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Sounds like a high school team.It takes so long for them to get one play in, there's not enough time to call an audible.
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Sounds like a high school team.It takes so long for them to get one play in, there's not enough time to call an audible.
I see defensive players, whose job it is to tackle, get stiff armed out of plays fairly often.No reasonable person should have expected Mac to take down Chandler Jones there... He was caught by surprise and was therefore out of position relative to his balance & leverage, all of which he would've needed just to have a chance...
My issue is: Why no Hail Mary attempt? This is the Christmas season, after all...
I hate drama. And we’ve got drama now with the NEP. Reminds me of the end of the Pete Carroll era here and the poor drafting of Bobby Grier.Belichick would still be looking for his 3rd ring if it were not for getting lucky and drafting Brady ......While he will end up in the hall of fame and is one of the smarter coaches in the league (when he was in his glory years), the bottom line is he is overrated and has guys like Brady and Lawrence Taylor along with Bill Parcells to thank a ton for his 'Legacy' ...hes really a joke now and needs to retire...Sean Payton is the best guy for next year who can get this team back on track if he wants to come to this poor situation. - Like it or not the fact is the Patriots will never get back to being an elite team until this coaching staff including BB has left the building and the true rebuild begins,its not what has happened in the past,its NOW and NOW is the time to let him go Mr. Kraft
My two main thoughts on this play (besides %$&*!):I just had a chance to look at the play that cost the Pats the game. I am saying "WTF" because I have no idea what Jakobi Meyers was thinking. There were only RAIDER players in the area where he threw the ball.
I mean, I don't even fully understand Rhamondre's lateral unless he was hoping that Meyers would step out of bounds to stop the clock for a long field goal.
If this was one of Patricia's "signature plays" it needs to be s**tcanned like him.
Great point. That was the crack in the door.Kraft stepped in when Bill was overruling the scouts and drafting garbage.
We do know what the coach's instructions were. They were told to play for OT. They ignored those instructions. They both said so in their post-game interviews.- I guess we'll never know what the coaches' instructions were. But it sucks that the gaffe involved the two players who, if I had to blow up this offense and was told I could only keep two players, these would be the two guys.
That's disrespectful to HS teams.Sounds like a high school team.
So if the Jets come calling asking for our QB and offering a high draft pick, whom do you think it’d be? Jones or Zappe?The Bears game was the first half decent defense Zappe faced and he looked like he didn't belong in the league. Zappe's ceiling is much lower than Mac's.
Privately I suspect opposing coaches like the guy in Arizona are labeling this inept offense with choice words.The Pats were 2 for 13 on 3rd downs yesterday and Vegas had the ball for 7 additional minutes.
Each age has its obligations. A person of my vintage plays the prickly naysaying role, which I quite enjoy. Every so often, I affect a more positive outlook, but my heart rarely leaps at that dreary task.holy krist! no wonder you're so felonius...you're older than the dirt on my Red Ball Jets sneakers...
Jimmy G. Open competition in training camp. New QB coach. Judge can go back to special teams or somethingAt this point I would go after Jimmy G or Lamar.
Keep yer head up young fella!Each age has its obligations. A person of my vintage plays the prickly naysaying role, which I quite enjoy. Every so often, I affect a more positive outlook, but my heart rarely leaps at that dreary task.
Prefer the SEC, though.Draft the best available OT from the SEC or Big 10 in the first round.
In the first line you're saying that we know what the coach's instructions were and in the second line you're saying we don't.We do know what the coach's instructions were. They were told to play for OT. They ignored those instructions. They both said so in their post-game interviews.
The bigger question is, if they're playing for OT and not throwing a Hail Mary, then why run a draw play? Just kneel on it if you want to go to overtime.
What are you talking about? I said the play was called a draw in the first part and I question why run that play at all if they're playing for overtime (like they said they were) in the second. Those aren't contradictory statements.In the first line you're saying that we know what the coach's instructions were and in the second line you're saying we don't.
That bigger question is why some fans don't believe what they're being told and why they don't have faith in the offensive coaching.
More specifically, what is the value of Jonnu Smith, the $50 million TE, who was targeted a couple of times early against the Raiders and then disappeared?Can you imagine being Kraft and writing checks to the tune of a quarter billion dollars in FA, and then sitting in your owners box watching this **** show unfold?
My bad. I misunderstood your point.What are you talking about? I said the play was called a draw in the first part and I question why run that play at all if they're playing for overtime (like they said they were) in the second. Those aren't contradictory statements.
We know what the coach's instructions were because Rham and Jakobi both said what they were supposed to do on that play during their interviews.
Jimmy G. Open competition in training camp. New QB coach. Judge can go back to special teams or something
A real QB coach dude and true QB competition. That’s my dream.
First paragraph: true.Dan Campbell is outcoaching BB this season. His guys are 100% bought in. Pats players are questioning coaches and going rogue.
What a f*cked up season. One of Bill's worse.