Game Day Thread Official Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Lions

[WhatJustHappened]

Right in his hands

 

[Boomer B]

Just LEAVE ALREADY, PLEASE.
You don't care about the team one bit, and are pathetic at best.
Move along Please leave PatsFANS.

Gotta feel for those kids that were dropped on their head.

 

[dtbrks]

A must say replies are much less after a win than a loss. Always been that way.

 

[Goin47]

Something not stated yet that I noticed was our open field tackling was excellent. That's not always been the case in the last year or two.

 

[venecol]

Idiocy in here in BEYOND PATHETIC.
How many TDS did Your Majesty throw in his 1st game as a starter?
I can tell you, it's ZERO.
2nd Game? ZERO!
He didn't throw a TD until his 3rd game of action, So you chumps can move along, unless you hate FACTS!

Check your texts from CVS that your prescriptions are ready for pick-up. Lol

 

[Chevy]

1st - Strange has been so solid, that no one is talking about him - which for a OG, is a great thing.

I am hoping he studies every single piece of tape / intel on John Hannah. He may never be on the same level, but he has the athleticism to mimic a lot of Hog's game.

4th - But J. Jones appears like a home run.
4th - Strong and (5th) Harris are longer term options, but Zappe already seems like a low round steal.

As long as JJ and Zappe keep a level head about all of this, then yes. And it will pay off huge.

 

[Kdo5]

I really liked Zappe and let’s be honest he had the best QB’ing game of the season for us. Mostly mistake free, his passes were on point, he showed poise in the pocket.

There isn’t a QB controversy yet but Mac’s job isn’t that secure. He has played poorly this season and if he puts up more sub par performances, especially losses, it becomes a real question.

I want for Mac to rest an additional week. It avoids risking further injury and gives us another look at Zappe. For the team that would be a win-win.

 

[Uptown]

 

[Dingleberry]

Nice to read that. Very Brady like.

Yup, I said it.

 

[catent]

Zappe strikes me as more self-assured, grounded, steady, and emotionally mature than Mac, just based on demeanor and his interviews. Hot-take, psychoanalysis, yes - but that’s the sense I get.

That doesn’t mean Mac can’t be a good QB, but Zappe seems to have a bit more character at this point in time.

 

[maust]

One can almost picture BB seeing that clip with a lump in his throat muttering, '...just the way we draw it up, the magnificent ba$tard, that's the Patriot way right there.'

 

[DaBruinz]

Did anyone watch the Browns/Chargers game? Was the Browns run defense REALLY so crappy that they gave up 13.5 YPC to Austin Ekeler? Or was the Chargers O-line that good? I mean, they gave up 4.9 YPC to Kelley..

 

[Kasmir]

Remember all of the idiots here who wrote that he should be traded before the season or even outright cut? Lol. Show yourselves, dumbasses.

Very happy to be wrong about Meyers. Not happy to be wrong about Bourne.

 

[maust]

Zappe strikes me as more self-assured, grounded, steady, and emotionally mature than Mac, just based on demeanor and his interviews. Hot-take, psychoanalysis, yes - but that’s the sense I get.

That doesn’t mean Mac can’t be a good QB, but Zappe seems to have a bit more character at this point in time.

Zappe is also playing with house money. We may love what we've seen so far but let's be honest. It is a bit easier to appear 'self assured' vs ****y as well as' grounded and steady' when the expectations placed on you accurately reflect where you were selected in the draft as opposed to being designated the 'Chosen One' to be the spiritual heir of the GOAT.

 

[DaBruinz]

Going into the game, the Pats had giving up 5.1 YPC on the ground. They held the Lions to 3.7 YPC (27 rushes for 101 yards) Not spectacular, but a definite improvement.

 

[Pats2000]

Pros:
Zappe's pocket presence
Rhamondre handling the extra workload.
Thornton getting his feet wet.
O-line playing better over-all
Hunter Henry being back in the game plan.
Jack Jones being excellent except for one play.
Marcus Jones getting snaps.
Myles Bryant making a couple plays on defense.
Defense shutting down the "top offense" in the league, though it was missing its Best RB and #2 Receiver.

CONS:
Harris injury. Could be severe...
Bourne bone-headed plays
Agholor's inability to hold onto the ball
Neck injury to Swift.
Still some bad play-calls (Deep Post to Meyers, Red Zone play-calling)

Zappe deep ball accuracy needs some work. Overall liked his pocket presence though.

 

[mikey m]

Remember all of the idiots here who wrote that he should be traded before the season or even outright cut? Lol. Show yourselves, dumbasses.

He's shown how good he actually is in just 3 games this season. I'll admit, my feeling preseason was that Jakobi limited the offense being the #1 guy because he is not a big playmaker. It's obvious now that the thing limiting the offense is execution by the other guys, whether its Mac, the TEs, DP, NA, or coaching. Meyers has been the one consistent "right" on offense when a number of other things go wrong to keep us out of the endzone.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Nice to read that. Very Brady like.

Yup, I said it.

His eyes look like Bradys .

Basically the same guy

#triggerwarning

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I think Brady had a similar quote in 2001 about feeling comfortable

 

[maust]

His eyes look like Bradys .

Basically the same guy

#triggerwarning

I think Brady had a similar quote in 2001 about feeling comfortable

I can't be the only one to have read those posts and thought...