JSn
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Last week I reflected on positives from a great game with a negative outcome.
This week just a couple of things that really stood out to me.
So I say let the Jets spend their millions, let the Cowboys spill money all over Dallas, and let our FA's go screaming away for the big payday. Do what you gotta do. Us? We're just gonna play a little football.
A few nice pics from yesterday:
This week just a couple of things that really stood out to me.
- Between the O-Line getting better and Cassel getting better, a lot of the plays felt like last year. The QB has time to make tea, maybe skim the obits (Bills, DOA) and then find a receiver. Brady is an all-time-great QB, no question. This O-Line does have a share in those accolades though, in my opinion.
- Cassel has ice in his veins. I guess this has been clear for a while. He took a beating in the media and on the field for the first part of the season. He throws a catchable ball and the receiver blows it, but he goes right back out there. He runs through defensive minefields (sometimes a little hard to watch) and makes a LOT of critical plays on his feet. At this point, if something went wrong and Brady didn't come back (not my wish, obviously), I wouldn't have even the slightest discomfort at Cassel becoming "the guy" in New England. Whether he's headed for big things or a product of the system, who knows and really, who cares?
- The draft may very well be a crap-shoot, but this year the staff is making the UDFA signings look like science. The Firm and Guyton are amazing system fits and you can only assume Redd is going to shine next.
- Minus last week's brain-farts, we have stellar coaching. Hobbs and "The Corpse of Deltha O'Neil" (as one article called him) both had picks and generally solid days. The run D is insane and even when Thomas exited, the D stayed tight. We are missing our top choices on both sides of the field at various positions and we're tied for first. The players get a lot of credit, but the coaches are the difference makers. As Heath Evans said, when you're well prepared you're able to succeed and play well.
- This team will kill you in a game of chess and you're going to be hard pressed to find breathing room. Those blowouts now seem ages ago in football terms. Even when we lost last week, the Pats were chasing the Colts taillights with venom and malice. The Patriots respect your team and will show it by studying your every move, but they're going to put you into a box and see if you have enough lung capacity to come out alive. These games are like the Saw movies. Punish other teams for their extravagances and make them sacrifice what they love in order to get out alive. Edwards had no help on the ground and very little from his enormous o-line. He struggled to find receivers and the only thing making that game a smidge less embarassing was a junk TD after a nice run-back by Leodis McKelvin. Now we sweep Buffalo's remains off the field and set a nice table for the Jets. A battle of wits to the death? That's a fight that will be tough to win against BB and his inner sanctum of scheme geniuses.
So I say let the Jets spend their millions, let the Cowboys spill money all over Dallas, and let our FA's go screaming away for the big payday. Do what you gotta do. Us? We're just gonna play a little football.
A few nice pics from yesterday: