PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POST GAME THREAD: Patriots Lose to Steelers 21-14

[TommyD4207]

Those pressure stats show a pretty shocking picture.

Onwenu giving up most pressure , beating out Bradbury. Those two are BY FAR the weak links on this team over TWO ROOKIES.

You gotta replace them both in the offseason AND Moses because he’s ancient.

Needing 3/5 new O-line players is not good.

No. But it is 2 better than last year.

 

[Love The Drake]

Some thoughts
1. The Patriots looked today like the team many of us said in August they would be: an eight win team with potential to be a little better...or a little worse...

2. Five turnovers and still a one score game. The D will keep them in games, but the Offense has an f-wad of stuff to sort out.

3. Stevenson? Vrabel shouldn't have given him the ball after the first fumble. Gotta give him a chance next week, but he should be on a very short leash.

4. Maye? TBD. Some strong moments and drives (with and without a Turnover ending them)...no doubt he can play in this League, but we're a long way from anointing him a Franchise guy.

Maye played great was under constant duress and should of threw the ball away to prevent a fumble.

Make no mistake this game showed Grit showed toughness and showed sloppy football.

Love this toughness of this team and you can’t blame Vrabs for the fumbles.

We will learn and grow from this.
People act like Brady never threw a pick or made a bad decision.

 

[mgteich]

If we have ONLY 3 turnovers in each game in the next month, we will easily win 3 out of 4 of the games. CAR, NO and TEN are much worse teams that LV and PIT.
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ADDRESS THE PRIMARY ISSUES: penalties and turnovers.
HAVE MINOR PERSONNEL CHANGES (as is normal): fewer reps for Stevenson and Douglas (I vote for them both being inactive).

 

[jdlboot14]

Man, watching some highlights, there's at least 3 of the worse plays that are Maye throwing to Pop.
whether that's all on Drake - that he's ONLY so inaccurate when ONLY throwing to Pop??? Or, is Pop also somewhat a trend in maybe being just a bit off, or out of position, etc... We don't know.

 

[Rob0729]

BTW, I don't like calling out the refs, but this shouldn't have been PI. No way was this a catchable ball. In fact, I am not sure that Rodgers was even trying to throw it in bounds.

 

[jdlboot14]

I mean, I'd do anything to make a big WR trade right now.
Trade a 3rd Pick for Meyers. Someone like that who can play slot and Z, and just knows how to convert 3rd downs.
Pop has not been a valuable piece. He's done nothing.

 

[TommyD4207]

Man, watching some highlights, there's at least 3 of the worse plays that are Maye throwing to Pop.
whether that's all on Drake - that he's ONLY so inaccurate when ONLY throwing to Pop??? Or, is Pop also somewhat a trend in maybe being just a bit off, or out of position, etc... We don't know.

 

[TommyD4207]

BTW, I don't like calling out the refs, but this shouldn't have been PI. No way was this a catchable ball. In fact, I am not sure that Rodgers was even trying to throw it in bounds.

It was the worst call in the game. Not only is that offensive pass interference, the ball was 5 yards out of bounds and 10 yards downfield.

Rodgers Refball.

 

[GaryfromTO]

The offense still blows. On most days, 14 points ain't gonna win you too many games

 

[Rob0729]

Man, watching some highlights, there's at least 3 of the worse plays that are Maye throwing to Pop.
whether that's all on Drake - that he's ONLY so inaccurate when ONLY throwing to Pop??? Or, is Pop also somewhat a trend in maybe being just a bit off, or out of position, etc... We don't know.

Yeah, I wonder if Pop is struggling to pick up the offense. He isn't a disciplined route runner. Maye had a few other throws that were a bit off, but only Pop's throws were way off. That may have been why Pop barely played last week.

 

[festy1986]

You rather ironically just proved our point. A team that can almost get a win vs a perennial playoff team despite that many turnovers, must be doing something right!

Is it you're position that without the turnovers the Patriots run away with the game?

When was the last time they did that.

They are who I thought they was. A top 5 team for the number 1 picks.

 

[Ring 6]

BTW, I don't like calling out the refs, but this shouldn't have been PI. No way was this a catchable ball. In fact, I am not sure that Rodgers was even trying to throw it in bounds.

That’s was a 3rd and long I believe. Terrible call.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Man, watching some highlights, there's at least 3 of the worse plays that are Maye throwing to Pop.
whether that's all on Drake - that he's ONLY so inaccurate when ONLY throwing to Pop??? Or, is Pop also somewhat a trend in maybe being just a bit off, or out of position, etc... We don't know.

They really haven’t had good chemistry other than that Texans game last year where pop exploded. Miscommunication led to the game losing play against the rams last year. Whatever the issue is between the 2 it hasn’t gotten any better. Worse if anything.

 

[Peachhead]

Well. I think it has more to do with the GM.

You don't have a vertical threat because you don't have anyone on the team who can do that. And they haven't for years.

Diggs & possibly Kyle Williams would be the deep threats if the O-line could consistently hold long enough for them to get downfield.

 

[mgteich]

Man, watching some highlights, there's at least 3 of the worse plays that are Maye throwing to Pop.
whether that's all on Drake - that he's ONLY so inaccurate when ONLY throwing to Pop??? Or, is Pop also somewhat a trend in maybe being just a bit off, or out of position, etc... We don't know.

We have many solid receiving options on Game Day, including RB's TE's, and 4 WR's (Diggs, Boutte, Hollins and Williams).

Maye passes to more receivers than ANY quarterback in the NFL.
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We can well afford to have one fewer option. Let's simply have Douglas inactive and increase the reps of Williams.
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I can see activating Chism (perhaps in case of injury at WR and PR), but he certainly is NOT NEEDED as an additional passing target.

I think that I would rather activate Jennings.

 

[ViperGTS]

Not today

He was pretty good today.

 

[Ring 6]

He completed 81.3% of his passes to everyone not named Douglas.

 

[borg]

The play didn’t call for a touch pass.

Problem #1

My god watch the play stop making things up.

Deflected ball on a flat pass===> crushing yet completely avoidable turnover....clear as day

 

[sambam94]

Diggs was over paid, not what he was

 

[mgteich]

The offense still blows. On most days, 14 points ain't gonna win you too many games

Agreed.

Is this Offense a 14-point Offense? I would think that the Offense is better than that, perhaps a 24-point Offense (against weak teams) with 5 giveaways and lots of penalties.