PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POSTGAME THREAD: Patriots Beat Saints 25-19

[Uptown]

It’s unreal how great he’s been on money downs; especially 4th down. Nails. He’s 23..

 

[Real fan 02]

Yeah, I didn’t mind the announcers today. Except they were a little slow on what was actually happening.

We gotta crawl before we can walk...we keep this us.. we'll be getting nance like we routinely did... for years..

 

[Uptown]

 

[Ross12]

The WR room is actually pretty damn solid. Diggs looks like prime Diggs, Boutte literally catches everything, Pop is using his speed to get down field and haul in some huge plays, Hollins has been clutch a few times. If the Pats can get their run game sorted out to make teams have to respect it more, and if they can get Chism and Williams going a bit more, this WR room might be good enough. I don't know if they really need to add anything.

 

[sb1]

I guess the refs thought the Pats were playing the Chiefs who need ref help.

 

[Stu Pidassle]

The officiating would magically correct itself if all fans went on strike for a week and refused to make any bets on the NFL.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Kindof surprised there's not more talk about Chism's debut with 5 returns for 129 yards - averaging nearly 26 yards per return

So much for the worry of replacing Gibson on kick returns!

 

[BobDigital]

Glad to see him happy after not being the feature guy today. I think he likes the idea of being here with Maye and next year hopefully getting one more shot at the title if they can fix some things in the off season and get some more good players in here.

 

[sb1]

Seriously does the league assign the D-team refs to the afterthought games like they assign announcers? Seemed like it today.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Yeah, I didn’t mind the announcers today. Except they were a little slow on what was actually happening.

Cracked me up that they didn’t understand why Vrabel challenged the OOB call on Boutte and the subsequent argument over the 40 seconds versus 25 seconds until *after* the 2 minute warning. But I thought they did decently today, normally I don’t care for that crew but I thought they upped their game today. In contrast to the referees.

 

[Real fan 02]

The WR room is actually pretty damn solid. Diggs looks like prime Diggs, Boutte literally catches everything, Pop is using his speed to get down field and haul in some huge plays, Hollins has been clutch a few times. If the Pats can get their run game sorted out to make teams have to respect it more, and if they can get Chism and Williams going a bit more, this WR room might be good enough. I don't know if they really need to add anything.

Ironically Ross Wilson and Campbell were supposed to be excellent run blockers..but they have been excellent pass blockers instead.. there's no push from the interior.. the backs are getting hit in the bac field.. no holes. Drake and Williams need a few after practice sessions to get on the same page..Williams is too talent not to be a factor down field. I'm leaning adding running back..

 

[trailbird62]

If New England had lost that criminally officiated game I'd be apoplectic. When that bomb to Diggs was nullified by yet another bogus call I cursed so loud my wife left the room and didn't come back.

Same here

 

[Ross12]

Ironically Ross Wilson and Campbell were supposed to be excellent run blockers..but they have been excellent pass blockers instead.. there's no push from the interior.. the backs are getting hit in the bac field.. no holes. Drake and Williams need a few after practice sessions to get on the same page..Williams is too talent not to be a factor down field. I'm leaning adding running back..

In reality the left side has been both the better run blocking side. We would've expected Bradbury, Onwenu and Moses to be the "stronger" run blocking side but they have all kinda sucked in run blocking. Definitely not what I expected, and something that feels fixable with reps and coaching.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

So were they referring to something that happed much earlier in the play, not the final hands-on-back bit we saw in the replays?

 

[DaBruinz]

Today's game did emphasize that the Patriots really need to find a decent RB option.

Stevenson had an absolute stinker of a game and we had nobody viable to replace him. 1.4 YPC for Stevenson.

Henderson had a few carries but not a performance that makes you think he can be the lead back yet. 3.0 YPC for Henderson.

I'm not asking for the moon, just a reliable veteran RB who will pick up 4-5 ypc for us on Sundays.

Yep. It was all the RBs. Never the O-line.

Did you even WATCH the game? Because the O-line Run Blocking was the worst it's been since Marc Wilson was the QB.

You can't expect RBs to get 4-5 YPC when the defenders are already in the backfield by the time they get the handoff from a shotgun snap.

 

[Ross12]

Yep. It was all the RBs. Never the O-line.

Did you even WATCH the game? Because the O-line Run Blocking was the worst it's been since Marc Wilson was the QB.

You can't expect RBs to get 4-5 YPC when the defenders are already in the backfield by the time they get the handoff from a shotgun snap.

Yeah, Stevenson and Henderson didn't really do much to help but the issue was definitely the OL.

 

[Uptown]

He’s not the guy….

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Ironically Ross Wilson and Campbell were supposed to be excellent run blockers..but they have been excellent pass blockers instead.. there's no push from the interior.. the backs are getting hit in the bac field.. no holes. Drake and Williams need a few after practice sessions to get on the same page..Williams is too talent not to be a factor down field. I'm leaning adding running back..

You know my feeling PF2, I think our collective pass catching group is more than capable.
If I could add anything it would be DE.
Our outside rush has been bad the past few games, and that was front and centre today.
Rattler had way too much time.

 

[Jim Beankie]

One thing I noticed today for some reason: Drake has otherworldly vision and movement in the pocket. For a fairly tall, substantial guy, his quickness is pretty remarkable.

Woah - that thought came to my mind milliseconds before seeing your post. Amazing what a solid line will do (and this goes back to college).

Drake Maye is on another level. Incredible progress. Even the seemingly reckless plays appear to be fairly calculated. This wasn’t the case not so long ago.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Watched the highlights again

Completely forgot about maye flicking the ball out to Henderson for a 10 yard pickup

Amyone else notice the pos refs tried to set the playclock to 25 seconds after boutte’s catch which would’ve forced us to run another play before the 2 minute warning until Vrabel had to argue with them to make it the 40 seconds. These refs all need canned or investigated for gambling