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2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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Great post patfanken, as usual!
Its nice to read a Patriots fan who has sense of guarded optimism, rather than those who can't pay the team a compliment without a glass-half-full attitude.
I also believe that the depth in this teams is stunning this year - so many options - and just because Bryant didn't work out last year it doesn't mean that bears any relation to this years crop.
Some expect all-pro production across the board - the ridiculous criticism of the O-line on the back of one poor game at the Superbowl (where the co-ordinators have to take some heat for sticking stubbornly to the game plan in a Martz-esque fashion).
This is an O-line that made some games in 2007 look ridiculously unfair with the amount of time they gave Brady to throw out of formations when the opposition knew they would pass.
I have a great deal of optimism regarding this years team - I think we'll find a little more balance with the offensive playcalling.
The LBers just have to be 'okay' for this team to be a serious player in the post season.
Its nice to read a Patriots fan who has sense of guarded optimism, rather than those who can't pay the team a compliment without a glass-half-full attitude.
I also believe that the depth in this teams is stunning this year - so many options - and just because Bryant didn't work out last year it doesn't mean that bears any relation to this years crop.
Some expect all-pro production across the board - the ridiculous criticism of the O-line on the back of one poor game at the Superbowl (where the co-ordinators have to take some heat for sticking stubbornly to the game plan in a Martz-esque fashion).
This is an O-line that made some games in 2007 look ridiculously unfair with the amount of time they gave Brady to throw out of formations when the opposition knew they would pass.
I have a great deal of optimism regarding this years team - I think we'll find a little more balance with the offensive playcalling.
The LBers just have to be 'okay' for this team to be a serious player in the post season.