Which Patriot player will have 2+ tds in the divisional round this year?

[brdmaverick]

Alright, so obviously it's not a given that it will happen, but it's interesting to note that it has happened in the last six years (and four of the six years a player had 3+ Tds).

Here's who has scored multiple Tds in past years..........

2011 vs DEN: Gronk, 3 TDs
2012 vs HOU: S.Vereen 3Tds
2013 vs IND: Blount, 4 Tds & S.Ridley, 2 Tds
2014 vs BAL: D.Amendola, 2 Tds
2015 vs KC: Gronk, 2 Tds
2016 vs HOU: D.Lewis, 3 Tds

It's not always the most obvious candidates either. Vereen and Lewis weren't really prime candidates when they scored their three TDs.

 

[farn]

Gronk.

 

[The Brandon Five]

Dwayne Allen








(I kid)

Gillislee

 

[Wheelman]

Gronk SMASH!

 

[FourierSeries]

James Harrison.

Just kidding.

He's obviously saving that for the following game vs Pittsburgh.

 

[Uptown]

DA BURKMEISTER...

 

[jah]

Depends who we play.

KC gets Gronk. TEN gets Burkhead (or Cooks if no Rex), BUF gets...Gronk, again.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Gronk. No Eric Berry, Brady makes them
pay.

 

[brdmaverick]

I'll take Brandin Cooks

 

[mitsudriver]

Lewis is the easy pick here.

 

[Vatahala]

I rather be remembered for 180 receiving yards than if I scored 2 TDs.

Put me down for another Hogan the hero day.

 

[maineman209]

I'd say it's most likely to be Lewis as a triple-threat running/receiving/returning.

Then, Burkhead (if healthy) since he can both run or catch for a TD. I'd say Gronk is fairly close behind Burkhead. Amendola could sneak in there, though.

Perhaps somewhat longer odds for Cooks, or for White/Hogan/Mitchell to get two (assuming the latter three are healthy), although I'd love to see Cooks get loose to take a couple long bombs to the house.

Odds seem pretty high against any of the "outliers" like Dorsett/Allen/Hollister, etc. getting one TD, much less two. But then, this is the post-season when "surprise!" offensive packages may be revealed.

A lot really seems to depend on Hogan and/or Mitchell being able to play (or, possibly, Britt getting a lot further along in his studies) in order to restore more of the intermediate range portion of the passing attack.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Burkhead if healthy. He seems to be settling in as a solid goal line back

 

[slash83]

All of em

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Nate Solder

 

[brdmaverick]

...and the streak continues with James White

 

[Uptown]

Next game, it’s time for Cooks to start cookin’

 

[maineman209]

Next game, it’s time for Cooks to start cookin’

Begining in wk-14 @.MIA, Cook's catch rate has been abysmal ... 15 of 39 tgts = 38.4% ... although there have been several near-misses while he seems to have been getting a lot of extra attention from DBs. In fairness, he's also produced 228 receiving yards (15.2 ypc) and 2 of his 7 TDs in that span. And, meanwhile, the productivity of Brady's other tgts has unsurprisingly increased.

I expect that to continue until some hapless DB gets nervous about one or another of those "other" tgts and takes one wrong step.