Joey007
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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.Loss of Bolden not helping, IMO, but this regression is just shocking.
New rule, key ST players leaving (BB, Flowers and gulp Richards) and maybe even Slaters performance has not been good.
I wonder if Gost overkicks he runs the risk of screwing up his FG mechanics.The thing that bothers me most about the ST regression is that due to rule changes there's no reason to try to kick off to the 1 yard line anymore... but the Pats keep doing it anyway for no reason at all. Gost has more than enough leg to just drill nonreturnable kicks every time, which would make their kickoff coverage issues a moot point.
This is the kind of thing that we're used to seeing Belichick be ahead of the curve on, which makes it all the more frustrating that they continue to miss something so obvious, getting gashed in the process.
Might have been Gisgsby since he just got his pink slip.Execution, missing assignments. On the opening KR by TEN, I could kinda see it coming. There should've been someone (besides DMac) staying out on the backside, out of the scrum, to protect against the returner bouncing it out, but there wasn't. Somebody missed that assignment, but there's no way to know who.
Execution, missing assignments. On the opening KR by TEN, I could kinda see it coming. There should've been someone (besides DMac) staying out on the backside, out of the scrum, to protect against the returner bouncing it out, but there wasn't. Somebody missed that assignment, but there's no way to know who.
Might have been Gisgsby since he just got his pink slip.
Pretty sure it was either Ebner or Slater (possibly both) that blew the assignment. In real-time I was pretty sure it was Ebner, but it's a little less clear in all-22 footage. Ebner got too far upfield and tried to bounce outside his blocker, which opened up the huge gap that the return came through. It's possible that was by design and Slater was supposed to have that huge cutback lane covered, but that seems less likely. Slater was lined up directly to Ebner's right, and if he was expected to make that play then he overpursued, making it really easy for the returner to cut back and for him to be blocked out of the play.
The return lane opened up between them, so generally speaking they're the first guys you'd look to if you're trying to figure out what went wrong. Ebner's play there was far more egregious, you can at least make the case that Slater might have been doing his job and it only looked as bad as it did because Ebner screwed up and left such a wide open cutback lane to Slater's left too late for him to react to it. Hard to make any such charitable case for Ebner.
Also, Hogan made a pretty poor effort on the second level after the returner initially cut back and got through the first wave.
It looks like Jon Jones also looped around deep to the inside from way outside, over-pursued, and got caught behind the returner.
I have to believe the analytics are saying it still works around the league and we just aren't executing. But it might be time now to stop it because we can't do it right.The thing that bothers me most about the ST regression is that due to rule changes there's no reason to try to kick off to the 1 yard line anymore... but the Pats keep doing it anyway for no reason at all. Gost has more than enough leg to just drill nonreturnable kicks every time, which would make their kickoff coverage issues a moot point.
This is the kind of thing that we're used to seeing Belichick be ahead of the curve on, which makes it all the more frustrating that they continue to miss something so obvious, getting gashed in the process.
Context would be helpful. For example the 2 long returns allowed are the difference between being at 26.4 per ko and 22.
2 bad plays is a lot different than “regression”.
I don’t think that’s the case.What? They have given the opponent great starting field position all season long. That's the context.
Still Joe Judge.Do we have a new special teams coach? Could someone please refresh my memory?
Do we have a new special teams coach? Could someone please refresh my memory?