PostGame Thread POST GAME THREAD: Week 3 - Patriots Beat the Jets 15-10

[cmasspatsfan]

I swear Bill reaches just to show he is smarter than everyone else in the room.

It's worked out over the year, Seymour for example. maybe Strange end up being a Pro Bowler, maybe he doesn't but that's what Bill does and has worked a lot.

 

[PowerRunRevival]

Gonzalez seems to get better every game. Once they get the Joneses back this secondary is going to be elite.

Nice that they got the run game going a little in the second half especially given the jets run defense. Best their offensive line run blocking has been. I think they will be able to build on that in the future.

Juju looks like a big downgrade from Meyers. Strange pick still looks bad.

Mac doing a very good job of getting the ball out quick. This has been his best year through 3 games imo. Numbers could have been better, doesn’t seem like the receivers have come down with any jump balls.

Offense needs to continue to improve and that will start with the run game.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

That play in the Dallas game look familiar?

 

[mike_usagisan]

Couldve tried to trade for one. Like eagles or dolphins or bills did. And turned their trajectories around.

Could've kept Meyers over Juju for one. Meyers still looks good with the raiders and juju looks cooked. But value!! Right? He was cheaper! DeAndre Hopkins while not what he used to be has to be better than parker...but same thing. Wasn't good value!

Meyers was automatic on 3rd down with us.

bill hasn't addressed receiver, OL or 3rd down RB and the results speak for themselves.

if Bill is going to continue to fill the offense with slow mediocre players this is what we are going to continue to get

Right, I think we need a true WR1 and don’t have one. Lazard was closest, I thought, but we weren’t in on him. I don’t think Hopkins or Meyers is the answer. I just don’t know that there was a guy this last off season to get. But I hope we get one next offseason.

 

[Bruins29]

Everyone called it a must win

Playing a very good D in sloppy conditions, and they won

That's still a statement win, just not the statement you were hoping for

Thankfully I have lowered my expectations

I will say yay when they win
I will say boo when they lose

If we could get me a lolypop when they win I think we will have reached the Bruins29 pinnacle of satisfaction

There. Everyone happy now ?

 

[Patsfan1958]

I didn't know Mac was that good of a shot.

 

[Bruins29]

The team is improving. (controversial statement I know) They have gone from literally not being able to either run or pass block at an NFL level to getting enough of a run game to actually hit a chunk play off well timed and called play action and also make a third and fifteen conversion. You couldn't say either of those things the first two weeks. Were they too conservative in the second half? Absolutely, but when haven't the Patriots traded yards for time under this regime?

The Patriots offense will not be dominant this year - I think that's a non-controversial statement. They are a sum of their parts offense where a lot of different guys have to make routine plays with none the standout "when you gotta have it" clutch guy that you feed 15 balls a game to. They'll target specific matchups and try to exploit flaws they glean during each week's prep. The running game is also improving - likely more from the OL starting to gel than the RBs themselves, but it's progress.

There's no offensive star walking through the door this season either. There isn't one "stashed" down the depth chart. The horse is dead and further whacks with the stick doesn't change that status.

The defense is the star, but that isn't sexy. That's boring and "boomer" football.

Saying the Patriots need better players isn't "big picture". It's just envy. This isn't 2004 anymore and yeah, it kinda sucks, but it's also reality...a reality at the end of the season for 31 other teams too. If entertainment from sports is supposed to be scripted and come out the way we want it...it'd be pretty boring and it wouldn't be long before it was lost to the dustbin of history. What brings most back isn't knowing what's going to happen...it's not knowing.

It's the surprise ending that packs em in, not the pre-ordained blowout.

They weren’t even trading yards for time even when they probably should have been
@upstater did a nice job of recapping that

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[jdlboot14]

This is the question I keep asking. Unless he means take a WR instead of Christian Gonzalez.

JuJu was the best receiver on the market.

No, Meyers was the best option for us. I can't believe so many on this site celebrated the JSS move in the spring, citing "better YAC".
Uh... ya, 3 years ago, before his major knee injury. What good is YAC when you're slow as mud, can't cut or move to get open in the first place.
Meyers was a stud last year. One of the biggest blunders of BB's recent personnel problems.
And they absolutely have to elevate Pop, and activate Boutte next week.

PS - I bet D-Hop is wishing he came here. The Titans are looking horrid.

 

[mike_usagisan]

One of my (not) favorite moments was when Romo said he told the Jets Offensive Coordinator to throw on first down to help a young skittish QB. Thanks Tony!

 

[yukon cornelius]

Thankfully I have lowered my expectations

I will say yay when they win
I will say boo when they lose

If we could get me a lolypop when they win I think we will have reached the Bruins29 pinnacle of satisfaction

There. Everyone happy now ?

Just saying this was a must win game, and they won

Lots to do better, but this is not a horrible team....I said 3-3 coming into Buffalo......now I'm thinking 4-2 is not out of the realm of possibility

 

[mike_usagisan]

No, Meyers was the best option for us. I can't believe so many on this site celebrated the JSS move in the spring, citing "better YAC".
Uh... ya, 3 years ago, before his major knee injury. What good is YAC when you're slow as mud, can't cut or move to get open in the first place.
Meyers was a stud last year. One of the biggest blunders of BB's recent personnel problems.
And they absolutely have to elevate Pop, and activate Boutte next week.

PS - I bet D-Hop is wishing he came here. The Titans are looking horrid.

Even if we kept Meyers, we absolutely need a WR1. The problem was there were none on the market.

 

[Bruins29]

this is not a horrible team....

Yea. And that is why I am annoyed One game lost because of a bad spot. Another they lost by a play of two. And then tonight winning by a few inches against a team they should of manhandled

 

[Toofy]

Sad thing is watch Meyers light it up again tomorrow night. But juju was cheaper!

Hardly a million or two a year. Why take an injured player over your most productive offensive weapon drafted in the last 8 years .

 

[palialka]

The rare moral loss following two moral victories.

Rather take a moral loss in the W column than two moral victories in the L column

 

[upstater1]

No, Meyers was the best option for us. I can't believe so many on this site celebrated the JSS move in the spring, citing "better YAC".
Uh... ya, 3 years ago, before his major knee injury. What good is YAC when you're slow as mud, can't cut or move to get open in the first place.
Meyers was a stud last year. One of the biggest blunders of BB's recent personnel problems.
And they absolutely have to elevate Pop, and activate Boutte next week.

PS - I bet D-Hop is wishing he came here. The Titans are looking horrid.

JuJu had a great season just last year.

As for D-Hop I happen to think he's finished. Thought so last year when I watched him, and he's looked very slow this year. This happens to the big body WRs who never excelled at creating separation. Eventually they lose agility. I think DHop is there. I agree this team needs a WR badly, but unfortunately, there were no good options last year to bring one in.

I mean, criticize Belichick for Thornton instead of Pickens. But that was 2 years ago. You can also argue Flowers instead of Gonzalez but personally I wouldn't make that argument.

 

[upstater1]

Yea. And that is why I am annoyed One game lost because of a bad spot. Another they lost by a play of two. And then tonight winning by a few inches against a team they should of manhandled

The Jets have a great D--they beat the Bills. They will win their share.

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[jdlboot14]

At least Cowboys looked quite pedestrian today. Maybe we have a shot if our offense can get back to week 1 rhythm.
Sad to say, but we need to start Zeke and give him more pass opportunities as well.
Curious why Monty hasn't gotten any reps as a 3rd down back either.

 

[sambam94]

JuJu had a great season just last year.

As for D-Hop I happen to think he's finished. Thought so last year when I watched him, and he's looked very slow this year. This happens to the big body WRs who never excelled at creating separation. Eventually they lose agility. I think DHop is there. I agree this team needs a WR badly, but unfortunately, there were no good options last year to bring one in.

I mean, criticize Belichick for Thornton instead of Pickens. But that was 2 years ago. You can also argue Flowers instead of Gonzalez but personally I wouldn't make that argument.

Dhop was very good last year..looked fine.