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The same people who ridiculed people who claimed last week's game might have been competitive or even a Patriots win if not for two or three plays are now saying this win is a loss because of three plays. Precious.
The same people who ridiculed people who claimed last week's game might have been competitive or even a Patriots win if not for two or three plays are now saying this win is a loss because of three plays. Precious.
Defense and OL were very good today.
Not sure why MAC looks so average. His field vision seems to be poor, he seems to get flustered easily and most concerning is his accuracy has not been up to expectations.
I would give him a C today. He was lucky the Steelers dropped an easy interception. Not yet seeing improvement from training camp to week 1 to week 2.
So far this defense isn't missing JC Jackson (sorry about whistling past the graveyard here). The coverage hasn't been perfect, but good enough. It hasn't been tested yet with a really good QB unless the Tua today is the Tua we will see all season (I doubt it).
Bentley may be the most important guy on the defense. Not the most talented or productive, but he may be the glue that holds it together. The one series that he was out was the only series where the defense looked really bad the entire drive.
Parker is not working out. At least not yet. I think he still has the chance to be very productive in this offense, but he and Mac need to get on the same page. Although the Jones INT was a bad throw, it looked like Parker did not run a great route nor tried to get himself in position to make an adjustment on the ball.
Bourne needs to be starting. He is still a better option than Parker at least until Parker gets on the same page with Mac.
Mac has been frustrating. Sometimes he looks like the guy advertised coming into the preseason, but those moments are still few and far between. I think he is still getting adjusted to the offense and he is overthinking things which is affecting his mechanics. He did throw a few rockets today and minimized the floaters from last week, but he still needs to be more consistent.
The o-line was night and day from last week. Strange showed why the Patriots drafted him in the first round. He was impressive today at least for a rookie in his second game. Trent Brown seemed motivated. Overall a good performance.
Agholor is living up to his contract this year, probably exceeding it. I cannot wait until Thornton gets off IR and see what they can do with two speedsters on the outside. It might be the missing ingredient Mac is missing. Agholor is never going to be an elite WR, but can make a few big plays a game.
I am liking the LB corp. I think it is better than last year without the names. Mac Wilson is better in coverage than advertised. Word was that he sucked in coverage and was exclusively a straight line LB. He made a huge play in coverage for the tip ball INT. As I said before Bentley is the glue on the defense. Tavai had a pretty good game.
This defense is all about the front seven. Both Judon and Barmore are studs and Wise and Guy are having a very good year thus far.
This team fixed a lot of things from last week, but they still have stuff to improve. I feel much better about the team after today because they are showing that they can do a good job self scouting and fixing their problems. The next two games are tough (but maybe not as tough as we thought going into the season). The Pats need to get past those, hopefully with a win or two, and they have a month worth of games where they can work on getting better.
I mean, it's Poe's Law: On the internet, it's impossible to tell the difference between an actual extreme opinion, and a parody of that opinion. But "@BostonSatire" was my tip off
I can't believe Parker was out there for 54 snaps and was a non-factor. Bourne had multiple big plays (though a couple were taken away by ticky-tack penalties) on 22 snaps.
Gunner pretty much gifted us the win with his fumble on ST. Ouch, and he was talking about how he was amped up to face his ex-team before the game too!
