Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Bears

[Triumph]

I like Eagle ...

Dan Hogan likes Eagle.

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

What pissed me off, and I hate do go there, but the refs were HORRIBLE!!!
I don't think it's a conspiracy, I think they just SUCK!!

..And the Bears were definitely playing dirty. With intent to injure, IMO.


And the league is worried about injuries??? WTF?
It's beyond a joke.

The D (and the O, a bit) needs work on the road, but as long as they keep winning, I'm satisfied.

For now

 

[Deus Irae]

Everyone criticizing the defense: we’ve scored 38+ points in four straight games (never been done in NFL history) despite clearly being nothing special on offense compared to some past teams.

The rules are absurd. The defense is doing okay considering the obstacles they face.

People are criticizing the defense because the defense has sucked. They're not criticizing the defense because the defense has been dealing with some new rules, because those rules aren't the reason the defense has sucked.

Mitch Trubisky was the Patriots best defensive player today, for crying out loud.

 

[DaBruinz]

What pissed me off, and I hate do go there, but the refs were HORRIBLE!!!
I don't think it's a conspiracy, I think they just SUCK!!

..And the Bears were definitely playing dirty. With intent to injure, IMO.


And the league is worried about injuries??? WTF?
It's beyond a joke.

The D (and the O, a bit) needs work on the road, but as long as they keep winning, I'm satisfied.

For now

First thing you've said in a long time that I've actually agreed with.. That the refs just plain sucked today.. A lot of people were pointing this out..

 

[long distance]

You don't think he could be used off the ball?

NE plays nickel most of the time and prefer SS. LBs have to stop the run first and be big on tackling. Im good with this philosophy. Also a sub LB has to be close to a ST ace which i dont think Reddick is either.. Id much prefer KGH but unfortunatelly that ship has sailed. Ironically they kept Roberts over him. I don't mind Roberts here at all as you know (esp. with Bentley out) but I did mind risking cutting KGH and eventually losing him

btw - Arizona has all the players fans salivate for here (incl. CJ) and cant stop anybody..

 

[DaBruinz]

People are criticizing the defense because the defense has sucked. They're not criticizing the defense because the defense has been dealing with some new rules, because those rules aren't the reason the defense has sucked.

Mitch Trubisky was the Patriots best defensive player today, for crying out loud.

People like yourself are criticizing the defense because that's how you make yourselves feel better in life. You can't actually look at the facts and deal with them.

Look at the how Trubisky had actually played in the 5 games prior to the Pats and you'll see that the Pats Defense made his day hell in the passing game. You'll also see that they shut down the Bears running game outside of HIM.

 

[luuked]

Wrong thread. Nevermind. Post can be deleted.

 

[DaBruinz]

They play nickel most of the time and prefer SS. LBs have to stop the run first and be big on tackling. Im good with this philosophy. Also a sub LB has to be close to a ST ace which i dont think Reddick is either.. Id much prefer KGH but unfortunatelly that ship has sailed. Ironically they kept Roberts over him. I don't mind Roberts here at all as you know (esp. with Bentley out) but I did mind risking cutting KGH and eventually losing him

btw - Arizona has all the players fans salivate for here (incl. CJ) and cant stop anybody..

That's because people here believe that the players there aren't being used correctly..

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

First thing you've said in a long time that I've actually agreed with.. That the refs just plain sucked today.. A lot of people were pointing this out..

Thank you....


I think.

But then again, you don't agree with many.

 

[Uptown]

 

[DaBruinz]

Thank you....


I think.

But then again, you don't agree with many.

Now, don't go mixing me up with Deus or AndyJohnson. There are plenty of people I agree with.. Just not all the time. Cause, you know. I do think for myself....

 

[Tony2046]

It’s still the defense’s job to hold those offenses to FGs. We should know that. We saw defenses like that in championship years. This defense has not done that and the Bears’ WRs were often running WIDE open through our zones today. That the team was comfortable playing that much zone suggests the issues aren’t communication. It suggests the issues are personnel-related. This is not a good defense. If they don’t improve, and improve a lot, they’ll be the 2018 team’s downfall when they eventually run into a squad that they can’t hang 28+ on. Luckily, Belichick doesn’t seem happy either.

How many receptions did those receivers get? 9. Their receivers weren't the problem today. Probably because Trubisky was being pressured all game. That pressure forced him to make numerous poor throws and decisions.

Sure it's the defenses job to hold them to a FG on a short field but you're giving them less margin for error by doing so and they're not an elite unit.

Longer fields gives them more opportunities to force stops, mistakes and or turnovers. They're good enough to do that.

They just beat two good and potentially playoff bound teams despite having to defend short fields and turnovers multiple times each game.

 

[Deus Irae]

How many receptions did those receivers get? 9. Their receivers weren't the problem today. Probably because Trubisky was being pressured all game. That pressure forced him to make numerous poor throws and decisions.

Sure it's the defenses job to hold them to a FG on a short field but you're giving them less margin for error by doing so and they're not an elite unit.

Longer fields gives them more opportunities to force stops, mistakes and or turnovers. They're good enough to do that.

They just beat two good and potentially playoff bound teams despite having to defend short fields and turnovers multiple times each game.

Trubisky missed wide open receivers because he was throwing like **** regardless of pressure.

 

[TBR]

Wrong thread.

 

[Tony2046]

Trubisky missed wide open receivers because he was throwing like **** regardless of pressure.

Because of pressure. Watching his two previous games I saw the same thing. If the pocket is clean he can make some nice throws especially down the sidelines but when he gets rattled he starts throwing inaccurately. They got to him and kept him uncomfortable all game. It worked.

 

[Deus Irae]

Because of pressure.

No


Regardless of pressure

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

That is a very good question....he looked like he was running in slo motion....hope he didn’t reaggravate his hamstring....awesome play by him and at full strength/speed would have scored

He's been taking a beating. It's amazing how he bounces back.

The guy is a beast. Frearless

 

[TBR]

The addition of Gordon is huge. Just wondering a bit about his big 50-yard gain where he looked like he was going slow. Was it fatigue, or his hamstring? Don't know, but I expected him to score after he broke away from the two tacklers after the catch. But it worked out well in the end. The Pats still scored and took more time off the clock.

Reiss quoted him saying it was fatigue.

 

[Tony2046]

No


Regardless of pressure

No. Because of pressure. Pressure matters.

I'm starting a new movement. QBPM. I'm tired of the lack of credit it's getting around here.

 

[Deus Irae]

No. Because of pressure. Pressure matters.

I'm starting a new movement. QBPM. I'm tired of the lack of credit it's getting around here.

If you think Trubisky sucked because of the pressure, and nothing else, you're useless as a QB analyst.