Brady_12
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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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.Please explain why we should have expected such a lop-sided loss.
Actually I never point to anyone player to blame for a loss or praise for a win.
However in this game the Patriots should have been way ahead but Tommy just made bad throws and bad decisions. He had very little pressure but somehow didn't see the open guy , over threw and under threw.
When you let a good team off the hook, these things will happen. I don't expect Tom to be as bad as he was at times today. I do expect the Patriots to lose a few more games but will be in the hunt come playoff time.
5. RB health is a concern.
jcrack; said:Im not gonna overreact but you guys gotta admit that the Pats 2nd halves performances have been pretty frustrating for some time now. Im just mad that they made Sanchez like a legit QB today & Rex looking arrogant as ever haha
We'll recover from this loss folks. And we will get back at the Rats later on this season. Keep faith and go Patriots!
The Bills, the Bills are easierOverall It gets no easier from here. Bills next week, so yeah that will be a win. Then the play the Phins on the road, then the ravens at home. Bye week after than then the Chargers on the road.
Overall It gets no easier from here. Bills next week, so yeah that will be a win. Then the play the Phins on the road, then the ravens at home. Bye week after than then the Chargers on the road.
Here's the thing and it's not an overeaction:
We have the athletes on defense to be more aggressive. Our guys on defense plays BETTER when they are aggressive. Against the Bengals in the first half, we played aggressive, our corners played man and pressed them and we played fantastic. The Bengals have arguably a better offensive team that the Jets. We did let the Bengals score and pile up some yardage, but that was mainly because we started playing a soft zone. I guess the strategy became "hey, don't give up an easy TD, we have a huge lead". It's not just the Pats, but we've seen countless teams start playing prevent defense when they are ahead. It drives me and i'm sure countless numbers of fans. (This is one of the reason I respect Rex and his willingness to get after it even though the game is on the line). Fast forward to this game, we come out and play zone against the Jets offense. I'm thinking, "why give this offense so much respect when you played aggressive and took chances last week against a better Bengals offense?" We have the athletes to play aggressive, THEY PLAY BETTER WHEN THEY PRESS, and the soft zone gave Sanchez time to settle in and get in and get comfortable. I just don't undestand. BUT, it's something that I expected. We've seen this so many times. Against weak QBs, BB goes into a zone mode and explicably allows them to get into ryhtms. Henne, AJ Feely, Orton, just to name a few come to mind when thinking of mediocre QBs playing like All Pro's when they go up against our vaunted zone (Sarcasm).
My point is regarding our defense, it doesn't matter what happened in this game or how games unfold in the future. If BB is our HC, we will play to "not lose the game" and play those soft zones instead of taking chances and play "to win the game." This has been BB's M.O. ever since he's gotten here and it hasn't changed. The only difference then was that Brady and our offense before were able to answer the bell and make the critical plays to win close games in the 4th quarter.