Patriots Pregame Thread Week 4 discussion: Pats @ Niners

[Real fan 02]

Bingo. It isn't about the coach. It's about the players. And the person who selects the players is the key.

Absolutely the mayo haters are just pretty much the old man who doesn't want to accept change. However they still tune in the Patriots games each week and hoping they win just like all the rest of us.

 

[Real fan 02]

Sure, start Onwenu at RG.
Would we get our starting RT this week off the Practice Squad?

Likely it's Wallace at LT?

 

[Real fan 02]

I ran into Welker and his family in the north end a month or two ago. I thanked him for his time here.

Welker IMO was the best slot WR in patriots maybe even NFL history. Guy routinely had 100 plus catches.

 

[mgteich]

Likely it's Wallace at LT?

Wallace is injured. But yes, if he were healthy he would be our LT. As it is, he is likely to be the backup LT, with Thomas as the likely backup RT. I expect us to elevate Jones just in case Jacobs in injured for even a few plays, and Wallace isn't able to go.

I just think that the team has a healthy Wallace as our #2 LT at this point. Perhaps this game will move Jacobs ahead of Wallace.

 

[Real fan 02]

Wallace is injured. But yes, if he were healthy he would be our LT. As it is, he is likely to be the backup LT, with Thomas as the likely backup RT. I expect us to elevate Jones just in case Jacobs in injured for even a few plays, and Wallace isn't able to go.

I just think that the team has a healthy Wallace as our #2 LT at this point. Perhaps this game will move Jacobs ahead of Wallace.

Wow. So he's hurt now too? I thought it was just lowe. Yes Jones I was curious about becuase I heard he hast starting experience. So was hoping that he could get a look as well.

 

[dliverey44]

Beating the Bengals was great. It would be a lot tougher around here if they were 0-3.

I want to believe that the Pats can take down the 49ers but the lack of an offense makes that difficult. Hopefully they'll have a big day with the running game and get to 2-2, someplace that not many thought they'd see the Pats.

The Pats were really 2 plays away from beating Seatle even thought they looked like digested food after a day. If we are 2-1 I feel like the doom and gloom would not be near as bad. The water chickens have turned out to be a pretty good ball team thus far.

 

[Real fan 02]

The Pats were really 2 plays away from beating Seatle even thought they looked like digested food after a day. If we are 2-1 I feel like the doom and gloom would not be near as bad. The water chickens have turned out to be a pretty good ball team thus far.

If we can get to 2-2... then come home and beat Miami.. boy what would that do for the confidence of the team! There could send us on a surge possibly.

 

[mgteich]

I have very modest hopes for this game.

1) no further injuries

2) an opportunity to evaluate Jacobs
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If Lowe and Sow are healthy for the MIA game, I think that we will be competitive and might even win.

 

[Real fan 02]

I have very modest hopes for this game.

1) no further injuries

2) an opportunity to evaluate Jacobs
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If Lowe and Sow are healthy for the MIA game, I think that we will be competitive and might even win.

Agreed. Getting to 2-2 would be such a great thing for this team. The momentum.. then them coming home and having a great showing against Miami when I can't remember the last time... I even said the schedule never plays out how we think...

 

[captain stone]

I ran into Welker and his family in the north end a month or two ago. I thanked him for his time here.

Did he turn the wrong way when they left…?

 

[signbabybrady]

It's like driving past an accident; I don't want to see, but I have to look. I need advice on remaining calm and not over-reacting to the carnage.

 

[40yrpatsfan]

The Pats were really 2 plays away from beating Seatle even thought they looked like digested food after a day. If we are 2-1 I feel like the doom and gloom would not be near as bad. The water chickens have turned out to be a pretty good ball team thus far.

On top of 3-4 bad calls that all affected points. They definitely should be 2-1.

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[PatsFan2]

I have a good feeling about Bolden hoping he can that Big CB we pair with Gonzo. That said Austin have been terrible.

 

[Ross12]

- Alex Austin to IR
- Isaiah Bolden signed to the 53 from the PS
- Trysten Hill and Mitchell Wilcox are the PS elevations for the game

Surprised they didn’t elevate the tackle Jones. I’m guessing Wilcox is going to replace Wallace in the jumbo OL package

 

[PatsFan2]

So it seems like the 49ers are getting some people back Deebo limited I thought he was going to be out.

 

[Thelonious]

Most of those who predict (or hope) for a Pats win count on a low-scoring game. They hope, I think, for a replay of game one, in which a combination of a solid running game and a strong defense kept the more offensively-talented adversary at bay. This assumes two things: first that SF will show something like the same level of incompetence Cincinnati did, and second that Purdy's success to this point in his career has been a fluke and that the Pats' defense will "show him for the noodle-armed incompetent he really is." I doubt, injuries notwithstanding, that SF will play that lousy a game, and I think the dismissive evaluation of Purdy is sheer delusion. We should be so lucky as to have - perhaps in Maye - a QB so good.

Is it possible Purdy will falter, that our D will relearn the art of tackling, that the team as a whole will choose this game not to mail it in, and that Rhamondre will choose to hold onto the damned ball? Sure. Is it at all likely the stars will all so align? Nope.

The Pats are rebuilding from a very low point and are simply not yet ready to win against a solid, well-coached team. I'm looking for progress this season, for confirmation that we have drafted the right QB, that the roster as a whole is improving, and that the team under an inexperienced HC, is developing a winning attitude/culture. I saw virtually none of that last week. If I see some of that this week - in a loss - I'll be content. I think it somewhat more likely than not that I will, but I can't count in it, given last week's dismal effort.

 

[PatsFan2]

Most of those who predict (or hope) for a Pats win count on a low-scoring game. They hope, I think, for a replay of game one, in which a combination of a solid running game and a strong defense kept the more offensively-talented adversary at bay. This assumes two things: first that SF will show something like the same level of incompetence Cincinnati did, and second that Purdy's success to this point in his career has been a fluke and that the Pats' defense will "show him for the noodle-armed incompetent he really is." I doubt, injuries notwithstanding, that SF will play that lousy a game, and I think the dismissive evaluation of Purdy is sheer delusion. We should be so lucky as to have - perhaps in Maye - a QB so good.

Is it possible Purdy will falter, that our D will relearn the art of tackling, that the team as a whole will choose this game not to mail it in, and that Rhamondre will choose to hold onto the damned ball? Sure. Is it at all likely the stars will all so align? Nope.

The Pats are rebuilding from a very low point and are simply not yet ready to win against a solid, well-coached team. I'm looking for progress this season, for confirmation that we have drafted the right QB, that the roster as a whole is improving, and that the team under an inexperienced HC, is developing a winning attitude/culture. I saw virtually none of that last week. If I see some of that this week - in a loss - I'll be content. I think it somewhat more likely than not that I will, but I can't count in it, given last week's dismal effort.

Purdy have a 72.6 completion % a career best so far if what AR and a Jets Offense did to our Defense is any indication...this game should be over very early.

 

[Real fan 02]

So it seems like the 49ers are getting some people back Deebo limited I thought he was going to be out.

This means deebo will be running over Marcus and jon.. 1s down after first down.. I was hoping he would been out.

 

[Real fan 02]

Purdy have a 72.6 completion % a career best so far if what AR and a Jets Offense did to our Defense is any indication...this game should be over very early.

If we were full strength with Barmore and Bentley we would have a chance.. without them.. I don't see us getting off the field on defense.. I picked us to win becuase that was before the deebo news...