Patriots Pregame Thread 11/2/25 - Atlanta Falcons vs NE Patriots pregame thread

[Real fan 02]

In Denver

Feel even more confident now. Mile high...

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Feel even more confident now. Mile high...

haha. That will be the Broncos defenders on the bench after chasing around Mahomes all game

 

[40yrpatsfan]

Denver is maybe the best team in the AFC and KC has their hands full with them.

 

[rochrist]

Are any of our upcoming CBS Games going be Flexed from 1:00pm?? We are no flying under the radar anymore.

I don't think so, but we are getting a Romo call.

 

[DoubleDeluxe]

Denver is maybe the best team in the AFC and KC has their hands full with them.

Denver is not the best team, not even close.
KC above them, Buff above them, a healthy Balt above them, Pats maybe above them (but that's debatable).
Denver has a nice roster, but at the end of the day it will come down to QBs, and I will put my money on Mahomes, Allen, Lamar and Maye over Nix all day everyday.
KC will beat them in Denver by 2 scores minimum.

 

[mgteich]

The KC/Denver games should be really, really good.

COULD BE,
or KC could really back to normal and easily win both games.

 

[Mack Herron]

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Wow, stevenson absent again. That could be a story here, guessing you’d have Henderson, Jennings, and Johnson active??

 

[denverpatsfan]

Turf toe??
Not good

 

[Zuma]

Wow, stevenson absent again. That could be a story here, guessing you’d have Henderson, Jennings, and Johnson active??

He should be and FWIW he's had a total of 1 fumble in 215 NFL rushes.

 

[Mack Herron]

Wow, stevenson absent again. That could be a story here, guessing you’d have Henderson, Jennings, and Johnson active??

I don’t think they can trust Henderson’s pass blocking. I wonder if Jennings can PB?

 

[TommyD4207]

I don’t think they can trust Henderson’s pas blocking. I wonder if Jennings can PB?

 

[patfanken]

I don’t think they can trust Henderson’s pass blocking. I wonder if Jennings can PB?

I worry less about Henderson's pass blocking than most. He has the most important element necessary. He is WILLING. He was an excellent pass blocker in college, which I imagine was much simpler than what he needs to do up here.

In Josh's system, RB's HAVE to be good pass protectors. They have to be able to read the defenses and anticipate where the threat is coming from. This takes time and why RB's don't get a lot of run in this system early. Now we are halfway through the season, I would expect Henderson to be getting better and more comfortable with every game. I doubt it will be perfect, but he's probably not an out and out liability at this point. I'll settle for being OK, even though it is a downgrade from Stevenson, who has become and out and out asset in pass protection.

 

[Ross12]

Hm. If Stevenson is out, can they do it with just Henderson and Jennings? Do they call up Johnson right away?

I have been carrying Henderson on my fantasy bench all season, might be worth a flex spot this weekend…

 

[mgteich]

Hm. If Stevenson is out, can they do it with just Henderson and Jennings? Do they call up Johnson right away?

I have been carrying Henderson on my fantasy bench all season, might be worth a flex spot this weekend…

Unless Stevenson is out on IR, why couldn't we simply elevate Johnson?

I'm just asking.

As you know, I'm fine with 4 RB's on the 53-man roster.

 

[Ross12]

Unless Stevenson is out on IR, why couldn't we simply elevate Johnson?

I'm just asking.

As you know, I'm fine with 4 RB's on the 53-man roster.

By “call up” I meant a PS elevation

 

[mgteich]

By “call up” I meant a PS elevation

fair enough
elevations take place on Saturday.
But, yes, I think that Johnson definitely should be the one elevated. Of course, Vrabel could have a different RB in mind.

 

[mgteich]

RB FUMBLES NOT LIIKELY THIS WEEK
The 3 likely active RB's have a total of ONE fumble since entering the league (I don't blame Henderson for his). I don't think Henderson and Jennings ever fumbles in college. Johnson's team didn't track fumbles.

 

[captain stone]

RB FUMBLES NOT LIIKELY THIS WEEK
The 3 likely active RB's have a total of ONE fumble since entering the league (I don't blame Henderson for his). I don't think Henderson and Jennings ever fumbles in college. Johnson's team didn't track fumbles.

Why not?

 

[Patsfan1645]

Found myself in the bowels of the interwebs (AKA Reddit/Falcons) this morning. Its interesting to see their discussion about this game and that it is going to be a loss, they offered no scenario of if we do this or that we could win. Instead they complained about the head coach, the GM and the owner. I think we can all feel their pain and say to them...Better you guys than us!

Sidenote..... they expect to hear over and over the 3-28 during the game but I think it doesn't bothers them too much anymore as they are a broken/defeated fan base.