Borges "James White had no role"

[p8ryts]

I guess effective blitz pickup had no importance in the game. I thought he had an important role.

 

[oldrover]

fnordcircle has requested that we sticky this thread.

 

[brdmaverick]

Obviously Borges is exaggerating a bit here, but it was a little surprising to see just how few touches White has gotten over the past two games.

I suppose he has Lewis and Amendola to blame for that.

 

[archstanton543]

Ol' Ron is also obsessed with wanting to see Edelman get called for pushing off. If they refs aren't calling it, it's not pushing off, Ronny.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Is this the best Borges can come up with to create controversy?

Everyone has a role, just a matter if they are the best player for the game plan that week.

I'd read the article, but I don't think Ron has a role in Patriot reporting.

 

[farn]

You could argue Vereen had "no role" (or Nth receiver) until he blew up vs Seattle and all of a sudden he was amazing.

White has been what White is : a good receiving RB who can make big plays at times. I like him.

 

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[reflexblue]

Ronnies drinking again.

 

[BradyFTW!]

Bob Ryan knows nothing about football. He's a basketball guy. As it just to happens, most of the basketball and baseball guys in Boston seem weirdly resentful of the Pats, and he's no exception.

 

[RedSleevesPinkStripes]

Oh great... 2 things I can't stand... Bob Ryan trying to talk football, and Ron Borges... lol



(No I'm not saying this shouldn't have been posted)

 

[RobertWeathers]

What the hell is he talking about???

He was in on 29 snaps vs Pitt. Had 3 catches. D Lew had 2 catches and 17 snaps.

The game plan was throw downfield past 5 yards of the LoS.

 

[50-yard-line]

Wow, that tweet storm by Ryan...just wow.

This Pats team has few flaws. They are good everywhere on the field.

 

[shmessy]

Those tweets by Bob Ryan a few posts back really make a case for his nurse to take the Twitter Machine away from him. I hear doing crossword puzzles is good therapy for folks in his condition.

OK Mr Ryan, sadly, it's time.

 

[Gwedd]

Ol' Ronnie forgets that Coach sees every player as a single resource, and bundles certain ones together as a team based upon which opponent New England is facing that particular week.

In the Military, we would refer to White as a "force multiplier" last weekend. He didn't get any touches (IIRC) but he added a great deal to the blocking scheme, both in protecting TFB, and helping the other RB's get open. His value was greater in that position than as an RB, for THAT particular game. He increased the overall strength of the O-Line by his support out of the backfield. That'd why he was used in that manner.

Come the SB? Who knows what Coach will dream up. But whatever it is, it will utilize the 43 players that the Coaches feel best address both the threats from Atlanta, and the scheme that New England intends to counter it with.

Each man has a set of stats that are unique to him. The true genius of Coach Belichick and his staff has been the ability to continuously and successfully bundle those individuals together, each week, to get the best possible matchup against a particular opponent.

 

[Danger Zone]

I get that the media are paid to express their opinions.

That said, the way they go about it they are the epitome of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

A little bit of knowledge and they start equating their opinions as factual and themselves as the equal or near equals of true lifelong experts like Belichick.

The perpetually pessimistic are just as biased in their self-delusion and biases as the homers they love to pretend they are so superior to.

 

[farn]

NE does have some flaws. But far, far fewer than every other NFL team. It's 2017. You can't just do 70s PIT or 80s SF or 90s DAL anymore. That makes this 15+ year run much more impressive.

I don't understand the motivation to be THAT much if a contrarian. Just makes the local reporters seem foolish, petty, or both.

 

[SussexPatFan]

There was a quote from Martellus Bennett after the Steelers game, something along the lines of, 'I don't care if I don't touch the ball, I just want to f***ing win.' He gets it - it's not the headline individual stats that count, it's the team effort, and the result.

If BB wants White to block, then he'll be happy if that's what he does. If he's asked to run or receive, then he does that. If he's asked to mow the grass on BB's lawn, he damn well better do that and do it well.

Why can these media guys not understand that they're criticising exactly what has made the Pats so successful?

 

[mosi]

What the hell is he talking about???

He was in on 29 snaps vs Pitt. Had 3 catches. D Lew had 2 catches and 17 snaps.

The game plan was throw downfield past 5 yards of the LoS.

And did he have a huge block to protect Brady as well? Or was that Lewis?

 

[RobertWeathers]

And did he have a huge block to protect Brady as well? Or was that Lewis?

It was White. He didn't do much offensively but he played a great game.