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Funny but not smart,gonna cost him
Looks like Belichick won't be the only Patriot fined this week.
It's time to start Jermaine Cunningham at left defensive end and have Rob Ninkovich take a seat on the bench.Ninkovich was manhandled the whole game. He and Chung were invisible, except for Chung's 4th down stop. Really worried about Ninko--the new Guyton of the defense. (Anyone know what Andre Carter is doing these days?)
The New England Patriots offense looks a whole lot different with Connolly starting at right guard and Vollmer starting at right tackle.The good: I thought the offense played well overall and is going to be fine. Lloyd looked great, Edelman and Ridley have emerged as a legitimate weapons. Glad to see Welker back doing what he does. Pats will be fine; just a frustrating loss on many levels.
It's time to start Jermaine Cunningham at left defensive end and have Rob Ninkovich take a seat on the bench.
I could see a case for inserting Cunningham at LDE, moving Ninkovich back to Strong Side OLB, and giving Hightower some time to get used to the pros by playing in certain packages.
Just for once, I'd like to see the offense take the heat off the defense in one of these games -- 4 minutes left, we needed a few first downs to go into victory formation. We got distracted with the penalty calls, but ultimately, the offensive line just crapped the bed and couldn't do it. It's not fair to blame the offense, but this is the team we have, and they need to make it happen.
At this point, if we are winning by less than a touchdown, screw it. Don't punt. I don't care if it's 4th and 20. What good does a net 20 yard punt do? The Ravens made that up in 1 play, just like the Giants did in the super bowl. The yards don't matter. Just go for it. Even if you don't make it, maybe the other team will score faster and at least the offense will have a chance. If there's like 20 seconds left and the clock is factor, fine, but if the other team has enough time to score against this defense, they will.
Three of the last four games have been pretty excruciating.
McCourty wasn't bad tonight, yeah he made a bad play at the end of the game, but for the most part he was fine. Smith should have been called for a PI on his second td on McCourty. The defense didn't play well as a unit, I wish there were a couple of more blitzes called during this game, when it became evident that the front four were not going to get pressure.
This is it in a nutshell
AFCCG last year, we have the ball on O, O line crumbles like a pack of cards, Brady gets jittery, iffy throws high and low, Ravens march down the field in 90 seconds, should have won but for Evans/Cundifff
SB, as above + Welker drop
Last night, as above again
The O and D just arent clutch any more, we cant close tight games out when it really matters
This is it in a nutshell
AFCCG last year, we have the ball on O, O line crumbles like a pack of cards, Brady gets jittery, iffy throws high and low, Ravens march down the field in 90 seconds, should have won but for Evans/Cundifff
SB, as above + Welker drop
Last night, as above again
The O and D just arent clutch any more, we cant close tight games out when it really matters
BS.
Pats Defense was good enough in the AFCCG to stop Ravens from scoring a TD, and force them into a long FG which was missed.
Pats offence closed out a few games with BJGE in the 4th last year.
You can't blame the Pats D for this loss either. The numerous phantom holding calls against the Defense were a joke.
BS.
Pats Defense was good enough in the AFCCG to stop Ravens from scoring a TD, and force them into a long FG which was missed.
Pats offence closed out a few games with BJGE in the 4th last year.
You can't blame the Pats D for this loss either. The numerous phantom holding calls against the Defense were a joke.
Get Andre Carter there.Nah,Mark Anderson would be better,after all,he had a good season for us last year.
..... Oh,Wait
It's time to start Jermaine Cunningham at left defensive end and have Rob Ninkovich take a seat on the bench.
The New England Patriots offense looks a whole lot different with Connolly starting at right guard and Vollmer starting at right tackle.
He had three noticeable bad plays in my eyes:
- The second dropped INT
- the missed tackle which was more Gregory's fault
- the PI in the end
The rest of the night he was solid. You can argue that when he was bad, he was really bad. But he was mostly solid. The first dropped INT was a great play by McCourty that was broken up by the receiver.
Arrington was far worse with getting burnt multiple times and falling down on what would have been a game winning INT. Yet, people aren't trashing him.