Hernandez factor and how it hurt the Pats tonight

[patsinthesnow]

Hernandez gets injured, offense looks clueless. Edelman gets hurt, offense looks clueless.

Why do we NEED two slot guys to function an offense, Josh, you cant run a traditional offense with Welker, LLoyd, Gronk, and Branch? This two slot BS as an attempt to replace the two TE offense is a fail.

 

[zeroakuma]

Less passes to Gronk can be attributed to many things; new offensive scheme to the refs not calling the plays correctly in regards to many of the non holding calls the opposing defender gets away with.

Dare I say, I miss Bob?

 

[BrickPat]

I've seen Gronk make plenty of catches in double coverage, particularly in the red zone. I don't think Hernandez' absence is as big a difference as you suggest. The lack of confidence in Gronk, or the McDaniels playcalling appears to be the bigger problem here.

Gronk was frequently relegated to blocks for some reason so I get your point but the offense did enough to win that game. At some point the D has to step up and make a game defining stop.

 

[Triumph]

What is this baseball?

The Pats lose 1 player and the offense is ruined. The Super Bowls teams just kept winning if they lost a component on offense or defense.

But these days its an excuse to lose.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

The Pats lose 1 player and the offense is ruined. The Super Bowls teams just kept winning if they lost a component on offense or defense.

30 points = ruined?

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

Hernandez gets injured, offense looks clueless. Edelman gets hurt, offense looks clueless.

O looked clueless last night?

 

[SHOWTIME15]

O looked clueless last night?

the offense was not quite the same when Edelman went out last night.