week 10: NE@DEN . Practice News

[Ring 6]

"Accomplished veteran" compared to Osweiler.

Except for the KCY, NOL and ATL games, every game has been close this season, closer than I'd prefer (especially for night games). I'm pretty much expecting a final score similar to the average of the last four Pats games. But I don't think that it will be because "Denver always plays us tough" or because "we always play poorly in Denver", etc.

I agree that there's a potential for the Pats D to regress a tad, and that the Pats O is short-handed in the passing game and unlikely to put up 30, or maybe even 21. That should make it a close game right there.

They have everyone but hogan. If we can’t score 21 points because one guy is out that’s a condemning statement of what I consider to be a very good offense.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

They have no run game, so that would be perfect. But then again, they've got no passing game either.

They *Can* run however they have been behind a lot. All of their QB's have been turnover machines which basically has their offense in toilet-like spiral.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

They have no run game, so that would be perfect. But then again, they've got no passing game either.

Denver doesn’t have a choice. Either they put the game in the hands of Cj Anderson or Brock Osweiller.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

What i am most interested in seeing is the adjustments BB made during the bye week...

 

[Patjew]

Pats kinda stink (meaning look rusty) coming off byes now if I'm not mistaken. It's not like 10 years ago where a bye meant a guaranteed blowout the next week.

Or maybe it just seems that way.

 

[FourierSeries]

Denver doesn’t have a choice. Either they put the game in the hands of Cj Anderson or Brock Osweiller.

Exactly. It's a lose-lose situation.

 

[long distance]

Chris Hogan, Marcus Cannon and Malcom Brown missed their third straight practice on Thursday, making it unlikely any of them will be in action Sunday night in Denver.

The bad part of this news is that this probably means both next games. Of course w Bill you never know . he might fedex for a body he needs to Mexico City..

 

[long distance]

With Cannon most likely out . here some positives on Waddle before the panic button is pressed..

"When we first got him, I think he was still dealing a little bit with the knee injury from Detroit," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "It's just over a period of time, between hard work [and] maybe some physical improvement, some combination of the two, he looks and plays kind of like what we saw in Detroit before the injury."

La Waddle (copyright Captain Stone) played surprisingly well in two games against two of the top pass rushes in the league, starting vs HOU and coming for injured Cannon mid LAC game..

 

[long distance]

Thomas back to practice, C.J. Anderson (illness), D Wolfe (sore neck) new DNP..

 

[supafly]

Pats kinda stink (meaning look rusty) coming off byes now if I'm not mistaken. It's not like 10 years ago where a bye meant a guaranteed blowout the next week.

Or maybe it just seems that way.

I believe they’re only 3-3 in their last 6 years of regular season games, but as another poster pointed out, if you include the first round byes and the SB byes during this same time period, that record improves significantly.

I felt a little better about it after reading that stat. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the specific record.

 

[luuked]

Pats kinda stink (meaning look rusty) coming off byes now if I'm not mistaken. It's not like 10 years ago where a bye meant a guaranteed blowout the next week.

Or maybe it just seems that way.

8-2 post BYE since 2012 with the losses being the 2013 ******** call on Kuechly/Gronk and the 2016 Seahawks Gronk non-call.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

8-2 post BYE since 2012 with the losses being the 2013 ******** call on Kuechly/Gronk and the 2016 Seahawks Gronk non-call.

I don't get the math here

 

[luuked]

I don't get the math here

What do you mean ?

 

[TB12TheGoat]

I don't get the math here

he is counting the playoff byes

 

[WaterfallJumper]

I don't get the math here

Playoffs, I assume.

 

[luuked]

he is counting the playoff byes

Well a BYE is a BYE.

 

[captain stone]

With Cannon most likely out . here some positives on Waddle before the panic button is pressed..

"When we first got him, I think he was still dealing a little bit with the knee injury from Detroit," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. "It's just over a period of time, between hard work [and] maybe some physical improvement, some combination of the two, he looks and plays kind of like what we saw in Detroit before the injury."

La Waddle (copyright Captain Stone) played surprisingly well in two games against two of the top pass rushes in the league, starting vs HOU and coming for injured Cannon mid LAC game..

Thanks for the credit!…and you're welcome too!

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Pats kinda stink (meaning look rusty) coming off byes now if I'm not mistaken. It's not like 10 years ago where a bye meant a guaranteed blowout the next week.

Or maybe it just seems that way.

Your concerns are legitimate:

Lazar: Patriots’ post-bye magic has gone missing in recent years

 

[luuked]

Your concerns are legitimate:

Lazar: Patriots’ post-bye magic has gone missing in recent years

More crap from Lazar. Great.

 

[luuked]