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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Just watching the game now but the pats look fantastic in the first 20 minutes. Dominating on offense and pretty solid on defense.
I don't get it.
I don't think anybody would dispute that for whatever reason, the Pats need to perform better at the start of the second half. Whether that is half-time adjustments, game planning, play calling, being too predictable, obtaining some high quality H2O from the water boy or whatever other reason, I don't think you'll find much debate on that topic.
The one thing I would say is that some of those stats are a bit skewed due to a few games in which the Pats have built big leads in the first half.
I never thought that Sanchez would outplay Brady but thats wat happened in that second half.
How could Andy explain away the rational of such genius NFL analysts as those cited by the OP? LOL
And Shame on Tedy for piling on sans coaches tape. It's an issue I have with former player analysts, particularly when they played here in this system. I bet there were plenty of Monday mornings when Tedy thought the coaches screwed up, until Bill started screening the damn film... Film doesn't lie. Players sometimes misinterpret what happened because in the heat of the moment they thought they saw something or they didn't see something, and the alternative is admitting they failed to execute. Players, including ex players, have egos - even if they hung them at the door when they played here. It annoys players to see scheme and system get the credit when they execute, which they insist belongs at least in equal measure to talent. Only problem is if that's the case then the same holds true when they don't, and blaming it on scheme is the lazy way out.
What are you? Bruschi says something that you disagree with and your entire premise is that he's an egomaniac that can't stand the "scheme" getting credit. All the while discrediting him because you believe, without any way to possibly know, that Tedy believed the coaches screwed up until Bill proved him wrong on the film "plenty" of times...
So you can't possibly know 1/100th of what Tedy knows yet you are qualified to dismiss his 'opinion' as ego-driven hogwash? Oh the irony
What are you? Bruschi says something that you disagree with and your entire premise is that he's an egomaniac that can't stand the "scheme" getting credit. All the while discrediting him because you believe, without any way to possibly know, that Tedy believed the coaches screwed up until Bill proved him wrong on the film "plenty" of times...
So you can't possibly know 1/100th of what Tedy knows yet you are qualified to dismiss his 'opinion' as ego-driven hogwash? Oh the irony
Half time in the NFL is 12 minutes. That includes the time getting in and out of the locker room, doing ones business and getting out on the field for kickoff.
In College and HS the half times are 20 mins and maybe longer. So how much time is there to make these overrated halftime adjustments? Adjustments are made from the first series on.
I can't explain the Patriots 2nd half swoons lately, and to deny them is denying facts. But I'm tired of hearing about "halftime adjustments". There just isn't enough time during break to make meaningful adjustments.
Sorry, but you are wrong. The Jets players, themselves, after the game said that the reason they controlled thesecond half is that they made adjustments and the Patriots did nothing to counter them.
There is plenty of time to make adjustments. These guys are pros, they understand the terminology and blackboards like the back of their hands. It only takes mintes to say "we are gonna do this instead of this" They know what has to be done. ALL TEAMS DO IT, apparently except the Patriots judging from the stats in the last 18 games or so.
It's the kind of thing where I'd take it for what it was and move along, except that if someone else attempts even a tenth of the conjecture that he loaded into that post, even with some actual logical basis behind it, he'll hit you back within 3 minutes with a post about how you're offering nothing but conjecture. But it's been pointed out to him a hundred different times by a hundred different posters; if he's still blind to it then there isn't much left that you or anyone else can say.
Just accept that MLR and MLR alone has the ability to magically see what happens behind closed doors in Foxboro. That's the core premise of most of his arguments. If someone like Tedy Bruschi disagrees, then they simply have some ulterior motive for lying.
Sorry, but you are wrong. The Jets players, themselves, after the game said that the reason they controlled thesecond half is that they made adjustments and the Patriots did nothing to counter them.
There is plenty of time to make adjustments. These guys are pros, they understand the terminology and blackboards like the back of their hands. It only takes mintes to say "we are gonna do this instead of this" They know what has to be done. ALL TEAMS DO IT, apparently except the Patriots judging from the stats in the last 18 games or so.
Sorry, but you are wrong. The Jets players, themselves, after the game said that the reason they controlled thesecond half is that they made adjustments and the Patriots did nothing to counter them.
There is plenty of time to make adjustments. These guys are pros, they understand the terminology and blackboards like the back of their hands. It only takes mintes to say "we are gonna do this instead of this" They know what has to be done. ALL TEAMS DO IT, apparently except the Patriots judging from the stats in the last 18 games or so.
Traditonally, if you are winning, you keep doing what you did 'til they stop you. Carrying this plan over into the 2nd 1/2 is fine, but teams are changing their defense and the Pats counter-punch isn't working. While I haven't researched it, my impression is that teams have, in general, done the reverse of "stop the run, make them beat you with the pass". Too often, in the 2nd 1/2, teams are able to apply pressure and stop the run with 3 or 4 man rushes, putting 7 or 8 men in coverage. One would think that BB,et al, would be able to predict what adjustments teams would make and a counter devised. IMO, they have done, and the execution has been poor. sadly, with Maroney gone and Faulk out, it won't get better with the present stable. IMO, Hernandez better spend the rest of his practice time learning to pick up blitzers. As an H back, he's the only guy on the team with the talent to cover 75% of Faulk's job.