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Collins played 20 snaps and is recovering from an injury severe enough to keep him out last week. Funny but stupid.
The race is on. Easley vs. Collins...who makes his first play of the year?
Don't feed the trollOne of them already has an INT, no?
I think the DTs as a group are ahead of the LBs right now in total INT count ...
One of them already has an INT, no?
I think the DTs as a group are ahead of the LBs right now in total INT count ...
Collins made some plays vs Miami.The race is on. Easley vs. Collins...who makes his first play of the year?
Hightower has been very good though.
Collins made some plays vs Miami.
The DEFENSE has looked very good indeed. Unfortunately, they are untested. They will play many, many stronger teams that what we've seen. That being said, the defense is greatly improved over last year, and could be a top 5 defense. We do lack depth at DE and LB, but there are no glaring weaknesses.
The OFFENSE has looked surprising poor (certainly not playoff quality), compared to what we expected and compared to last year. They have a long way to go. The passing game has gotten little out of Amendola, Dobson and Thompkins. Today, LaFell produced about what we should expect, 2-4 catches a game. Obviously, we are getting more out of the TE position than last year. We have little depth at RB. Bolden seems awful except on Special Teams. We lack depth at RB and TE. Unfortunately, we currently have weakness across the OL and at WR. And yes, the offense is out of sync (Brady, the OL and receivers).
My BOTTOM LINE is that my prediction is still the same as always: a division win (or tie for the division), a place in the playoffs and 11-5. However, I must say that the team that I have seen so far may not make the playoffs. THEREFORE, I expect major improvements over the coming weeks. There is enough talent in players, coaches and ownership to make that happen.
I have learned to always focus on the next game and on the division. We are have enough talent to win both.
Anybody remember Week 2 in 2012 against Arizona? All hell broke loose because the o-line was going to get Brady killed and the Patriots would never win again. Actually, this happens every year
You can always tell it's September at patsfans.com because some idiot starts a thread like this one.
Refer to Mayoclinic's post of recent history (post #11) and that tells the story.
A better utilization of time would be spent reviewing Oakland's Week One game in Indy last year. Give Allen credit for a good game plan that slowed the game and limited possessions. The Raider's did this last year against the Colts and lost a close one 21-17.
A couple of points:
Anybody remember Week 2 in 2012 against Arizona? All hell broke loose because the o-line was going to get Brady killed and the Patriots would never win again. Actually, this happens every year
The pace of the offense needs to improve. In a game of 9 possessions, every problem gets magnified. Once the offense picked up the pace starting drive 3, the offense scored on 4 of 7 drives.
ESPN had an interesting stat today showing the lowest yards per attempt by Manning was last year in Foxboro. Yet somehow this much better defense gets questioned about facing an elite QB in Manning.
Thank you for the worst analysis so far this year.
I indicated that we have a lack of depth at LB and DE. I suggested that CURRENTLY we have weaknesses at OL and WR. Actually, I expected a "duh" and a question of why I bothered to state the obvious. Posts like yours showed the need.
Your response was to look at games in 2012 and 2013. Perhaps those game demonstrate 204 depth at DE and LB. Perhaps those games suggest that there ar CURRENTLY no weaknesses at OL and WR. Or perhaps, just perhaps, games in 2012 are not relevant to how well our current team played on Sunday.
Annual Patsfans complaints about this pathetic perennial 12-4 or better team include:
- The OL will get Brady killed
- The secondary is a sieve
- There is no pass rush
- The defense plays too soft
- Brady isn't spreading the ball around enough
- We don't run the ball enough
- [substitute the coordinator of your choice] is incompetent
- BB sucks as a GM
You can pretty much count on these being paraded every year. We've already heard most of them this year, and it's only week 4.