upstater1
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Give us a break, We just lost a game. It's how fans grieve, no matter how bad we talk about our team, at the end of the day we will still support them. We just need to release some steam(especially the first couple of days after a lost). It's not that we are chicken little , band wagon fans...It's just that we need to vent out some frustrations and sometimes in doing so we might post a few things that may seem like we have no faith and the sky is falling.
Besides this is a message board, We are suppose to express how we feel with our thoughts. Whether or not It's rational thinking. I can bet you after a person has shared his thoughts in here,he or she feels way better. Bring on the Chicken Littles!
Give us a break, We just lost a game. It's how fans grieve, no matter how bad we talk about our team, at the end of the day we will still support them. We just need to release some steam(especially the first couple of days after a lost). It's not that we are chicken little , band wagon fans...It's just that we need to vent out some frustrations and sometimes in doing so we might post a few things that may seem like we have no faith and the sky is falling.
Besides this is a message board, We are suppose to express how we feel with our thoughts. Whether or not It's rational thinking. I can bet you after a person has shared his thoughts in here,he or she feels way better. Bring on the Chicken Littles!
It's just tiring to read on a Tuesday.
The game was a few days ago.
When does your steam blow off?
I'll say this. It was worse last year at this point with the Cassel doubters.
Jumping ship after one loss is one thing. Remaining blind to areas which need to be addressed are another.
I'm fine with having a down game. I haven't said one word against Tom Brady, or, frankly, against any of the players. I like our personnel. I still think we have the players to be a SB contender.
BUT I've been saying all pre-season that we need a more balanced offense, and I don't like average 50 passes/game. I don't believe that will be a useful recipe for us. AND I've been saying since the end of last season that we need a less passive defensive approach. The coaches call the plays and implement the schemes, not the players.
We should still make the playoffs. Heck, I think we can still finish 14-2 if we change some things and make the right adjustments. But we have some work to do if we want to be a legitimate SB contender. If saying that is "disloyal", embarrassing, and causes you to jump ship, then so be it.
I'm not saying analysis is wrong. I am saying the overreaction of negatvity is. There are posts ripping basically everything about this team. The general tone is that we are a long shot to contend this season. There are tons of posts with people actually trying to suggest that they could sit down with BB and tell him what he is wrong about.
I'd be fine with that if we had a history of failure or mediocrity. We dont.
It's just tiring to read on a Tuesday.
The game was a few days ago.
When does your steam blow off?
The OL is what the OL has been. In fact it is clearly better than in some of the very successful seasons. Somewhere (I dont remember where, NFLN I think) it was stated that Brady has HIT SEVEN TIMES. In 47 passes that is not a bad job, especially when 23 of them had 6 r more rushers. However, for some reason fans seem to be happier if they can find a place to blame a loss on, and ecstatic if they can project that blame into season long doom. I do not understand why.
The problem in that game was not what happened before Brady released the ball, it was what happened as and after he did. That was simply not the typical Tom Brady. He has dealt with being 'rushed' and being hit more than 7 times in a game, and torched teams. In tbis game too many of his throws did not go where he wanted them, or with the zip he wanted, because he absolutely was not stepping in to his throws.
If the 'real' Tom Brady was out there, we win that game by 2 TDs or more.
I am perfectly comfortable saying that we need Brady to play like Brady to win that game. I am 100% confident that when the games are for hats and tshirts, that real Brady will be out there, and these overreactions will look silly.
As far as the pass rush, it has been better than last year, and last years was average by NFL standards.
I really dont care what the name of the guy is who is hitting the QB.
Sorry for interupting though, please return to making posts about how many things BB does wrong, and how you know better than he does. Whats next, offensive play calling, or defensive philosophy? Surely with his track record you have a lot to teach him.
...And I doubt the Jets are just going to run away from the rest of the division. I like our chances as well as anyone's if we make adjustments and play up to the capability of our personnel. If not, we have no one to blame but ourselves.
Did you see their schedule? No Ravens or Steelers, although they face the Titans next (and Colts towards the end).
If they continue this kind of a focused performance with a dominant D, they have a great chance of going 13-3 or better. And if Brady doesn't get his groove soon, it is going to be a long season for us and so, yes, Jesters have a very good chance of running away from the rest of the AFCE.
Sure they have a chance. And if we don't get our act together we shouldn't be worrying about what they do. But it's a long season, as last year showed. I expect Kris Jenkin's back to slow him, and injuries are a fact of life in the NFL. The Jets don't have the greatest depth in the world. Plus, they were exceptionally keyed up for this game, and may well come down to earth. It's possible they will be dominant, but by no means certain.
Until this team shows domination from the first quarter to the last quarter you will have many doubters of who and what this team is.
Still the homers insist that anyone who points this stuff out is just insane or an embarrassment. What's embarrassing is the homers who can't just admit the obvious. This isn't a "______ is playing fine, but the pass was late, the hole wasn't there, he was held" situation. This is a "they're failing on pretty much every level, and denying that doesn't make it go away" situation.
As I explained it isnt a matter of assessing the game, its the bs that goes with it.
A true die hard fan community would not dance on the grave of one loss.
Read the board. And ignore everything you knew about this team before you did.
You would conclude that BB is a doddering idiot who doesn't know anything about football, our team has no talent, Brady lost 'it' in the surgery, and we have been a medicore at best team for a long time.
At some point 'fair and balanced' incudes giving the benefit of the doubt in not blowing one game out of proprtion, but lynch mobs never are fair and balanced are they.