Official Post Game Thread- Pats with a crazy win against Pitt

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Film Room: Gronkowski Dominates The Steelers (Again) - Steelers Depot

 

[DaBruinz]

BTW, there should never be a defensive call where Trey Flowers is covering Bell in pass coverage. That drove me nuts.

I mentioned this in the Game Day Thread. Both times it happened, Bell got big yards. I love Trey Flowers, but he's not Willie McGinest.. He doesn't have the ability to chuck the RB at the line and stay with him..

 

[Dr Pain]

Where did you hear about this??

They showed it at the end of the game for a second. You see the guy throw it and Andrews stopped

 

[maineman209]

5 of 6 on the road has happened 3 other times since the 2002 realignment. It obviously can be avoided if schedule makers want.

Regards,
Chris

And the Pats won 5 of those six, including 4 of 5 on the road.

OTOH, Reiss (I think) opined a couple weeks back that this quirk in the Pats schedule may have been the unavoidable result of BB's (reported) request to have the Denver and Mexico City games scheduled back-to-back in order to avoid making two trips.

 

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Sreelers fans are convinced they'll win the rematch. That a team who "needed the refs and no A.Bto win by three"...is going to get it handed to them next time.

i thought you would agree with them too, no ? you claimed 35-17 steelers before this game happened so..

 

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Forgot. I guess the only way the Patriots rest the starters is if they beat Buffalo, and Pit & Jax lose next week.

Can the pats beat buffalo ? What do you think ?

 

[Uptown]

Has any team ever played that type of schedule before? Just curious

I believe Baltimore did a few seasons ago.

 

[PatsDeb]

Tony Romo only won 80 games in his career.

No wonder the 50 comebacks stat line blew him away...

 

[Bruins29]

Can the pats beat buffalo ? What do you think ?

You think he actually thinks?

 

[Wheelman]

Until JuJu's 69-yard breakout catch-and-run, the Steelers had gained a total of 32 yards on 13 plays using almost 9 minutes of clock time in Q4.

I think after the 1st half it was pretty clear they were trying to limit the amount of possessions the pats got on offense. 3 possessions in the 1st half only.(Not counting kneel down) I don't remember how many we had in the 2nd half, maybe 3 or 4?

 

[Deus Irae]

I think after the 1st half it was pretty clear they were trying to limit the amount of possessions the pats got on offense. 3 possessions in the 1st half only.(Not counting kneel down) I don't remember how many we had in the 2nd half, maybe 3 or 4?

That's one of the reasons I couldn't help but laugh at people who were saying that Brady didn't do much. Pittsburgh played almost as flawless a game as they could have, right up until the last two minutes or so. They kept Brady on the sidelines by working the Patriots defense over. They made Brady think by pressing the receivers. They got pressure on Brady with just a minimum of pass rushers.

In the end, it still wasn't enough, but it might have been, if Brown hadn't gotten injured, or if James had just held on to the ball.

 

[sambam94]

That's one of the reasons I couldn't help but laugh at people who were saying that Brady didn't do much. Pittsburgh played almost as flawless a game as they could have, right up until the last two minutes or so. They kept Brady on the sidelines by working the Patriots defense over. They made Brady think by pressing the receivers. They got pressure on Brady with just a minimum of pass rushers.

In the end, it still wasn't enough, but it might have been, if Brown hadn't gotten injured, or if James had just held on to the ball.

or if brown didn't drop an easy td

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

People are still complaining about Gilmore?

People ae still complaining about Tavon Wilson.

 

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one our GDT hot takers will like a lot
Tomase: Win was nice, but Steelers will be back and they're built to win in Foxboro

 

[maineman209]

I think after the 1st half it was pretty clear they were trying to limit the amount of possessions the pats got on offense. 3 possessions in the 1st half only.(Not counting kneel down) I don't remember how many we had in the 2nd half, maybe 3 or 4?

Five in the second half, not including kneel-down:

TD
Interception
Punt
FG
TD

For the game, the Pats had 8 possessions and scored on five of them (two of three in the first half).

Steelers had four possessions in the first half and scored on three of them. They had five possessions in the second half and scored once.

No Brady interception and the game might not have been close at the end.

 

[Kontradiction]

I think after the 1st half it was pretty clear they were trying to limit the amount of possessions the pats got on offense. 3 possessions in the 1st half only.(Not counting kneel down) I don't remember how many we had in the 2nd half, maybe 3 or 4?

That's exactly what they were doing. And, as long as the defense continues to be unable to get off the field on third down at a rate even approaching acceptable by playoff caliber standards, that will be the team's undoing in the postseason. You take much needed possessions out of Brady's hands when you can't get him on the field. Luckily, they have two key contributors coming back in KVN and Branch and another, Flowers, that will hopefully continue to round back into form.

 

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[Wheelman]

By the way, it was mentioned on Gameday Prime that 10 of Harmon's 13 INTs have come in the 4th qtr.

 

[Kontradiction]

The man is Nostradamus when it comes to football.