Quick thoughts and stuff

by MaPatsFan on Oct 30, 2009 9:14 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

Hey gang,

on this typical New England October night, a few thoughts:

Bill Belichick really shouldn't have worn those shorts. Granted, it was a sign of the times but...dayem!!
Brandon Meriweather deserves AFC Defensive Player of the Week. As humble as he tries to be, he's learned a great deal from one of the most feared defensive backs in the game - one Rodney Harrison. Take Rodney's experience and put it in a young tiger's body. Ladies and gentlemen, I give Brandon. BOOM BABY!! Bring on the pain.
Tom Brady doesn't deserve AFC Offensive Player of the Month. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the fact that he got it. But I think it's a bit of a sympathy vote. You know, he's had to pull himself out of a hole to get where he is, so his battle has been that much harder than others.
I'm going to adopt Wes Welker. He told me in a dream that he doesn't want to live where that SMP guy does. He likes it where I live. What? Light's out? Take 2 of the green ones? Ok. Ok. Just don't put that jacket on me again.
Sebastian Vollmer doesn't need to learn english. He just needs to drop defensive linemen on their backsides. Which he seems to be pretty good at.
I feel bad for Joey Galloway. It stinks his career will most likely end on a sour note.
If Julian Edelman doesn't get well soon, I'll adopt him, too. He needs someone to take care of him. I'll make him soup and get his favorite magazine and DVR his favorite TV shows...
Scott Zolak needs to shutup when Bill Belichick is talking during the Belestrator. Where's Mike Lynch?
I hate bye weeks. I might actually start watching rugby.
I want every game, for the rest of the season, to be a flat out stompin' similar to the Titans.
It's time for another Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA. Mmm...hops.

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Only one issue

I’m still not sold on the “every week should be a stomping” thing. Maybe every second week. I just don’t like the idea of having the defence on the field for 45 minutes every game, because the O takes about 30 seconds each drive to annihilate the opposition when hey inevitably give up turnovers in their own red zone. Otherwise, no problems.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 30, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The Pats lead the league in average time of possession

by RSNexile on Oct 31, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that is while Brady's been unable to find Moss deep

and Moss and Welker are leading the league on short, YAC-heavy passes. That’s basically the “long handoff” running game, so it soaks up time. If and when the Pats find that deep pass, a la 2007, I see a lot of drives only lasting short periods. If anything, I prefer the way it is now – soaking up time, keeping the D off the field, etc. One of the problems with 2007 was the defence had taken so many snaps, time on field, and all the resultant knocks that they were knackered by the post-season.

While there’s a certain beauty in watching, say, that play-action pass to Moss, I’d rather see 9 out of 10 drives be Welker marching it up the field, than a 2007 air-raid.

by Comedic.Sans on Oct 31, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

the long pass is starting to show

it may be against bad teams but, its coming. At least we now know brady can still hit receivers long when their open. It’s only a matter o f time he’ll be able to hit em when the guys are not as open. Plus we saw glimpses of it in the preseason

by lololol on Nov 1, 2009 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, we did

and while I like him and Moss to have the ability to do it, I’d still prefer them to march down the field and soak up time, more often than not. Going aerial in long bombs 25-30 times to Moss and Stallworth in 2007 looked great, but it meant the defence was on the field longer than they perhaps should have been.

Token foreign guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Nov 1, 2009 1:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

we need the D to win a few for us so they can get preped for the P’s. Meriweather’s a beast!

Jack of all trades-Master of None.....

by Peter Chung on Oct 31, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You forgot to mention how you all will be cheering for the Dolphins to beat the Jets!!!

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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Oct 31, 2009 12:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

There are no Jets

There are only Biplanes.

by RSNexile on Oct 31, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well still cheer for us.

Don't question my fandominium.
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Oct 31, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i want to see rex ryan fail!

by patriotguy2 on Oct 31, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who doesn't?

Don't question my fandominium.
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by dolphinsinbuffalo on Oct 31, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hmmmm

I would like the Pats to score no less than 48 points to nothing against the Jets; I just love seeing that fat bag from NY complaining about running the score by the Pats. It would be funny to see that.
but the truth is the Jet less and the Dolphin less are a tough match, however … I am not worried about either, the only ones that worries me are the games with the Colts and the Saints, if they win one of them they are in, I just have a good feeling about the Pats more than at the beginning of the season, I just like to see how they are going to do against the Dolphins just because they played a pair of week teams in a row, the next game will go a long way of knowing what kind of Team the Pats have this season now that TB is playing better.

by DeepThreat2u on Oct 31, 2009 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Both still have a strong run game

so it’ll be interesting to see how they scheme the defence – they gave up a lot of yardage against the Ravens and Titans on the ground, and the ’Fins and Jets both have good run games.

Token foreign guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Nov 1, 2009 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs