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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.OK, I'll start off with my few impressions:
(1) First team O and D . . .
(2) Taxicab squad . . .
(3) TB's antics . . . :enranged: :ban?:
(4) Woodhead and Fletcher getting injured . . .
May all the injured Patriots recover quickly and completely.
Tampa's antics....dirty hits, etc.Had to watch the game online. TB feed was much better. Watched that channel. Chris Myers and John Lynch. Pretty good announcing team. What do you mean by TB's antics?
Had to watch the game online. TB feed was much better. Watched that channel. Chris Myers and John Lynch. Pretty good announcing team. What do you mean by TB's antics?
Sorry. I clarified the OP.
Carter. Oh my god.
I missed the game. How is the DL looking with position battles? Did we run a 3-4 or a 4-3? My dad said he saw them running a 3-4 but he doesn't usually pay much attention. Anything else of significance happen?
Wow, just total domination. Hard to single out players.
QB - Brady was in midseason form. Really working the ball to Ochocinco, and hitting #81 again consistently down the field. Oh, that's Hernandez now?
RB - Ridley looks like a feature back. Catches the ball, can pick up a block, runs inside, turns the corner, can convert a fourth and one, and a little shake.
WR - Really deep. This was a game to get Ochocinco involved. Even Slater, and I've not been a fan, looks like a WR, and I'd still considered him a safety until this preseason. Welker got some play. Nothing from Branch yet.
TE - Dominating. Lots of three-TE sets, and the Pats can stack it or go wide. Someone is in a mismatch. Tampa sure didn't know how to cover that formation. Hernandez catches everything, and held on tonight. Gronk features the Wham blocks Graham used to offer. It's like they open a hole in the middle of the line to encourage a LB in, then Wham.
OL - Solder looked pretty good. He gave up one sack on an outside-in move, but otherwise played well, and is surprisingly good as a run blocker. Clearly a superior run blocker so far. Koppen had a hold. Just terrific blocking from the first line.
DL - Tremendous depth. Carter was a missile. They couldn't block him. The line disrupted the run all first quarter, and harassed the QB. Some problems with a rushing QB that can elude four rushers that break free, but that can be gameplanned. Warren looked good. Pryor was constantly four yards deep. Wilfork was in on third down. Someone has to be cut, and could start elsewhere. Just constant pressure, aggressive, deep. Held TB to one-for-eight on third downs in the first half, and generated more penalty yardage from Tampa than they gave up in yards from scrimmage.
LB - This defense allows Mayo to utilize his athleticism. Ninkovich looked quicker. Pretty good tackling.
CB - Arrington playing with the one's. The rush is causing so many poor throws the first string secondary didn't have a ton to do.
S - Brown looked good in his looks.
At least three more helmet-to-helmet hits on Patriots players. Ochocinco was leveled going across the middle, and Woodhead was blindside crushed on a kick return. We might not see Woodhead the next two games. He stood up, but was veering back down in a circle when his teammates grabbed him.
I missed the game. How is the DL looking with position battles? Did we run a 3-4 or a 4-3? My dad said he saw them running a 3-4 but he doesn't usually pay much attention. Anything else of significance happen?
Biggest impact on my projected 53: Warren
Moore,too.....he's going to be tough to cut.
I don't think so. So far Moore has done better in terms of rushing the passer and stopping the run than JC. Someone needs to hold down the LDE (43) spot as a starter and a backup.
Anderson is great but I rather have him as a 3rd down/pass rushing threat.
We're in a numbers crunch,now.....are you saying you think Cunningham might be cut?