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This will have to be an abbreviated version. My charger died and I just have until the battery dies on this very old laptop. So lets get started.
1. There is much more to dislike than like to this game. I haven't read any posts, but so far no one on TV is taking about a broken leg for Edelman. More like a kind of injury that Bryant had, and if that's the truth, he would be back by the playoffs. For me, I would have rather have lost the game if it meant we would have gotten out of there healthy.
2. Sheard was back, yet our pass rush really wasn't as good as it has been all year. There were a couple of good individual efforts by Jones and Ninko, but there wasn't nearly the constant pressure we've come to expect. Manning enjoyed much more comfortably time than Brady.... even on some blitzes
3. This was Devin McCourty's worst game of the season. He did his best Brandon Merriweather imitation on the Beckham TD, and he didn't to a great job when he was in coverage on some Giant TE's.
4. He threw for over 330 yds, and added 2 more TD passes, but I think this might have been Brady's worst game of the season as well. That pick on the GL was all on Brady. He had Lafell open and threw it behind him. An accurate pass would have been an easy TD. But that wasn't the only passes he missed.
We had a number of WR's who were open deep that Brady missed or didn't maximize the situation. A better throw and Lafell would have had a TD rather than just a catch off a deflection. On the pass that should have ended the game, he had Lafell or Dobson (I'm not sure which) open by about 3 strides.
I'm not the only one who wasn't fully happy with Tom's effort tonight. If you watch his presser, you could tell Tom wasn't too happy with himself either. Disclaimer - saying Tom had a bad night is relative to what we've seen from him this season, and not to the rest of the league. By anyone else's comparison, Tom had a decent to good game. My complaint is that it wasn't what we've come to expect....... So I guess I've joined the spoiled nation.
5. This defense really misses Jamie Collins. Freeney isn't the answer out there. Way too often he was very late getting into coverage on TE's and RBs in the passing game. We will see an immediate uptick in the defense when Collins gets back.
6. Well since I'm on a roll, let me include LaGarrett Blount. He had 66 hard earned yards, and there wasn't much in the way of big holes on the LOS, but too often he wasn't falling forward for that extra 2 yards. Bottom line, the 80 yards the Pats managed in the rushing game, was a far cry from the over 200 the Giants gave up the week before.
7. The OL could be added to this rant of negativity, but they have to be given a pass. Christ Stork should be given a medal for playing OT for the first time since HS. It wasn't always perfect, but the effort was there. I assume if they were forced to keep playing, it would get better over time.....but I hope we don't have to wait until it happens. The DL's we face over the next 2 week will be MUCH better.
We need Volmer and Cannon back, badly. Too often Gronk was forced to stay in and block, on downs he needed to be out in the pattern. When his isn't in the pattern, there are 2 extra coverage men who are available to cover other receivers.
David Andrews either had an off night, or he was exposed for his physical limitations tonight, and his holding call cost us 7 points. BTW, imho, it wasn't a hold.....it was a TACKLE.
8. James White - All week long we kept hearing what a great week of practice White had, but when we get to the game he was pretty much invisible. I caught a few plays when he had to pass block, and while he was willing, he was often getting pushed back in Brady's face.
OK I can't go on, I'm only getting myself depressed, we DID win the game. Here are some positive notes
9. Malcolm Butler IS a beast. He continues to get better every week. Take away the yards that McCourty allowed, one of the best WR's in the game was held to under 35 yds. That's a HUGE effort, topped off by his save in the end zone. I also though Ryan and Coleman did pretty well. There were completions of course, but for the most part coverage was tight and Eli threw some beautiful passes against them.
9. The DL did a decent job on the run, but didn't provide much push up the middle tonight.
10. Danny Amendola, Gotskowski and Gronk - need I say more.
11. Special teams continue to be superb and we didn't lose anymore offensive lineman
General stuff
12. I think I can see a continual pattern on how teams are going to attack the Pats defense. Eli took a page out of the Joe Flaco book of chuck it downfield and let your receiver fight for the ball or hope for the flag. It was pretty successful, likely will be copied. The fact is the Pats have vertically challenged QB's and teams with big wide outs are going to test them this way, and hope for the best. If the league isn't careful that is what the passing game will devolve to. We see this kind of play more and more. QB's don't care whether their receivers are covered or not, the rules are rewarding teams who throw into good single coverage with the likelihood that if the big receiver doesn't come down with it they will get a flag.
13. Giant's fans are going to ***** long and hard about the officiating this game, yet they will ignore the fact that Pats were penalized for 97 yds in penalties while they only were penalized for 49. Most of their 2nd half points came directly from 3 PI calls in the 3rd quarter. 2 of which were more than marginal. Also the call on the Beckham play was the right one.
OK I have more, but my juice is almost gone. the batteries on these old laptops don't last long. So feel free to fill in with some more thought and topics. I know there were an awful lot of interesting game this week around the league. Meanwhile let's hope we start to see some players coming back and we get good news on Julian
1. There is much more to dislike than like to this game. I haven't read any posts, but so far no one on TV is taking about a broken leg for Edelman. More like a kind of injury that Bryant had, and if that's the truth, he would be back by the playoffs. For me, I would have rather have lost the game if it meant we would have gotten out of there healthy.
2. Sheard was back, yet our pass rush really wasn't as good as it has been all year. There were a couple of good individual efforts by Jones and Ninko, but there wasn't nearly the constant pressure we've come to expect. Manning enjoyed much more comfortably time than Brady.... even on some blitzes
3. This was Devin McCourty's worst game of the season. He did his best Brandon Merriweather imitation on the Beckham TD, and he didn't to a great job when he was in coverage on some Giant TE's.
4. He threw for over 330 yds, and added 2 more TD passes, but I think this might have been Brady's worst game of the season as well. That pick on the GL was all on Brady. He had Lafell open and threw it behind him. An accurate pass would have been an easy TD. But that wasn't the only passes he missed.
We had a number of WR's who were open deep that Brady missed or didn't maximize the situation. A better throw and Lafell would have had a TD rather than just a catch off a deflection. On the pass that should have ended the game, he had Lafell or Dobson (I'm not sure which) open by about 3 strides.
I'm not the only one who wasn't fully happy with Tom's effort tonight. If you watch his presser, you could tell Tom wasn't too happy with himself either. Disclaimer - saying Tom had a bad night is relative to what we've seen from him this season, and not to the rest of the league. By anyone else's comparison, Tom had a decent to good game. My complaint is that it wasn't what we've come to expect....... So I guess I've joined the spoiled nation.
5. This defense really misses Jamie Collins. Freeney isn't the answer out there. Way too often he was very late getting into coverage on TE's and RBs in the passing game. We will see an immediate uptick in the defense when Collins gets back.
6. Well since I'm on a roll, let me include LaGarrett Blount. He had 66 hard earned yards, and there wasn't much in the way of big holes on the LOS, but too often he wasn't falling forward for that extra 2 yards. Bottom line, the 80 yards the Pats managed in the rushing game, was a far cry from the over 200 the Giants gave up the week before.
7. The OL could be added to this rant of negativity, but they have to be given a pass. Christ Stork should be given a medal for playing OT for the first time since HS. It wasn't always perfect, but the effort was there. I assume if they were forced to keep playing, it would get better over time.....but I hope we don't have to wait until it happens. The DL's we face over the next 2 week will be MUCH better.
We need Volmer and Cannon back, badly. Too often Gronk was forced to stay in and block, on downs he needed to be out in the pattern. When his isn't in the pattern, there are 2 extra coverage men who are available to cover other receivers.
David Andrews either had an off night, or he was exposed for his physical limitations tonight, and his holding call cost us 7 points. BTW, imho, it wasn't a hold.....it was a TACKLE.
8. James White - All week long we kept hearing what a great week of practice White had, but when we get to the game he was pretty much invisible. I caught a few plays when he had to pass block, and while he was willing, he was often getting pushed back in Brady's face.
OK I can't go on, I'm only getting myself depressed, we DID win the game. Here are some positive notes
9. Malcolm Butler IS a beast. He continues to get better every week. Take away the yards that McCourty allowed, one of the best WR's in the game was held to under 35 yds. That's a HUGE effort, topped off by his save in the end zone. I also though Ryan and Coleman did pretty well. There were completions of course, but for the most part coverage was tight and Eli threw some beautiful passes against them.
9. The DL did a decent job on the run, but didn't provide much push up the middle tonight.
10. Danny Amendola, Gotskowski and Gronk - need I say more.
11. Special teams continue to be superb and we didn't lose anymore offensive lineman
General stuff
12. I think I can see a continual pattern on how teams are going to attack the Pats defense. Eli took a page out of the Joe Flaco book of chuck it downfield and let your receiver fight for the ball or hope for the flag. It was pretty successful, likely will be copied. The fact is the Pats have vertically challenged QB's and teams with big wide outs are going to test them this way, and hope for the best. If the league isn't careful that is what the passing game will devolve to. We see this kind of play more and more. QB's don't care whether their receivers are covered or not, the rules are rewarding teams who throw into good single coverage with the likelihood that if the big receiver doesn't come down with it they will get a flag.
13. Giant's fans are going to ***** long and hard about the officiating this game, yet they will ignore the fact that Pats were penalized for 97 yds in penalties while they only were penalized for 49. Most of their 2nd half points came directly from 3 PI calls in the 3rd quarter. 2 of which were more than marginal. Also the call on the Beckham play was the right one.
OK I have more, but my juice is almost gone. the batteries on these old laptops don't last long. So feel free to fill in with some more thought and topics. I know there were an awful lot of interesting game this week around the league. Meanwhile let's hope we start to see some players coming back and we get good news on Julian