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1. Sea Bass Vollmer absolutely dominated Freeney, mostly without help, all game. He was also a beast in the running game. (I personally think that the Pats should have run behind Vollmer *if* they decided to go with an illogical 4th down call).
2. Kevin Faulk was clutch all game. The missed 4th down catch was the correct call, but Faulk made huge plays all game, in the running and passing game, and even on that play made a great catch after getting hit.
3. Nick Kaczur was, and has been for a long time, a below average tackle. He is both slow, and weak. Mathis had his way with him, but I have seen much lesser DE's abuse him as well. I can't wait for Light to get back and either play RT, or have Vollmer slide to RT.
4. The defense, and secondary in particular, played great. The Colts scored 14 total points with 4 minutes left in the game. Some of those passes the Colts made throughout the game, were basically perfectly executed, unstoppable plays by Manning and Wayne. The pass interference on Butler was BS, but expected given the ridiculous PI calls the Pats always get when they play Polian's refs.
5. The Pats offense was rolling most of the game. Moss and Welker could not be stopped.
6. Having said that, O'Brien is still below average as an offensive coordinator. He was very predictable with the shotgun draws, had several notable red zone failures, as well as burned costly timeouts due to either his play calling or organization skills...which ended up influencing the outcome of the game.
7. Here are my thoughts on the 4th down call, and why it was a poor call. No matter what payoff tree one tries to create, it makes no sense why it's justified to go for it on 4th down on your own 30, especially against Peyton Manning. The biggest fallacy is what Belichick said in the post-game, that he wanted to roll the dice and win the game now based on his confidence in the offense. If one factors in the percentage of getting that 1st down (and the downfall of giving Manning 2 minutes on your own 30), versus the chance that Manning can score a TD from his own 30, there is no rational or mathematical explanation why it was a smart call.
I want to bring up the discussion from the Pats-Falcons game because it is completely relevant. Some "geniuses" at the time tried to argue that going for it on 4th on our own 25 was a rationally supported move, when it wasn't. I'm linking those discussions here, to add to debunking the myth that going for it on 4th down, from your own 30 or less, is somehow supported by reason as opposed to just gambling:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/277280-fourth-1-pats-24-yard-line.html
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...ficial-patriots-falcons-post-game-thread.html
2. Kevin Faulk was clutch all game. The missed 4th down catch was the correct call, but Faulk made huge plays all game, in the running and passing game, and even on that play made a great catch after getting hit.
3. Nick Kaczur was, and has been for a long time, a below average tackle. He is both slow, and weak. Mathis had his way with him, but I have seen much lesser DE's abuse him as well. I can't wait for Light to get back and either play RT, or have Vollmer slide to RT.
4. The defense, and secondary in particular, played great. The Colts scored 14 total points with 4 minutes left in the game. Some of those passes the Colts made throughout the game, were basically perfectly executed, unstoppable plays by Manning and Wayne. The pass interference on Butler was BS, but expected given the ridiculous PI calls the Pats always get when they play Polian's refs.
5. The Pats offense was rolling most of the game. Moss and Welker could not be stopped.
6. Having said that, O'Brien is still below average as an offensive coordinator. He was very predictable with the shotgun draws, had several notable red zone failures, as well as burned costly timeouts due to either his play calling or organization skills...which ended up influencing the outcome of the game.
7. Here are my thoughts on the 4th down call, and why it was a poor call. No matter what payoff tree one tries to create, it makes no sense why it's justified to go for it on 4th down on your own 30, especially against Peyton Manning. The biggest fallacy is what Belichick said in the post-game, that he wanted to roll the dice and win the game now based on his confidence in the offense. If one factors in the percentage of getting that 1st down (and the downfall of giving Manning 2 minutes on your own 30), versus the chance that Manning can score a TD from his own 30, there is no rational or mathematical explanation why it was a smart call.
I want to bring up the discussion from the Pats-Falcons game because it is completely relevant. Some "geniuses" at the time tried to argue that going for it on 4th on our own 25 was a rationally supported move, when it wasn't. I'm linking those discussions here, to add to debunking the myth that going for it on 4th down, from your own 30 or less, is somehow supported by reason as opposed to just gambling:
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/277280-fourth-1-pats-24-yard-line.html
http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...ficial-patriots-falcons-post-game-thread.html