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I agree with Bakes. There was something SERIOUSLY WRONG with the offensive gameplan last night.
I checked YPA and it was much lower than all our other games. We had long sustained drives designed to tire out the opposing defense, but that never happened as the Eagles had more stops in the second half than in the first. Typically this Patriots team moves down field faster with big chunks, and then gets the ball back to score again.
Why did we only have a few possessions in the first half? Not only because of the onsides kick (the Eagles went 3 and out there after all) but because of the dink and dunk offense.
Now, I'm not opposed to 5 wide sets, but using it continually reeks of desperation. When we went to having Maroney in the backfield, Brady had a lot of time to throw especially on playfakes.
Here's one example of a completely bogus gameplan: One the Randy Moss OPI series of play calls, we went to an empty backfield when Heath Evans split out wide. Now, how effective is that going to be with Evans way out in space? I can't be convinced that our offensive strategy wouldn't be much more productive with Maroney behind center. Even if Maroney curls into a fetal position as soon as the ball is snapped, that would have much more impact than putting Evans out wide.
I checked YPA and it was much lower than all our other games. We had long sustained drives designed to tire out the opposing defense, but that never happened as the Eagles had more stops in the second half than in the first. Typically this Patriots team moves down field faster with big chunks, and then gets the ball back to score again.
Why did we only have a few possessions in the first half? Not only because of the onsides kick (the Eagles went 3 and out there after all) but because of the dink and dunk offense.
Now, I'm not opposed to 5 wide sets, but using it continually reeks of desperation. When we went to having Maroney in the backfield, Brady had a lot of time to throw especially on playfakes.
Here's one example of a completely bogus gameplan: One the Randy Moss OPI series of play calls, we went to an empty backfield when Heath Evans split out wide. Now, how effective is that going to be with Evans way out in space? I can't be convinced that our offensive strategy wouldn't be much more productive with Maroney behind center. Even if Maroney curls into a fetal position as soon as the ball is snapped, that would have much more impact than putting Evans out wide.