PostGame Thread Official Post Game Thread- Pats beat the Texans

[RobertWeathers]

Might, if some of them are qualified to be HC of an NFL team…

We are not changing offensive and defensive systems. Full stop.

 

[RobertWeathers]

What about the colts a few years ago when they had the long snapper and the punter no line to block, it was some kind of trick play. i didn't watch todays debacle, was it worse?

That was bad too.

Just the punt off the back of the guys head...Charlie Brown-esque

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

What about the colts a few years ago when they had the long snapper and the punter no line to block, it was some kind of trick play. i didn't watch todays debacle, was it worse?

Remember, remember that time.... LOL

 

[sb1]

It's not like they will throw to him on the goal line.

We won. Why on earth would you want to take plays out that work?

We are simply not good enough to "do what we do". We need to be creative. I give Josh credit for thinking out of the box.

We don’t have anything resembling an offense that can run wildcat wither.

I can see the benefits of being creative but each play from the bag of tricks is one less play that you can use to find out what you have in your QB. I want the ball in Mac’s hands as much as possible so we can see what he’s all about…cause that’s what this season is all about.

There’s a reason why the bag of tricks is generally used by inferior teams trying to surprise a better team. I don’t see the Bucs or Rams or Bills running wildcat plays these days. OTOH the Bills did run those plays a lot a few years ago when they were basically us right now.

I don’t know what we have yet in Mac and the more snaps he gets the closer we are to finding out. No more wildcat please.

 

[reflexblue]

Remember, remember that time.... LOL

Thats me , remember when.... although this wasn't a 'remember when" it was a 'what about the play'

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

I don't think he was as good as his stats today - got a couple of dropped ints (then again, might have had another 40-60 (not sure) yards and a TD on the Meyers drop.

Even with that, I agree. He's impressing the hell out of me for a rookie.

Weird. Remove a week 1 fumble, a week four Andrews miss in grabbing David and holding him down from tipping the pass, and this team would likely be 4-1.

They're only going to get better.

I think Mac started to press a little bit , especially after the Meyers drop. It had to be demoralizing to him that despite playing flawless football early on and doing well enough to lead his team to td's on each of the first 2 drives, he found himself down 15-6. If this team ever gets where they were expected to be in terms of running the ball well and not needing Mac to be superman and beyond, I think we'll see these mistakes very rarely out of him. He's going to be great for us we just have to support him better than we have.

 

[40yrpatsfan]

That was bad too.

Just the punt off the back of the guys head...Charlie Brown-esque

Also I just don't get why Houston was playing games with the punt at that point. They were up by 13, it was 4th down on their side of the field. A major screw up, arguably cost them the game. And what were they hoping would even happen? How was the punter supposed to get back into position?

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

Thats me , remember when....

I loved that play.

 

[RobertWeathers]

If you want an analogy we currently have a Dwight Eisenhower delegating to a bunch of glorified JROTC kids.

Yea...Josh McDaniels and Ivan Fears are ROTC kids. Whatever.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

We don’t have anything resembling an offense that can run wildcat wither.

I can see the benefits of being creative but each play from the bag of tricks is one less play that you can use to find out what you have in your QB. I want the ball in Mac’s hands as much as possible so we can see what he’s all about…cause that’s what this season is all about.

There’s a reason why the bag of tricks is generally used by inferior teams trying to surprise a better team. I don’t see the Bucs or Rams or Bills running wildcat plays these days. OTOH the Bills did run those plays a lot a few years ago when they were basically us right now.

I don’t know what we have yet in Mac and the more snaps he gets the closer we are to finding out. No more wildcat please.

The first wildcat did work out well for us. The second one I know it looked pretty ugly, but I think that play was run with the mindset that we're going to put the ball in Bolden's hands, dance around a little bit and run as much time off the clock as possible. if we actually needed a TD in that situation I doubt we would have run the same play.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Flores is the only success so far from the Belichick tree.

We aren't talking about HCs.

Assistant coaches only.

Coaches that carry out BB's game plan which the poster believes BB is captaining a ship of fools.

 

[DaBruinz]

If you are really gonna deny that there has been a coaching brain drain from this organization for a number of years now you are literally ignoring reality.

And it’s fortunate that everyone forgets that Bill offered GREG SCHIANO the defensive coordinator job before the 2019 season. He hires friends, kids of friends, and his own kids. Outside of that he hires back old assistants that flamed out somewhere else and now come on the cheap.

Gotta love how you change your claims. You didn't say JACK f'in SCHITT about coaching brain drain before now. Now you are spinning what you said to try and cover up the BS you've posted to this point.

You're claims of him just hiring friends and kids of friends is complete garbage and shows YOU are the one ignoring reality.

The problem with your claims is that they aren't ALL the facts, though you posit them as such. You completely ignore the following hires:

Cam Achord, Moses Cabrera, Carmen Bricillo, Cole Popovich, Mike Pelligrino, Demarcus Covington, Nick Caley, Brian Flores, Matt Patricia, Josh McDaniels, Ross Douglas, Joe Houston, Vinnie Sunseri, Tyler Hughes.


The fact that you think that coaches like Brown, Mayo or any of the coaches get to keep their jobs without actually performing successfully shows you have ZERO clue about Belichick and how he deals with coaches.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

How many hits did Mac sustain today?

 

[Ollie]

Also I just don't get why Houston was playing games with the punt at that point. They were up by 13, it was 4th down on their side of the field. A major screw up, arguably cost them the game. And were they hoping would even happen? How was the punter supposed to get back into position?

Yep was totally unnecessary. They had us on the ropes and didn't need to take risks. I guess that's the behaviour of a tea tha has no confidence in it's ability to close out the game.

 

[DaBruinz]

If you want an analogy we currently have a Dwight Eisenhower delegating to a bunch of glorified JROTC kids.

You're analogy is garbage and not close to being factual.

 

[Twentytothree]

What bout Indy's cluster vs us years ago where they spread the OL out to the left and right, left just the C and the 2 G's in the middle, then the punter came up under center, took the hike, and was tackled for a 2 yard loss?

One of my favorite plays of all time. Not as funny, but maybe even more surreal than the butt fumble.

 

[DaBruinz]

Wait, did he play RT? They had him listed as LT to start the game. I didn't get a good look at the numbers on my stream.

They switched him and Herron at some point. I didn't catch when exactly.

 

[Sicilian]

Also I just don't get why Houston was playing games with the punt at that point. They were up by 13, it was 4th down on their side of the field. A major screw up, arguably cost them the game. And what were they hoping would even happen? How was the punter supposed to get back into position?

I think it's kind of the double-edged sword that was their aggressive approach to the game. They went for a ton of 4th downs, including ones in their own end. And it worked for them up until that point. I think they went in with the mindset that they were going to be aggressive in their decisions, and a deceptive punt trying to catch a free first down on a substitution mistake was probably (in their mind) the least risky of those "go for it" situations. If the punt gets past the line, it probably rolls deep into our territory.

But I agree that, to that point, they had almost all of the momentum and got a little bit greedy there.

 

[Deus Irae]

Big win to keep hope alive, and Bill really needs to send a thank you card to that Texans coaching staff.

 

[bormio]

How many hits did Mac sustain today?

He said he got hit once. He did get sacked and was also roughed