I'm surprised that the Pats got out game-planned that badly. No effective halftime adjustments, nothing.
Other NFL teams have been showing a taste of the Arkansas-type collegiate offensive sets now and then during this season. Not exactly a big secret around the league.
Hard to say why it caught the Pats napping so badly and why they couldn't adjust.
The Pats having been the kings of the direct snap once upon a time now getting caught flat footed by opponents' direct snaps?
It all starts with how long that elderly Pats D has to remain on the field.
I'm not convinced the Pats youthful OC is such hot stuff. I'm thinking that Weis would be getting more production out of the personnel that they have to work with.
Remember how well Sammy Morris did last year until he got hurt. They ought to be able to run the ball well enough to keep their D off the field with Morris, Maroney and Jordan.
Looks like moving the chains and putting up points is going to be a struggle week in, week out with Cassell. His lame misfires and overthrows continue. It appears that this may be as good as he's going to get. After yesterday, Belichick should be thinking about a Plan B at QB right now.
There's got to be a guy out there somewhere who can manage a game plan effectively and make first down throws to a possession receiver as good as Welker.
There is. His name is Pennington.
Chad gets let go while Cassell is on his way to stinking up the preseason and the Pats stick with Cassell over the guy who's carrying the Jets playbook around in his head.
Guess that doesn't matter if you have the illegal sideline game footage on hand.
Charlie and Romeo, if your squads go .500 or worse this year, c'mon back!
How can anyone or anything be "very mediocre"?
Heh. I guess that's like being the most unique.
I didn't watch the game, but it sure is a shocker to see the Pats beat like this right before the bye week. There wasn't any looking past this game, even if the team had been so inclined.
It all starts with how long that elderly Pats D has to remain on the field.
I think this is the main thing; the Pats D (especially its secondary and linebackers) is just not that good. I read today on Football Outsiders what I thought was a really good point:
Let me point out something else about the Dolphins running the Wildcat against the Patriots today. When people ask about why a college offense like the spread option would not work in the NFL, the typical answer is that NFL linebackers are simply too fast; most of the time, you would never be able to turn the corner on them. Even if you make them hesitate for a moment with the fake, they'll catch up to you. But the Patriots may have the slowest linebackers in the league. They value intelligence and experience much more than speed and youth. So this makes sense as an answer: to run an offensive scheme where the Pats can't use experience to make up for their lack of speed, because nobody would be expecting it in the NFL.
I'm stuck in the Nevada desert again, so all I got to see was high(?)lights. From what some of my colleagues back at the main office in NH told me, that was Foxborough High School on the field. NE played with no intensity, no passion, and most of all no clue. The way to break any single wing or variant thereof is to have your defensive line penetrate straight ahead without looking for the ball carrier, then have your linebackers and safeties (if run is apparent) pursue to the ball. The penetration by the offensive line forces the runner to stay deeper in the backfield while he looks for a hole, and this allows the rest of the defense to find him sooner. I'm amazed that NE did not do this.
Is his name changed to Belichoke?
After their first regular season loss in 21 games? Get a grip.
He lost his Q/B and he can't spy on the other teams now. That is why I called him Belichoke.
There's a lot of coaches out there doing less with more.
He lost his Q/B and he can't spy on the other teams now. That is why I called him Belichoke.
No, you call him that because you are a doughhead. But since you're apparently happier with whoever is coaching your team, whatever works for you.
Wait, wait: "Belichick" + "choke" -> "Belichoke". Oh, oh! I get it! Ha.
"Oh, I get it...a black Russian!"
