Mark Daniels: Gronk, Solder, and Jonathan Cooper are not on flight to AZ

[SHOWTIME15]

Would anyone really be that shocked if BB just took it really easy, rested the important guys and didn't overextend the team on the road against a good Arizona team? Then rally everyone for three easier games?

I don't think BB would give up - every game matters for HFA. I'd have to say that Houston won't be easy either.

 

[SVN]

Can I just ask, how is this a game we can afford to lose?

Isn't that what we said about the Eagles game last year? Or the Jets game? And then lost to Miami and lost home field advantage. Every game is important, you never know how things will shake out down the road and what game might have cost you home field.

Every game matters, and is important. Especially for JG who is manning the QB spot for 4 weeks, starting out with a W and some confidence is what we need.

If player are not healthy, no reason to risk them in game 1. Thats what it means afford to lose. If he plays and tweaks his hammy and is out for 6-8 weeks , same people here will kill BB .
If anyone has followed BB's way of working , he always liberally gives players time to heal with injuries during the regular season and the injury list is long. by the end of the season, the same 50-50 players will play. this is nothing new.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Man back in April I bought tickets for this game I am currently in AZ enjoying the tourists spots but I am so bummed gronk and Brady aren't playing. Brady was clear to play at the time.

Really worried about this O on Sunday night who do we have for playmakers?

 

[SHOWTIME15]

People will see just how average our offense without Gronk is. A banged up Edelman and then a bunch of mediocre WRs won't get open against this vaunted cardinals secondary

We need to go after a star Wr that can help carry this offense when gronk is injured

We've seen this story before and know how it ends. They brought in Bennett for this reason - to sub for Gronk as the 1 TE when he gets hurt. The problem is you have JG under center and solder out too.

 

[ViperGTS]

If player are not healthy, no reason to risk them in game 1. Thats what it means afford to lose. If he plays and tweaks his hammy and is out for 6-8 weeks , same people here will kill BB .
If anyone has followed BB's way of working , he always liberally gives players time to heal with injuries during the regular season and the injury list is long. by the end of the season, the same 50-50 players will play. this is nothing new.

This isn't a usual season. If he's 90 percent. He NEED to be out there. That attitude, is what got them Denver, in Denver and that was WITH TB. With JG every start is crucial. If they somehow go 1-3, 9-7, 10-6 is a very real possibility. They've got Pitt, Sea, etc all coming up.

 

[102 Pat]

The usual Belichick critics will be in there taking a victory lap if Pats are losing. I expect there will be more than a few "I don't care I can't stand it" type posts.

I might make a drinking game out of people calling it a season after the first incompletion...can someone have 911 on speed dial for me?

 

[SVN]

This isn't a usual season. If he's 90 percent. He NEED to be out there. That attitude, is what got them Denver, in Denver and that was WITH TB. With JG every start is crucial. If they somehow go 1-3, 9-7, 10-6 is a very real possibility. They've got Pitt, Sea, etc all coming up.

How do you know its the attitude and not because he isnt 100 percent.? For a coach who played brady and entire half in the 4th pre season game, you would think he knows what to do, no ?
Season hasnt even started and everyone is already in panick mode. Blame Goodell for this. That 4 game suspension isnt just 4 games for brady, its the entire trickle down effect on injuries garrapolo, reps, coaching everything.

 

[SVN]

Its going to be a brutal Game.....Thread sunday :-D

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Oh f**cking give me a break.

If Brady wasn't framed by the nfl he'd be playing in this game. Offense wouldn't be average then.

Edelman is not banged up. He isn't on the injury report, he left practice 1 time a month ago and was at every practice since then.


Thid stupid WR argument again. Which has been debunked by the fact that the team won the SB with Brandon LaFell as an outside receiver. Go after a WR that can carry the offense when Gronk is out. What a dumb comment. Tom Brady carries this offense just fine.

If Brady was playing 95% of you would be picking the team to win.

Tom Brady is NOT playing get that through your head. So my point stands. Right. Now without gronk our offense is very average. Edelman has been banged up throughout preseason and coming off a surgery. He also is injury prone looking through his playing history. No other WR in our offense even comes close to scarying anyone

Lafell was a very good outside WR in 2014. We haven't found someone that's been able to replace his production since. If we didn't lowball manny sanders in 2014, we would have had him. He said give me amendolas contract and I'll sign right away.

Every game counts look at last year homefield means everything. We do not want to have to go back to Denver. That place is hell

 

[NG Pats Fan]

I'm in AZ right now at 6900 feet and earlier in the day I got severe headaches from the altitude. Altitude sickness is very much real and I'm a firm believer it's one of the reasons we always fade when playing in Denver

 

[PatsGuy]

Tom Brady is NOT playing get that through your head. So my point stands. Right. Now without gronk our offense is very average. Edelman has been banged up throughout preseason and coming off a surgery. He also is injury prone looking through his playing history. No other WR in our offense even comes close to scarying anyone

Lafell was a very good outside WR in 2014. We haven't found someone his size that's been able to replace his production since. If we didn't lowball manny sanders in 2014, we would have had him. He said give me amendolas contract and I'll sign right away.

Every game counts look at last year homefield means everything. We do not want to have to go back to Denver. That place is hell

When it comes to DOOM N GLOOM you r Mr Reliable!

 

[SVN]

The sky is falling video from Terrell Davis - Rob Gronkowski not expected to play Week 1

 

[Geezer Butler]

People will see just how average our offense without Gronk is. A banged up Edelman and then a bunch of mediocre WRs won't get open against this vaunted cardinals secondary

We need to go after a star Wr that can help carry this offense when gronk is injured

nah, what good is a stud receiver running deep routes if the QB has .02 seconds to throw?

Number one problem on this team is the offensive line, it has been for a while. Jimmy could have Jerry Rice in his prime right now and still have problems.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

nah, what good is a stud receiver running deep routes if the QB has .02 seconds to throw?

Number one problem on this team is the offensive line, it has been for a while. Jimmy could have Jerry Rice in his prime right now and still have problems.

Let's see at least one game with this line under scar before we check that one off.

 

[Deus Irae]

This is awful. I'm not going to not get to see Gronk play in one of the four Patriots games I won't be watching this season.

 

[Ross12]

It's the old BB bait-and-switch. Have the Cards game plan all week just to stop Gronk, then don't play Gronk. Ha ha!

Really, though, the Pats don't NEED Gronk to be able to run the ball, and I believe the Cardinals can be run on a bit. They can still keep using 2TE's with Bennett plus Derby/Harbor and use a lot of motion/shift the pocket type plays. Get some mileage out of Develin too. Why not do something unconventional?

 

[ALP]

the NFL did something never done before in framing Brady and suspending him...

maybe (hopefully) BB is going to introduce some tricks this year that we've never seen before as well

 

[Joker]

after watching the hit job Goodell's goons pulled on Cam Newton last night, I wouldn't expose Gronk to more of Goodell's scummy agenda driven assaults. In fact, given what that incredibly moronic, near comatose, three braincelled POS Lefty Palmer blubbered out yesterday, I'd rather see the Pats just run it three times into the line all game and play backups at LB and DB. Screw these planned narrative jerkoffs.Here Carson, here's your precious "weeeee-un". Try a plate of fresh steaming burro turds you friggin' mouseman scumbag.

 

[Jackson 2]

I'm in AZ right now at 6900 feet and earlier in the day I got severe headaches from the altitude. Altitude sickness is very much real and I'm a firm believer it's one of the reasons we always fade when playing in Denver

How'd we do in the 4th the quarter in Arizona in the SB 2 years ago. Oh yeah...

 

[Jackson 2]

I'm in AZ right now at 6900 feet and earlier in the day I got severe headaches from the altitude. Altitude sickness is very much real and I'm a firm believer it's one of the reasons we always fade when playing in Denver

Why the f###would anyone live in that state willingly? Are you incarcerated?