What is the Impact of a Welker-less New England Patriots?
by MaPatsFan on Sep 22, 2009 8:53 PM EDT
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There are many possible reasons for Sunday's 9-16 loss to the New York Jets. Blitzing and pass rushing by the Jets' D, poor special teams play, numerous dropped balls, and a little rust from Wonderboy, Tom Brady. I don't believe, in most cases, one player can win or lose a game. I believe players can make big plays or commit grave errors CONTRIBUTING to the game's outcome, but they don't necessarily, on their own, determine the outcome of a game.
In some cases, rare cases, a single player makes so many positive plays that he is hard to ignore, that he might approach the level of game changer. The little engine that can, Wes Welker, is one of those players. Sidelined for the Jets matchup with a "knee injury", Wes was sorely missed. Why? Welker is Brady's safety valve, his check down receiver, and one of his favorite screen guys.
When in trouble, when all of his receivers are covered, he knows Welker's there to take the "long handoff", to make something out of nothing and, quite possibly, move the chains for us. Did the lack of Welker's presence hurt the Pats? Could he have changed the outcome for us? Let's hear it.
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Would have caught Edleman's drops
But wouldn’t have mattered.
Welker's Brady's outlet
No Welker, no outlet. And that’s not ideal when facing a blitz-heavy scheme.
We can take solace in that
we were missing our third best offensive player and our best defensive player
My man Brady is looking like a guy who is scare to take a hit.
Now I’m a Pat’s fan for years. I’m really not happy with what i’m seeing this year on the field. Tom Brady is not recovered from this injury in his head. The way he passed was
off. He looked scared in the pocket, when ran out of the pocket he missed easy targets.
The D, front 7 is still looking good. It’s the remaining 4 I’m worried about. We got a great coach, so it’s time for him to do his thing or we will have a long long season.
agreed that his passing was off
disagree with the ‘scared’ part. Brady has never been afraid to take a hit, and usually stands in and steps up more than most QBs when the first reaction is to let themselves get flushed out, or to curl up and just take the sack (remember the first half of the year with Cassel in ’08?)
Brady addressed his passing during his weekly call-in to WEEI on Monday. He has admitted that his technique has been off, he doesn’t like it, and it’s something that he’ll be working on.
Keep the faith!
When do we get Welker back?
Anyone know ? It is tough to know with the way the pats are so secret about that kind of stuff.
it will be another game-time decision I'm guessing
just like it was with the Jets. Welker warmed up and was practicing before the game, but Belichick didn’t think he was ready to play.
Keep the faith!
Welker was a game-time scratch
which suggests it was a very close call. He felt good enough for the Bills, but not enough for the Jets. I’d imagine we’d see another last-minute decision. It may also turn on how well Edelman practices this week – if he’s mini-Wes, they may rest the real one; if he’s not, Welker might play.
by Comedic.Sans on Sep 23, 2009 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
eh, i don't agree.
welker is no doubt brady’s favorite target, but edelman was a frequent target for brady in the game, and he performed well. maybe welker would have performed better than edelman, but brady knew the situation, and being the great brady, he should have adjusted and hit the targets he overthrew. i don’t think welker would have made a BIG difference in terms of winning the game, but he’s better than edelman.
The answer is simple...
No Welker, no snow-angels.
No snow-angels, no win.
"Flying blind on a rocket cycle?" -Vultan, from the movie "Flash Gordon", for no particular reason...
hey
should i grab hank basket for my ff team.
Is that a touch of jealousy?
Severe lack of snow angels and/or Welker?
by Comedic.Sans on Sep 25, 2009 6:14 AM EDT up reply actions
We don't need no stinking Welkers...
And why would we need angels when we already have Peyton Manning, who is for all intents and purposes, a god?
Silly Pats-lovers…
"Flying blind on a rocket cycle?" -Vultan, from the movie "Flash Gordon", for no particular reason...
by peytonsurdaddy on Sep 25, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks like he's 12
and about to bust out a Meatloaf chorus, with all the smoke and backlighting. Ye gods.
by Comedic.Sans on Sep 28, 2009 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions
Peyton's a dog?
Wow, that really makes me paws to think. All that licking in the Oreo commercials makes sense now. Well its a dog eat dog world (especially in Philadelphia), and we know the world’s going to the dogs. Of course Manning is top dog in Indianapolis; ‘cause if you’re not lead dog, the view never changes. He also has a strong attraction to Jeff Saturday’s butt; maybe he’s a dog too.
Here’s hoping he has his tail between his legs when we play him.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.
by SlotMachinePlayer on Sep 28, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
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