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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.It's interesting how so many of them basically shared duties with another RB. Unless that's the point. Michel isn't THE guy at RB. He's appropriate as part of a committee of RBs. And certainly not worth re-signing at any significant money.
Hard to categorize Sony. He is very slow, he is not big. Basically if the holes are open he has good vision and balance, but certainly not a home run threat. I think he can block well, so overall he is not flashy but BB values blocking/
Newton did have approximately the same attempts and yards as Wilson after week 2. Wilson has more now and 14 TDs because he gets to throw to great WRs.How does your point “stand”. You claimed that newton had basically the same yards on the same attempts and the difference is pretty much Mahomes to Darnold.
Did you watch last nights Baltimore/KC game?And the way that you do that is commit to the run and do it successfully. Like the 49ers last year.
To be successful the Patriot passing game needs to leverage the threat of the run. I’m not sure where you see these teams that will be able to prevent the patriots from running the ball.
Baltimore didn’t lose because they couldn’t run, they ran just fine. They lost because they abandoned the run and threw it 59 times. The marathon of the score was the result of throwing it 59 times not the other way around.
Russell Wilson is the best QB in the game if it's not Mahomes, he can spot the ball 30 yards on a dime.Newton did have approximately the same attempts and yards as Wilson after week 2. Wilson has more now and 14 TDs because he gets to throw to great WRs.
Thanks for pointing out the Wilson has 5 more passing TDs after game 3 and 2 consecutive games of 5 TDs. 5 passing TDs in game 2 vs the NE defense and the best CB in the game.
Cam has done great considering his cast of WRs.
And the way that you do that is commit to the run and do it successfully. Like the 49ers last year.I agree, unfortunately in the playoffs defense's become much better and the chances of running well shrink, see Seattle. You have to be able to pass well and pass from the pocket, this is the challenge for these coaches and this QB.
wot?Newton did have approximately the same attempts and yards as Wilson after week 2. Wilson has more now and 14 TDs because he gets to throw to great WRs.
Thanks for pointing out the Wilson has 5 more passing TDs after game 3 and 2 consecutive games of 5 TDs. 5 passing TDs in game 2 vs the NE defense and the best CB in the game.
Cam has done great considering his cast of WRs.
I don’t understand.Did you watch last nights Baltimore/KC game?
Lamar Jackson completed just 15-of-28 passes for 97 yards and an INT... KC got up early, and LJ can't pass well. Simple formula. Teams don't have to shut down the run completely, they can be good enough to make it inefficient and difficult to score fast enough to win.
I don't get Pats fans confused as to why Lamar wasn't drafted by them, BB had two shots at him and passed for a reason. Cam is a better passer then he'll ever be and Cam is average with his accuracy. Passing is the job, running is simply gravy.
Via the 'we coulda had Lamar' card, just like to the 'we coulda had Chubb' card you're familiar with. It's all a bunch of pointless looking into the rear view mirror wishing we had a time machine kind of stuff. IMO this kind of whining takes away from enjoying what we do have.How did we get from Sony being a JAG to Cam Newton not being any good?
It would be disingenuous of me to say I would've rather had Lamar over Sony at the time. I didn't like his taking a running back early but I thought Lamar would be a huge bust.Via the 'we coulda had Lamar' card, just like to the 'we coulda had Chubb' card you're familiar with. It's all a bunch of pointless looking into the rear view mirror wishing we had a time machine kind of stuff. IMO this kind of whining takes away from enjoying what we do have.
Line Backer to run him down from behind
It's simple and you keep ignoring it, you can't get down in points and "commit to the run."I don’t understand.
The patriots have a qb who is not a good passer but is a good runner. A guy who can throw effectively if you limit his throws to situations that are favorable to him (play action, only 4 dbs, favorably down and distance, etc) and will struggle if you ask him
to run a pass oriented offense.
Is your argument they are going to lose because of him, or they should run a pass heavy offense?
Mine is the best chance they have is to commit to the run, be conservative, have him throw in favorable situations, scold him when he thinks he can throw into heavy coverage like he did last week and win by being more physical than the opponent.
Baltimore’s offense failed last night because they didn’t commit to the run. They felt they had to throw to keep up with mahomes. Perhaps they did,but they had no chance of doing that, just like we will have no chance of doing that. Kc didn’t stop the run, Baltimore never tried to run. Their RBs has 12 total carries.
look at the first drive. 4 runs in 5 plays to get to the 15 then 3 straight passes and a Fg.
They were down 13-10 and had run 5 times for 57 yards and thrown 9 times. They kc scored to make it 20-10.
this, a team that went 14-2 last year running more than twice as much as they threw.
They didn’t fall behind because the run was stopped and then they had to throw and couldn’t, they fell behind because they didn’t establish the run even when kc wasn’t coming close to stopping it.
People act like it was a straight chase down and not because Michel made a cut to follow a block. If Michel just stayed straight Morrow never would have caught him.
Uhhh...Yeah he should be...Sony was terrific after the 1st quarter, but that doesn't now make him a better pro than Chubb is.You sure, bro?
Uhhh...Yeah he should be...Sony was terrific after the 1st quarter, but that doesn't now make him a better pro than Chubb is.
Sorry but the bolded really isn't true...I do agree with the 2nd paragraph however.In week one N'Keal had a career high in targets and yards, in week two he almost doubled it. Byrd has played well. Not only are these receivers playing better but doing so with a lesser passer. It's attitude. Cam treats N'Keal like "a little brother," Tom treated all the rookies like red headed step children.
Cam passed because Seattle sold out to stop the run and because they were behind, and he actually looked much better in the two minute drill than he did dropping back after leaving the huddle. Seattle's defensive backfield is currently the worst in the NFL statistically, if they couldn't pass against Seattle... then who?
Yep, I really didn't want Lamar Jackson there either...Though I also didn't figure on losing Jacoby Brissett before the season even started, after losing Grop during the previous season...It would be disingenuous of me to say I would've rather had Lamar over Sony at the time. I didn't like his taking a running back early but I thought Lamar would be a huge bust.
Oops...yeah I did misinterpret the post, sorry!I was responding to his allegation that the Patriots running back corps is not a top 10 group. Maybe you wouldn't take any of them top 25 individually, but as a collective? They're really good at a variety of things. I'm pretty happy with them as a group.