Lundblad: What's gone wrong the past 3 playoff games for Pats
 

What's gone wrong for New England Patriots in past three playoff games? - ESPN Boston

Intelligent, well-thought out article backed by stats.

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These statements are backed by solid statistics. These are very troubling traits.

Re: Lundblad: What's gone wrong the past 3 playoff games for Pats
 

O-line not doing it's job.


Lack of a bone-fide, respected running game.

Inability to consistently stop teams on 3rd down for both the run & pass.

The reasons are there. Need to look harder at them.

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That's technically true, but one of them in particular is a bit misleading: looking at Q1 passer rating. Much of that is based on the horrific Q1 against the Ratbirds, which was perhaps the worst quarter Brady's ever had, with Moss and effectively (?) in the passing game. [Yes, Edelman played well, but he was still a question mark at that point.]

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His 1st Q vs NYJ and NYG were not that great either. If you want to go deeper, he was brutal in the AFCCG vs SD. By my count, that is 4 sub-standard playoff games in a row by TB. With that said, as I stated in my earlier post not 100% his fault.

Widespread system, personnel and tactical errors abound. :mad:

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Losing the battle in the trenches is a recipe for losing in the playoffs

The Pats DL and OL have been the opponents Bit(hes the past 3 playoff games and you see the result.

A highly regarded RG is absolutely critical this offseason,just one of many weaknesses to be upgraded.

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What was wrong with Vollmer?

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I meant RG...Although Vollmer can play anywhere on the line

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The lack of adjustments is the most troubling if true.

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I wouldn't call the first two drives a slow start. He's a statistician? what stats was he using?

Besides 2 sacks and a 15 yard penalty in our favor, this was the "slow start" - our first two drives.

Sure, taking games we lost and saying the other team scored too much and we scored too little will fill up a column, but i don't know how significant it is.

You'll get more pressure and less rhythm when you blow points on two long drives. OK. It's called circular logic.

Is someone arguing we were trying to score less in the first quarter those games? Any Pats fan knows our current squad was based on TFB putting up some points so our D could play a certain way.