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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.There is no excuse for them not to, it would set up the perfect rematch against the only AFC contender we have not defeated.
Yep. Today is Thursday!
Just thought it was funny how THEY need to improve, but WE have beaten all the contenders.
“One of the things we try to do is in the offseason, when we know we have a short week, we really try to make sure that we put a little bit of extra time into those teams in the offseason,” said Belichick. “We start the process with the team, that we can have everything that we can get already from last year in the offseason, thoughts in talking to other coaches and so forth that you can get done ahead of time as much as you can. You know you are crammed for time on a short week. Next week in Detroit will be a real good example of that.
“When you look at your schedule at the beginning of the season, you have as much information as you can and you have three of four of those [short weeks]. And you try to make sure to do that work, so that when you get to those games you have as much information as you can. You still have a lot to do.”
Q: How do you manage the short week now since you play Detroit on Thursday?
BB: Yeah, it's tough. We've got to go quick. Tomorrow is going to be a scouting report and get going on Detroit day. And Tuesday it will be a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday combined, and Wednesday we're travelling, so we're going to have to cram a lot in here and do a good job on preparing for the Lions. They've got a lot of stuff to get ready for. [They're] a real explosive team offensively, so we've got our work cut out for us on the preparation for that. That's the way it is. With every long week comes a short week; with every short week comes a long week, so it all balances out in the end. But that will be a big challenge, preparation challenge for us this week.
On thing about the travel, too: It's a long distance, but not a time-zone change. That's a bit of an upside, imo.
I think it is a huge concern. There's less than 100 hours from the last kneel down of yesterday's game to kickoff against the Lions. Playing on the road after an extra short week is going to be tough. As noted elsewhere the Pats already put together their scouting and much of their game plan previously, but it has to be tough to rebound physically this quickly. And after back-to-back games against the Steelers and Colts, it will be difficult to get mentally and emotionally ready as well - despite what happened at Cleveland.I wonder what edge the Lions have with having to go through these short week fire drills every year? It's probably less of a big deal now that Thursday night football is a regular event. Anyone have any thought on this?