Denver vs NE post game thread

BRADY=GOAT

One of the underrated change in the last 5 games is brady's mobility. Seems like he has been actively coached to roll out or move up . Saw it big time today.

SVN said:

One of the underrated change in the last 5 games is brady's mobility. Seems like he has been actively coached to roll out or move up . Saw it big time today.

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Great point, Oline did do a good job on a lot of plays, but there were plenty of plays brady extended by moving around. Hes always been pretty good at moving in the pocket. but the rolling out was nice

My thoughts:

Manning has still never beaten us with Gronkowski. This is Gronk's fifth year in the league. Denver particularly can't stop him or our offense with him, even when they do cover him well he still catches it. Key on him and it opens things up for others [see Edelman's TD]. He's a nightmare for them, like for most defense. PLEASE be healthy in the playoffs.

Sticking to my rule of thumb for regular season games - can't get too high on wins can't get too low on losses. They moved the ball as well, if not better than us, we won on turnovers and converting the plays that count. Scoreboard doesn't reflect the difference between these teams although we have earned the right to be seen as the top dog for now. If there's a rematch it'll be difficult especially if it has to be in mile high. Can't drop all those passes next time.

Welker... I don't hate the guy but I truly enjoyed seeing butterfingers get lit up leading to a turnover. Not gonna try to hide it. I do however hope he hangs it up soon and wish the best for his long term health. He's taken too much over the years.

Only concern is our inability to run on Denver, I bleieve this makes three games in a row we couldn't establish much if anything on the ground. Of course, like I said with a healthy Gronk our passing game is
too much for them but you still don't want to be one dimenstional or rely too much on one facet.

So glad they don't have Prater anymore. He makes sixty yarders in his sleep. Now they struggle with kicks under forty.

Chung was oustanding. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw twenty-three making those plays in coverage. What a pickup. On that topic, this secondary is the best we've ever had. Browner and Revis are everything I had hoped they'd be, already. And we're very deep at cornerback - great job by Butler tonight. If Dennard gets healthy or gets whatever issue sorted out, it's scary how good our pass D can be.

Couldnt' have defended the run any better. So much looking up for this team right now.

Ghostkowski automatic as usual and ST's came to play today on all units.

I thought wright would be a factor today. Kind of upset he was not

on a side note i was seeing this at half time, Manning and Brady looked almost even minus the Int.

Awesome win. So impressed with this team right now. Lots of us, self included should be singing a diff tune from that Monday night in kc....

fightingirish595 said:

I thought wright would be a factor today. Kind of upset he was not

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Yah, that ruined the game for me today too

Marqui said:

Stork is a home run draft pick IMO.

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That's precisely what I was dropping in to post. Stork already looks like a legitimate starting center half way through his rookie year, despite missing so much of training camp. That's shaping up to be a mighty fine return on a 4th-round pick.

Man, i spent the entire game on the reddit game day thread for a change today. Holy crap, it was hilarious hearing from fans across the NFL and it was CIVIL !!

one bills fan keeps cursing KC for unleashing the beast. Best post so far "Payton Manning blows big games" in the nationwide tune

Stork was a key ingredient in the fundamental upgrade of our interior line's performance vs Denver. One play he did totally miss his guy who nearly killed Brady but otherwise he was a huge difference from the AFCCG interior line fiasco. I don't miss Mankins.

SVN said:

One of the underrated change in the last 5 games is brady's mobility. Seems like he has been actively coached to roll out or move up . Saw it big time today.

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His mobility has been KEY

SVN said:

One of the underrated change in the last 5 games is brady's mobility. Seems like he has been actively coached to roll out or move up . Saw it big time today.

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To me, that is one of the most impressive things about Tom Brady's game this year. Early part of the season he seemed immobile. He admitted it and stated that he was working to improve, and we have definitely seen that improvement over the past few weeks. That a veteran of his caliber is still coachable, even at this lofty place in his career, is most impressive.

Does the 438 passing yards concern anyone? I know we had a decent lead that forced them to pass and we might have played a little softer, but he still had 178 at the half

fnordcircle said:

Guys can we talk about the Patriots cap management?

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I wonder if Patradomous covered the spread today?

Let me also credit the Patriots past SB winning heroes' halftime appearance today at Gillette for raising the Ghosts of Past Failures in Peyton's mind.

OMA HAHAHAHAHA!

fightingirish595 said:

I thought wright would be a factor today. Kind of upset he was not

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He had a key block that sprung Edelman for the PR TD.

DaBruinz said:

I'm waiting for Deus to come in and tell us, yet again, how Chung hasn't play hasn't been good this season despite what everyone but him has been saying.

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No, he's going to tell us how bad Jamie Collins is.

patchick said:

That's precisely what I was dropping in to post. Stork already looks like a legitimate starting center half way through his rookie year, despite missing so much of training camp. That's shaping up to be a mighty fine return on a 4th-round pick.

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Forum mostly focuses on the bad picks Bill makes unfortunately ... good post.