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I will get the good out of the way because there really isn't much:
- LaFell had a good game. Yes, his two big plays were in garbage time, but at least he is getting more up to speed on the offense.
- The o-line still sucked at times, but it was worlds better than the last few weeks. Flemming needs to get better and Solder still is having difficulties. Still not nearly good enough, but better than previous weeks. Stork played well all game though.
- Slater is a special teams stud.
- I gotta say it was a nice debut in garbage time for both Garoppolo and James White. Yeah, I know that it was garbage time against a defense that might have taken the foot off the gas, but they played well none the less. Jimmy G played like we would expect Brady to play - smart decisions and good decisive throws. I am encouraged that he could be the Brady replacement in a few years.
- This game was lost before either team took the field. The game plans were horrendous on both sides of the ball. You run a three receiver set as your base and only dress 3 WRs? The Pats start with aggressive defense and quickly go to a lot of soft zone and off man.
- The Pats need to dress Thompkins and Dobson. Even after the good night by LaFell, they still may be the best WRs Brady has other than Edelman. As I said with them running a lot of three receiver, one back sets they were much more needed than either Bolden or White.
- I thought this was the game where Gronk was supposed to get a lot more playing time. He spent a lot of time early on the sidelines where he could have at least been a decoy.
- There is something off about Brady. His head is not in the game. He is making bad decisions. He has no confidence in the players around him. He is shell shocked. He was absolutely awful. He deserved to be benched. And no Jimmy G is not ready to take over for Brady and let's stop this talk before it starts.
- Vereen is playing scared. The guy is afraid to fight for extra yards. On a second and three, he stops dead in his tracks where if he could have easily ran through the defender to pick up the first. He did this a lot tonight.
- The Pats need to let Revis be Revis. He is good CB in this defense, but he could be elite if used correctly. I complained that they had him playing ten yards off Wallace in week one and the response was "You don't play press man against a speed receiver like Wallace". But why was he doing the same thing tonight against Dwayne Bowe? You need to play 10 yards off the line and in zone against a big receiver like Bowe?
- Ok, whoever the equipment manager is, they need to be fired. Why were the Pats' defenders falling down on every play? Why weren't the Chiefs' players falling down?
- Chandler Jones started like a stud and became a huge dud after the first drive. He did a crappy job setting the edge and disappeared after the strong start. I don't know why he doesn't draw more blatant holding penalties against him though.
- This loss falls right at the feet at Belichick. The players played like crap, but the coaching staff set them up for failure. Not excuse to play that bad, but it is the coach's job to put his team in the best position to win and they didn't do anything to remotely do that.
- This is arguably the worst game Brady/Belichick era. May not be the most costly or the worst loss, but the game where the Pats were so bad in every phase of the game and totally out classed the most. Worse than the 31-0 beat down by the Bills in week one of 2003.
