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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.I agree with the first three. Not sure about #4. What is the reasoning for limiting Wes as first read? Too Predictable?1) Hve Brady under center on all but 3rd and long.
2) Involve the running backs and tight ends in the passing game, expecting at least 8 players to have signifcant receptions.
3) Add more screens.
4) Limit the use of Welker as the first read.
i agree with all but the screens comment
how many more screens do u want? we threw so many today
Despite the numbers, I am absolutely certain Brady is off his game mentally this season. Whether or not that is owing to his knee rehabilitation or what I don't know, but combine that with some shoddy offensive line play I don't see him progressing through his reads as much as what he used too. (Well from as much as a television screen can show you anyway)
thought at the beginning of the game yesterday, they were being innovative...i.e. running out of the shotgun, and it looked successful..
But then it descended into same old, same old..
BTW need to find another punt returner, Welker is taking a beating... give up 2-3 yards of punt returns, to help him stay healthy...
They've been running out of the shotgun for awhile now. Nothing new about it.
New England Patriots at 9:12
1-10-NE 36 (9:12) S.Morris right end to NE 40 for 4 yards (C.Crowder, K.Langford).
2-6-NE 40 (8:33) M.LeVoir reported in as eligible. T.Brady pass incomplete deep right to S.Aiken.
3-6-NE 40 (8:23) K.Faulk right guard to NE 40 for no gain (R.Starks).
4-6-NE 40 (7:46) C.Hanson punts 48 yards to MIA 12, Center-J.Ingram. D.Bess to MIA 24 for 12 yards (E.Alexander).
New England Patriots at 4:44
1-10-NE 40 (4:44) L.Maroney left end to NE 39 for -1 yards (R.Starks).
2-11-NE 39 (4:06) T.Brady pass incomplete short middle to W.Welker (C.Crowder).
Timeout #1 by NE at 04:01.
3-11-NE 39 (4:01) (Shotgun) T.Brady pass incomplete deep middle to W.Welker.
4-11-NE 39 (3:55) C.Hanson punts 42 yards to MIA 19, Center-J.Ingram. D.Bess to MIA 26 for 7 yards (K.Arrington).
New England Patriots at 1:02, (1st play from scrimmage 0:57)
1-10-NE 22 57) (Shotgun) T.Brady pass short left to S.Morris ran ob at NE 33 for 11 yards. P18
1-10-NE 33 50) (No Huddle, Shotgun) T.Brady pass incomplete deep right to S.Aiken (S.Smith).
2-10-NE 33 42) (No Huddle, Shotgun) T.Brady pass short middle INTERCEPTED by C.Crowder [C.Wake] at NE 40. C.Crowder to NE 38
for 2 yards.
1) Have Brady under center on all but 3rd and long.
2) Involve the running backs and tight ends in the passing game, expecting at least 8 players to have signifcant receptions.
3) Add more screens.
4) Limit the use of Welker as the first read.
I agree with the first three. Not sure about #4. What is the reasoning for limiting Wes as first read? Too Predictable?
1) Hve Brady under center on all but 3rd and long.
2) Involve the running backs and tight ends in the passing game, expecting at least 8 players to have signifcant receptions.
3) Add more screens.
4) Limit the use of Welker as the first read.
Yeah, good point. I wonder if it's just that Brady trusts Wes to make plays and so he looks to him first. I just wish the rest of the offense (and the D for that matter) cared as much as Wes does. He was pissed yesterday.It is too predictable to use Welker so much, especially as a first read. Welker could still have all the catches as the occasional first read and a late read on lots of plays (as should be the case for a slot receiver).
And just BTW, it is a very strange offense where the slot receiver is the your #1 read.
So would you rather have Tom Brady get killed by the opposition's pass rush by season's end or take your chances with Laurence Maroney/Sammy Morris?The answer to this is to stick with a running game for more than 5 carries in the second half but it seems no-one wants to do it even when LoMO is running hard and Morris is back - this again I suspect is because the O-Line is so poor