Patriots in the RedZone, sponsored by Comcast

by MaPatsFan on Dec 19, 2009 5:14 PM EST in New England Patriots News

With our 20-10 win against the Carolina Panthers, the Patriots improve to 48.15% in the RedZone. One TD was a 3 yarder to Kevin Faulk in the 2nd quarter and the other a fiver to Benjamin Watson. Does anything strike you as odd with those 2 scores? I'll wait... DING DING!! Neither of them were to wide receivers. 2 Stephen Gostkowski field goals sealed the deal.

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I distinctly remember some sage saying before last week's game that he hadn't seen a TE fade in the end zone in a while

Oh. Wait. That was me.

Ding ding!

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

by Comedic.Sans on Dec 19, 2009 6:36 PM EST reply actions

Speaking of TE's, has Chris Baker been AWOL or something?

I thought he was doing pretty well as a threat for the Pats.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Dec 19, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions

Pretty sure he got injured...

…just like everyone else.

Fire BabeParilli.

by Richard Hill on Dec 19, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions

He's been hurt, as has Watson

And I also suspect that the number of TE catching plays drops proportionate to the number of O-linemen on the injury list – when tackles and guards are slower because they’re nicked up, the Pats keep TEs in to block. That means less catches from Watson and Baker, although their snap count might stay high.

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

by Comedic.Sans on Dec 19, 2009 8:20 PM EST up reply actions

You still haven't seen a TE fade.

But I’ll take a crossing route as a poor-man’s substitute.

The TE fade off of play-action power to the TE’s side is the best goal-to-go play at any level if you have an even semi-credible run game. I wish I saw more of it on Sundays.

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 Dec 19, 2009 10:59 PM EST up reply actions

You mean handing it off to Sammy Morris isn't the best play?

Fire BabeParilli.

by Richard Hill on Dec 19, 2009 11:01 PM EST up reply actions

True, wasn't a fade

But a Red Zone TD pass to a TE is enough to make me happy. Now Brady’s remember that he’s actually allowed to pass to those big receiver looking guys, hopefully he’ll start picking them out more often.

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

by Comedic.Sans on Dec 20, 2009 6:38 AM EST up reply actions