run more?
Brady was 54% throwing against a "bad secondary" which was dropping 8 into coverage.
Good idea to run the ball more then?????
To be fair, he was at 54% because of several bad drops by Edelman and Gronkowski.
The Jets OL was holding all night long.
Geno is dropping back and taking sacks in lieu of throwing the ball away and risking the INT.
I had high hopes for Cannon. He was supposed to have quick feet. He is no Left Tackle IMO.
Brady had a great game. The throw to Amendola was sweet.
The NE pass defense is ranked 4th in the NFL.
I would have liked to see more of Jonas Gray.
Play calling got squirrely for a while.
The passing game is coming along.
If Rex did not onside kick the Jets win this game. They should have kicked off and played field position.
Deus - Shmessy is one of MANY who have schooled you..Given that you've never "beaten" me, I'd suggest you're pulling a late year Al Davis, and going full on delusional.
Watching the safeties get washed out on the perimeter hopelessly trying to set the edge in a 4-2-5 is sheer awesomeness....
I hope to god Belichick learned his lesson from 2002 and buries the Big Nickel, never, ever to bring it back as a base defense ever again!
All the memories from that gawd-aweful base scheme from 2002 resurfaced tonight.
Deus - Shmessy is one of MANY who have schooled you..
The thing I worry about is Pats Run defense. Ivory ran thru the DL.
Side question: Is Chung really better than Harmon? really? In the game, Chung always seem to be catching up to the person he is covering. Also, a mismatch since Chung is short. Opinions?
BB didn't use the "Big Nickel" in 2002. The issue in 2002 was that the team didn't have a true NT and tried to run the 3-4... Clearly you have memories that are just fantasies..
Look at the tape, though. Those 3 TD catches were each great adjustments by the WRs. None were on the money. It all evened out.
I'm not sure whether it was called the "Big Nickel", but I certainly remember Tebucky Jones, Lawyer Milloy and Victor Green all out there at the same time on many plays that year.
Then you aren't remembering correctly because the "Big Nickel" was never the base defense that year. It was the 3-4 and it was lamented because the Pats didn't have a NT after Steve Martin was a complete failure and talked himself right off the team by November.
I'm not saying it wasn't used. I'm just saying it wasn't the base.
Irrefuteable.!Here's the stats I wanted refuted...Pats 27 Jets 25...Pats 5-2...Jets 1-6...refute THAT