Pats 34, Colts 27 - 5-0 Week 6 Post-Game Thread

The other problem is that Vollmer isnt the most durable guy either. He is also 31 and will wear down quicker. Vollmer has averaged just over 10 games a year for the past 4 years.

BTW, can I just say that I absolutely LOVED the interviews given by Blount and Jones to Michele Tofoya. Neither of them would give her a straight answer about this being a "revenge" game or the team "Winning this for Tom". And both gave her Belichickian answers..

SVN said:

pagano tried to be bold but i didnt get the situations..onside kick after a pick 6. fake punt being down only 6. Being brave is good but you are conceding you have no shot unless u do all this @home . What message does it send...

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That you know you're badly outgunned and need to pull some rabbits out of hats to have any hope of winning?

DaBruinz said:

It's going to be interesting to see whether or not Fletcher, Stork, and LaFell start practicing this week.

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Well, Stork is on IR-DTR, so he isn't eligible until week 9 at the earliest, right?

Getting LaFell back soon would be great.

something i never thought which collinsworth said...nate solder is the only first rounder on our offense...how impressive is that.

Deus Irae said:

Have you been watching McCourty trying to man up in coverage at the line?

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This is my take on the secondary so far (right or wrong):

--Butler--looking about as good as expected, but nowhere near what some are suggesting. He seems raw, yet I'm impressed with his ability in man coverage. He seems to be in decent position, and I see him as progressing. Either way, he's obviously our best CB.

--Ryan--I didn't get all of the Collinsworth hype with Logan tonight, because other than the one PBU which was nice, I just think he's mainly a liability. He seems to be playing better inside, and I don't like him outside. At all.

--Coleman--I can't say that I've been able to diagnose much of Coleman, other than the plays where he seems to be close to the action, yet still allows a catch. I have noticed that he doesn't seem to be too far out of range, and I didn't see him get exposed all that often, although there certainly has been receptions that have been uncontested.

--Chung--they seem to be hiding his weaknesses in pass coverage fairly well, while utilizing his ability to come up closer to the LOS. We all know his limitations, but I have to admit that I'm rather impressed at times that he isn't being exposed like in the past.

--McCourty--still obviously the main man when it comes to range and has made some nice plays on the ball lately. That isn't meaning to say that he's always in great coverage, but his play speaks for himself, at least at the safety position. Perhaps I am missing some implied struggles when he comes up and plays closer to the LOS?

--Harmon--I've been down on Harmon in the past, but have been much higher on him since the BAL game winner this past January. I think he's continuing to progress into a fine center fielding type of safety, and there haven't been many "glaring" mistakes, which is always a great thing back there. I'd add him to the "continuing to show progress" category.

We are already seeing some new " I don't care I can't stand it" takes because the pats didn't crush the colts. Injuries really hurt today though, makes next week that much harder

jmt57 said:

In his post-game Q&A, Brady sounds identical to Belichick with his answers.

If you didn't recognize the voice and were not looking at the face, you would think this guy speaking has to be Belichick's successor as New England's head coach.

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Normally brady is more upbeat after a win. Today he sounded like we lost by 20.

rewatching this on nfln. collinsworth makes another interesting pt - that the little brother takes it more personal when the big brother is attacked more than the big brother - edelman is take it like that tonite. I kinda agree, jules was too pumped up today

Hilarious...Troy Brown

'Stupid' trick play by Colts leaves Troy Brown speechless

Bart Hubbuch ‏@BartHubbuch 1h1 hour ago
Hahaha, Pat McAfee said the Colts had been working on that fake punt play SINCE LAST YEAR. I can’t even ...

Rob0729 said:

Dungy forced to admit that the Pats pretty much dominated the game and the Colts are nowhere closer to beating the Patriots. Costas tried to use the "with a few plays here or there and the Colts might have won" but Dungy had none of it.

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Dungy's an idiot on certain things, but he's not an idiot across the board. He was, after all, a coach who had some good seasons.

what an underrated play by edelman on the 4th and 1 before the half ...

SVN said:

Rich EisenVerified account‏@richeisen
Keen to see if Brady talks to NBC after the game. He uncharacteristically ran off the field on opening night.
Jay Feely ‏@jayfeely 22m22 minutes ago
Jay Feely Retweeted Rich Eisen
After the way he was treated by the media all offseason do you blame him for not going out of his way to help them?

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Just imagine if the league office ordered him to do the interviews?

Play name: The Suicide Shift?

I am party said:

I think we caught a big time break on that one. Looked like Kline fell on top of it, but it squirted out and Moncrief gained possession. Glad they didn't overturn it though, I'll take it.

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Josh Kline is no Dan Connolly.

Still, I think it's funny, or at least a sign of the modern game, that the only two Pats with KR stats for the game were an OL and a TE.

manxman2601 said:

Yup. The refs blew that one.

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Even if that's true, it seems the Pats had bad referee luck in the rest of the game, specifically with respect to PI.

Fencer said:

Even if that's true, it seems the Pats had bad referee luck in the rest of the game, specifically with respect to PI.

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I specifically warned everyone here about this days before the game. As soon as it was made known that Goodell pulled a ref off this crew for some Goodelian reason,cloaked in secrecy. His replacement's responsibility was the secondary. Odd that constant blatant clutching, grabbing and holding occurred right before THIS ref's eyes all game yet he barely even made his presence known as a supposed "official". Goodell got what he desperately wanted...a seemingly closer, more competitive game than was thought by most of the sporting public. Truth is, if even half of the egregious holds on Gronk et al were actually called, this game is blowout city. Good job, Roger. You can come out now, Red Head Hiding Hood...your precious 3-3 Piguanos left the game holding their accusatory heads high...just like YOU when Judge Berman blasted your pathetic "case" right out of the solar system.

SVN said:

something i never thought which collinsworth said...nate solder is the only first rounder on our offense...how impressive is that.

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Nonetheless, there are 2 serious candidates for positional GOAT, and 2 more for Pro Bowl/All-Pro. (I don't think Edelman will make it -- but he's a serious candidate indeed, Welker had a lot of appearances, and Troy Brown had one too. Come to think of it, Vollmer's All-Pro chances are probably out the window too if he has to spend significant time at LT.)

Of course, 2 of those 4 guys were 2nd-rounders.

I'm getting pretty sick of the national football media crapping on Edleman after every single game where he performs better than 95% of the receivers in this league. They hate him, that much is obvious. Just watch any round table discussion with these ESPN/NFLN nobodies as they serve up gushing platitudes for receivers on every other team in the league. It's like they think if they don't mention him, Edelman will disappear.