New England Patriots Thread Mod Warning Post #253

ELM327

Very nearly a blowout style victory.
Although when I saw that low hit on Brady towards the end you'd wonder why he was still on teh field.

AbusesToilets

The lack of pass rush is a worry alright. Going up against a team like the Eagles or Vikings would be very tough

ELM327

AbusesToilets wrote: »

The lack of pass rush is a worry alright. Going up against a team like the Eagles or Vikings would be very tough

Although considering our closing schedule is pretty much all AFC east except the tie with Pittsburgh, it wont be a problem until post season, assuming NE qualify of course.

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Cassius Marsh is gone and in comes Eric Lee. Lee has nothing of note in the NFL as yet but Texans dropped him and Bills had him on their practice squad. Mad thing is he was being watch by BB before the 2016 draft. Be interesting to see how he turns out

Son Of A Vidic

Before the start of the season I expected the Raiders to be strong contenders in the AFC this year. But man they were far from being even close on Sunday. The up and down nature of the NFL does nothing for me, but just highlight the gift that is Brady. The oul fella has made being brilliant boring. Mick Reiss reported Monday that the team got home from Mexico in the early hours of the morning. And what did Brady do? He headed straight to Gillette to begin his prop for the Dolphins. The man is obsessed and we are just blessed.:cool:

The Steelers game is shaping up to be the key in determining the AFC top seed & home field advantage through the playoffs. And despite us tending to own them during the Brady era, our defense has not faced an offense like them all season. So it will be their biggest test.

BizzyC

When you look at the game Sanders had against us, I'm not looking forward to seeing what Brown will do....

Hazys

BizzyC wrote: »

When you look at the game Sanders had against us, I'm not looking forward to seeing what Brown will do....

TBF Butler did a great job last year on Brown

eagle eye

BizzyC wrote: »

When you look at the game Sanders had against us, I'm not looking forward to seeing what Brown will do....

Ah come on, that was just a guy having a magical night. If you were watching the game you'd have seen that Butler was all over him on many occasions and he was still making ridiculous catches. There was nothing anybody could do the way he was performing that night.

Son Of A Vidic

I just found out that Terry Glenn, the man who caught Brady's first ever TD pass died.:(

eagle eye

RIP Terry Glenn. Terry had an interesting start to his career in New England. He was the cause of the split between the Tuna and Bob Kraft. Parcells wanted to take a defensive player but Kraft insisted that they take Terry.

His career started out looking really good and even Parcells finally admitted that he was a good pick. By the end of his rookie season people were getting really excited about him and it looked like he could be a real special one. Injuries, off the field stuff and Parcells leaving didn't help his early career but he still had a decent career in New England. I remember he did very well later in his career for the Cowboys before he as forced to retired with injury.

BizzyC

Hazys wrote: »

BizzyC wrote: »

When you look at the game Sanders had against us, I'm not looking forward to seeing what Brown will do....

TBF Butler did a great job last year on Brown

True, I had forgot about that actually

eagle eye

Another easy win but Brady took some punishment in that game. I'm hoping we can see some changes to prevent that happening so often in the future.

j8wk2feszrnpao

Wish we could have avoided the TD given up by the offense, and the turnover; it’d have been nice to have had taken Brady (and a few others) out of the game really early.

It’s really worrrying the hits Brady is taking.

How the officials missed the face mask call was just staggering.

j8wk2feszrnpao

Martellus Bennett on IR.

paulie21

munstermagic11 wrote: »

Martellus Bennett on IR.

Nate Ebner as well

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Some of the Pats players boots for Sunday:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/11/28/patriots-photos-cleats-tom-brady-bill-belichick-nate-solder-more/







Bill getting in on the cause also

BizzyC

paulie21 wrote: »

munstermagic11 wrote: »

Martellus Bennett on IR.

Nate Ebner as well

Damn, saw him hurt after that fake punt and didn't like the look of it....

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Busy past 48 hours adjusting roster

Ricky Jean Francois and Jason king waived

Geneo Grissom and wide receiver Bernard Reedy fill their spots

Looks like a move to bolster ST

j8wk2feszrnpao

3 first half sacks given up, more hits; Brady might want to play till his 45yrs old, the OL seems to disagree.

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Not just that the Bills secondary has our number also. When Brady has time he has nowhere to throw it. Bills rushing 4 and dropping the rest in coverage forcing us to throw underneath and we just suck right now.

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Horrendous performance. 2015 all over again. We will end up giving up that 1st seed to the Steelers. Hard to see how we beat the Steelers with this team on the field tonight. We play like this next week and the Steelers will do a lot more damage than the Dolphins.

Biggest problem offensively we have nothing without Gronk or Edelman. We can't go deep because our WR are covered and Brady has no time and the Dolphins have our number going short.

Defensively we need players back from injuries and lets face it we need Gronk.

me89

Really poor, O-line were just terrible. Tom was under pressure nearly every time he dropped back.

Bar a few missed tackles I actually thought the defense did OK considering how much time they spent on the field.

I still think we will beat the Steelers with Gronk, Van Noy and Flowers back.

bruschi

not only is the first seed up for grabs, but if we lose to the Steelers, then the Jags have it in their hands to get second seed. If they win their last games and we lose to the Steelers, they will have second seed and the bye.

PhuckHugh

Hogan had an off night after his return - And Gronk out - Left a very simple Offensive plan which was handled easily enough by the Fins - This game is their Superbowl every year and it seems to be the one that gives us a kick up the hole before the playoffs begin... We all know the Steelers have the potential to put up a big score but they are giving up points also - Hopefully Hogan gets back (plus Flowers) to where he was and Gronk be Gronk. We will be there or there abouts.

bruschi

PhuckHugh wrote: »

Hogan had an off night after his return - And Gronk out - Left a very simple Offensive plan which was handled easily enough by the Fins - This game is their Superbowl every year and it seems to be the one that gives us a kick up the hole before the playoffs begin... We all know the Steelers have the potential to put up a big score but they are giving up points also - Hopefully Hogan gets back (plus Flowers) to where he was and Gronk be Gronk. We will be there or there abouts.

being there or there abouts is a given though. If they want to win the superbowl it has to be a lot better than 0 of 11 third down conversions.

ELM327

You'll never win a game going 0/11 on third downs, thats a shocking stat.

j8wk2feszrnpao

ELM327 wrote: »

You'll never win a game going 0/11 on third downs, thats a shocking stat.

Last night showed the true loss of Edelman (and of course Gronk).
Those quick 5-6 yards pickups on 1st or 2nd down, make 3rd down a whole lot easier.

me89

Kenny Britt expected to sign today

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munstermagic11 wrote: »

Last night showed the true loss of Edelman (and of course Gronk).
Those quick 5-6 yards pickups on 1st or 2nd down, make 3rd down a whole lot easier.

With Gronk on the field we would have won I feel. For more than just his catching abiltity

We were killed on the run due to the inability to block and I feel our twin TE sets were affected with no Gronk. Him and Allen have done a great job blocking for runs.

Also play action passes and dump passes out of the Twin TE set were affected.

Then you have Gronk taking the heat off the rest of our WR because you know they would have had to adjust their defense to account for him which either would have taken away at least 1 pass rusher or blitzing LB and if not would have opened up passes over the middle if they continued to commit to it.

Then you have passes to him directly either splitting the seam or short passes for 5-6 yards at a time.

It puts into perspective of how much he screwed his team with his stupidity

TOss Sweep

me89 wrote: »

Kenny Britt expected to sign today

Good signing if he can learn quickly and give us some of his abilities that we have seen flashes of over the years. Be nice for once if some of these experienced WR actually work out well for us down the stretch.