Quick Recap: Patriots defeat Buccaneers, 35-7
It was...as expected. The (now) 0-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were outgunned and outmatched coming into this game. Everyone knew it. Everyone expected New England to roll over them. And they did. What I found interesting in this game was the play calling and some of the substitutions. A long bomb to Brandon Tate, right after he just came off of the PUP. That's more a preseason "let's try the kid out" than a serious play. Ask yourself if they'd try that against Indy or Miami and I'd be willing to bet the answer would be an emphatic NO.
One thing for sure, Sebastian Vollmer and Logan Mankins will be running laps until their feet bleed. Vollmer had 2 holding penalties called on him but Mankins, with 3 false starts and 1 holding, has the German beat for bonehead moves of the game. That was very uncharacteristic of Mankins and something that is, I'm sure, very fixable.
There were enough negatives, which I'll get to in the longer recap tomorrow, but there were plenty of positives:
- Brandon Meriweather has turned into an absolute stud in the defensive backfield and not just because of his pick 6 (it was a thing of beauty though, wasn't it?). He's Mr. Everywhere, prowling the line of scrimmage, disrupting receivers, making big hits. Cool.
- Wes Welker is ridiculous. My only worry about the little engine that can is the possibility of burnout. I mean, the guy can only take so much. Get Julian Edelman back on the field.
- The loss of both Sammy Morris and Fred Taylor didn't seem to impact the ground game today. Laurence Maroney is still bouncing, but he did have some decent runs in key situations. A TD to his name doesn't hurt, either.
All for now. More recap tomorrow.
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very uncharacteristic is right. I’m not going to be too hard on him unless he does it again – tough games coming up after the bye and those silly penalties can kill a team.
Loved Meriweather and Welker, and the first plays of Brandon Tate’s NFL career. Welker won’t burn out, he loves this stuff and hates to be on the sideline.
Keep the faith!
by Marima on Oct 25, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
why do people talk about welker burning out
is it because he’s white!!!!
by sirpinochle on Oct 26, 2009 3:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's because he's itty-bitty
and gets hit 112+ times a season by linebackers and safeties. And that’s not including punt and kick returns.
by Comedic.Sans on Oct 26, 2009 4:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mankins...
…has had a pair of rough games, penalty wise.
by The Hill on Oct 25, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
have you seen "the apartment"?
GRRREAT movie!
by sirpinochle on Oct 26, 2009 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder if the strange crowd would influence it
Crowd noise at strange times, whistles in the stands, etc. I wouldn’t have thought the Bucs really had the ball long enough to have it affect them, so it’s hard to compare, though.
by Comedic.Sans on Oct 25, 2009 11:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thankfully the bye week will set Mankins straight.
His “play” was really uncharacteristic of him. I hope he’s looking at the tapes very thoroughly.
As far as Meriweather goes, I know now who’s jersey I want for Christmas this year.
Beer is good! And stuff!
by R_Adragna on Oct 25, 2009 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lets go on the colts blog and start saying"your running up the score!"
nah, just kidding. ;)
by patriotguy on Oct 26, 2009 6:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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