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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.Agreed on the D. If this O had JE, Matthews, Britt, etc and was not allowing top CBs to focus on Hogan/Dorsett this team would have scored more. Scoring more would have meant longer drives giving our D more rest. Also, the Pats scoring more would have forced the other teams O to perhaps take more chances (or even play from behind)...changing the dynamics of everything.That take was understandable at WR, especially before Edelman got popped, but even "this might work if everyone stays healthy" was a stretch at all three defensive levels.
What did you want them to do? You can’t purchase cap space.Its like they said "this might work if everyone stays healthy," which they never do.
They had what they had. I already wrote up a big post on how this team has problems filling WR spots. The tactics they took this offseason to replace productions were solid on paper but unfortunately they took risks on 2 guys who had some injury problems and a third that was a chronic case that I dont think they were counting on anyway..What did you want them to do? You can’t purchase cap space.
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What did you want them to do? You can’t purchase cap space.
Agreed on the D. If this O had JE, Matthews, Britt, etc and was not allowing top CBs to focus on Hogan/Dorsett this team would have scored more. Scoring more would have meant longer drives giving our D more rest. Also, the Pats scoring more would have forced the other teams O to perhaps take more chances (or even play from behind)...changing the dynamics of everything.
Not making excuses for this D, but they have just about everything working against them this year.
So we have 7 DEs on the roster now, including Grissom? If they like Simon, feels like they may be getting rid of Rivers soon.
That doesn’t answer what you think they should have done.They had what they had. I already wrote up a big post on how this team has problems filling WR spots. The tactics they took this offseason to replace productions were solid on paper but unfortunately they took risks on 2 guys who had some injury problems and a third that was a chronic case that I dont think they were counting on anyway..
My post did. It stated that they have to take risks on guys because going with big name/dollar solutions is too risky.That doesn’t answer what you think they should have done.
Agreed on the D. If this O had JE, Matthews, Britt, etc and was not allowing top CBs to focus on Hogan/Dorsett this team would have scored more. Scoring more would have meant longer drives giving our D more rest. Also, the Pats scoring more would have forced the other teams O to perhaps take more chances (or even play from behind)...changing the dynamics of everything.
Not making excuses for this D, but they have just about everything working against them this year.
They drafted 2 of them.I think almost everyone understood that the team needed an additional ILB. As would be the case with a trade now, cap room can be created through extensions or restructures if it needed.
So we have 7 DEs on the roster now, including Grissom? If they like Simon, feels like they may be getting rid of Rivers soon.
I still fail to understand what they should have done differently.My post did. It stated that they have to take risks on guys because going with big name/dollar solutions is too risky.
I like what they did, it was just risky relying on 2 guys with some injury history, and guy who was not going to play again anyway. If JE was not suspended none of this may have happened.
It’s like fans around here are trying to write off the season today so they gave as much time as possibly to be angry and bltch, which for most of them seems to be happiness.
Yup. It makes this place a nightmare.Well a lot of fans here treat winning a SB as a relief. The entitlement is through the roof and the thought of not going into every game as a big favorite is enough to call for heads. And all of this in a league that is designed to punish success.
My post did. It stated that they have to take risks on guys because going with big name/dollar solutions is too risky.
I like what they did, it was just risky relying on 2 guys with some injury history, and guy who was not going to play again anyway. If JE was not suspended none of this may have happened.