PostGame Thread OFFICIAL POST GAME THREAD: Patriots beat Bengals 26-20

[Tunescribe]

Drake Maye managed not to get a concussion.

 

[ViperGTS]

The worse case is an ACL and then he is out for the first three quarters of next year two. The towel over the head is ominous.

As I said Mankins played on a torn acl. We shall see.

 

[maust]

I love a history reference, well done.

Thank you! I love it when somebody gets the history reference

 

[VJCPatriot]

10th win of the season, but obviously, with both Campbell and Wilson getting hurt (and possibly Schooler), it came at a cost.

I just hope those injuries are not serious. Wilson and Campbell were the foundation of the entire left side of our OL.

We got the win but it was kind of ugly. Very inefficient and poor playcalling in the redzone. We could have easily had 8 more points by just converting better in the redzone. That would have kept it from being a one score game at the end.

But I am proud of how this team held the lead late in the 4th.

Jones PBU on 4th down was a thing of beauty. Add his pick SIX and he's easily my player of the game. Give the man his game ball, coach!

The important thing is that we went to 10-2. The Patriots are still not playing their best football but are now leading the conference. 5 more games to go. Let's hope they are good ones.

 

[manxman2601]

The worse case is an ACL and then he is out for the first three quarters of next year two. The towel over the head is ominous.

Monroe Freeling can play LT and RT. Draft forum joke there.

 

[festy1986]

As I said Mankins played on a torn acl. We shall see.

He's not missing any time with a acl next year.

It's a whole different ball game for oline vs WR.

Not that you're saying that. Just agreeing with you.

 

[manxman2601]

Colts lose!

 

[Rob0729]

The Patriots for the first time since at least September played down to their competition. But they still pulled it off despite some very big losses due to injury.

The bad news is injuries. The good news is that the replacements stepped up and a worst weren't liabilities and at best played well.

Other good things is that Boutte and Stevenson will likely play better and better as they get healthy which will help the other losses. It was clear they were not 100% or at least used more sparingly.

 

[VectorPrime]

Mhm. You know what they call an ugly win?

A win.

10-2.

Bullsh.it.

You can say that a Win is a Win after an ugly 13-10 slogging match so long as everyone is healthy. Not after you appear to lose two of your most important players to devastating injuries.

This is a gut punch. Make no mistake.

 

[MrBigglesWorth]

The worse case is an ACL and then he is out for the first three quarters of next year two. The towel over the head is ominous.

Guess we're drafting another LT who will eventually shift to the right

 

[VectorPrime]

Colts lose!

That's not actually a good thing. At all.

 

[VectorPrime]

As I said Mankins played on a torn acl. We shall see.

Guard isn't Tackle.

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

It's been four years since we've been in the playoff discussion, but it's been longer than that since we had a team that is fighting together and looks like they can beat anybody.

One thing is certain: The Patriots have a tough road ahead. No matter what. Getting that first round bye may be more than preferable now; it looks like they really are going to need it.

 

[UGAPatsfan]

Guess we're drafting another LT who will eventually shift to the right

I don’t know…if a good LT somehow slides to them I don’t hate moving Campbell to LG, Wilson to C, replace Onwenu with a FA. That isn’t awful.

 

[NE_Zealot]

Textbook Pyrrhic victory. At least Steichen couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag today.

 

[Vindicate]

Few things:

O line was awful even before Campbell went down.

Drake was also wildly inaccurate early (uncharacteristic) and a few key times throughout the game.

Also didn’t think Josh called a great game, and Vrabes had some curious game management moments.

Just a poor day at the office that still resulted in a W.

The call to go for 4th up the middle could've costed us the game. Should've been up 9 going into that last drive. Still confused by that call.

 

[manxman2601]

That's not actually a good thing. At all.

Why? They and the Broncos are battling us for the no 1 seed. We're 4 games up on the Broncos.

 

[Vindicate]

As I said Mankins played on a torn acl. We shall see.

ACL is a little less important than ankle to OL, no?

 

[Tunescribe]

The rest of the season doesn't matter.

Does that mean you'll (hopefully) stop posting?

 

[Uptown]