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Have you ever tried to run with a separated shoulder?I thought Hogan hurt his arm and not his legs.
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Harmon is one of the leaders on the team. Reported to have had a steadying influence during the SB.Nice to see Harmon go off on his teammates on the side line trying to get them going.
The big problem yesterday was the 3rd down.
Miami converted all of them that I can remember with exception to that when Cutler could've run for the 1st down. And as far as I watched the Patrios were 0/9 in 3rd downs.
-The O-line is shaky.
-Brady is not comfortable with something, either the OL, or his ankle, or both.
-No Edelman and no Gronk AKA the chain movers, absent at the same time, that's a big problem. We need someone to take over the middle, we only have Gronk. I had big hopes for Mitchell but I think he is headed to become Dobson part 2.
And of course, Miami had a great game, kudos to them. Cutler played a good game, their RB's, insane D#, Gaze with great play calling, they have a good team on paper but yesterday they finally put it all together. It's a rare event but it happens.
Not sure what to think about next week, maybe we got caught on a look ahead spot? Hard to believe this would happen in a BB coached team, but it happens, I had a bad feeling about this game and after our first drive it seems like the whole team knew that would be a long night.
Boy was I off on Hogan/Dorsett. I figured they would ease Hogan in and w/ Gronk out play Dorsett more.
He didn't even see the field.
You can’t take away everything consistently. He was simply not finding what they were giving. Miami did play well on defense - Brady looked confused and rushed.I thought Dorsett would see the field for at least a dozen plays. Receivers rarely got separation, except for DA once or twice, and even then TB had a hard time getting them the ball. McClain is right; he looked rattled because of the rush. Miami seemed to take away everything - deep ball, intermediate passes, even checkdowns.
It might not have mattered as much that one guy was able to shutdown Cooks (it happens), if Brady had had someone (?) besides Amendola and a recovering Hogan to target at greater depth than the RBs.
I'm not sure that Dorsett even got any snaps last night. Even if Brady wasn't going to target him, he's certainly capable of pulling some coverage away.
Seeing how they gave up 183 yards on the ground vs BUF and Drake pounded the rock last night, I'm wondering if Valentine still makes more sense.
Lots of runs to the outside. Expecting Wise and Lee to be KVN and Flowers is not realistic.
The stats show since the TB game and before the BUF game the run D has been good.
I still think they have a little but of a problem with runs between the tackles but the edge setting will be solved with health.
Depends on Branch and his injury for me. If it is something minor or at least manageable then MM might actually be another type of WR for Josh to play around with in games where things seem to fall apart. If Branch is done for the year or for some time then we definitely need another body in the interior.
Obviously all based on the assumption that both of them are similarly likely to come back. Otherwise bring back whoever is more healthy to avoid another McClellan situation.
Boy was I off on Hogan/Dorsett. I figured they would ease Hogan in and w/ Gronk out play Dorsett more.
He didn't even see the field.
The big problem yesterday was the 3rd down.
Miami converted all of them that I can remember with exception to that when Cutler could've run for the 1st down. And as far as I watched the Patriots were 0/9 in 3rd downs.
This may have been the worst game of the season for McDaniels. I'm not one to normally pile on him, but if your quarterback is absorbing one highlight reel hit after another and you're having issues with pass protection up the B-gap, it might not make sense to call long-developing pass plays (particularly on third and short). You might want to go into the no-huddle, use motion, and make use of quicker-developing route concepts like slants and quick outs to alleviate some of the pressure.
Depends on Branch and his injury for me. If it is something minor or at least manageable then MM might actually be another type of WR for Josh to play around with in games where things seem to fall apart. If Branch is done for the year or out for a longer time then we definitely need another body in the interior.
Obviously all based on the assumption that both of them are similarly likely to come back. Otherwise bring back whoever is more healthy to avoid another McClellan situation.