nashvillepatsfan
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He's way unappreciated around here at times.
He is, and i take back everything ive said about his SB performances,,,,,well, the last one anyway
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Makes the Gallery signing all that much better.
Inj happened early in SB. Mankins is a beast and according to Rap it was a partial tear and recovery time is 3 mos.
There it is! We were waiting for the 2nd shoe to drop.
Hmmmm..... maybe Logan goes on P.U.P. until midseason, that does make more sense now.
Damn... I get that the dude is a badass, but how do you not realize your ACL is torn? How is that even possible? Wow.
This explains one key play in the game (and I've been blaming that play on Bill O'Brien).
Late in the game, right before the ill-fated drop/throw to Welker, O'Brien sent a jumbo package onto the field after the Patriots had gone pass happy on the Giants, going for the kill, by taking the ball from their own 7 yard line to the Giants 45. It looked like the Patriots were going to try to take the air out of the ball and pound the Giants. But it took momentum away from what they had been doing successfully: using the no huddle offense to throw short passes and wear the Giants down.
The Giants countered by sending 10 men to the line to play the run. Other than the TEs who were tight to the line, there was no receiving threat. The Giants run blitzed and Mankins totally whiffed on his man allowing a defender to stone BJGE for a 3 yard loss.
2nd and 13: Brady to Welker: drop.
3rd and 13: Brady to Branch: incomplete.
PUNT
I blame it on O'Brien but it was the hurting Mankins who was beat on that play.
All well and good to hail Mankins as a tough guy and to blame BOB/Mankins for play calling or injury blowing up the play........BUT
at a certain point when your star guy is 70% and giving up pressures and runs for losses WHEN YOU ARE A TEAM THAT DOES EVERYTHING CAP WISE AND ROSTER WISE TO HAVE DEPTH (to almost a POINT OF PRIDE);
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.......... why oh why did he not come off the field.??????????????????????
Let the guy who is 100% even if only 80-90% of your talent play. Why didn't BOB sit him or he sit himself????