The official Patriots vs Steelers game thread

[hodgey]

like to see woodhead get the ball in space on some check downs

 

[NEPatriot]

well it would help maybee throw ocho in the game to stretch the defense

I think we need to go short, quick throws.

 

[Guts]

Hows the game you guys? I'm at work following it
on the gamecast. I see the Steelers passing all over
us hopefully that improves in second half
and I see some inconsistency from the O but I can't tell
due to I only get stats and where the ball is at

 

[Wax Frog]

with the jets 1 game behind

The best outcome today would be a Jets win over the Chargers [...] Be strong and follow the path that logic dictates.

@ goheels, wherever you are: I think I'll stick with my intuition

 

[flasox27]

It seems like the equivalent of the sox pink hat fans have come out of the woodwork today. Lets face it, we are playing a good football team on their home field and you can't win them all. I can only imagine the uproar. if we lost to a crappy team like the Rams which New Orleans did today

 

[Rob0729]

The Ignore list makes putting up with his drivel so much easier.

The problem is that half the posts in this thread would be ignored if you ignored all the idiots posting in game day threads.

 

[DaBruinz]

I think the Linebackers coach has not had his guys ready for Miller either.....Mayo,Spikes and Guyton are getting burned

That falls on BB more than the LB coach since BB is the defacto DC. Yes, Patrick Graham should take some responsibility, but, like Boyers for the CBs, Graham is a 1st year position coach..

I'll be honest, Matt Patricia shouldn't have been moved to be the Safeties coach. I think that move hurt the team..

 

[Jangles]

Ben has 32 attempts in the first half

The D has got to get off the field. That is atrocious.

 

[E1Downey]

Let's see if Belli was able to make those adjustments he been known for! I hope he has!

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

never a big kick off return

 

[Uncle Rico]

Crikes, it seems like our best hope on KRs is that the ball goes out of bounds.

 

[Mark12]

Come on Brady let's get a TD on this drive.

 

[BradyMossWelker]

We have the worst returns in the league.

 

[FCB02062]

please score on this drive...punt, a pittsburgh td, this game is over...

 

[Sfpat]

So Woodhead trips over his own feet. Great start to the second half

 

[ctpatsfan77]

The Pats rarely retire numbers. My guess is no.

Not so much because they don't want to as the NFL has told teams not to except in exceptional cases (e.g., TFB).

 

[NEPatriot]

2 TE's thank you. Nice stick.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

That sack Vollmer gave up is a perfect example of why people are putting too much blame on the lack of a deep threat. If Brady had a deep threat on that play, it wouldn't have made a difference. The two stupid false starts from Mankins didn't come from a lack of a deep threat. Faulk bobbling the ball on the direct snap that gave the Steelers a half a second to adjust wasn't because of a lack of deep threat. Branch dropping a ball right to him wasn't because of a lack of a deep threat. Hernandez dropping a ball wasn't either. Brady not seeing wide open receivers weren't either.

There was some bad execution on some of those drives.

You can tell we aren't really used to playing from behind as well. Brady and Welker were uncharacteristially jittery the first couple drives

 

[thenepatsrule]

helmet to helmet?

 

[PatsWSB47]

steelers seem to want this more