Post Game Thread: New England Patriots defeat Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-7
by MaPatsFan on Oct 25, 2009 4:05 PM EDT
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Big surprise. Wes Welker is all over the field, making sure he's open for Tom Brady when he's needed. Overall, I'm happy they won, but there are things that need to be fixed. Brady is overthrowing Randy Moss, Sebastian Vollmer and Logan Mankins need to watch the holding, and I'm still not convinced Laurence Maroney is past the "Dancing El Mo". On the positive side, the defensive backfield is much improved, IMO. Brandon Meriweather is a MAJOR stud of late. More to come tonight after I look at the numbers.
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so um...
can we say that brady is better than manning coming off of injuries. manning= 4-4 through eight games on a 4 week injury
brady= 5-2 through 7 games off a year long injury
by MOSS81 on Oct 25, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
brady is the greatest qb of all time to come off an injury
by sirpinochle on Oct 25, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time to come off an injury who throws to wes welker, graduated from michigan and has a dimple on his chin…
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Oct 25, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't believe Manning ran up the score like that...
… no class.
At least Brady gave the ball away a couple of times to be fair.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 25, 2009 4:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gotta love one thing...
The Pats are getting better each week, and I don’t see that stopping anytime soon. Not even the Tories can keep Brady down.
by plubius on Oct 25, 2009 4:18 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Brady is almost back
Brady continued his improvement today IMO. The picks were bad, but otherwise he moved very well and had some nice throws. Overall the offense moved down the field at will, even though the many penalties would be a killer against a good offense.
Defensively, it was another strong showing. 7 points allowed, and the Bucs never really moved the ball consistently.
We have dominated two teams in a row, and even though they are bad teams, it still takes a good team to do that. I think we are in a very good position for the second half of the season.
by hythlodaeus on Oct 25, 2009 4:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He did move well.
Wish he would have kept moving and held on to the ball those two plays. His second-half performance was very tight and that toss to Watson was a little piece of perfection.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Oct 25, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone notice if Moss hurt his shoulder?
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 25, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think he's really hurt
It looked like he just took a shot on that ball he dropped, but the game was all but over by then and there was no reason to risk getting him hurt.
by RSNexile on Oct 25, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now we'll just have to see what happened to Ty Warren
I saw him getting carted off, but missed how he got hurt
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 25, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In barely related news
I just took a look at the Colts’ schedule. Wow. That’s like Florida’s early season schedule — I-AA all the way.
As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about. --Shaun of the Dead
by JohnHannahRules on Oct 25, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They have a schedule made for a 16-0 season
They really only have three teams that ought to threaten them — the Pats, Baltimore, and Denver. And maybe the Jets if they actually show up to play, which they haven’t done in a few weeks. And of those, they only play the Ravens on the road.
I’m betting they end up 14-2.
by RSNexile on Oct 25, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to be fair for maroney
there are still times where the o-line doesn’t get a hole for him in time. i did see some dancing from him and there were times when he hesitated a bit. but he did show up on his last few touches.
by patriotguy on Oct 25, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The o-line was not good today
They rarely had anywhere for him to go today, and Vollmer and Mankins accounted for half the penalties and 2/3 of the penalty yardage.
I’m willing to cut Vollmer a little slack because he’s a rookie and he looked like he got hurt a little near the end of the first half, but Mankins was just awful today.
by RSNexile on Oct 25, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mankins...
…seemed to be called for a false start EVERY drive. Vollmer’s been getting good experience, but his two holdings on the scoring drive opened the door for Light’s unquestioned return.
by The Hill on Oct 25, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hard to say
They only threw to him once and Brady underthrew him for an INT, and he only had two kick returns. He looked good, but didn’t really have any opportunities to show how good he is. I hope they’ll throw to him more often in two weeks.
by RSNexile on Oct 25, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
judging by his motions and how he ran,
he looked pretty good. didn’t SEEM like the knee was too much of a problem.
by patriotguy on Oct 25, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kids
Pryor had some nice pressure, Butler got burnt on a perfect pass and make a nice int.
Vollmer will only get better, Chung had a sack, Tate got his feet wet and Ingram holding his own. Love watching the younger guys getting some priceless playing time hope Brace and Ohmberger can join them soon.
by DirtyDog on Oct 25, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Question about our punting...
…why were the Bucs consistently in our backfield? We’re lucky none of the punts were blocked.
by The Hill on Oct 25, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The line and Hanson
It seems it’s a combination of the line and Hanson hanging onto the ball for too long, IMO.
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by MaPatsFan on Oct 26, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know...that's a bad play waiting to happen
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 26, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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