PaulNEPats
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.This team won 3 SB's without a deep threat. Cardinals have Fitzgerald, Miami has Marshall, Carolina has Smith, how are they doing? When you only get 20 minutes of offense, there is no room for mistakes. The defense did not give the offense enough time to build up a rhythm.
It's starting to hurt our offense. We simply have no one fast enough, tall enough, or skilled enough to consistently get open deep. Let's face it guys, this defense is awful. They are going to stay awful. Many years of wasted draft picks by Bill on the D have put on D in shambles. It's our offense that will keep us afloat. However, our Offense has been struggling lately. If we cannot get out offensive back to the jauggernaut it once was, we have no shot at the superbowl.
we have one...Price. He went deep and was open before TB under threw him.
Not this again. Moss is done. Finished. Not coming back.
The question is, now that we have complained our asses of, what happens? Does the team do something or can we make adjustments with the guys we have. I think the latter is possible but only if you give Price/Ocho more opportunities, give Ocho plays he knows, why just let him rot?
GB had deep threats in 2010.
NO had deep threats in 2009.
PIT had deep threats in 2008.
NYG had deep threats in 2007.
IND had deep threats in 2006.
Should I keep going?
Your argument is silly.
In 2007 NE had the best deep threat in the entire NFL, results?
In 2006 we should have beating the Colts to advance to the SB but the refs ruined that for us. (Hobbs PI in the end zone on 3rd and long, Caldwell's mugging on the end zone pass that wasn't called). That year we had Gaffney, Caldwell, Gabriel, Brown, Jackson. Hardly deep threats.
Its funny how everyone on this board said we were a better team without our deep threat in Moss, but after our loss to the Yets, everyone blamed it on not having a deep threat. Slater caught the first deep ball this year, since then he has been non existent. Can't throw to a deep threat if Brady doesn't have enough time in the pocket.
The best offense in NFL history and a win/loss record of 18-1 despite playing the Super Bowl with injuries all over the place. Why? You're not seriously trying to denigrate that team, are you?
1.) Nowhere near "everyone" on the board was saying that.
2.) Brady has as much time in the pocket as any quarterback in the league.
I am not discrediting the 2007 team. I thought it was the best team in history. Just making a point that the deep threat isn't a requirement for a SB team.
That's true. If you have a running game (we don't) and/or a dominant defense (we don't).
We're a passing team, for better or for worse. If we don't do anything else well (and, well, we don't), we have to do that perfectly. That means a deep threat.
huh?? we actually have a pretty good running game