Kargetina
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Under McDaniels as the OC, the Pats have played in 6 Super Bowls. They've never scored a TD in the first quarter. That's 90 minutes of football where the team never started the game aggressively, went to establish a tone or try to surprise the opponent.
In SB 42, the Pats had 7 points at the half, and 7 points after 57 minutes of play.
In SB 49, the Pats had 14 points at the half and 14 points after 53 minutes of play.
In SB 51, the Pats had 3 points at the half and 3 points in 43 minutes of play.
In SB 52, the Pats had 12 points at the half
In SB 53, the Pats had 3 points at the half and 3 points after 53 minutes of play.
In SB 60, the Pats had 0 points at the half and 0 points after 48 minutes of play.
The team has consistently underperformed offensively in every SB he has called, especially in the first half, with the one exception being the Eagles SB where the defense was so bad, the Eagles didn't punt once so they had to play catch-up and McDaniels was forced to call a more aggressive game. Hell, even in SB 51, we spent 8 minutes on a drive late in the third to score 6 points while down 28-3. If the Falcons didn't have the biggest choke of all time, and just ran the ball on third and one, and while in FG range up 8 points, that 8-minute drive would have killed any chances due to how much time it took while down 25.
That has been the case every single time, conservative, unimaginative, scared play calling until the game gets out of hand and we had to throw a lot to have a chance like in SB 49, 51 and SB 52. As long as the game is low scoring or close, McDaniels simply refuses to take chances. He would rather go to OT tied at zero, than take a chance to gain the upper hand. We never play to WIN, we play not to lose, then play catch-up if the defense can't keep up with the other offense. We didn't play to win on Sunday, and no one should be surprised after six times.
