This is the 1st time I have travelled to Miami for a game since the 2000 season. Good to see how Pats fans still show up strong down there.
Anyways after a great weekend in South Beach, I had to endure what was an agonizing game. But what struck me as the Pats main deficiency. (besides the fact that the punter is god awful, and has no business on the football field.) is that the Pats have the worst group of WRs I have ever seen.
I watched the WR closely all game, not only do they not get even a spec of seperation, but they get routinely pushed down, and knocked off their routes. Miami played preseed man coverage, most of the time with no safety help, as they were bitzing safeties all day, and these useless WRs could not get open. I mean not even a little. They could not win one matchup against a corner all day. Miami only gave safety help to the LBs covering the TEs. (by the way nice drop by Watson, when he got crushed, Tony G. amd Gates make that catch, it only hit him in the numbers).
Back to my point, there will not be one team that, will not copy Miami's gameplan, and press our useless WRs, knowing they will not get open, even with man coverage and no help, and just blitz 6 guys every play. Brady had no where to go, I mean no where. I am the 1st here to blame the QB, but he literally could not throw to an open WR. Maybe the Pats scheme was wrong and they never adjused to Miami's gameplan, but what can you adjust when the WRs are being knocked down at the line, and have no speed to get open, against a very average Miami secondary.
I was talking to a Fins fan, who was telling me how their corners against any other team, would just get burned because they are not great in man coverage, but against this awfull group of wide outs the Pats had, their average corners looked like all Pros.
The Ppats need to upgare this position pronto in the off season. the Branch trade looks worse and worse.
Anyways after a great weekend in South Beach, I had to endure what was an agonizing game. But what struck me as the Pats main deficiency. (besides the fact that the punter is god awful, and has no business on the football field.) is that the Pats have the worst group of WRs I have ever seen.
I watched the WR closely all game, not only do they not get even a spec of seperation, but they get routinely pushed down, and knocked off their routes. Miami played preseed man coverage, most of the time with no safety help, as they were bitzing safeties all day, and these useless WRs could not get open. I mean not even a little. They could not win one matchup against a corner all day. Miami only gave safety help to the LBs covering the TEs. (by the way nice drop by Watson, when he got crushed, Tony G. amd Gates make that catch, it only hit him in the numbers).
Back to my point, there will not be one team that, will not copy Miami's gameplan, and press our useless WRs, knowing they will not get open, even with man coverage and no help, and just blitz 6 guys every play. Brady had no where to go, I mean no where. I am the 1st here to blame the QB, but he literally could not throw to an open WR. Maybe the Pats scheme was wrong and they never adjused to Miami's gameplan, but what can you adjust when the WRs are being knocked down at the line, and have no speed to get open, against a very average Miami secondary.
I was talking to a Fins fan, who was telling me how their corners against any other team, would just get burned because they are not great in man coverage, but against this awfull group of wide outs the Pats had, their average corners looked like all Pros.
The Ppats need to upgare this position pronto in the off season. the Branch trade looks worse and worse.