PostGame Thread OFFICIAL Postgame Thread: Patriots lose 20-10 to the Commanders

[slash83]

They can’t play Maye out of the gate behind this pathetic line. I was all for him starting week 1 but not after what I witnessed tonight.

 

[maust]

For me, we are a 4-10 team with only aa few problems...

One of which seems to be 'we' are playing 3 fewer games than the rest of the league. How does that happen?

 

[mikey m]

They can’t play Maye out of the gate behind this pathetic line. I was all for him starting week 1 but not after what I witnessed tonight.

They could start him but try to protect him with screens, rollouts, etc. Ultimately they can't run a full playbook which limits the benefit of having him out there and developing in the first place.
He may be forced into action sooner rather than later once Brissett gets further banged up. All we can do is pray.

 

[mikey m]

A Patriots OL scout better be working non-stop till Tuesday at 4pm to determine which OL cuts can provide even the slightest boost.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

Based on tonight's play, I wouldn't consider any job to be safe. Whoever evaluates OL talent should be drug out into the street and shot.

 

[signbabybrady]

That was the starting OL in the first half. Hard to believe.

Except it wasn't our starting OL.

Andrews didn't play.

Neither did our starting LT.

And our starting RT was lined up on the Left.

Leverett does not seem to be able to play Center but with Sow going down we might need him as back up guard and I'm going to try to ignore his center play and give him the benefit of being better at guard.

We obviously know Lowe is not a long term solution at starting LT but it's should be obvious based on tonight why he got slotted in as the starting LT over Wallace and Chucks.

One of the more disappointing things of the night was that Onwenwu looked bad at RT. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt but also maybe thats why he's been slotted back to RG where he belongs. With Andrews starting and more than a week I assume he'd do better at RT like last year.

We need to comb the cuts for a backup center and anyone even remotely capable of being a back up LT. I'd say starting LT and RT but being realistic here too.

Lowe/Sow/Andrews/Onwenwu/Chucks left to right should be our starters barring injury and unless some miracle occurs on cutdown day and someone better comes available.

 

[Nunchucks]

The OL looked bad, but they have only been practing this group together for a few days. By the time the season starts, it should look better.

 

[Triumph]

Cris Collinsworth was yuckin' it up on Milton's arm strength. The problem was he was using a flamethrower even on the passes that need touch. The sideline pass to Wallis, for example, could've been a completion if Milton wasn't drilling that pass. (FWIW, Wes Welker said Matt Cassel was doing the same thing in 2008.)

That was one of the knocks against Milton coming out of the draft.

Cannon arm but terrible on touch passes.

 

[Triumph]

Brisett did not help himself on the sack.

He never even looked to his right and got drilled into the turf. The play is won or lost pre snap by anticipating where pressure might come from. Maye looked better behind center in regards to moving in the pocket and sensing pressure. Hopefully the bad snaps go away in 2 weeks when Andrew's comes back.

 

[Nunchucks]

Brisett did not help himself on the sack.

He never even looked to his right and got drilled into the turf. The play is won or lost pre snap by anticipating where pressure might come from. Maye looked better behind center in regards to moving in the pocket and sensing pressure. Hopefully the bad snaps go away in 2 weeks when Andrew's comes back.

It's hard to see that your own guys are going to run into each other presnap.

 

[Clonamery]

The OL looked bad, but they have only been practing this group together for a few days. By the time the season starts, it should look better.

You know, "should look better" is fair. Let's be honest though, some of these guys were barely competent or adequate at their given positions and suddenly you're moving them around a few days before a game? For a stress test? Seems like they got the result they were looking for.

 

[farn]

Makes you wonder if there is still value to keeping Zappe around.

Brissett’s already dinged up. Maye needs protected, and Milton is a 7th round rookie. (and starting him over Maye would be a horrible look)

Still hopeful this team could be looking much better later in the season. Maybe a 93 esque finish to the season.

You seem like a good person. But we are clearly different. I’ve never once, since April, ‘wondered if there is still value in keeping Zappe around’.

 

[Salsalife]

They choose WR's in the 2nd and 3 rnd. The groceries.. Trainwreck. I have always watch preseason to the end, not this time. To painfull.

 

[sb1]

2nd best? Sounds like our HC believes Jacoby > Maye.

Maye is sitting.

 

[Lagaffe_07]

2nd best? Sounds like our HC believes Jacoby > Maye.

Maye is sitting.

And I am starting to really question his ability to coach this team.

 

[Real fan 02]

Nice showing from Maye tonight and a few positives to take away from it. However, a lot of questions remain up front and Brissett's shoulder injury will now be the point of discussion heading into the opener.

I believe Brissetts shoulder is probably a little more than he's letting on. He knows drakes hot on his heels. That wasn't even an NFL caliber O line Drake had to play behind. Yet Drake was still making plays.. Ian I get being cautious with Drake.. but the guy looks like a stud. The throws he made are what you see in top QBs..

 

[Ras-IR Dowling]

2nd best? Sounds like our HC believes Jacoby > Maye.

Maye is sitting.

Sitting to get the line sorted out is fine but he doesn’t need to lie to us with the 2nd best qb talk.

 

[Real fan 02]

And I am starting to really question his ability to coach this team.

No. Nothing on Mayo to question. He's trying to follow the script the organization has been saying all off season with Drake. Mayo knows his O line is a disaster.

 

[Grogan1980]

That was the starting OL in the first half. Hard to believe.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Sit Maye until they have an actual Offensive Line

 

[Salsalife]

The oldest saying in football is that the game is won or lost in the trenches. It remains true, it's just that the game has evolved over the years, with the NFL putting more of a priority on the passing game than the heavy rushing attacks of the past.