Thanks for all the responses- some additional comments and replies:
1. Kudos to Flying Fungi, who pointed out the lack of Play Action Passes (PAP). I didn't see EVERY offensive play last Sunday, but I saw most of them, and I can't remember a SINGLE play where play action fake to the running back was made before a pass.
I just can't understand why, when you have such a good running threat, you don't take advantage of it. The only thing I can think of is that Brady doesn't like taking his eyes off the secondary to perform the ball fake....and that is kind of a weak explaination.
Still everytime the Pats are in a third and 4 or less situation, they constantly either line up in a shot gun or simply drop back from under center. It baffles me. They are giving the defense a free ride on the potential run. They don't even do a PAP on first down, where they have a tendency to run the ball. In fact the closest thing they ran to a PAP was the abortive fake reverse, screen pass that ended up in a vicious sack of Brady. Maybe its a start.
2. Sorry for the "that being said", just a literary device that clearly didn't work.
3. Thanks to those who defended me on Hasselbeck's injury. It wasn't my intent to gloat. I just opined on how that injury would affect the Pats draft. BTW- I think the Seahawks can win that division with a 10-6 record, and that would give the Pats a pick in the early 20's, and still get the Hawks into the playoffs with a home game. So that's pretty good karma all around.
4. As much as I wish ill will to Branch for his selfish actions during his hold out, (not the hold out itself, but the threat to hold out to the 10th game, become a year long, potentially divisive distraction, while he was STILL under contract), I'm pretty sure he will put up decent numbers out there...once Hasselbeck returns. He is a talent, and because he can create separation, due to his quickness, he will catch more than his share of passes. However I still believe that while he is being paid as a "GAME BREAKER", he isn't.