Pre-Game Thread- Pats @ Raiders

[Guts]

Hopefully they're rusty

 

[slash83]

Hopefully they're rusty

Doubt they play a significant amount of snaps but will see.

 

[masterbouncer]

Waller 100yards game incoming

 

[ashley]

 

[Hyped]

LFG!!!

 

[TheRainMaker]

Judon and Uche lead the NFL in sacks as a tandem.

Drug tests don't seem very random. Where is the NFLPA?

Now That Matthew Judon Has to Take a Drug Test, We Can All Agree There's Nothing Random About the NFL's Random Screening Policy, Right?

Boston Globe. Getty Images.There are many ways to explain the season Matthew Judon is having, what with him behind only Nick Bosa in sacks and QB Hits and Top 10 in tackles for loss. You could point ...

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[PATSYLICIOUS]

Wynn is just now going on ir

 

[PatsFan2]

Pierre Strong on 6 carries already had a longer run (44 yards) than Harris' longest (30) in 86 carries this year.....

I don't know Patricia maybe you should use a fast RB. IDK might just be me. I get Stevenson is a beast and Harris is the veteran but nuts how it took Stevenson and Harris being out for him to get a few touches.

Damien Harris is going to lose a lot of $$$$$$ in FA. He spends way too much time on the pine. Harris and Wynn/Lose will not get contracts with a lot of guarantees.

 

[PatsFan2]

Wynn is just now going on ir

Yess yesss! BB have had enough of him I hope it's season ending.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Yess yesss! BB has had enough of him I hope it's season ending.

It essentially is regular season ending unfortunately since there are just 4 games left. If we make the playoffs he could return

 

[PatsFan2]

Pierre Strong on 6 carries already had a longer run (44 yards) than Harris' longest (30) in 86 carries this year.....

I don't know Patricia maybe you should use a fast RB. IDK might just be me. I get Stevenson is a beast and Harris is the veteran but nuts how it took Stevenson and Harris being out for him to get a few touches.

Pierre Strong Jr is a breakaway runner he's our fastest RB. A year from now he and Rham will be the best RB Duo in the NFL Book it!

 

[PatsFan2]

The Patriots will soon have their pass rush trio of Judon, Uche and Barmore

Don't forget Wise and Ekuale feeding off them. The O won't know who's coming.

 

[SVN]

Play action helps the line, not hurt it. You line Jones up under center and you run the play action (which the Pats are very effective at), it will slow down the rush. The whole purpose of play action is to make rushers bite on the run and hold up and coverage players to stop their pursuit of the receivers making receivers open quicker.

Running play action out of shotgun isn't nearly as effective.

It maybe surprising but our running game right now isnt all that effective. Rhamondre's hard runs mask it but we arent dominant running team in every game to threaten play action

 

[Mike the Brit]

Watching the Raiders, it's hard to predict how they'll do. The basic McDaniels offense is there: run up the middle out of the I behind Jak Johnson; get width by sweeps and reverses. They tried to use Mack Hollins the way that the Pats used Cordarrelle Patterson to terrorize the Bills.

Once they have Renfrow and Waller back as zone beaters, they should be pretty formidable. On the other hand, their collapse against the Rams was really poor. Mayfield just ran around a bit to break things up and threw to whoever got open.

If McDaniels gets to motivate them to play a tight game, it's going to be a hard test. On the other hand, surely, surely, surely, the Pats will get the O-line and play-calling fixed at last ...

 

[PatsFan2]

It maybe surprising but our running game right now isnt all that effective. Rhamondre's hard runs mask it but we arent dominant running team in every game to threaten play action

We lacked cohesiveness along our OL there have been injuries and sickness. The RT position have been very inconsistent hopefully Yodny Cajuste can solidify it.

 

[PatsFan2]

Hopefully they're rusty

Oh so they have TE Darren Waller and WR Hunter Renfrow back. Two can play at that game we have TE Jonnu Smith back he's been in the witness protection program all year and was recently given his freedom.

 

[JMC00]

I got raiders in this one. I just can't overlook the fact that Belichick isn't good against former assistants. 2-8 or some **** in his last 10 games on the road against them. Just get the feeling it's gonna be one of those "come back to bite you" games where people mockingly say "Belichick actually chose Patricia over Lombardi for OC"

Only slight hope is that Raiders defense has blown 4 or 5 games where they led by 13+ but then I realize Pats offense has scored 20+ points once since mid-October (I don't really count the 22-17 game against the jest, defense setup the offense for 3 points which should have ended in a pick-6 instead of 3 points if it wasn't for a ticky-tack roughing the passer)

Just get the feeling this will be the definitive exclamation point on the (very wrong) decision to make Patricia OC.

 

[TomPatriot]

I got raiders in this one. I just can't overlook the fact that Belichick isn't good against former assistants. 2-8 or some **** in his last 10 games on the road against them. Just get the feeling it's gonna be one of those "come back to bite you" games where people mockingly say "Belichick actually chose Patricia over Lombardi for OC"

Only slight hope is that Raiders defense has blown 4 or 5 games where they led by 13+ but then I realize Pats offense has scored 20+ points once since mid-October (I don't really count the 22-17 game against the jest, defense setup the offense for 3 points which should have ended in a pick-6 instead of 3 points if it wasn't for a ticky-tack roughing the passer)

Just get the feeling this will be the definitive exclamation point on the (very wrong) decision to make Patricia OC.

I see a close game based on how well the defense plays. Raiders are better than the Cardinals without Kyler and this is a pretty good offense with Waller back. But their defense is terrible after Crosby and, maybe, Jones. Limit those two and you should be cooking with gas.

 

[archstanton543]

Only slight hope is that Raiders defense has blown 4 or 5 games where they led by 13+ but then I realize Pats offense has scored 20+ points once since mid-October (I don't really count the 22-17 game against the jest, defense setup the offense for 3 points which should have ended in a pick-6 instead of 3 points if it wasn't for a ticky-tack roughing the passer)

I don't know why people think that's ticky-tack. Mac got leveled well after the ball was out.

 

[Patsgofor4]

Just get the feeling it's gonna be one of those "come back to bite you" games where people mockingly say "Belichick actually chose Patricia over Lombardi for OC"
Only slight hope is that Raiders defense has blown 4 or 5 games where they led by 13+ but then I realize Pats offense has scored 20+ points once since mid-October (I don't really count the 22-17 game against the jest, defense setup the offense for 3 points which should have ended in a pick-6 instead of 3 points if it wasn't for a ticky-tack roughing the passer)

Just get the feeling this will be the definitive exclamation point on the (very wrong) decision to make Patricia OC.

So generous of you, giving the Pats a “slight hope” against a 5-8 team. I’m not feeling very confident myself by it’s absurd to think that a Raiders win is almost a sure thing.