Translation: That was the most predictable gameplan I've ever seen.
I don't think it was great playcalling on any level, but I also think that the whole 'poor playcalling' thing is getting to be a bit overblown too.
There's a reason for everything, and the possibility exists that they were doing what they thought worked best for that specific opponent, not to mention looking a bit ahead to a huge game with BAL too.
If you read Curran's miscues article, it was much more about the incredibly poor execution by the players than it was the poor playcalling in my opinion.
Just about every single offensive player had multiple mistakes on every possible level.
There's also the fact that even at the end Gostkowski should have been able to handle a FG that was barely 40+ yards out (or in 7/10 tries he should, as those are his percentages/stats from that distance) that was dead centered with no wind.
That, and the extremely poor blocking on the punt from the endzone by board extroirdanaire Nate Ebner, were the 2 biggest plays of the game.
It also didn't help that Brady's pass was tipped, thus leading to an INT, multiple balls were dropped, Gronk and his grouping of miscues on the final series (which not only removed the winning TD, but also took the penalty which changed it from having the ball spotted on the 18 yd line to the 23), Welker, Llyod, the horrible offensive line blocking, Arrington's atrocious tackling, the Hernandez injury, etc, etc....
This was more than bad playcalling, this was an absolute horrible, ridiculous effort from everyone combined, with the exception of some of the defensive players.
