Official Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Bills

The Brandon Five · Dec 21, 2019

Tottie said:
WTF are you talking about? Very good gameplan no one just shuts anyone out! Beasley ran wild a bit, but in the end it was well done.

Allowing Buffalo to score at end of the half was all about coaching decisions

n6249c · Dec 21, 2019

The Brandon Five said:
Allowing Buffalo to score at end of the half was all about ~~coaching decisions.~~ poor player execution.

FIFY

upstater1 · Dec 21, 2019

Ring 6 said:
I was referring to this game.
Beating devlin Hodges or having a moral victory of hanging in a game aren’t the reasons I think a team should be “feared”.
They are decent. They beat bad teams they competed against decent teams abs struggle against top teams. They don’t do anything that makes them a feared opponent in my view but I would pick them often against other decent teams, just not against playoff caliber ones.

I'm not talking about moral victories but actual victories. Beating the Titans, Cowboys and Steelers that way (and driving down the field for a tie or a win in the final seconds against the Ravens and twice against the Patriots). That's 6 games they played the exact same way.

Wingy · Dec 21, 2019

After his firing next year, Belichick noted:

“I’m proud that I took over a team and won back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back, to back AFC East division titles.”

Beethree · Dec 21, 2019

How I see tonights game:

50-yard-line · Dec 21, 2019

n6249c said:
Sanu seems to be playing himself into a seat on the pine.

How bad must Dorsett be looking, to have Sanu getting snaps ahead of him?

Dorsett's got a hamstring problem and Sanu has an ankle problem.

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

upstater1 said:
I'm not talking about moral victories but actual victories. Beating the Titans, Cowboys and Steelers that way (and driving down the field for a tie or a win in the final seconds against the Ravens and twice against the Patriots). That's 6 games they played the exact same way.

They beat the titans with mariotta. The Steelers with Hodges. The cowboys are a joke. They didn’t tie the ravens or the patriots and lost those games. How is that talking about actual victories? They also lost to the eagles and browns.
They are a 10-5 team that played 7 games against teams that gave 5 or fewer wins. Their best wins are against 8-6 teams with a benched QB and a rookie UDFA QB. They are what they are and they are not a team to fear.

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

50-yard-line said:
Dorsett's got a hamstring problem and Sanu has an ankle problem.

Every player in the league has injuries.

50-yard-line · Dec 21, 2019

Oops, in my UP ARROW post here, I missed one: Tom F****** Brady.

Something's been wrong with him - elbow - and he's seemed in the dumps, pouting, angry...

Tonight he was vintage Brady - leading on the sidelines all night, making incredibly smart plays with the ball, taking what they gave him and just playing like, well, Tom Brady.

Haven't seen that in a while.

Oh, and I'll say it again: Marshall Newhouse. helluva job.

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

SlowGettingUp said:
What's with Slater in the goal line plays?

Blocker

fightingirish595 · Dec 21, 2019

Ring 6 said:
First its going to likely be a must win game so rest isn’t an option. But in the event that kc loses and bmore wins you are on the money. preparing like a normal week, competing and coming out early is fine. Treating the week like a joke always backfires

agreed, even the teams that win usually do not end up winning it all. The Saints last year did this and started off really slow against philly. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s why they lost to the rams though.

the Steelers in 2017 started extremely slow against the jags. Almost pulled off the comeback but the abysmal start cost them. There’s plenty more

primetime · Dec 21, 2019

n6249c said:
That makes the question “is home field more important than team health?”

I think that can be argued either way. It also raises the question “how much does sitting <player X> reduce win probability against Miami?” I’d say for Edelman it’s not all that much, and as we’ve discussed elsewhere it might actually be good to make Brady deal with not having his binky. For Brady it’s a much bigger impact, obviously. I’d be okay with sitting Jules as long as they’re playing TB.

A bye matters a ton, homefield matters but not nearly as much (simply because if the 1 seed loses, homefield advantage doesn't matter anyhow).

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

fightingirish595 said:
agreed, even the teams that win usually do not end up winning it all. The Saints last year did this and started off really slow against philly. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s why they lost to the rams though.

the Steelers in 2017 started extremely slow against the jags. Almost pulled off the comeback but the abysmal start cost them. There’s plenty more

Football players play football. Bring in sync is important. A bye to self scout, get fresh and put in extra work in practice can help. 2 weeks away from competition is not a plus.
If you have to play wild card week resting key players makes sense but if you earned a bit that’s your rest.

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

upstater1 said:
Some second guessing of Bill and Josh...

If the Patriots had missed that 2 point conversion after not taking the penalty on the play, and then lost the game 24-22, we'd be here blaming them for an idiotic decision.

Huh? In that scenario if they took one they lose 24-23. explain under what circumstances that would have been an idiotic decision.

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

primetime said:
A bye matters a ton, homefield matters but not nearly as much (simply because if the 1 seed loses, homefield advantage doesn't matter anyhow).

2 seed >>>>>> 3 seed
1 seed >>>>> 2 seed

Ring 6 · Dec 21, 2019

The Brandon Five said:
Allowing Buffalo to score at end of the half was all about coaching decisions

The coach didn’t cover the te or get to the qb?

chasa · Dec 22, 2019

Ring 6 said:
Every player in the league has injuries.

Dorsett is, and has always been a WR4. the less he sees the field the better this team is going to be.

Kdo5 · Dec 22, 2019

Tonight was the first time where I almost believed that we can pull of a miracle championship without AB. Much more difficult than it needs to be but if it’s flawless they could do it. Still a hell of a task but I wouldn’t put it past Brady. How could you?

Kdo5 · Dec 22, 2019

FCB02062 · Dec 22, 2019

Beat Miami, win a div game, play AFC championship wherever... nothing to hang your head about....GO PATS

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