Game Day Thread Official Postgame Thread: Patriots fall to Texans 22-28

[NYCPATS4LIFE]

Title defenses are tough. :shrug:

If you told me before the season the Pats would be tied for the best record in football at 10-2 with 3 of the next four at home, I'd be looking to high five you all. Sure, they look to be trending in the wrong direction, but after last December I'm not calling anything.

Regards,
Chris

Big difference between last year offense and this year. Brady had multiple guys he can trust last year .

 

[Deus Irae]

Jakobi Meyers has a quick out here from the slot. Turns into a scramble-drill situation. Brady expects Meyers to turn up the field once the play is off schedule. He doesn’t. Meyers said after the game he tried to push up and come back to Brady. “Just on different pages.”

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[Deus Irae]

Brady targeted N'Keal Harry on that third-down pick. Looks like Harry was trying to box out the corner as the ball got close.

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[Ladypatsfan]

No one wanted to poke the bear

They should. He built this offense. He brought in the personnel. I personally blame him.

 

[Jlaff]

Yeah I just don't understand why Gordon was let go. I really don't. Just a bizarre decision.

And one we haven't spent a lot of time questioning on this forum. Seems to have been overshadowed by AB. Not a lot of leaks regarding Gordon either, except that comment from Dorsett or whoever that said he appreciated that Sanu would "show up" (which was framed as an apparent slight at Gordon).

 

[Deus Irae]

Tom Brady was picked when he targeted N'Keal Harry in the first quarter. It wasn't the rookie's last snap of the game. But it was his last target. "I guess I could've used my body more," Harry said.

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[Deus Irae]

And one we haven't spent a lot of time questioning on this forum. Seems to have been overshadowed by AB. Not a lot of leaks regarding Gordon either, except that comment from Dorsett or whoever that said he appreciated that Sanu would "show up" (which was framed as an apparent slight at Gordon).

I think slack was given because Gordon wasn't flashing as a monster, and people were overhyping the likely impact of Harry.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

Big difference between last year offense and this year. Brady had multiple guys he can trust last year .

Maybe they don't have the horses this year. But maybe they ride D/ST to a title a la 2001 with 3 offensive TDs in 3 playoff games. The standard they've set has no comparison in the SB era. I'm not going to kill them if they struggle to meet it.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Jlaff]

I think slack was given because Gordon wasn't flashing as a monster, and people were overhyping the likely impact of Harry.

That sounds about right to me. We didn't really appreciate what they had in Gordon and/or how bad it could get.

 

[supafly]

And one we haven't spent a lot of time questioning on this forum. Seems to have been overshadowed by AB. Not a lot of leaks regarding Gordon either, except that comment from Dorsett or whoever that said he appreciated that Sanu would "show up" (which was framed as an apparent slight at Gordon).

Either Gordon really messed up or they mismanaged whatever happened. It seems like it could be both. It would’ve been a better option to keep Gordon and get through the rest of the season, rather than trading away a second rounder who would take awhile to understand the offense and ultimately, try and produce at a time when a rookie would be seeing his first snaps as another new receiver.

 

[bormio]

Harry is not just a rookie, he is one that spent weeks on IR. There are good WRs in this league that did little their first couple of years.

 

[Kdo5]

They should. He built this offense. He brought in the personnel. I personally blame him.

I blame Kraft mostly because he took away Tom’s shiniest weapon. I think Bill has tried. He brought in AB, he sent a second rounder for Sanu at the deadline, he drafted a receiver in the first round.

Though I do blame him for cutting Josh Gordon. He isn’t the Josh Gordon of old at all, but he can win those one on one battles that others on the team can’t.

 

[supafly]

Wait, the Texans showed up to the game in SWAT-themed costumes and this is the first I’m hearing about it?

Sunday Night wrap-up: Deshaun Watson leads Texans over Patriots

 

[Midship]

cutting AB will be like the Malcolm Butler benching. A mistake that costs the team a super bowl

 

[Midship]

That play was ****ing hideous. This offense is hideous.

 

[Deus Irae]

I blame Kraft mostly because he took away Tom’s shiniest weapon. I think Bill has tried. He brought in AB, he sent a second rounder for Sanu at the deadline, he drafted a receiver in the first round.

Though I do blame him for cutting Josh Gordon. He isn’t the Josh Gordon of old at all, but he can win those one on one battles that others on the team can’t.

BB chose to get rid of Gordon and Thomas. BB chose not to spend the draft capital on a TE, or to bring in anything more than a stop gap longshot at the position. BB chose not to find a veteran RB, opting for a draftee who isn't even making the active list.

 

[Midship]

An extremely apathetic/disengaged response. He has accepted that Brady has no trust in him

 

[Deus Irae]

An extremely apathetic/disengaged response. He has accepted that Brady has no trust in him

Learning when to use the body to box out, and when to just come back to the ball, is something that he'll improve on. But the fact that he's still at the stage where he doesn't know which to choose on plays that should be his specialty is not a good thing.

 

[NYCPATS4LIFE]

Brady doesn’t have time to babysit these guys. Sanu and dorsett have to start doing more. These guys where pretty much pathetic tonight!

 

[Blizzard]

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