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I'm actually going to take "the gun to the head" approach instead of the "jumping off a bridge" approach if they lose. Of course I will be wearing my #81 jersey at the time.This thread may be needed after Monday night if they lose to bring everyone off the bridges they will be jumping off of IF they lose.
Sorry didn't mean to try to change the tide of the thread, but I felt like there was plenty of reason for backlash. Great point about the Vikes and Saints though. These next two weeks are going to tell us if we're a real top dog or not imo. Just gotta give Brady some time in the pocket and a lot of our problems will go away.People forget that the Pats were two failed goal line drives from blowing out the Raiders. Yes, the fact that the Pats failed on the goal-line is disconcerting, but you can blame one drive failing on a muffed snap, Brady throwing the ball a bit better to Amendola (or Amendola a little faster on his route whichever way you look at it), and not calling Vereen to run the ball on the goal-line and trip on himself. If the Pats converted both those X and goal at the 2-3, the Pats would have won 24-9.
Yes, I know they didn't, but the goal-line stuff can be fixed especially as Gronk gets healthy.
Also, the Pats did better vs. the Vikes than the Saints did (and the Saints were at home). The Saints were barely holding onto the lead going into the 4th quarter (13-9). And the Saints rushed for 108 yards for 3.4 YPC against the Vikes when the Pats ran for 150 with 4.1 YPC. The Vikes have a good defense (their offense sucks) and the Pats scored more points against them offense than the Saints did.
BTW, this is supposed to be a positive thread.
I'm actually going to take "the gun to the head" approach instead of the "jumping off a bridge" approach if they lose. Of course I will be wearing my #81 jersey at the time.
This thread may be needed after Monday night if they lose to bring everyone off the bridges they will be jumping off of IF they lose.
last 12 years or so i haven't panicked. but if we lose, i'll press the panic button!!
Dr. Chuckles strikes again. Do me a favor: play with yourself.OK. I'll play...
It's positive that Gostkowski has been successfully kicking field goals on almost all of the failed trips to the red zone...
I fear this will be a short thread. It will never catch on with the drama queens. I mean how can you beat your breast and claim to know more than the professionals who have the best record in fooall over for over a decade, when you are saying positive things. We all know is SOOOOOO much easier to tear something down, than to build it up.
We may very well lose this game because ANY road game is hard in the NFL, and KC is one of the toughest venues in the league to come in and play at. KC also has one of the most productive QB's over the last couple of years, and THE most productive RB. They also have 2 of the best Pass rushers in the league in Hali and Houston. What could possibly go wrong.
Nice OP, Rob. There are a LOT of positives we can garner from the first 3 games.
1. We have stopped the bleeding from the first game gashing of out run D.
2. We have a secondary that is feared, rather that exploited, for a change. And that's a secondary that's a secondary that's missing 2 key contributors (Browner and Dennard)
3. We have lost only one starter for any length of time (Siliga) and have several key players getting healthier with every game. When was the last time we could say that.
4. Ridley has run well and not fumbled. Though I'm amazed at so many RB's who seem to fumble all the time yet continually get a pass from both fans and the media. (see Demarco Murray with 3 fumbles already). It only points out how unfair the media and certain fans have been to Ridley.
5. Hightower has been playing to his potential and we've seen more explosive plays from him in 3 games than we've seen in 2 years. BTW- I think too much attention has been made of his improved pass coverage. A lot of that has to do with the fact he now has coverage on the outside rather than the middle.
BTW- I never understood why he took so much heat last year. 90% of all ILB's (and 100% of 270lb LB's) can't run with RB's and slot receivers over the middle, like Hightower was being asked to do last season. So why were people shocked when Hightower got beat so often. Why did they feel the need to berate him for something entirely out of his control.
6. We are the 3rd best D in total yds in the league. And more importantly the FIFTH best scoring D in the league, and that's despite giving up 33 in the first game.
7. Revis is every bit as good as what we've hoped. IIRC at least 3 of those passes completed against him vs Oakland could just as easily been picked or incompletions, that's how tight the coverage was. I can think of only one pass this season where you could honestly say he was "beaten" on a route. I'll take that in a league that specifically legislates the advantage to the passing game.
8. Pat Chung's pl;ay has exceed even the biggest homer's expectations. (and the whiners are pissed )
9. Nate Ebner is getting meaningful snaps as a DB and doing well
10. Tavon Wilson seems to playing well when he replaces Chung in passing situations in sub packages.
Still if you think fantasy football points are the object of the game, then it probably IS time to panic.
I agree with all that you posted.I fear this will be a short thread. It will never catch on with the drama queens. I mean how can you beat your breast and claim to know more than the professionals who have the best record in fooall over for over a decade, when you are saying positive things. We all know is SOOOOOO much easier to tear something down, than to build it up.
We may very well lose this game because ANY road game is hard in the NFL, and KC is one of the toughest venues in the league to come in and play at. KC also has one of the most productive QB's over the last couple of years, and THE most productive RB. They also have 2 of the best Pass rushers in the league in Hali and Houston. What could possibly go wrong.
Nice OP, Rob. There are a LOT of positives we can garner from the first 3 games.
1. We have stopped the bleeding from the first game gashing of out run D.
2. We have a secondary that is feared, rather that exploited, for a change. And that's a secondary that's a secondary that's missing 2 key contributors (Browner and Dennard)
3. We have lost only one starter for any length of time (Siliga) and have several key players getting healthier with every game. When was the last time we could say that.
4. Ridley has run well and not fumbled. Though I'm amazed at so many RB's who seem to fumble all the time yet continually get a pass from both fans and the media. (see Demarco Murray with 3 fumbles already). It only points out how unfair the media and certain fans have been to Ridley.
5. Hightower has been playing to his potential and we've seen more explosive plays from him in 3 games than we've seen in 2 years. BTW- I think too much attention has been made of his improved pass coverage. A lot of that has to do with the fact he now has coverage on the outside rather than the middle.
BTW- I never understood why he took so much heat last year. 90% of all ILB's (and 100% of 270lb LB's) can't run with RB's and slot receivers over the middle, like Hightower was being asked to do last season. So why were people shocked when Hightower got beat so often. Why did they feel the need to berate him for something entirely out of his control.
6. We are the 3rd best D in total yds in the league. And more importantly the FIFTH best scoring D in the league, and that's despite giving up 33 in the first game.
7. Revis is every bit as good as what we've hoped. IIRC at least 3 of those passes completed against him vs Oakland could just as easily been picked or incompletions, that's how tight the coverage was. I can think of only one pass this season where you could honestly say he was "beaten" on a route. I'll take that in a league that specifically legislates the advantage to the passing game.
8. Pat Chung's pl;ay has exceed even the biggest homer's expectations. (and the whiners are pissed )
9. Nate Ebner is getting meaningful snaps as a DB and doing well
10. Tavon Wilson seems to playing well when he replaces Chung in passing situations in sub packages.
Still if you think fantasy football points are the object of the game, then it probably IS time to panic.