Patriots Pregame Thread Pre-Game - Divisional Round Texans at Patriots

[Patsfan1645]

As long as the mistakes are not on our side of the Football field. We don't want to give anybody the short field: don't shoot ourselves in the foot.

This is a game we cant afford turnovers anywhere.

 

[SlowGettingUp]

Another Twitter guy making a statement without any explanation.

See his whole thread. Plus a link to his web page with much more detail including film
review.

The Rise of the "Anti-Defense"

While the NFL zigs toward complexity and more pressure, DeMeco Ryans is zagging. Inside the simple, violent scheme that is destroying modern offenses.

www.matchquarters.com

 

[PatsFan2]

This is a game we cant afford turnovers anywhere.

I'm for a very clean game on our side too: but you know $h!t happens sometimes. IF Gozo goes we can control their Offense: they'll punt on a dime: we want Houston to win that battle in the end. Which will spell their end no pun.

 

[mgteich]

A couple of familiar faces on Houston’s OL: Trent Brown and Jake Andrews

jake Andrews their awesome center

 

[mgteich]

Our base Offense should include 6 OL's.

Curiously, I think that we have better opportunity for passing yards out of that set.

 

[Gumby]

My point was more about the Ref and what he was responsible for vs. what the crew he was on called.

I got your point, it’s valid; but you need flag-thrower level data to say anything about that.

So, show me where to get it or get yourself. And stop beating the horse ( for post count? ) , she ain’t moving no more. . … she dead

 

[Gumby]

Bingo. The road to AFCCG just got snowplowed wide open.

 

[Ross12]

Wasn't that, like, during the game? Tweet is timestamped last night at 10:53 PM.

 

[Mack Herron]

Wasn't that, like, during the game? Tweet is timestamped last night at 10:53 PM.

Right—Collins and Gonzo both in protocol. Watch practice this week.

 

[Gumby]

Wasn't that, like, during the game? Tweet is timestamped last night at 10:53 PM.

Good catch.

But regardless: Nico is for sure out. This is his 2d concussion injury this season. He was out week 8 for 7 injury. For a repeat concussion they will be extra critical.

With the short week (6-day turn) there is almost no way for the other guy (Watson) to make thru the protocol stages intime either.

 

[Ross12]

Good catch.

But regardless: Nico is for sure out. This is his 2d concussion injury this season. He was out week 8 for 7 injury. For a repeat concussion they will be extra critical.

With the short week (6-day turn) there is almost no way for the other guy (Watson) to make thru the protocol stages intime either.

The short week is a good point I hadn't thought about. Gonzo with a light concussion and having 7 days, it's possible. Nico having a more severe one and only 6 days, there's just no way. The player being cleared to come back is a full 5 phase process, and they can't clear all 5 of those phases in 6 days. There's not enough meetings/practices to do so.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

Good news if Nico is out is that the Texans will officially be downgraded to an Easy Team, aka the only team we can beat, so we should now have a greater than 0% chance of winning

 

[Rob0729]

 

[fnordcircle]

Would you STOP with the MVP crap. Maye doesn't care about it. Neither should you. When was the last time the MVP WON the SB??

What matters is winning the game. Period.

It's so ****ing annoying that people have their own priorities and interested instead of defaulting to yours!

 

[Rob0729]

That was last night's game.

 

[Rob0729]

Right—Collins and Gonzo both in protocol. Watch practice this week.

Gonzo has a chance. Collins doesn't.

Gonzalez had a minor concussion and he was actually sitting on the bench when the doctors told him that he had to go into concussion protocol. After the game he said he was fine.

Collins had to be carted off. Plus, he has already had a concussion in October and he is on a short week where it is hard to get cleared in a full week.

 

[DC Patriots]

The short week is a good point I hadn't thought about. Gonzo with a light concussion and having 7 days, it's possible. Nico having a more severe one and only 6 days, there's just no way. The player being cleared to come back is a full 5 phase process, and they can't clear all 5 of those phases in 6 days. There's not enough meetings/practices to do so.

So, I’ve been a TBI physician for almost 20 years. And I just looked through the protocol the NFL posted online.

There aren’t any hard stop time periods included in the protocol. Some of the timelines are left to the discretion of the Club physician.

As I read it, there isn’t any way to say who can or can’t be cleared in time

 

[fnordcircle]

I texted a friend that they were ruled out for Sunday. GREAT JOB YOU JUST CAUSED ME TO REVEAL WHAT AN IDIOT I AM.

 

[TommyD4207]

Well let’s not get carried away. lol

No, trust me, it was.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

I texted a friend that they were ruled out for Sunday. GREAT JOB YOU JUST CAUSED ME TO REVEAL WHAT AN IDIOT I AM.

I don't wanna overreact or anything but we should kill him imo