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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.I just want to know what defenders are supposed to do. You can't run straight on into a QB. You can't drop your head and go helmet to chest. All that's left seems to be shoulder to chest, and is that any better?
Your butt hurts, doesn't it?
Any new news on Jones? Last I heard it was an ankle injury, but I haven't heard anything since.
I was a bit surprised that Adam got booed. He clutched 3 SB game winning FGs and left because BB didn't commit to a contract. I wasn't expecting cheers but the obvious uptick in booing when he attempted FGs was surprising.
Serious question: those who argued against keeping McCourty at FS and making Talib and Dennard the corners, how are you feeling about it at this point? What would you like to see next week, facing a VERY different offense?
The Patriots lost to the Cards and damn near lost to the Bills. I wouldn't get too ****y for rolling over a team with a rookie QB in a rebuilding year.
Was anyone surprised to see Arrington start over Dennard or was it just me?
I don't really understand why people are calling those penalties BS; they are are textbook cases of the penalties. You hit the QB in the facemask with your facemask, it should be a penalty every time. In fact, the Pats were lucky another wasn't called against them at another point. With how lopsided the penalties were, I was shocked it wasn't called.
Speaking as someone who wanted McCourty at FS and the other 2 starting at CB.
One thing i did notice today is the Run defence was more lacking than usual. McCourty did seem a little slow sometimes to diagnose and react in run support.
Not complaining as i think this will come with experience at the position but it was something i noticed none the less.
McCourty is fine tackling as a CB. He's not at that level when he's at safety. Having Gregory as the other safety means the team has two non-hitters at the position, which makes them more susceptible to the run. The answer would seem to be that the Patriots go with Chung or Wilson, but they've been lousy, too.
You don't know what you are talking about. That was a TEXTBOOK tackle. And the replay showed that Mayo's helmet DIDN'T hit Luck's. Hell, Simms even said that the replay didn't show the helmet to helmet hit. The Helmet to Helmet on a QB is NOT supposed to be called if it is incidental.
We had this discussion earlier in the week and posted the exact RULE. Go read it so that you actually understand.
Wilson hasn't been lousy so much as making the normal rookie mistakes that one makes learning a BB defense.
McCourty and Gregory put some nice licks on Allen and Avery during the game.
that wasn't a helmet to helmet call...it was unnecessary roughness as called on the loudspeakers...unless that is the generic term for helmet to helmet...I'm so confused on all these new rules...you know, I've been a Pats fan from day 1 and I've seen literally thousands and thousands of hits over the years...that tackle today was as textbook as you can ask for..yet THAT is now a penalty....we used to joke about flags but think about it...that is the next logical step in this homogenized, sanitized "league".
We disagree. I was in favor of keeping Wilson as a starter, but that was despite my opinion that he's been lousy.
Wilfork's got interceptions. That doesn't make him a CB. Neither Gregory nor McCourty are big hit, run stuffing, safeties. They play the position differently.
So, you don't give him any leeway for being a rookie. Fine. We disagree. You clearly are too judgmental of him.
So, now you do what you complain about others doing. You move the goal posts. And before you make some BS statement that you aren't, yes you are. You said NOTHING about being bit hit, run stuffing safeties. You called them NON-HITTERS. And that is BS on your part. As I pointed out, they made some nice hits today. Which kind of negates the idea that they are non-hitters.
BTW, you statement about Wilfork is non-sensical to the discussion. Not surprising.