Don_the_patfan
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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.Bottom line: You are what you records says you are. Anything else is homers making excuses. Don't mean to be harsh but it's reality. Lets not sound like other teams fans when we were rolling on them back in the day.
The road woes are not overblown.
Look at the other teams that haven't had a road win at a non-neutral site yet this year... it's the Pats and then a half dozen teams with a combined record of 4-million
Bottom line: You are what you records says you are. Anything else is homers making excuses. Don't mean to be harsh but it's reality. Lets not sound like other teams fans when we were rolling on them back in the day.
Why am I making excuses? Because I think the excuse is valid. What good is making excuses? It makes you realize that you shouldn't AT ALL be worried about the Patriots performance on the road.
Rob0729 said:It isn't much about making excuses. We aren't saying the Pats should have won the games. We are just saying the reason the Pats lost the games they did may have less to do with them being road games and more that the competition they faced.
But it is an excuse at the end. And that is we lost because we faced better teams on the road? What does it matter? Aren't we supposed to beat better teams on the road And why does that matter other then makes us feel better.
Guys it is what it is. What is important is what we do from now on.
The predictability of the playcalling *is* road-related, IMO...My concerns are the predictability of the play calling, and the lack of successful in-game adjustments - on both offense and defense. That is what in my opinion is leading to the second half points/points allowed problems, as well as the low rankings in the red zone. I think if the Pats focus on improving in those two areas (predictability/play-calling, and in-game adjustments) then just about everything else will take care of itself.
I beg to differ.
Whether the excuse is valid or not while it makes you feel good it is irrelevant. The record is what it is no matter who you played on the road. So you should be worried because the fact is we are not good on the road according to our record on the road. If we are to be a good team we have to beat good teams so who we played is irrelevant.
Before you throw the defense under the bus for losses, are there ANY games you would attribute to losses due to the offense? Just curious. The defense since 2006 has ranked top 8 every season.