The Patriots vs Bears POST Game Thread

We know who Brady and Gronkowski are. But Lafell is becoming an absolute beast as well. His rising has really shored up a weakness and turned it into a strength the last few weeks. All Tim Wright does is excel with every opportunity he gets. I think he took a step to a larger role in the offense today.

Can't say enough about the growth of this oline. It's like night and day and a reminder of things are not always as bad as they appear. BB is not full of **** when he says they are still in training camp with the oline. They have definitely found a formula and package that has worked and kudos to the coaches and the players.

Forte makes almost everyone look bad so I'm not going to ride Collins for looking overmatched. There are only a handful of players that can compete with Forte and even they will get beat from time to time.

Without Jones and Mayo I never expected them to look this good. Secondary is elite and playing at the top of their game. The addition of Ayers is off to a great start. Wasn't sure what he was going to bring but he didn't disappoint today. Solid pickup and I'm sure he felt good to be back on a winner again.

I like their chances next week.

Marinlik said:

I had the same thought during the game. He was so freaking good today. Looked like he was in his absolute prime.

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I opened this thread a little bit ago with his stats since the Kansas City Chiefs game, he is playing as well as he ever has and has emerged as a legitimate MVP candidate.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/tom-brady-since-the-chiefs-game.1112989/

What a game by the offense. Perfect.
The run defense though...they have to do something about that.

Brady6 said:

Something odd when I looked at his game log is that last season Edelman had 2 bad games right at mid-season in a row as well when he combined for 3 catches for 18 yards in the two games.

I said in another thread I think he might be dealing with an injury or he caught the flu from Vereen because he was not himself today and they were spacing his reps a lot.

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Like I said, I'm not worried. i'm sure he'll be back.

SVN said:

Win game, not many injuries. Run defense can be better.
But another week of no 'iapatsfan' on the board. His 7-9 prediction is getting close to the danger area.

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Next week is going to be tough, so he just might return if we fall behind early. Still though, something catastrophic would have to happen for the Pats to end up 7-9.

Time to get rid of Brady, when Jimmy came on he threw 100%

TomPatriot said:

Somewhere, someone is saying:

"What is wrong with this team? Defense gave up 23 points. Two two point conversions. Awful! And Brady - 5 incomplete passes. Come on. His passer rating never came close to 200. That Belichick can't draft or trade. I want Mankins back. The Krafts are cheap. Edelman is finished forever and will be banished soon. Revis is late and Brandon Marshall caught a pass on him. Ayers only had one sack so he sucks. We don't have Jones or Mayo, so we're doomed. Pats cheated-Bear-gate!"

Beautiful game.

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That would be BB in the locker room

I was in the hospital for the first half then listen on the radio to the 3rd period and watched on TV the remainder, an awesome game. How about that washed up Brady? Now I will watch the first haft with the DVR

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The thing is, I could see that being a legit picture. I couldn't imagine huntin with gronk if he hunted. I bet he would make camp fun though

My favorite non-play part of the game was when the Fox camera crew panned over to the Minutemen, and one of them was using his musket as an air guitar to the music the Stadium was playing. Frikkin' awesome, that.

Archeryaddict12 said:

The thing is, I could see that being a legit picture. I couldn't imagine huntin with gronk if he hunted. I bet he would make camp fun though

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I think I'd be nervous to be in the forest at the same time.

PATSYLICIOUS said:

How much was Ayers in there and how'd he do? I missed half the game.
Can Gray be the feature back? He looks kinda small can he carry it fifteen + times a game? He's looked good everytime I've seen him in action.

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Gray might be SHORT (5'9 6/8"), but he's 230 lbs.. So he's compact.. He's more of a bowling ball than MJD is.. I think that Gray could get 15-20 carries a game and be good. 17 rushes for 86 yards.. That's 5.1 YPC.. Vereen and White didn't do nearly as good running the ball..

RayClay said:

He's got a cold or flu. Of course, ebola has the same symptoms as flu if you're looking for something to worry about.

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Vereen had the flu and was out of practice for some this week - - cannot be ruled out.

Yup...wearing gronk jersey to job interview tomorrow...only seems right in my book

Bring on Denver baby

I hate to say this, but Borges was right. He said that Revis would be lights-out in response to the public embarrassment this week. He was.

Dexter said:

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THIS IS VERY, VERY FUNNY

Michael Giardi ‏@MikeGiardi 12m12 minutes ago
Revis said he feels as though this is the best secondary he's been apart of. #patriotstalk #nfl

For those saying revis was 100% gone after being late for a practice...suck on this.