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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.I'm probably the most skeptical poster on this forum in regards to that happening. You can clearly see the lack of chemistry that Brady has with Cooks still, and that's after a full offseason and Brandin likely studying the playbook every night for the past 6 months.I am really hoping dorsett's picking up the playbook this week.
Also, look at the routes the receivers are running. One, maybe two guys run shorter routes, everyone else is way down field. If you have 3 guys stretching the field, why not get someone in the middle were it's alone or 1 on 1 vs a LB?
Guys weren't open and Brady does/did start throwing deep and usually overthrowing his receiver to avoid throwing into the coverage and risking an interception. The offensive game plan was pretty poor.
I'm probably the most skeptical poster on this forum in regards to that happening. You can clearly see the lack of chemistry that Brady has with Cooks still, and that's after a full offseason and Brandin likely studying the playbook every night for the past 6 months.
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I am also assuming that DA will play this week since they didn't sign anyone.
The Coaching staff didn't make the adjustments that they usually make and the players didn't execute.
From my big comfy couch my eyeballs tell me the game plan sucked, and Brady did not show much confidence in his new array of offensive weapons..
Brady almost seemed aloof, not that I expect SB excitement for every game, but I do expect more fire..
The offense essentially has had to re-invent itself from scratch since the sudden loss of Edelman on the 24th, in addition to having to integrate a new WR and two new RBs (one of whom had almost no Camp reps to begin with) ... ALL in about 7 or 8 practice opportunities between the Detroit game and the opener.
Likely most of the offensive schemes/gameplans that were installed, studied and practiced over the course of summer OTAs and three weeks of training camp (all of which were almost certainly built on years of previous gameplans) had to be scrapped. It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to think that there wasn't a whole lot of this "new" playbook that had been successfully executed in practice in time for the opener. The offense isn't just two weeks behind in its development, it's MONTHS behind.
It might be similar with the defense. Attempting to integrate six new players (including one who may have practiced with the team only 2-3 times) perhaps resulted in a relatively vanilla approach that was made even less effective through communication miscues and multiple failures in fundamentals.
I've seen such vanilla gameplans in previous season-openers for the Pats - even in those that they won. I've also seen the scope, sophistication and flexibility of both offensive and defensive gameplan improve over the course of the season to the point where, by November, the team is executing their "usual" with nearly unstoppable perfection and pulling adding brand new wrinkles every week.
I'm not particularly concerned about Thursday's game plan "sucking".
Of course they lack chemistry on some level. They've played in one game together. Brady targeted him 7 times and they misfired on a back shoulder throw, a slant, and Brady smacked his helmet and threw his hands in the air on another pass near the chains, which has always been the code for miscommunication with a receiver. There was also the sideline throw, which looked like Brady may have overthrown a bit. In total, Cooks was able to catch the long bomb, a crossing route, and another short throw in those 7 attempts.I strongly disagree that Brady and Cooks lack chemistry. Cooks had a great game.
His stats don't include the yards or completions for the penalties he drew.
If the offense and defense are months behind, then why should expect better results next week. Should we expect 5-3 or 4-4 in the first half?
Personally, I don't care how they move the ball in the passing game, so if drawing DPI calls are a part of it, I'm all for it. As a matter of fact, I think we all want to see at least 2-3 downfield shots to Cooks every game. I also think they want to see more of those crossing routes where they can take advantage of his speed on 20 yard YAC gains, and an improvement on the chain moving type of throws. The back shoulder tosses, the quick outs based on timing, etc. In other words, the read/react stuff has a ways to go before we see what these 2 can do together.
Sure, this team looked scary bad Thursday compared to previous Patriots teams. But are they really awful compared to their upcoming opponents? We can't know until they play, obviously. Setting aside their Q4 collapse Thursday (without ignoring its significance), I'm not sure that this year's team executed so poorly that it needs to improve in "leaps and bounds" over the course of this week's practices, or to make significant roster changes, in order to beat the Saints. It may well be that their typical weekly progress with their playbooks and fundamentals will be enough to get them to 1-1 at NOLA, then to 2-1 v. HOU (after further incremental improvement), then 3-1 v. CAR, etc.
You aren't going to find anyone who agrees more that our bread and butter will always be the underneath stuff. I was pointing out the downfield shots because you had claimed that there was good chemistry between Cooks/Brady. We see that a bit differently, that's all. It was a good start to use him to draw DPI and connect on a long bomb. That's about it.2-3 downfield shots to Cooks is not the kind of offense we saw. Josh gave us "duck and chuck". Sure, the field should be extended. Brady can throw long to Cooks and Hogan. That doesn't mean that this should be Brady's bread and butter. That is not our offense. Read/react is a very different offense. We need to use our running backs and tight ends much more. And yes, more crossing routes 15-20 years down the field.
I have been a Josh fan for a very long time (and Charlie Weis before him). This was a a truly awful game plan.
the one thing the Falcons succeeded in outing is taking away the middle.....that said, without Edelman, the Pats don't have that middle anyway
You aren't going to find anyone who agrees more that our bread and butter will always be the underneath stuff. I was pointing out the downfield shots because you had claimed that there was good chemistry between Cooks/Brady. We see that a bit differently, that's all. It was a good start to use him to draw DPI and connect on a long bomb. That's about it.