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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.Can we please stop this bull. In the short week they had the second worst case scenario happen in losing Mayo. Losing any other player other than Brady would have been better. See how they do this week before crucifying them. You think the Patriots would have been able to move down the field at will against whatever team has the 32nd rated pass defense if TB12 was out? Why are we expecting the team to be able to magically continue chugging along when we lost the guy that calls the defensive plays 4 days prior to the match up. Last year Hightower said that while he knew that he would call plays when Mayo is not there, he was not expected to know how to change plays initially.
However, my guess is that you will not read any of the above, and continue in the campaign of "our defense sucks!!?!" and nothing anyone says will ever change your mind. Therefore, carry on.
Can we please stop this bull. In the short week they had the second worst case scenario happen in losing Mayo. Losing any other player other than Brady would have been better. See how they do this week before crucifying them. You think the Patriots would have been able to move down the field at will against whatever team has the 32nd rated pass defense if TB12 was out? Why are we expecting the team to be able to magically continue chugging along when we lost the guy that calls the defensive plays 4 days prior to the match up. Last year Hightower said that while he knew that he would call plays when Mayo is not there, he was not expected to know how to change plays initially.
However, my guess is that you will not read any of the above, and continue in the campaign of "our defense sucks!!?!" and nothing anyone says will ever change your mind. Therefore, carry on.
Personally I would use Browner on J Thomas, Revis on D Thomas, Denard on Sanders, Arrington on Welker.
which is why I said i am cautiously optimistic. i never said the D sucks. In fact I think they can it around, BUT let's not kid ourselves...they played poorly against Miami, KC and the Jets. That might not be relevant two months from now, but it is now. It sounds like you are making a ton of excuses.
We will see about that.Yes. It's certainly better than our defense is this year.
And now the pot is calling the kettle black. You should heed your own words in your previous post. But my "****ty choice of words" isn't what prompted your original response to me. It can't be because my choice of words were absolutely apt when it comes to the defensive gameplan against the Jets. I have a feeling it was something else that I posted in another thread because, otherwise, this is way too random and you're reaching way too much. So, pray tell, what was it that prompted you to engage me in a pissing contest unprovoked?
Can we please stop this bull. In the short week they had the second worst case scenario happen in losing Mayo. Losing any other player other than Brady would have been better. See how they do this week before crucifying them. You think the Patriots would have been able to move down the field at will against whatever team has the 32nd rated pass defense if TB12 was out? Why are we expecting the team to be able to magically continue chugging along when we lost the guy that calls the defensive plays 4 days prior to the match up. Last year Hightower said that while he knew that he would call plays when Mayo is not there, he was not expected to know how to change plays initially.
However, my guess is that you will not read any of the above, and continue in the campaign of "our defense sucks!!?!" and nothing anyone says will ever change your mind. Therefore, carry on.
Since when is DT too fast for browner? He looks pretty pedestrian to me. Put revis on Sanders and let browner get up in DT's brown eye for 5 yards to throw off 5heads timing. The pats aren't losing at home next week.. especially vs the denver mannings.
Personally I would use Browner on J Thomas, Revis on D Thomas, Denard on Sanders, Arrington on Welker.
I'm not sure Miami and KC are all the relevant at this point. Clearly something was ailing the team that they appear to have gotten past. And even the Jets aren't all that predictive, considering the team won't play another game on the heels of losing their signal caller with only three days to game plan and recuperate.
More evidence is needed before drawing any predictive conclusions.
Yeah, but not Browner and McCourty. McCourty has the range and Browner can re-route him at the LOS. I think he'd still get his catches, but I don't think he'd dominate. Revis would completely lock down Sanders. He would be a ghost. The Broncos would have to beat us with Welker and Julius Thomas through the air. Still two very tough match-ups but they aren't lethal like Sanders and Thomas.DT is pedestrian? 4.38 is fast...Megatron is 4.35 and Julio Jones is 4.39.... would blow the doors off of Browner.
How much safety help are you expecting with Arrington? I think that match-up would easily favor Denver.Let's mix it up:
Revis on D. Thomas
Arrington on Sanders
Dennard on Welker
Collins on J. Thomas
Browner on Hillman
How much safety help are you expecting with Arrington? I think that match-up would easily favor Denver.
Let's mix it up:
Revis on D. Thomas
Arrington on Sanders
Dennard on Welker
Collins on J. Thomas
Browner on Hillman
How much safety help are you expecting with Arrington? I think that match-up would easily favor Denver.
Speed does absolutely nothing if you can't beat press coverage.DT is pedestrian? 4.38 is fast...Megatron is 4.35 and Julio Jones is 4.39.... would blow the doors off of Browner.
Or they haven't played RBs even close to Charles/Moreno. The closest one to them just went over 100 yards as well, but it was a "short week" as many say here, which apparently gives them the pass.
Either way, Forte is soon, let's see how they handle him.