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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.But who do we have for depth?I'm not as worried about the offense as I am the defense. With Edleman, Hollister and hopefully Gordon coming back, Brady will have more weapons and that should free up Gronk.
Wouldn't be surprised if we saw someone getting cut this week on the defensive side.(Sheldon, Brown, Hightower are a few that come to mind, although Roberts definitely needs to go.)
I expect a nice bounce back week against Miami coming up...fingers crossed
Thank God we have BB.
If anyone can right the ship, he can
soon as we get a slot reciever brady trusts the offense will be fine.
The defense has issues everywhere.
Can't stop the run, Can't stop the pass.
Need the offense to be able to put up 25+ every game in order to take pressure off the defense.
Yup. The issue on defence is talent, especially in the front 7. We will get better on D when Flowers and Chung get back, but against a decent offense they will continue to be exposed.
I have faith the offense will figure it out. Our big issue is our receivers are giving Brady no options. Double cover Gronk and he has no one to throw to. Edelman and hopefully Gordon will give Brady more options and free up space for Gronk.
The one glaring issue is we have no depth. Long term injuries to Gronk or Edelman and this team is toast.
But who do we have for depth?
Our offense reminds me of the last few games of 2015 when Amendola and Edelman were out. Without them, we couldn't move the ball at all.
Once Jules is back, some of that will be fixed so it gives me hope. Having Jules back and adding Gordon will also help Hogan tremendously. Easier to get open when you are the 4th target rather than the 2nd. Should help Dorsett as well, for the same reason.
So, once Jules is back and Gordon is incorporated, everyone will play a role that suits them better.
We can win a title without gronk(we did), If we don't have a decent option in the slot the offense dies.
We've seen this before. No decent slot option, No security blanket for Brady, Brady has to force balls to players that shouldn't be getting targets.
Everything changes if we keep DA instead of bringing in Patterson/20 something jags, or jules doesn't get suspended. week 5 things will turn around, patriots probably end the season something like 11-5 or 12-4
Different team when Gronk went down in 2016. Brady had both Edelman and Amendola plus a decent outside receiver in Mitchell. If we lose Gronk now teams will cloud the middle to take away Edelman and our outsides can’t beat 1 on 1 coverage. It would really come down to how well Josh Gordon plays. That’s a complete mystery right now.
Barring injuries I think we somewhat turn it around and get to 10-6 or possibly 11-5. All starts with the fish on Sunday.
Teams are already taking away Gronk. If you're not going to at least attempt to throw him the ball, what's the point (other than blocking)?
Lot more talent on those teams. You can't ignore the differences between overall roster strength as well as the decline of guys who were on those teams (Hightower, McCourty, Chung)