well then how do you explain Eli's Joe Montane esque performances for 3 quarters if the pats d responsibility is to adapt accordingly with the current situation. when eli drove down the field 1st,2nd,3rd,etc drive, why didn't the pats d conform into in a blitz d since thats what it needed to be obviously?
What game were you watching?
1 15:00 10:59 4:01 Kickoff NYG 26 7 74 0 74 3 *NE 7 Touchdown
2 5:19 3:36 1:43 Kickoff NYG 21 3 -1 0 -1 0 NYG 20 Punt
3 14:55 14:44 0:11 Kickoff 0 0 0 0 0 Touchdown
4 9:59 7:40 2:19 Kickoff NYG 30 4 20 0 20 1 50 Punt
5 1:59 0:13 1:46 Kickoff NYG 15 8 80 5 85 6 *NE 3 Touchdown
6 13:22 9:12 4:10 Punt NYG 40 7 60 0 60 3 *NE 19 Touchdown
7 4:00 0:30 3:30 Kickoff NYG 40 6 14 0 14 1 NE 46 Punt
8 12:46 11:29 1:17 Punt NYG 30 3 3 0 3 0 NYG 33 Punt
9 11:06 9:53 1:13 Kickoff NYG 23 3 14 -10 4 0 NYG 27 Interception
10 4:36 1:04 3:32 Kickoff NYG 32 11 51 17 68 5 *NE 3 Touchdown
First drive. One long play on a missed coverage by the safety.
Drive 2 3 and out
DRive 3 KO return
Drive 4 4 and out
Drive 5 Good drive
Drive 6 Good drive (manning completed 3 passes)
Drive 7 6 plays 14 yards and a punt
Drive 8 3 and out
Drive 9 Int
Drive 10 garbage time
So on 8 drives, they scored due to a big play on a blown coverage. Had 2 good drives, 2 minute drill and first drive of 2nd half.
Otherwise they had 5 drives that amounted to an Int, and 4 drives totalling 16 plays and 4 punts.
Their offense scored 21 points other than the garbage time TD.
If that is playing like Joe Montana, Joe Montana needs to give back his SB rings, and HOF membership.