Game Ball of the Week: Aaron Hernandez

Deion Branch will face McKelvin for the first time, and I’m sure some unlucky corner will face welker.

Not too familiar with their LBs now.

Gronk or Herndo will have a safety and/or LB on him.

Bills also have a BAD running defense.

I really like our matchups this game.

Brady + Branch and Welker = Zone Buster

AHern = Man Buster

Wilfork was up there big time, but the Patriots had to put offensive points on the board and Hernandez came up big with two TDs. Nice write-up Greg.

Fewer can press and play bump & run. Many never play it, so adjusting isn’t something you want to try in the middle of the playoffs. Others don’t have the personnel (e.g. DBs lack adequate recovery speed). Few teams can match up with the Pats as well as the Packers seemed to, and that was with the Pats’ offense firing on perhaps only 3/4 of its cylinders.

Whenever an offensive lineman runs back a kickoff 70 yards, I think he should merit serious consideration.

That game would might have been very different at 17-7 without the return too.

But I might give it to Vollmer on Matthews. He took him 1-on-1 a lot, and is probably the only reason the Packers didn’t sack Brady on every single play.

that return was HUGE AND set up one of Hernandez touchdowns sure he made the catches, but with the way our offense was playing that game i dont think we would have scored on that drive without his return. PLUS that was a HUGE momentum shift something that we definitely needed to turn the tide after we got sucker punched by that onside kick

All three represent a huge advantage in single coverage, and all three have great hands. They should total 10+ catches per game. When they do, every other option improves.

Go Oakland. I think the Colts are the most concerning post season opponent. I totally dislike BB’s approach against Manning. Screw extra coverage, they should send 5 regularly to limit his pocket time. AND, if all goes well, he gets hit 6 or more times after the release for good measure.

And next time a team dares to start a game with a freak’in on side kick….RUN UP THE DAMN SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! When i saw that first play, i was like, “Oh you bastards.” Little did i know Matt Flynn was gonna carve us between the 20’s. But with that said, run it up!!!!!!

but I’d go with Vince, hands down. The snaps he played, the different roles, the double-teams all night, rushing the passer — just a huge, huge performance. He went above and beyond and not just for a handful of plays where someone else put him in position and fed him the rock (Herndo) or because of a chance hop and strange confluence of events (Connolly), but snap after snap with the focus of the other team’s line on his whereabouts. Light, Mayo, Woodhead all handled their jobs. Vince played out of position as much as in his home role. It’d be as if Light played center, guard and rt in addition to his role on the left.

I just don’t think it’s a close contest. Without Vince, we lose this game.