You really do not get the point, do you? Of clurse they havent gone on and lost 18 straight games.
Many of last years games they won, but barely held on in the second halves after building up a significan lead. Perhaps you forgot how many games we all sweated out in the second half after opponents either made it close, or actually came back to win.
How many? Our wins were by 1,16,6,59,28,10,17,10,7 and 28
Which of those were abysmal 2nd half failures?
Buff win by 1, we were trailing at half
Bmore win by 6 second half was 14-10
2nd Buff won by 7, allowed 1 second half score, never really threatened
The rest were double digit wins. Where is the 2nd half meltdown???
In the losses, we chunked the 2nd half vs Jets, Miami, Denver and Indy (altohugh we win with a correct spot)
Houston is irrelevant because we cleared the bench with a big lead that the backups blew to a team fighting for a playoff spot.
That is 4 games last year, one out of 4. Add yesterday and its 5 of out 18.
How is 5 times out of 18 a systemic problem that occurs all of the time?
Its not, its just what you have chosen to whine about.
Perhaps the win last week has blocked your mind to the fact that we had built up a huge lead in the first half and yet, in the second half cincinnati closed to within a touchdown....
When did they get within a TD? There is no point having a discussion if you think protecting a 31-3 lead and giving up TDs in a prevent defense when the other team never had a chance to get back in the game is a bad thing.
Winning makes people forget the facts, and the facts of that game were very reminiscent to yesterdays game,
They were not even close. We called off the dogs and sat in prevent defense. Wow, you are so far off the mark here its scary.
except we didnt have a comfortable lead coming out of the first half, and the jets made adjustments, we didnt. Plain and simple.
We made plenty of adjustments. You just dont want to look at the facts because they dont support your claim. We threw almost exclusively to recveivers covered by LBs in the first half, and almost exclusively at receivers covered by corners in the 2nd half. How is that not an adjustment? He attacked single coverage on Moss in the 2nd half. How is that not an adjustment?
We played different personell groups on defense in the 2nd half and played a lot more nickel because they were throwing more. How is that not an adjustment?
They we executed poorly but they were still adjustments.
You know sir, I find you to be very educated as far as X's and O's go. Much more than I am. But I understand human nature, and human functions much better, and realize, and accept, that not everything revolves around those X's and O's. There is much more to the mind facet of the game than the physical facet. The mind portion has total control over how the physical facet will turn out.
So, you are saying you are wrong, but now you are right because you know people so your idea of the mental aspect of the game is now why you are right? Whats next, a seance with Lombardi?
Much, much more goes into the human intelligence level, and the willingness to see, and accept, when something you are trying to accomplish is not working, and change to something else, even if it casts a bad shadow on what your original plans were.
Do you know what BBs response was today when he was asked at what point you start making adjustments? After the first play.
Are you thinking that a game plan is a guess of what the other team is going to do and only prepares for that possibility? A game plan is preparation for whatever they are going to do, whatever situations may come up, and a plan to deal with all eventualities. The game plan is molded throughout the game, its not a prescripted story of what they are going to do.
Sir, you sound like a very knowledgeable person on the technicalities of the game of football, but very weak on common understanding of the principles that go into the planning, the adjustments, and changes that must occur in order to be successful.
And you are basing this on what?
And right now, as it has been for a year plus, this team is lacking in that facet of the game and it is effecting everything else.
They have had bad 2nd half performances that cost them games (or almost did) 5 times in 18 games. I think any team can play poorly in half of 5 out of 18 games without ignorance of adjustment.
Hopefully you will see what I am referring to. You seem to think that the right thing to do is to agree with what appears to be a small clique of long time posters.... no matter what evidence is thrown at you... and you have disdain for all others.
Bud, you are really really reaching now. Who am I agreeing with? I gave my own independent opinions in this thread all along. You are the one who is avoiding the evidence. 5/18s does not equal a high percentage. Look at the plays. They tell the story.
Perhaps you, too, need a lesson in humility. And, I say this as one Pats fan to another, with a common goal....
Dude, you have repeated the same thing 1000 times today, and totally ignored every point made by anyone else, and you are looking for someone else to be humble?
I think my suggestion before was the best. We should just not respond to each others posts because we are speaking an entirely different language.
