Game Thoughts: The Pats have blown out the Lions & Bengals & Bears this season Oh my! edition

Here we go!

• First and foremost at this point this season! It is the Patriots and then everyone else in the league. This gauntlet of division leaders have been blow outs of 22 points (vs. the Broncos), 22 points (vs. the Colts), and 25 points (vs. the Lions). Also they beat the division leading Bengals by 26 points. The Pats are not just beating good teams, they are dominating them.

• I think this is the best defensive performance of the year. Yes, the Lions had a lot of dropped passes, but the Pats had Stafford and the Lions off balance all day.

• I am not one to cry about the refs, but they were awful and one sided all game. On the Brady interception, the defender clearly interfered with Gronk tackling him before the ball was remotely there. The OPI on Gronk was BS. The only time they called anything on the Lions when it was so obvious that they had to call it.

• This may be Belichick's best year of additions if you count the in-season pick ups. LaFell and Revis were beasts today. Browner was solid for the most part. Ayers, Casillis, Blount, Wright, and Branch all made significant impacts today.

• I still don't know why they don't get Wright more involved in the offense. He catches everything thrown to him. He seemed to be a bit more involved today, but he is still mostly used in goal line situations. I am ready to say that, even without the fourth rounder, the trade for Wright with Mankins was a huge win for the Pats.

• I liked the game plan today at least in the first half. I really didn't have that much of a problem with them not running until the end of the game. I felt many drives were stalled in the second half due to poor throws or dropped passes to open receivers. I give McDaniels tons of credit though for radically changing the offense from week to week to match up against the defense. I know a lot of people don't like the guy, but what he does is truly special.

• It looks like LaFell should be ok (sounds like a stinger more than a broken collarbone), but if the Pats lose him for any significant amount of time it could really affect how the Pats perform on the field quite a bit. He has been a player teams have to game plan for the past month and a half.

• With Blount, the Pats now have two offensive weapons that defensive players don't want to tackle along with Gronk.

You forgot to mention that we may have the best CB tandem in the NFL right now. Revis is stopping everything thrown his way. We need to sign him before his salary demands get any loonier.
Browner is the prefect complement especially for the giant WR/TE's in the NFL. Ayers & Branch were great signings. I haven't seen a D this talented since 2004.

Good point about McDaniels. OCs are punching bags for the disaffected - when they do something right you could hear a pin drop - a few problems on offense and the guy is too clever for his own good etc etc.

Rob0729 said:

• This may be Belichick's best year of additions if you count the in-season pick ups. LaFell and Revis were beasts today. Browner was solid for the most part. Ayers, Casillis, Blount, Wright, and Branch all made significant impacts today.

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Throw Chung in there ... 3rd most tackles today ... every week he is near the top in tackles.

Ranked 4th on the season for the Patriots

First the Patriots crush the Lions, and now a Wizard of Oz joke. Life is good.

I'll be interested to see if the number one D is still number one after today.

IcyPatriot said:

Throw Chung in there ... 3rd most tackles today ... every week he is near the top in tackles.

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I meant to put Chung in there. I must have accidentally deleted him while editing my post.

patchick said:

First the Patriots crush the Lions, and now a Wizard of Oz joke. Life is good.

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How can you not make Wizard of Oz jokes when you just spanked the Cowardly Lions and crushed the Bears and Bengals earlier in the season? Bring on the Green Bay Tin Men.

patchick said:

First the Patriots crush the Lions, and now a Wizard of Oz joke. Life is good.

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Your avatar really sells this comment for me. LOL

This team looks great

This D is fun to watch

patchick said:

First the Patriots crush the Lions, and now a Wizard of Oz joke. Life is good.

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You could even say... we're not in Kansas City anymore..

Rob0729 said:

Bring on the Green Bay Tin Men.

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It's never easy heading into the Emerald City.

Danger Zone said:

You could even say..

We're not in Kansas City anymore..

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Damn it! I was going to work that in at some point. Kudos for beating me to it. I wasn't creative enough to figure out to use it. You are a better man than me. Disregard the man (me) behind the curtain.

Rob0729 said:

Damn it! I was going to work that in at some point. Kudos for beating me to it. I wasn't creative enough to figure out to use it. You are a better man than me. Disregard the man (me) behind the curtain.

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You were putting up a post game thread with actual points about football.. Im just here for the jokes

Rob0729 said:

This may be Belichick's best year of additions if you count the in-season pick ups. LaFell and Revis were beasts today. Browner was solid for the most part. Ayers, Casillis, Blount, Wright, and Branch all made significant impacts today.

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No kidding. Revis, Browner, Lafell, Wright, Ayers, Casillas, Branch, Blount. That's just unreal. 2 guys who revolutionize our defense, 2 guys who significantly diversity our offense, and 4 guys who provide tremendous depth and versatility. The Pats have added those last 4 players in mid-season alone. It's amazing how much people were whining earlier this season about "not having enough weapons" and "not keeping pace with Denver" in terms of personnel.

mayoclinic said:

No kidding. Revis, Browner, Lafell, Wright, Ayers, Casillas, Branch, Blount. That's just unreal. 2 guys who revolutionize our defense, 2 guys who significantly diversity our offense, and 4 guys who provide tremendous depth and versatility. The Pats have added those last 4 players in mid-season alone. It's amazing how much people were whining earlier this season about "not having enough weapons" and "not keeping pace with Denver" in terms of personnel.

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On a note about that, people who listen to Felger and Mazz will remember how they pointed out on a daily basis how the Broncos were all in and the Pats screwed the season by not doing it. They haven't compared the Pats and Broncos for the last three to four weeks for some reason.

Danger Zone said:

You were putting up a post game thread with actual points about football.. Im just here for the jokes

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I want to be the joke guy too. I just pulled the points out of my butt just to use the thread title.

Rob0729 said:

On a note about that, people who listen to Felger and Mazz will remember how they pointed out on a daily basis how the Broncos were all in and the Pats screwed the season by not doing it. They haven't compared the Pats and Broncos for the last three to four weeks for some reason.

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I think this is the closest BB has been in his career to having the kind of personnel on both sides of the ball to do the things he wants to do. Mix things up game by game, and have the personnel that allows him to always game plan to create an advantage.

patchick said:

It's never easy heading into the Emerald City.

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It's pretty simple follow the yellow head road.