Here are some positives.

[thecore762]

I think Trey Flowers is gonna be a stud for years to come, yesterday he showed glimpse of greatness. He is only 23 and has lots of room for improvement, but I like what I am seeing from him so far.

Bennett, man, this guy just keeps on impressing me, he is solid at blocking and he is threat on the passing game too, I didn't expect him to be this fast, a lot of people said he was slow, no way! I saw him blow past by linebackers and DB's! I hope we keep him around for another season or two, I think he has a lot left in the tank.

O-Line, we have played one of the better defenses in the league, sure Brady got rushed and sacked few times, but for the most part they held up.

Blount, this guy is a stud, I think he leads the league in TD scored, I hope we keep giving this guy the ball, we should have ran the ball yesterday from the one, I am sad we didn't put our trust in him last night because I thought the night he was having he would have scored that TD for us.

Overall I am happy with the above, of course we had some negatives, but I rather keep that separate from this thread.

 

[TennisBallHead]

Bennett squashing Earl Thomas like a bug

 

[thecore762]

Bennett squashing Earl Thomas like a bug

Ah that!

Bennett has been underrated for so many years start in Dallas/Chicago/NY...

 

[Joey007]

4 sacks in the last two games. I definitely will say I'm hyped up about Flowers. We could really use him continuing to step up here.

 

[FCB02062]

Flowers played a good game... Just wait till he "freelances" and Belichick ships him to New Orleans for a 5th rounder in 2019

 

[thecore762]

4 sacks in the last two games. I definitely will say I'm hyped up about Flowers. We could really use him continuing to step up here.

One can only think what he would have done if Jones was still here!

 

[ctpatsfan77]

I think Trey Flowers is gonna be a stud for years to come, yesterday he showed glimpse of greatness. He is only 23 and has lots of room for improvement, but I like what I am seeing from him so far.

As a rookie he was beasting in the preseason, and then he ended up on IR before the season started.

 

[thecore762]

As a rookie he was beasting in the preseason, and then he ended up on IR before the season started.

Well this is his time to shine.

 

[Vindicate]

Since there is a bit of positivity in this thread, hopefully this question will not be met with doom and gloom lol, so with that said...

Not the best at identifying things in mid game but what was the Patriots substitute to Collins on Sunday night? What personnel groupings did they send out and do you see it eventually replacing Collins' possible production (I say possible because apparently it was becoming less often as of late that he would be the stud he can be)?

 

[Brick27]

Since there is a bit of positivity in this thread, hopefully this question will not be met with doom and gloom lol, so with that said...

Not the best at identifying things in mid game but what was the Patriots substitute to Collins on Sunday night? What personnel groupings did they send out and do you see it eventually replacing Collins' possible production (I say possible because apparently it was becoming less often as of late that he would be the stud he can be)?

Hightower was out there for 100% of snaps, while Roberts was in there for about 80-85% of the time. McClellin, if I remember right after looking at snap counts yesterday, was in around 25% of the time.

Really didn't think Roberts showed anything more about him, and didn't really see much of a difference in production with his increased snaps. McClellin looked like a liability out there, and a non-factor at best. Can imagine offenses are going to immediately try and pick on him if the Pats are going to have him playing a role in pass coverage. Very troubling that Mingo couldn't sniff the field outside of special teams over someone like that.