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Madam Secretary?
Heh, seriously though, solid write up and one of my favorite weekly "columns" to read. That said, I echo the other sentiments that it's Brady's discipline is part of what makes him so valuable. I can't imagine tossing another 3-4 INTs into the turnover battle this season.
I thought White played with some extra toughness, bowling over that one defender to get into the end zone and lowering his pads on another run. Lewis' return might have lit a small fire with White, but you're right; Lewis is something else to watch.
Statistically if you fumble the ball you have a 50/50 shot at getting it.
How badly injured is Michael Slater? Perhaps give him some rest if needed as he is essential to the team in the play-offs.
Defense started out like junk and improved as the game wore on. I don't know how much that is Colin finding his level of play after a stellar first half or the defense improving.
Brady did awesome work in the pocket, but he was harassed all game.
That's what i thought. It was a homecoming for Jules too. Brady and/or the Pats often try to showcase a hometown player. I also thought maybe they were trying to get Jules back to SB form. Maybe Bennett's ankle is still bothering him. Who knows? We never will, anyway ;-)Obviously we don't get a great view every play for a particular player but I thought Bennet would have been one of the stars of the game and only targeted 3 times. Maybe if Brady took about 5 targets away from edelman and hit Bennet a couple times our offense might not have sputtered.
Way to many targets to Edelman and he isn't really the over the top type receiver. Not only that but during the sputtering portion of the game Brady was trying to squeeze the ball to Edelman over the middle and it just wasn't there.
Hopefully it was a fun game for them to just mess around with and get stats in their home town... I don't know it didn't make much sense.
I'd say Matthew Slater is more important. Good news is that Brandon Mitchell finally came through!
Strange, I agree with Doug Keyd that Brady was uncomfortable, and Brady has some awesome broken plays who helped them. Marcus Cannon and ofcourse Thuney who is monster. I would praise Cannon more but Blount is always running on the left side. Hope that Cannon eliminates Von Miller and prove this forum that he is good as pass protector.The Offense:
1. "Brady looked uncomfortable for most of the game"
Marcus Cannon was excellent.....AGAIN.
Was playing Edelman planned like reward for them both in San Francisco?QB- Not Brady's best work of the year. He "only' completed 60% of his passes, and missed on a couple of long passes that were open and had about 50 yds taken away by mere inches on the sideline. Once again I was astounded by his footwork and escapablity in the pocket. I can't recall it EVER being better. Missing those few deep throws only made him seem human.
He is slower than Brandon Spikes. Still image of him runing behind Prosise.4. Defense
b. Elandon Roberts looked like a low round rookie today. He was lost in coverage and not much of a factor in the run game. LB's should have huge days against teams that run read option. He didn't.
The key for Mitchell is to learn where he needs to be -- which is where Brady expects him.
I was lucky enough to be at the game. I have only lived in SF less than a year, but that was one of the rainiest days I can remember. I got drenched. The stadium sold out of rain gear by the 2nd quarter.Once again kudos for not only an informative piece, but well written as well.
What concerns me greatly are the mediots who will tear this apart and lament every decision BB has made in the past two years in their quest to make it more about them, and less about the Patriots. You touched on this in your second paragraph..
In the past I could not wait for sportstalk radio, now I cannot wait to turn it off.. unfortunately the guys who know the most about the game are drowned out by self absorbed low information commentators..
One thing you did not mention was the weather and its impact, particularly in the first half, from afar HD seems to make it disappear... but if you noticed the shots horizontally it was raining very hard, which may have impacted 1st half play..
Personally I'm glad that Brady remains disciplined. It's for this reason that he has one of the best TD to INT ratios in the history of the NFL. Brady has learned the importance of not killing the team with unnecessary mistakes.
3. RB's. I know James White had done yoeman's work for us this season, but if today pointed out one thing, it was the talent gap between him and Dion Lewis is a big one. Everytime Lewis touched the ball he made at least one person miss, even on his one yard run. Everytime White got the ball, the first guy who touched him was the guy who got credit for the tackle.
he does very little the way Bledsoe didBrady showed better ability to throw on the move last year and he has really stepped it up this year. He is not aging in the same way Bledsoe did.