PostGame Thread 2023 Week 2: Patriots Lose to Dolphins 24-17

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Not sure why everyone thinks that was a bad call/ not procedure. Irrefutable evidence doesn’t need to require significant margins/ yardage. If there is clear and indisputable evidence that someone is 6 inches short, that is the call. Terry (what’s his name) pointed out that his elbow came down right on the first down line…you can deduce that the ball was further back when his knee hit. First there’s the visual evidence but there’s still a some small reasonable doubt about the angle. The knee/ elbow makes it indisputable.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

So - haven't reviewed the GDT, but I'll take a shot:

-Mac sucks and he is to blame
-BB the GM screwed us over
-The season is over
-Is not! Is too! Is not! Is too!
-We need to just tank for (Insert Flavor of the Month here)

No tanking talk yet

Close?

 

[Pacific Coast Patriot]

Its wild that we played 2 absolutely terrible games vs playoff opposition, outclassed throughout, and yet with just one more play in each could have snatched victory. This is the hope I cling to...

 

[PatriotSpy]

25-28 since Brady was kicked out of new England

Kraft chose the wrong guy

 

[Ian]

Is anyone else getting sick of protection breaking down/Mac taking a sack every time a drive starts to get moving??

Would certainly have been nice had they solidified the two most important parts of the offensive line. I don't doubt that Trent Brown is a good piece, but I feel like they've gone to that well one too many times and they're potentially going to pay for it this season.

 

[PATRIOTSFANINPA]

The team is what we thought they would be. Right now in last place in the division.
Next week at the Jets will be tough. 0-3 is a real possibility here.

I can tell you right now if you want to make money next sunday bet the UNDER in this next game

 

[FCB02062]

today Garrett Wilson took a 6 yard pass and turned it into a 70 yard TD. today the Pats probably had 20 YAC combined all game

 

[Thunderhead]

25-28 since Brady was kicked out of new England

And Brady won a Super Bowl with what was the worst franchise in North American pro sports prior to his arrival.

 

[Kdo5]

R

 

[UGAPatsfan]

We could have Marvin Harrison Jr. available to be drafted, and Belichick would just trade down for a backup left guard.

From North Dakota

 

[yukon cornelius]

If you aren't sure whether or not Dallas is for real, then you haven't been watching Dallas play.

Their defense is legit.....I want to believe in their offense, but blowing out the giants and the shell shocked jets in the first two weeks isn't enough yet for me.....I think they're 3/4 in the NFC, but I also don't think Cinci is as bad as they've looked, either

 

[PatriotSpy]

Same **** different season. BB can’t put a talented enough team on the field, dumb mistakes, and can’t win close games. He’s some how made a team that had 20 years of winning culture and turned it into a team of losing culture where ever game you just know they are going to come up short.

Brady was the culture. BB 5-13 before brady took over.

 

[Ian]

Kraft chose the wrong guy

Guys, and this also goes for @FCB02062 , I hated the move also but the guy lasted all of three more seasons (and solidified his legacy with the win in Tampa). If they picked Brady, he'd be gone and they'd be in the same position with who knows at QB, just a different name. This reality was coming, it just would have been in another form. "It is what it is." Let it go.

 

[StockingAnarchyNumber12]

Team cannot keep starting slow and expect to win football games

 

[upstater1]

I have no doubt the Patriots deserved to lose this game but this is the 2nd time in 2 games the Patriots got hosed:

Waddle got hit in the head. PENALTY. Bourne on the next series got hit in the head when player launched. NO PENALTY. Rham gets a bad spot, Belichick challenges, they say too close to overturn. Strange gets spotted a 1st down, they call down from the booth, then overturn.

Not to mention the Strange holding penalty which wasn't, yet killed a drive.

 

[IcyPatriot]

 

[Jangles]

He was definitely short

 

[Grogan14]

This team will have to hit rock bottom, before it can rise from the ashes again. Talent is needed at so many spots. They need blue chippers that come with top 10 draft picks. A 6 win season would be a blessing long term for this team.
The defense is good, not great but good. The offense is average to below average and is missing fire and cohesion.
I do not blame MAC, at all...but even if he had top tier talent his ceiling is Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins does not get you to the Super Bowl.

 

[festy1986]

Wrong

The patriots have no points.....

Does Mac play for the Patriots? Just wondering.

 

[yukon cornelius]

I don’t think the OTs were why we lost the game, at least in pass protection. Mac got sacked a few times but it wasn’t like he was constantly under duress. The pass blocking was okay for the most part.

They schemed around the pressure well.....there's a reason they didn't have an offensive play over 13 yards until the 4th.....tackle play was an issue