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Okay i think every one killed this topic from the end of the game to this morning. I'm sitting here bored in class so now lets about about the 58 other minutes of the game everyone has forgotten.

Offense:

Brady: it's official he's back. We now show we can pick apart good def. not just mediocre ones. Everything seemed to point to brady being back from the injury and slow start to pick up where he left off b4 08.

Moss: the guy is a beast. everyone talks about how he's diminishing as he get older, well...those ppl can eat it.Even if he isn't as fast as he used to be, his hands and ability to catch in traffic makes him a huge threat even if he gets older. Next week he gets rematch with revis, which will be interesting.

Welker: Welker being Welker. No need to point to how he's been doing cuz he's simply mr. consistent

Faulk: great running by faulk and barely missed a big catch. I'll be sad if he simply becomes a 3rd down back again after morris/taylor returns. right now he seems like the best RB we got.

Maroney: iunno what to say about maroney. He's simply up and down. At times he looked great and looking like about to break out. But the rare endzone fumble costed us big. it seems like he either gives us good yrd or gets stuffed for a loss/no gain.

Vollmer: Freeney will be happy to not see vollmer again for a while. He might take Light's job. But on the other side Kaczur got man handled by mathis. When light comes back i think there might be some shifts in our O-line



Defense: I'm not gonna point out too much individuals on def stood out too much. i will say the def played greta in the beginning. a lot fo their scoring came on insanely good catches despite our coverage. However the problem was either we stop them on the first drive or we let them drive down field for a td. if we limited one of the drives to a fg only, the game would have ended in our favor. It seems this defense is either very good or very porous. Every game they seem to have one quarter where there is a lapse in def. With at said, for the first few innigns we got pressure on Manning which was good. also we shut down clark for the game. our pick ups of burgess and bodden played well and showed y we got them. I'm hoping warren and TBC will be back soon tho so the defense can run on full capacity. Ona  side note, i'nm wonder what happened to shawn springs. i would've liked him to cover reggie wayne over the younger more inexperienced guys.

you thoughts guys?

Oh ya: The loss doesn't really account for as much as some people made it out to be. We can still get a first round bye depending on Bengals and Broncos. Bengals looks good but they have the vikings so there's hope there. While Bronco's def and offense have in lacking recently so if we keep winning we can get a heads up. the 2nd seed is still very much up in the air. the division can be over if we beat the jets and miami agian in the coming weeks. The loss to the colts was tough but it wasn't devastating in terms of the future.

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Great outlook

I’m looking at the positives here, like you, and there are many. If I liked the Jets even a little bit I’d feel sorry for them for what’s coming next week.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Nov 16, 2009 3:33 PM EST reply actions  

Porous secondary

I’m not necessarily convinced it’s porous, per se. There seems to be a shift in design, and the corners back off and play soft deliberately. While that’s a typical bend-but-don’t-break Hoodie designed scheme, I wonder if Belichick is so used to undersized, weaker CBs that he’s being too passive given his new players. Asante Samuel never manhandled anyone in press coverage. Leigh Bodden, however, is a far bigger and stronger man and can knock guys around on the line. I wouldn’t mind putting Bodden on whoever gets the 5-10 yard routes and smacking them around on the line a little, just to throw the timing off in those 4th quarter no-huddle marches. I do see why Hoodie drops them back, but given the bigger CBs and the ability of Brady to march down the field if the opposition does get a big play over the top, I would like to see some aggression from the CBs in the final quarter.

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

by Comedic.Sans on Nov 16, 2009 5:28 PM EST reply actions  

other positives in the passing game

Stanback getting involved in a couple of drives, and Edelman back on the field.

by jctsai12 on Nov 16, 2009 5:47 PM EST reply actions  

Nick " I can't block for shit" Kaczur

is more of a liability than Matt Light. hopefully when Light comes back, he can take the RT spot

by NinjaZX6R on Nov 16, 2009 11:01 PM EST reply actions  

Yet he's the only guy with an extended contract...

Bleh.

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

by Comedic.Sans on Nov 16, 2009 11:49 PM EST up reply actions  

i know…did the Hoodie forget his performance during black sunday or his performance his year. he is the weakest spot in the line now

by NinjaZX6R on Nov 17, 2009 1:45 AM EST up reply actions  

I'd really love a breakdown

of what downs and formations Faulk/Maroney are running out of and over what lineman, because Faulk seemed to have ENORMOUS holes that Maroney never did when we ran it with him. I wonder if that’s more due to expecting a pass when Faulk is in and a run when Maroney is in, or what.

by sc4rs on Nov 17, 2009 10:29 AM EST reply actions  

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