Official Game Day Thread - Week 8....Chargers @ Pats

[PatriotReign]

Let's hope for the best for hogan.

Separated shoulder is my best guess.

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

Don't think collarbone, hit was to midriff ribs. Maybe shoulder dislocated, or broken ribs.

How many weeks we looking if it's one of those?

 

[BradyFTW!]

Great hurdle by Branch to get back onside for that spike

I'm surprised and impressed that he was physically capable of doing that

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Man. This team is gritty...I'll give em that! 6-2 and could easily have been 7-1 or 3-5. Crazy year.

I don't know what kind of year it will be with the players we have lost, but I appreciate the fight in the team.

 

[Bill Lee]

Separated shoulder is my best guess.

Any data to support that, or are you just going Chicken Little?

 

[Ross12]

Where are all those people saying the defense would be **** without Hightower and that the season is over?

They're still here, they're just too busy stating that some other thing means season over. Hightower's injury being a season-killer is soooo last week.

 

[BradyFTW!]

**** how it looked, we're heading into the bye at 6-2, who wouldn't have taken that coming out of week 1, let alone 4?

 

[FourierSeries]

Chargers vs Denver last week: 21 points scored

Chargers vs New England: 13 points scored

 

[PatriotReign]

Any data to support that, or are you just going Chicken Little?

It's a neutral observation based on what I saw and how he reacted. I'd hope for a stinger or nothing at all if I could.

 

[TheBostonStraggler]

Where are all those people saying the defense would be **** without Hightower and that the season is over?

They are busy crafting their 'it wasn't the defense, it was the other team just didn't execute easy plays' responses?

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Too many chicken littles in the game thread to bench .

Chickens? Where?

 

[PatriotsNumero1Fan]

What good teams in the league are there?

The bright side of looking at things but this team has to play better. Offense has been stagnant at times.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Ghost made this more difficult than it needed to be.

Only put up 10 points in tough field conditions. Could've been better, but still a decent outing in my opinion

 

[DaBruinz]

Fg kicker makes two kicks and Hogan isn't out there. This feels like a loss

Gostkowski was 3 of 5 missing a pair of 43 yarders on a wet surface..

Hogan is the bigger issue..

 

[VectorPrime]

This is a quality win against a quality opponent. But the offense should have been much better.

 

[turkeyneck]

This team is gritty

Give me a gritty team over a flashy team every time, and especially in the playoffs.

 

[Ross12]

This style of winning isn’t sustainable once they play good teams, but will take it for now. 6-2!

I'm honestly not sure what teams they're gonna face that are much, if at all, better than this Los Angeles team. Just because they're 3-5 doesn't mean they're bad. They have good receivers, good running backs, a good QB, and a legit pass rush. Is there some other team they're playing this season that has all of that and more?

 

[Foxypats]

A win is a win. I just wish the Patriots scored more

 

[PatriotReign]

Defense played well today again with a ton of injuries. Hopefully they can get Marsh to play more disciplined in edge setting. He was an early liability against the run.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Huh? Ghost was the reason the Chargers had a chance in the end in the first place.

Ghost doesn't have the chance to miss two field goals if the offense did more than nothing in the red zone.