Pre-Game Thread- Pats @ Raiders

[Love The Drake]

I’m concerned anytime Mac throws around Harmon.
Harmon is still clutch.

 

[Patjew]

LV 14
Pats O 9
Pats D 7

We win!!

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

506 Sports - NFL Maps: Week 15, 2022

By some miracle im getting the game lol

 

[RobertWeathers]

LV 14
Pats O 9
Pats D 7

We win!!

Yep.

It'll be a tough game. Josh knows our personnel and BB sucks at facing fmr assistants.

 

[ashley]

 

[Stu Pidassle]

Yep.

It'll be a tough game. Josh knows our personnel and BB sucks at facing fmr assistants.

There is no doubt that there have been some surprising games, including the Broncos early in JMD's first season. I pulled some stats to see how bad it was. Not sure why Brian Flores (4-2) and Mike Vrabel (2-0) were not on the list. Both of those coaches had good teams so it is isn't too shocking. I was hoping to see that former assistants had initial success when they know BB, but there was no info on their coaching tendencies. The truth is there was no real pattern, but I am going to go with the conclusion that BB will defeat JMD this time because there will be no surprises.

Nick Saban	15-17	2-2
Al Groh	9-7	2-0
Jim Schwartz	29-51	0-1
Romeo Crennel	28-55	0-1
Eric Mangini	33-47	3-5*
Josh McDaniels	11-17	1-0
Bill O'Brien	31-35	0-5*
Matt Patricia	1-2	1-0

 

[FortressX]

The Pats are in Arizona. Never flew back to New England.

Yes I know.

What day are they leaving for Vegas though

There is a game at stadium in Vegas Saturday

 

[JMC00]

. Josh knows our personnel

Works both ways. Raiders DC is Patrick Graham. Joe Judge has a pretty good idea of him given he was his DC in New York the 2 seasons before this one. Was also under Patricia for 4-5 years. I think those 2 have pretty good idea of what he runs.

That's a defense that has blown 4 games of 13+ point leads and is bottom-10 in points and yards allowed.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Works both ways. Raiders DC is Patrick Graham. Joe Judge has a pretty good idea of him given he was his DC in New York the 2 seasons before this one. Was also under Patricia for 4-5 years. I think those 2 have pretty good idea of what he runs.

That's a defense that has blown 4 games of 13+ point leads and is bottom-10 in points and yards allowed.

Good points.

 

[TomPatriot]

Can the linemen serve as receiving options ?

They have to check in as receivers, but there have to be 5 linemen, known to the D before the play starts.

 

[Patsfan1958]

From Patriots.com:

Game Preview: Patriots at Raiders

2022 REGULAR SEASON	NEW ENGLAND	LAS VEGAS
Record	7-6	5-8
Divisional Standings	3rd	3rd
Total Yards Gained	4,155	4,705
Total Offense (Rank)	319.6 (24)	361.9 (8)
Rush Offense	104.8 (23)	128.5 (10)
Pass Offense	214.8 (21)	233.5 (12)
Points Per Game	21.2 (18)	23.7 (11)
Total Touchdowns Scored	28	33
Total Yards Allowed	4,064	4,745
Total Defense (Rank)	312.6 (6)	365.0 (24T)
Rush Defense	111.3 (12)	110.5 (10)
Pass Defense	201.3 (9)	254.5 (29)
Points Allowed/Game	18.4 (5)	24.1 (24T)
Possession Avg.	29:25	29:57
Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost	33/223	23/158
Sacks Made/Yards	45/287	25/171
Penalties Against/Yards	80/670	86/726
Punts/Avg.	59/42.4	43/50.0
Takeaway/Giveaway Ratio	+3 (8T)	-3 (24T)

 

[JMC00]

Not sure why Brian Flores (4-2) and Mike Vrabel (2-0) were not on the list.

Flores I'd put an asterisk he had that Miami bounce even guys like Adam Gase beat Pats SB bound teams . But let's go over those games

L- Blown out 49-0

W- 27-24 Last week of 2019, Brady throwing a pick-6 was the difference. Brady had pretty much had mentally checked out at that point which followed into the playoff game when the offense just needed to get a FG in the 2nd half to win. Also Fitzpatrick was on one of his Fitzmagic runs at the end of that season.

L- 21-11 to the Cam Newton led Pats

W- 22-12 that Pats team was pretty much checked out at that point. Pretty much lost because the run defense was just non-existent at that point

W- 17-16. Harris fumbled while Pats were about to kick a GW FG

W*- 33-24 . I kinda don't give Flores credit for this one that was just your typical late season "weird **** happened" in Miami loss. There was that terrible call on Bolden when the punter ran a fake and he grazed him short of the 1st and they called a penalty



Vrable doesn't really count he was never a coaching assistant.

 

[ashley]

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

If it can strike a chord with casual pats fans how come it's not ringing for NFL coaches

Because they are stupid

 

[NormZauchin]

LV 14
Pats O 9
Pats D 7

We win!!

What about Pats special teams?

 

[Toofy]

Raiders OLine is pretty solid . Carr is one among those with least sacks. So with renfrow and waller coming in it's going to be busy for secondary. We need Barmore else we are in for a long time trying to contain raiders offense. They have pretty decent rush defense and suck in pass defense which is not our strong point.

So from a matchup standpoint it doesn't look favorable. Unless we have Mac throw deep this has chances to quickly become like bills game.

Carr is equal to if not better than cousins in my opinion. If the line can give him more than 3 seconds we are screwed with the weapons they have - davante, renfrow, waller, Jacobs

 

[Patjew]

What about Pats special teams?

They have three returns to the 1 yard line that set up the offense to get those 9 points

 

[signbabybrady]

They have three returns to the 1 yard line that set up the offense to get those 9 points

Marcus running with the night

 

[Uptown]

Wow..looks as if he’s lost 112 pounds.

 

[PatsFan2]

Wow..looks as if he’s lost 112 pounds.

Hope he wears Chandler Jones down.