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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.NEM said:So, thats why McDaniels refused to throw inside routes? I imagine that will all change now???
Was it ever confirmed that the report on that was accurate ? I wouldn't be shocked if someone heard "new turf" meaning re-sodding and made some assumptions about field turf.emoney_33 said:Are they still planning on field turf after the season or is that still up in the air?
BelichickFan said:Was it ever confirmed that the report on that was accurate ? I wouldn't be shocked if someone heard "new turf" meaning re-sodding and made some assumptions about field turf.
groundgame said:It may be a sandpit, but according to Pro Football Weekly's "The Way we Hear it" section, they offer the following tidbit on the field situation: ...."While he has publicly condemned the poor condition of the Gillette Stadium field, we hear that head coach Bill Belichick privately desires having an "off" track and believes it gives the Patriots a formidible home-field advantage..."
Thanks to the intervention of Colts Head Greenskeeper Bill Polian, the "Off track" will be upgraded to Peyton's "Fast track".
Brownfan80 said:As it was only resodded in the middle of the field, I'm not sure it'll help those outside WRs much.
pkb said:Particularly given the animosity of the teams, I wouldn't be surprised if something happens to the turf before the Colts game, either....it'll get soaked in water ('sprinkler malfunction'), they'll spray it with something to kill the grass, somehow it'll be torn up again ('we have no idea why there's plow-tread marks out there') who knows.
The Pats are happy to have it be a story that week, too, because it gets some people thinking about the issue. And it annoys Polian, which is a virtue in and of itself
mcbee said:Has anyone figured out where the screens went to? We used to throw 5-10 of them a game. The first play should be play action or a slant to Jackson.
Maroney shouldn't be running into the line unless we get good movement. Throw him some screens.
I think a good grass field wouldn't be ripped up by soccer or anything else. They just have crappy lawn crews.
"slow down a pass rush".AzPatsFan said:The screen is a deception play that is meant to slow down a pass rush. When the Pats passing game was a feared item, the screen worked. Now we are a running team and teams are desperate to stop the run. Eight men in the box means eight guys to defend the screen. All are conscious of the run. They won't be deceived.
A screen that doesn't work can get your QB killed. In short, the situation means a screen play won't work, so why try?