Week 5 Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Colts

[SHOWTIME15]

I hate the colts but kudos to them for playing well considering they were without hilton, doyle and a bunch of their defensive players. There is some work to do on defense and maybe the WRs can work with the Juggs machine a bit this week. All in all happy.

 

[luuked]

1st 3 weeks the secondary looked like a bunch of 1st graders chasing after a soccer ball. All clumped together.

If there is one thing to highlight between the clown show in Detroit and the last two games then it is the tackling. The players don't look that anemic anymore, wrap up and limit YACs significantly better.

 

[Fatmancryin]

Nice win and escaped without any major injuries except maybe Simon.

Brown was listed as probable to return, but don’t think he did.

Anyone know what happened to Simon?

 

[Fatmancryin]

IDK about this one in particular. Maybe they saw it as an "iffy" challenge and thought they had better odds of punching it in if they didn't allow the Colts D to get a breather from the review delay.

The replay from above showed the ball over the goal line, but I don’t think the booth would have been able to determine if his knees were down.

I think the play would stand as called.

 

[luuked]

Nice win and escaped without any major injuries except maybe Simon.

Brown was listed as probable to return, but don’t think he did.

Anyone know what happened to Simon?

I think the report was a shoulder injury ?

 

[PlainOldEd]

Nightmare scenario was blowing this tonight then the Sox blowthis ng it to NY Friday night. Thankfully a bounce went the Pats way on that last pick...

Not worried about the O against most teams, but it looks like once teams figure out what the Pats r doing on D, it's up and down the field at will more often than not...anyway, I think we'd all take 3-2 after the Detroit game

GO PATS

You do realize they won by 14, right?

 

[FCB02062]

You do realize they won by 14, right?

You do realize Indianapolis cut it to 7 and had all the momentum in the 3d quarter.....?

 

[RobertWeathers]

If there is one thing to highlight between the clown show in Detroit and the last two games then it is the tackling. The players don't look that anemic anymore, wrap up and limit YACs significantly better.

Agree.

I meant to say what Brady sees. No separation and receivers bunched together.

 

[Fatmancryin]

You do realize Indianapolis cut it to 7 and had all the momentum in the 3d quarter.....?

After 2 passes that should have been caught turned into interceptions.

 

[Spiral]

Haha! Funny how you only surface when it's about McCourty. You really hate his guts.

You're right.
I don't wish for anyone to get injured, but as Mike Lombardi says, sometimes you're one injury away from being a good team.
The best thing about McCourty right now is that they would save $9.5M on their cap in 2019 if they cut him next spring. There is no way he's on the team next year at a $13.435M cap number.

 

[Kontradiction]

You do realize Indianapolis cut it to 7 and had all the momentum in the 3d quarter.....?

Because of two fluke gifts on back to back drives. Otherwise that game is 52-10. I don’t get it. Are you not happy unless you’re complaining about something?

 

[patsinthesnow]

If Gilmore/McCourty continue this level of play on the outside, we need to start bracketing the slot guy or the TE. J. McCourty has been awesome.

 

[Fatmancryin]

You're right.
I don't wish for anyone to get injured, but as Mike Lombardi says, sometimes you're one injury away from being a good team.
The best thing about McCourty right now is that they would save $9.5M on their cap in 2019 if they cut him next spring. There is no way he's on the team next year at a $13.435M cap number.

I will say this I was for Restructuring his contract to save some money on the cap, but with the way he has been playing I don’t want to have to extend him.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

What's up with all these Brady INTs?

Baseball has ERA for pitchers, so unearned runs by player errors don't count against the pitcher. We ought to the same for QBs so interceptions due to receiver errors as when a ball hits them in the chest and they bobble it or flat out bat a pass in the air ( as happened twice to Brady and once to Luck) it shouldn't be counted against the QB...

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I think he scored and if I remember correctly, the announcers didn’t hesitate in giving their opinions, too. I’m pretty sure that all eyes were on Belichick waiting for him to throw the flag.

Even if you don’t agree and believe that this angle was inconclusive, there seem to be plenty of others that were more definitive which occurred over the past five or so years. I remember being at the 2011 Steelers game when Gronk got in with about 3-4 mins left but Belichick claimed that he couldn’t see it from where he was standing. What the hell is Ernie doing upstairs? I thought he was supposed to be all over this stuff? Perhaps I’m wrong in his job assignments.

I think if the michel play was a 4th down or 3rd down that gets challenged, imo bb didn’t find it worth the challenge at that stage the way the game was going

 

[iapatsfan]

You do realize they won by 14, right?

Against the worst personnel they will face all year

 

[jah]

After 2 passes that should have been caught turned into interceptions.

Because of two fluke gifts on back to back drives. Otherwise that game is 52-10. I don’t get it. Are you not happy unless you’re complaining about something?

The last thing I thought I'd be doing this morning was agree with the guy who complains about "soy boys", but how many INTs of that nature need to happen this year before we consider it a thing? Obviously doesn't reflect on Brady, but those turnovers were created by the Patriots, not their opponents, so even if we should have better things to do than worry about it, the team should absolutely make it a point of emphasis moving forward.

 

[TomPatriot]

Against the worst personnel they will face all year

The Patriots play the Bills twice. The Colts were close in the Bengals, Texans and Eagles games. Good offense and a decent team if they could get past the injuries.

 

[Fatmancryin]

Against the worst personnel they will face all year

Don’t get your point it’s the NFL.

 

[Fatmancryin]

The last thing I thought I'd be doing this morning was agree with the guy who complains about "soy boys", but how many INTs of that nature need to happen this year before we consider it a thing? Obviously doesn't reflect on Brady, but those turnovers were created by the Patriots, not their opponents, so even if we should have better things to do than worry about it, the team should absolutely make it a point of emphasis moving forward.

Agreed. The turnovers being self inflicted is becoming a thing and needs to be addressed.