Official Post Game Thread- Dolphins beat the Pats

[rads2005]

Of course I'll still root and hope, but it's probably the least hopeful I've been for the Pats entering the playoffs in a long time, maybe ever. It's too many weeks in a row that the offense has been struggling for it to just be chemistry or playcalling. There's just very little there to be hopeful about for a sustained playoff run.

 

[Horace's Ivories]

"the end of the first half, Bill Belichick said he would have called timeout if the Patriots had gotten a first down on that final drive. They called two running plays, which drained the remaining clock."

 

[moejr]

As an aside. discount double dork is doing worse that TB today as far as stats

The injuries have really hurt the team. They look slow and tired at certain positions too, so even those healthy don’t look sharp.

We’ll see how the postseason plays out but I’m about ready to move onto 2020.

 

[102 Pat]

We just won the Super bowl the last 2 out of 3 years and finished this season 12-4, don't you think this is premature? We still have the playoffs ahead of us

Your asking a lot out of most of the posters on here. The same people who are saying Brady should retire, seasons over, blow it up, etc will be the same ones celebrating when they win the Super Bowl...

 

[stcjones]

Well, they play next week and they have no one to blame but themselves. Let’s see how resilient they are.

They can win 4 in a row, but not with today’s effort and prep.

Kudos to Brian Flores and Miami. They wanted it more and just played better.

Both former assistants beat their mentor soundly....congrats to them ....students embarrassed the master

 

[TheAdultintheRoom]

I cannot for the life of me understand the obsession with Antonio Brown on this board. He's a complete nut, he shot his way out of 3 towns in the course of a year. He still isn't on a team. He wasn't part of the 6 SBs over the last 20 years. He was on our team for a week. Who gives a **** about Antonio Brown? He's completely irrelevant at this point.

 

[venecol]

Fun game. Dolphins are a solid team and this team played them well. They dolphins just made a few more plays and there was some questionable missed holding calls. No shame in losing them.

Sanu looked and as did Michele. This team can definitely take something from this game and build on it.

Looking forward to an extra game and looking forward to the pats bearing KC in KC again the week after.

Serious question: do you live in a group home?

 

[Ladypatsfan]

Something about today doesn't feel right.
They did things that they never do.
It's almost as if they lost on purpose.

 

[Joey007]

Flores is going to be a pain in the neck for years to come.

 

[LightSkinSmurf]

Silver lining? One thing the patriots have never done is win a SB without the BYE. I'm not dumb enough to think we will but............I mean....At least it makes anything we accomplish this postseason that much more special?............Idk man. I'm sad, I'm gonna go now.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Well, they play next week and they have no one to blame but themselves. Let’s see how resilient they are.

They can win 4 in a row, but not with today’s effort and prep.

Kudos to Brian Flores and Miami. They wanted it more and just played better.

Effort, grit and toughness isn't the problem with this team

It's talent and execution

 

[Its_The_Patriots]

Wild card weekend will be just that! Wild!

 

[thecore762]

Next week might be the last time we see Brady playing a home game for the Pats.

 

[slash83]

People are upset with the offense but they put them in a position to win.

The thing is that defense is really still solid but they did let them down slightly on the last drive. Have they made a stop people be singing the praises of them.

Let them down slightly? Lmao wow. The TD they just gave up to lose the game basically cost us a sb chance.

Winning 3 was slightly possible, winning 4 isn’t happening.

 

[ashley]

The question would be why the running plays? Probably no confidence in the passing game
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Re: the end of the first half, Bill Belichick said he would have called timeout if the Patriots had gotten a first down on that final drive. They called two running plays, which drained the remaining clock.

 

[supafly]

As an aside. discount double dork is doing worse that TB today as far as stats

Yeah, He’s playing so poorly that his team has won and clinched a first round bye.

 

[upstater1]

The Patriots really really really have no WRs other than Edelman, who is obviously limited

 

[Ladypatsfan]

If we go one and done Brady will retire.

He should.

 

[moejr]

How did we go from cleaning these guys clock 43-0 in Miami then losing in Foxboro?

 

[JMC00]

Harry is a bust, Sanu is a double bust, bets are knows that Brady leaves.

Maybe for a team that will give him some WR

Maybe Brady shouldn't throw bonehead pick-6s and overthrow open guys in the end zone Which Harry and Sanu were on back to back play better throws and this is probably a 31-13 Pats win.