Game was winnable....for me, I knew it was going to be tough when we squandered all those scoring opportunities in the first half coming away with only 12 measley points. After that, Brady & McD were unstoppable, but for a couple of 4th quarter pressures on the last drive (forced a quick throw th Hogan along the sideline and of course the strip sack).
The defense was off, all game. I do not understand how Marquise Flowers was being used, I don’t get all the uncharacteristic missed tackles and mis-reads pretty much all game, and the coaching was not up to there normal levels at all, not even close,MTO pretty much go “big nickel”all day just sucked, it’s just not how they played all year, period. Even with all of that suckass “D” they were one stop away from only needing a field goal at the end to win the thing.....argggghhhh.
Meanwhile, things are VERY bright going into 2018. We have Brady, BB, McD, injured starters returning (Hightower, Cannon, Jules). With a few player cuts, LTBE’s, restructures and salary cuts, the 13mm available space can easily go to 30mm or more. That will be enough to bring in some talented free agents to go along with having three draft picks out of the top 63 players available.
More rings are coming to Foxborough, there is NO doubt in my mind.