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Haha, not sure how someone misses the guy who has consistently shown that he is impossible for any one NFL defender to take down.
the trolls like to make stuff up
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Haha, not sure how someone misses the guy who has consistently shown that he is impossible for any one NFL defender to take down.
the trolls like to make stuff up
I have to be honest. i thought the safeties are horrible .
Chung do what he does best,make plays and roam.
Haha, not sure how someone misses the guy who has consistently shown that he is impossible for any one NFL defender to take down.
Closing out games? Not being able to win the close game. It has been an issue for a while now..but did you guys really see us at 3-3 with these issue..i bet no one saw this one coming..
Well, it was a bad penalty call that cost them the Cardinals game. It was multiple bad calls that cost them the Ravens game. The only game they truly lost on their own was this one.
What I didn't see coming was the collapse of Chung and Arrington. I'd expected little from either, but they're not even reaching that status. I hope Dennard or Ras-IR can ramp it up for next week.
Does dowling even play a down ?Well, it was a bad penalty call that cost them the Cardinals game. It was multiple bad calls that cost them the Ravens game. The only game they truly lost on their own was this one.
What I didn't see coming was the collapse of Chung and Arrington. I'd expected little from either, but they're not even reaching that status. I hope Dennard or Ras-IR can ramp it up for next week.
Yes, hopefully Dennard and Dowling will continue to improve.
As was the case last year, it our safeties that are even a worse problem.
Does dowling even play a down ?
Looking forward to the next nailbiter, and there will be another one. Can the Patriots shake off the "choker" tag they're deservedly wearing right now?
I think a loser mentality has creeped into the team. Too many mistakes poor play at crucial times. Bad teams find a way to lose, and the 2012 Patriots are pretty consistent in finding ways to lose close games. This team is the antithesis of the championship teams.
Not sure if it's fixable, it's an intangible thing that defines champions and differentiates them from the rest. The bad thing is, it seems to have even affected the one guy who was once considered clutch. Now, he looks below average when the game is on the line. He's making the errors that for so many years were relegated to the opponents.
Looking forward to the next nailbiter, and there will be another one. Can the Patriots shake off the "choker" tag they're deservedly wearing right now?
The bottom line with this team is if Brady plays below his elite QB status then the team usually loses. They don't have anything reliable enough to compensate for his underperformances... the running game isn't good enough... the defense certainly isn't good enough (as they prove literally every single failed opportunity to close out a game late)... and no, Belichick is not good enough, not a good enough head coach, and unequivocally not a good enough GM. This is after all Belichick's lousy defense that he put together schematically and personnel-wise. The astonishing amount of putrid defensive back draft picks has especially become a huge stain on his legacy.
1) First round draft picks are supposed to "look like gems", although it's understandable that a Patriots' fan would be largely unaware of this since it's a rarity with Belichick's drafts.BB's last defensive draft was, to this point, a major success. The Jones pick was a masterpiece. Hightower looks like a gem too. Wilson got burned today but to me it still looks like he was a good 2nd round pick because he is already competing with Chung and Gregory (not great veterans, but veterans none-the-less). Dennard also got burned, but in only his 2nd or 3rd active game he was already taking snaps from Arrington. Ebner was never meant to playing in this critical a position this early in his career, and when Chung, Gregory, and Moore were down he had to step up, we shouldn't be surprised that it didn't work out.
Firstly, Woodhead is NOT a gem.Lets just look at the gems BB brought in (drafted and undrafted) who were first thought of as risks or players who were very far from being sure things, basically players who are contributing a lot right now because of BB's ability as a talent evaluator. Gronk, Hernandez, Welker, Vollmer, Woodhead, Ridley, Bolden; Jones, Spikes, Ninkovich, Love. BB also picked Wilfork and Mayo, and was aggressive in getting Hightower.
McCourtey is not "turning his game around", he's getting worse.We all know the failures at picking DB's. It just simply doesn't overshadow the brilliance of BB over the last few years. Any other coach could have picked the players I mentioned, BB was the only one who made it happen.
So basically if McCourtey turns his game around (he's been up and down this season), or one or two of the recent crop of DB's like Dennard, Wilson, Dowling, or Ebner can become a solid contributor then BB will have built a SB contending foundation at basically every position.
Not only is it not "pretty easy" to see how they might end up becoming a respectable secondary... it's pretty easy to see how the incredibly poor secondary will prevent them from seriously contending for a championship. I mean look at what you just said there essentially... if three-quarters of the current starters are benched then maybe they could become respectable. That's amusing.So sure, as of now the DB position is the single dark spot in BB's history personnel decisions. But he is clearly learning, and personnel is always a game of chance. Dowling was clearly picked because BB was tired of seeing his smaller DB's get jumped over. Wilson is BB trying to draft a player specifically designed to confront the NFL TE revolution. Ebner could be another LB/SS hybrid designed for the new sub-package NFL. Dennard sort of fell into BB's lap, but a pick is a pick. None of these guys look like pro-bowlers, but they have a legitimate chance of replacing Chung, Arrington, and Gregory. If they can stick together and learn how to gel it is pretty easy to see how they might end up becoming a respectable secondary.
The defense having "no right talent-wise" to be a contender is a condemnation of Belichick's ability to judge talent. Also, the 31st ranked defense was not the reason why the team had any success last season... obviously the 2nd ranked Brady-led offense gets the credit. And how can you even question if the secondary has "glaring weaknesses"? Glaring weaknesses is an understatement for how bad the secondary is.In the end, how many other coaches have been able to build a team from the ground up like this? BB coached a D that had no right talent-wise to be in a SB into the SB last year. If it turns out that BB got this draft right, and our secondary and front 7 have no glaring weakness, then we are not just set up to win this year, we are plausibly (not certainly at all) set up to compete for a dynasty.
You need to ask yourself if you're little more than a Belichick apologist because his abundance of personnel blunders, his bottom ranked defense, and his defense's repeated inability to hold onto fourth quarter leads has opened himself up to very legit criticisms.For a moment everyone needs to step back and realize the context of the things we are discussing. BB is obviously the best coach of recent times. He has coached great, good, mediocre, and bad players into being Super Bowl contenders. He has done this despite only having 3 picks in the top 15 of the draft throughout his entire career in New England. Meaning BB has almost never had the ability to draft sure-fire players without risking the future through trading picks up. BB has been so successful as to handicap himself in a way that few, if any, organizations have during his time in New England. Yet he is still successful. We are 4 points away from being 6-0 while in the middle of reshaping the personnel and schemes of our Offense and Defense. That is, right now we are still as difficult as almost any team in the NFL to beat despite our focus on the long term.
If you find yourself criticizing BB more than appreciating him you are delusional, and wrong, and need to ask yourself if you are a fan and supporter of the New England Patriots or a crybaby wannabe know-it-all masked in flying Elvis merchandize.
Anyone who expected the defense to be drastically better was fooling themselves
It's more of a matter of talent than getting in sync in the secondary....I simply think nearly all of the secondary is not very good and I would think it will compare to last season when it's all said and done.
The team will need to put up 30 to win its games,I have no other reason to think differently from what we have seen thus far