I'm laughing hard at people going after McCourty so much in these threads.
He's played at an elite level this year in nearly every single game... the defense as a whole against the Hawks had lots of problems, the main one being that we could not generate any pass rush on Wilson, and the times we did manage to do that he just scrambled out of the pocket and made great passes to wide receivers
The secondary was pretty garbage most of the game.. they would have their moments but then have a total breakdown on a key 3rd down, etc, but part of that was because they were being asked to cover WRs for a long ass time
This zone scheme is one that Belichick has ran countless times against mobile quarterbacks because if you play man to man, then all the DBs backs are turned to the QB and he scrambles for 10+ yards every time unless you have a spy, but we traded Collins who was our best spy player and even still, guys like Wilson, Newton, etc can and will break a tackle or make a guy miss
Mccourty is being used as a scape goat I see, which is hilarious because we've lost so much talent on this defense and now people are turning on one of our captains and best defensive players, in some cases blaming him for plays that weren't even his responsibility in the first place
There were a lot of bad luck plays in that game, meaning low percentage plays that Seattle kept converting for one flukey reason or another. the other thing to mention is that the Hawks vaunted defense that everyone is so jealous of had countless breakdowns themselves, including a 3rd and 25 that the Pats successfully converted late in the 4th quarter
Bottom line, the Seahawks are an extremely talented team that is well coached and are one of the best in the league. it came down to a 4th and 1 at the goal line to send it into overtime with them, so the sky certainly isn't falling.. its not like they got blown out, they nearly pulled the win out despite unusual turnovers, broken coverages, etc ... and Wilson was making some plays that just about no other QB in the league could pull off, which was super frustrating but you have to tip your hat to him, they just out played us and the end result speaks for itself
It was a painful ending, but I'm not going to throw the towel in because we BARELY lost to one of the best teams in the league after jettisoning our most talented defensive player, which had a shock factor to the team similar to the Lawyer Miller scenario awhile back
People need to relax, we're into week 11 with only 2 losses and are relatively healthy compared to last year. . the defense might have to deal with some growing pains getting use to not having Collins anymore, but they can continue to gel and improve
also it's important to understand why we aren't getting pressure sometimes, and that's often because we're against a mobile QB and the lines job BY DESIGN is to contain the QB in the pocket and force him to make some throws.. it works more often than it doesnt, and against guys like Wilson, Rogers, Newton, etc there are going to be days when they get the best of us.. that's why they're some of the top QBs in the game right now, because theyre extremely talented and you aren't going to win 100% of the time against them
Didn't Mass just legalize weed? Spark up a fatty and RELAX
