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This is why we pay Brother Mayo that bloated Salary!! One of your finest, Brother!! :rocker: :singing: :rocker:
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7 ~ Meanwhile, Coach Bill II The Mad (Genius) deployed Jones & Ninkvich on 96-98% of the Snaps while the untapped and unused Talents of Bequette and Buchanon rotted on the Wharfs, and while he rapidly ran Christopher Jones and Joe Vellano into the dirt. I can't help but remember how Don Zimmer & KC Jones once destroyed Dynasties.
First it was Wilfork, then it was Ninko & Chandler Jones. Inexcusable.
They got 10 years and only one serious injury out of Vince.
That's hardly running him into the ground.
And let's face it, these people get paid big money.
They should suck it up.
It's their job.
I'm not sure if these are two signs of the same problem or two different issues.
(A) As you said, he left Bequette and Buchanan on the bench nearly full-time.
(B) OTOH, he had two untested rookies playing 90%+ of the snaps for weeks on end at DT. I don't know how much of that was hope that Kelly would be able to return, but it's rather strange that he would go two completely different routes here, even if it was out of necessity.
As you say, though: It was out of sheer necessity.
It's two halves of one problem: Lack of willingness to absorb the pain and chaos of giving substantial Snaps to Rookies, and running all too many Starters ~ Veterans or Rookies ~ right into the dirt.
Rushing Kong ~ Gronkowski, to you Earthlings ~ and Solitary Confinement Boy back and then losing them again is also part of the same problem: Failing to Work the Depth on your Roster. This begs for many Problems:
1 ~ Players's effectiveness suffers dramatically when they're relentlessly abused.
2 ~ Players's Careers shorten dramatically when they're relentlessly abused.
3 ~ When the Starter finally drops and the Reserve is thrown into the Fray, he is of course not ready, because he hasn't been trained under Live Fire. The results are usually predictably disastrous.
All 3 Factors obviously and significantly damage the Team's Championship Chances, as we've seen every Year.
I'm wondering if you haven't put your finger on the reason why the Patriots always seem to lose an inordinate number of players to injury during the season. This past year, I think only St. Louis (because of Bradford) had a higher dollar amount of contracts on injured reserve. And in either 2003 or 2004, the Patriots set a record for a Super Bowl winner for the number of different starters used over the course of the season. The large number of different players was necessitated by injuries.
As you say, though: It was out of sheer necessity.
I see it as two halves of one Issue: Lack of willingness to absorb the pain and chaos of giving substantial Snaps to Rookies, and running all too many Starters ~ Veterans or Rookies ~ right into the dirt.
As I perceive it ~ and I gather that you may have a different view, which is obviously fair ~ it all boils down to Fear of Change: He latches onto a Binky ~ preferably a Veteran ~ and he's inclined to play'm till he drops.
That's just my Perception, of course.
Rushing Kong ~ Gronkowski, to you Earthlings ~ and Solitary Confinement Boy back and then losing them again is also part of the same Issue: Failing to Work the Depth on your Roster. This begs for many Problems:
1 ~ Players's effectiveness suffers dramatically when they're relentlessly abused.
2 ~ Players's Careers shorten dramatically when they're relentlessly abused.
3 ~ When the Starter finally drops and the Reserve is thrown into the Fray, he is of course not ready, because he hasn't been trained under Live Fire. The results are usually predictably disastrous.
All 3 Factors obviously and significantly damage the Team's Championship Chances, as we've seen every Year.
I'm wondering if you haven't put your finger on the reason why the Patriots always seem to lose an inordinate number of players to injury during the season.
This past year, I think only St. Louis (because of Bradford) had a higher dollar amount of contracts on injured reserve.
And in either 2003 or 2004, the Patriots set a record for a Super Bowl winner for the number of different starters used over the course of the season. The large number of different players was necessitated by injuries.
First and foremost, the offensive line is going to have to be better this year.
It always seems to be the interior that gives up the back breaking sacks/hurries come the playoffs - we need a dominant centre/guard combo - not just JAGs coached up by a great offensive line coach.
Here's a tale of two DTs.
Player A: 792 snaps, 21 total pressures on the QB, 18 defensive stops
Player B: 672 snaps, 18 total pressures on the QB, 27 defensive stops
If everything else was equal and you were only allowed to keep one, which would you choose?
By the by, player A was Chris Jones, player B was Joe Vellano.
I would choose Jones since I already see him as a Mike Wright type penetrator in the defense rotation who could really benefit from a full training camp.
He had 3 more "penetrations" than Vellano in 120 more snaps. I don't think it's cut and dried that Jones is better than Vellano at all.
He had 3 more "penetrations" than Vellano in 120 more snaps. I don't think it's cut and dried that Jones is better than Vellano at all.
To be fair, though, a decent percentage of Vellano's snaps came opposite Wilfork/Kelly, while Jones rarely if ever had that luxury.