Official Pats-Bears POST Game Thread - Offense-Defense-ST's

[DaBruinz]

Lets hope that Brace and McCourty will be ok for the next game.

 

[Sicilian]

Only concern was kickoff coverage. Daniel Manning was close to taking a couple all the way. On the flipside, Edelman looked really good returning punts.

I'm thinking that's more than coincidence. I would imagine it's harder to play coverage in the snow and wind because 1) the wind sends the ball in directions you can't plan for pre-kick, and 2) You're running full speed just to get in position to tackle the returner. If he changes directions, you now have to change with him suddenly on unsure footing.

Would have liked to see Tate get a crack in those conditions, but wouldn't you know we just didn't have enough kick returns yesterday for that