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He was also part of several of the second half plays - didn't make the tackle but either disrupted the play or made the initial hit to slow or misdirect allowing teammates to. An improvement from last week where he wasn't in position to make a play or disrupt it. Incremental improvement - that...

The days of shutting down any offense in the NFL are over. The AVG points scored per game last per pro-football reference is 22.9 for 2024 (20.8 so far this year). One score today was by special teams. So the Patriots AS A TEAM DEFENSE hit the average - both weeks now. Which is likely about...

For the middle aged, you probably remember this better when Mike Tyson paraphrased it: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth".

There were two play action plays that were designed to go deep but both were long developing (the fake hand off/fake reverse and a seven step drop where Henry was stuck blocking one on one) and Maye was under immediate pressure. So 100% agree it's the offense as a whole that needs to improve to...

Exactly. You saw the muse!

DATELINE: Miami, Florida The scheduled Miami versus Patriots game took a wild turn this afternoon as all of the Dolphins players mysteriously turned into newts. However, the newfound camaraderie found in their common conflict resolved lingering tensions and they ended up defeating New England...

I have the typical old man New Englander outlook (shaped way back when by guys like Shaugnessy, McDonough, and Borges unfortunately) where the sky is always falling and there is never a silver lining. I'm trying to purge such thoughts and focus on the little things...fundamentals improvements...

It's the nightlife. I mean South Beach vs. anywhere in a 200mi radius of Foxboro...kinda no contest. What's the old saying "you can fight, but you'll only die tired"?

Just going by AI for the question "who was on the Indianapolis Colts' roster in Peyton Manning's second NFL season". At least I'll be on its good side when they inevitably become our overlords.

Because no one plays their starters in preseason anymore. It's all the "joint practices" as the prep. Teams will a high number of returning core (incl. coaching) are automatically advantaged in the new system. Need to get used to it - its the new reality of the league.

WARNING AI ANSWER BELOW... (and apparently wrong) "Peyton Manning's second NFL season was 1999, when the Indianapolis Colts roster included key players like RB Marshall Faulk, WR Marvin Harrison, and WR Reggie Wayne. Other notable players on that roster were QB Kelly Holcomb, TE Ken Dilger, OT...

Because he is. There is zero patience for NFL QBs to develop anymore. It's why you see guys like Mayfield, Darnold, and yes Geno Smith change teams a couple times before they actually mature into the role where it's not thinking through playing...it's just playing. Muscle memory. Instinctual...

Lucky no facemask flag there.

Likely double digit yards per play.

Well, when the receivers have three or more steps on the defender QBing is really easy.

The Patriots are going to put the defense on the field first WITH Mike Vrabel there Spiro? Really?

Enjoying the Zen...before the first snap in the gameday thread...

Another year -- another example of pre-game shows sucking.

I'm not a bettor either but wild guess they were smokers during their lives and didn't take care of themselves physically (fitness and diet) also.

Sounds like a future poll question: A framed Bill Belichick 2024 Draft Board? Ben Dreith's Penalty Flag? Zeke Mowatt's Towel? An Aaron Hernandez Jersey? The RLKAG Missing Suit Jacket? There are probably a hundred more possible awards items we could pass around symbolically to highlight that...