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I am by no means a "football expert", only a die hard fan. Here is my 2 cents.
1. We need to get taller, more athletic in our secondary . Wide Receivers today are too big, fast, athletic for our 5'10 corners/safety's to be abl to compete with them on jump balls/ 1 on 1 coverage.
2. Tom Brady cannot get a first down to seal the victory. This has been a recurring pattern for many years now. Is it the playcalling or is it Tom Brady's fault? I think a combination of both
3. Our offense has been struggling to score touchdowns in the Red Zone in 2012 Gronk is nowhere near the animal he was last year when he was the most dangerous player in the redzone in the NFL. These days, he hardly gets any looks at the goal line. Tom Brady seems to lack the ability to consistently throw the ball in the endzone this year(his td production has gone way down). I loved that fade to Hernandez, hopefully we add it to the playbook.
4. Solid performance by the O-Line. They did there job the other day, I was really proud of them. Tom, that one's on you.
5. We might have the worst kick returners in the NFL- It's been 2 seasons now, something has got to change. We need to find a fast, young, athletic home run man to return kicks. We pose ZERO threat on the kick return.
6. Brandon Lloyd is a team player- Making a leaping dive on an uncatchable balls in attempt to keep the hopes of winning the game alive was a special moment. That's a winner.
7. We need to go after guys who can cover, not big hitters- One thing I notice about our team. We have a lot of very good tacklers, big hitters, cloggers(mayo, chung, spikes, hightower, mccourty). We don't have any elite cover guys. In today's passing NFL, I feel getting defensive players who are elite cover guys is more important than finding "big hitters, run stuffers"
8. This years team reminds me of the 2009 New England Patriots- Had a lot of talent and the ability to compete with anyone, but always choked in close games, couldn't get it done when it counted most. They wound up at 10-6. It seems we are headed in that direction.
9. Chandler Jones is are only Pass Rusher - What a great draft pick, looks to be a future star in the NFL, on pace for a 12-13 sack season as a rookie! Unfortunately, we have no one on the opposite side to help him out. Jermaine Cunningham is serviceable, but lacks game changing ability. We need to find another elite pass rusher to take some pressure off Chandler, or he will start getting double teamed every game.
10. Ron Brace, Ras I Dowling- Where are you guys? High 2nd round picks, you can't even get on the playing field?
1. We need to get taller, more athletic in our secondary . Wide Receivers today are too big, fast, athletic for our 5'10 corners/safety's to be abl to compete with them on jump balls/ 1 on 1 coverage.
2. Tom Brady cannot get a first down to seal the victory. This has been a recurring pattern for many years now. Is it the playcalling or is it Tom Brady's fault? I think a combination of both
3. Our offense has been struggling to score touchdowns in the Red Zone in 2012 Gronk is nowhere near the animal he was last year when he was the most dangerous player in the redzone in the NFL. These days, he hardly gets any looks at the goal line. Tom Brady seems to lack the ability to consistently throw the ball in the endzone this year(his td production has gone way down). I loved that fade to Hernandez, hopefully we add it to the playbook.
4. Solid performance by the O-Line. They did there job the other day, I was really proud of them. Tom, that one's on you.
5. We might have the worst kick returners in the NFL- It's been 2 seasons now, something has got to change. We need to find a fast, young, athletic home run man to return kicks. We pose ZERO threat on the kick return.
6. Brandon Lloyd is a team player- Making a leaping dive on an uncatchable balls in attempt to keep the hopes of winning the game alive was a special moment. That's a winner.
7. We need to go after guys who can cover, not big hitters- One thing I notice about our team. We have a lot of very good tacklers, big hitters, cloggers(mayo, chung, spikes, hightower, mccourty). We don't have any elite cover guys. In today's passing NFL, I feel getting defensive players who are elite cover guys is more important than finding "big hitters, run stuffers"
8. This years team reminds me of the 2009 New England Patriots- Had a lot of talent and the ability to compete with anyone, but always choked in close games, couldn't get it done when it counted most. They wound up at 10-6. It seems we are headed in that direction.
9. Chandler Jones is are only Pass Rusher - What a great draft pick, looks to be a future star in the NFL, on pace for a 12-13 sack season as a rookie! Unfortunately, we have no one on the opposite side to help him out. Jermaine Cunningham is serviceable, but lacks game changing ability. We need to find another elite pass rusher to take some pressure off Chandler, or he will start getting double teamed every game.
10. Ron Brace, Ras I Dowling- Where are you guys? High 2nd round picks, you can't even get on the playing field?
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