rexxar
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Because we were missing so many key players and starters, I actually wasn't expecting us to win and was pretty surprised we even tied it at end of regulation.
I can see how posters want to point to Harper's fumbling, or Jackson's holding, or whatever, as to why we "lost" the game- but our elite offense was just not there, and I don't mean just the players, but our ability to morph or adapt, or run pick plays. Neither Martin or Harper know the playbook to the depth that Edelman and Amendola does, and they read **** when it comes to coverages, and Denver knew this and left them in single "lazy" matchups and focused on rolling coverages to Gronk/Lafell.
But what really has surprised me is the venom on this board- I mean, for ****'s sake, this is pretty much the first time we've lost this year, and tomorrow is December first.
10-1 and defending NFL champions- I'll take that over the days of Sullivan, metal bleachers, and Macpherson running onto the field with a rolled up piece of paper in his hand, pretending he knew what he was doing.
I agree with the majority of your post. For me it's not the fact that they lost but instead how they lost; uncharacteristic mistakes and questionable calls that lead to a loss after we were up by 14 points in the fourth quarter.
Anyways, I feel a lot better knowing that Gronk and Hightower will be okay in the coming weeks (along with Collins and Amendola). 14-2 (at least one more loss wouldn't surprise me) should be enough to get HFA in the playoffs and hopefully the injury bug stays at bay moving forward.