Did the offense find something yesterday?

NuckyDuck · Dec 22, 2019

I don't buy this offense....Its against the Bills!!!
An overrated team..I don't mind us scoring low points as long as long as we win.

scout · Dec 22, 2019

RIpats88 said:
Also, N'keal Harry looks like a playmaker at the receiver position which is what we need. Guy just breaks tackles and is hard to bring down.

Hoping it was due to us losing Jones/Mccourty yesterday. We need those guys healthy for the playoffs. JC Jackson seems more of an outside guy

I just watched the play where N'keal is running and Brady throws the block which pretty much guaranteed a first down. Steve Grogan gave Brady a standing ovation.

Ring 6 · Dec 22, 2019

RIpats88 said:
This wasnt against cincinatti, this was against a VERY good Bills defense. #2 in the league.

The patriots looked the best that they ever have offensively this year. They controlled the line of scrimmage, ran the ball hard. Put themselves into 3rd and 4 or 5 instead of 3rd and longs. had 8 minute drives to limit the field. Guys were breaking tackles for big plays. Now that the run game is going, we see the pass protection look better, the play action work. and guys like Edelman/Harry and Meyers go to work...and brady is trusting them.

Not sure what changed. But this is eerily similar to last year when the Patriots looked inept 90% of the season. and then found something in the last couple games that they carried over to the playoffs

What happened is that the players work and the coaches coach all season long.
Many fans act like what they see in one game is the end of the story (hence the gloom and doom predictions we see) and dont realize the players as coached are working their butts off to fix what is wrong. This team is better at that then any other.

Kasmir · Dec 22, 2019

Ring 6 said:
This team is better at that then any other.

Agree with your point, but I really have to wonder whether the lack of a dedicated receivers coach is hurting the development of Harry and Meyers,and maybe even Sanu's assimilation.

Ring 6 · Dec 22, 2019

Kasmir said:
Agree with your point, but I really have to wonder whether the lack of a dedicated receivers coach is hurting the development of Harry and Meyers,and maybe even Sanu's assimilation.

They have a receivers coach.

Kid~Brady · Dec 22, 2019

Can Harry play TE?

sb1 · Dec 22, 2019

NuckyDuck said:
I don't buy this offense....Its against the Bills!!!
An overrated team..I don't mind us scoring low points as long as long as we win.

The Bills are the best defense we played this season.

pheenix11 · Dec 22, 2019

They found something alright yesterday.

Their balls.

I think maybe they were on ice since the SB but it appears they have been thawed in time for the playoff run.

farn · Dec 22, 2019

Elijah said:
If true, pretty ridiculous by our staff to be that quick to give up on a rookie who spent most of the season on IR.

Maybe “give up for 2019” was the actual feel. Who knows ? We need contributions.

Tottie · Dec 22, 2019

McDaniels finally realized the pre season is over and the boys executed very nicely.

Deus Irae · Dec 22, 2019

scout said:
I just watched the play where N'keal is running and Brady throws the block which pretty much guaranteed a first down. Steve Grogan gave Brady a standing ovation.

Let's hope Sanu learns a lesson from it.

pheenix11 · Dec 22, 2019

Deus Irae said:
Let's hope Sanu learns a lesson from it.

If I were Belichick, I would have Brady pull Sanu aside and give him some pointers in front of everyone.

That should get the point across.

eustis22 · Dec 22, 2019

Deus Irae said:
I'm missing a glove liner.

cmon, wasnt THAT cold yesterday

woolster22 · Dec 22, 2019

RIpats88 said:
This wasnt against cincinatti, this was against a VERY good Bills defense. #2 in the league.

The patriots looked the best that they ever have offensively this year. They controlled the line of scrimmage, ran the ball hard. Put themselves into 3rd and 4 or 5 instead of 3rd and longs. had 8 minute drives to limit the field. Guys were breaking tackles for big plays. Now that the run game is going, we see the pass protection look better, the play action work. and guys like Edelman/Harry and Meyers go to work...and brady is trusting them.

Not sure what changed. But this is eerily similar to last year when the Patriots looked inept 90% of the season. and then found something in the last couple games that they carried over to the playoffs

What changed? I'm pretty sure BB told McDumbass to stop trying get cute and prove how smart of a passing mind he is. All year it has been apparent that Sony needs to be fed the damn ball. We saw it last year. Our downright physical weapon of a rookie WR gets benched in a loss for making a typical rookie mistake while we watch Phil "Done with him" Dorsett ignore audibles and otherwise look disinterested in his route while everyone watching can see he should have cover 0 due to a blitz and he never looks for the ball.

Doesn't matter, Goodie is going to hammer the pats over spygate2. That will be the story. And Kraft will happily polish his knob and make sure not a drop reaches his chin, in the hopes the Billionaires will accept him. F*ck this league.

Patriot Missile · Dec 22, 2019

I was shocked how well they ran the ball yesterday against that defense. Really opened up a lot in the passing game.

Hopefully they can build off this performance.

Bonzo · Dec 22, 2019

I don't know the stats, but it still seems like too many 1st-down runs are going for basically nothing. A lot of 2nd-and-9.

But yeah, there is no longer any doubt: in a one-game do-or-die situation, we got the horses to at least hang with anybody.

ensoul · Dec 22, 2019

They did and I truly believe this is offense is now almost on par with the 2007 offense again especially if Sanu and Harry continue to play well.

Kasmir · Dec 22, 2019

Ring 6 said:
They have a receivers coach.

Joe Judge coaches Special Teams and receivers in his spare time.

catent · Dec 22, 2019

RIpats88 said:
interesting from reiss on N'keal Harry

Still want to know more about this.

Not going to happen, as in he would've been largely shut down this season? Not going to happen, period, as in if he didn't respond things would've gone south for good?

What kind of pressure? Playbook/schematics? Work ethic? What was the issue to begin with here - lack of execution or poor effort?

Probably questions we'll never get answered but I'm curious nonetheless.

catent · Dec 22, 2019

JayNM said:
Mason was honestly playing better than I've seen all year during last game

O-Line has played better as a whole too, that shows when Newhouse comes in and it's not a complete disaster.

I am pulling for Harry, but I don't buy the hype I've seen here lately... Yes, he's being more productive, but that's by design... His role reminds me of Cordelle Patterson... which isn't something I had in mind when we got him on the 1st round.

But yeah, he looks dangerous with the ball in his hands and is still dipping his toes into the water, come playoff time, i hope he's ready to be a good pure WR, besides being a "swiss knife" kinda of player.

We need to play well against Miami so we can really create momentum to the Play-Offs. If our Offense reverts back to being horrible, we won't last much

Fortunately the world isn't binary and Harry has the potential to be both an open-field weapon ala Patterson AND a talented WR.

Yes, at the moment he's primarily making his impact via plays specifically designed to get him the ball in space but that doesn't mean his potential doesn't extend beyond that. Given his age, work ethic, physical tools, and flashes he has shown, I'm still optimistic that he can develop into a polished WR, and still be a weapon with the ball in his hands in the open field.

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