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I obviously agree with those who point to the lower number of runs as an issue sometimes, but I didn't see that as much on Sunday, considering that they were down pretty early 13-0.
Had that not occurred (or the Jordy Nelson TD catch going into the half when we stormed back to make it a 16-14 deficit), then we'd likely have seen more running plays. McDaniels spoke on this during his conference call with the media yesterday.
The reality is that we were in a fine position to win had Gronkowski come down with that touchdown catch with 3 minutes to go, and were able to come back on 2 different occasions by way of the passing game.
I thought the GB game was the poster child for the way the Pats abandon the run, both early and late in games. But, if I was going to be forced to see my team pass the ball too much, it doesn't hurt to have the Pats as that team.
I thought the pass to Gronk was badly under thrown. Had it been even a decent pass Gronk probably gets the TD.
When the Pats run less they lose more. No matter what the cause, that pretty much sums it up for me.
We're on to San Diego