Half of the New England Patriots came up short in an overtime game against the Denver Broncos. Twitter was one helluva roller coaster ride.
No other team in #NFL could get away with having their receiving corp decimated, their OL decimated, and throw the ball every damn play....
— Louis Riddick (@LRiddickESPN) November 30, 2015
There's some discussion that Tom Brady is no longer at the top of the MVP rankings with this loss. That's absolutely asinine. The only other quarterback in the league in the same realm as Brady is Carson Palmer, and Brady has had to deal with a lesser supporting cast and has generated more passing yards at a higher completion rate, more touchdowns, fewer interceptions, and a better passer rating. Oh, and the team has a better record against tougher competition.
And then there's the Cam Newton argument, which I'm fine listening to the argument. Add in Newton's rushing numbers to his overall totals and he's not too far behind the top tier of pure passing quarterbacks, and he's been throwing to bowls of oatmeal all season. But other than Newton, there's no one that deserves to be near Brady in the MVP discussion.
"Osweiler is tall" count: 5.
— Toucher and Rich (@Toucherandrich) November 30, 2015
The iPhone auto-corrects Osweiler to "is weaker."
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) November 30, 2015
I think "Brock Osweiler is tall" is going to be the "Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard" or "Julian Edelman was a college quarterback" or "XXX was a basketball player in college."
That's the eighth time Osweiler has thrown to Demaryius. None of those eight throws ended the way Osweiler had hoped.
— Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) November 30, 2015
Hey Demaryius. Game started, bud.
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) November 30, 2015
I just wanted to give extra props to Logan Ryan for one heckuva performance against one of the most athletic wide receivers in the league. So far this year, Ryan has done a bang-up job against some of the top receivers in the league, from Brandon Marshall to Andre Johnson to Demaryius Thomas.
It begs the question: has Logan Ryan done enough to deserve snaps against the opposing team's top receiver? It's not a knock against Malcolm Butler, who has been fantastic this season in some really difficult situations, but wouldn't that just be an added wrinkle for the Patriots defense? Having two corners that you would feel comfortable playing against the opposing team's top receiver is a good thing, especially with the Texans DeAndre Hopkins on the schedule.
Existential question: when is running into the kicker NOT running into the kicker?
— Jerry Thornton (@jerrythornton1) November 30, 2015
Reminder to self: Go back & watch 6 OPI calls against Rob Gronkowski this season to see if different standard if being applied to Gronkowski
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) November 30, 2015
Refs: Put the clock to :40 Clock operator: :15 it is
— Steve Palazzolo (@PFF_Steve) November 30, 2015
The officials did another terrible job this week.
"Will the play-clock operator reset the play clock to 40 seconds."
It's important to note the difference between the "play clock" and the "game clock" and the officials reset the "play clock." Upon the official's "ready for play" signal, the game clock started to run again. The officials actually went by the book in their handling of this issue, in the same way that they handled the issue of the inadvertent whistle against the Bills.
But when you combine inconsistent officiating with ineffective communication, you have a game that is run by those you cannot trust.
Gronkowski was the only happy dude in the talking head intro thing for the Pats offense
— Arif Hasan (@ArifHasanNFL) November 30, 2015
Gronk has to be the most loved athlete in America. I've never seen this much unanimous sadness about an injury #onhere.
— Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) November 30, 2015
Bill Belichick was asked what his emotions were when Gronkowski was down on the turf. The coach spilled his... https://t.co/N9ZJuybuuh
— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) November 30, 2015
If you took a poll around the league of what people think of certain players with regards to fan perception and level of play, Rob Gronkowski would receive the most overwhelmingly positive feedback. Like, I don't think there's a player that comes close. Maybe Larry Fitzgerald or Calvin Johnson.
But seriously, Gronk is totally loved. Really happy the injury isn't serious.
I'm not one to second guess McDaniels but switching quick passes for deep routes seems to be not what you want to do as weather gets worse
— Feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) November 30, 2015
Stop throwing deep, stop throwing deep, stop throwing dee- BOLDEN!
— Drew Bonifant (@dbonifant) November 30, 2015
The Patriots are that old dude at the YMCA, broken with bad knees, but he still dunks on you every time. - JR
— Canal St. Chronicles (@SaintsCSC) November 30, 2015
Of course Tom Brady gets TD pass 420 in Colorado...
— James Christensen (@NEPatriotsDraft) November 30, 2015
I'm totally guilty of feeling this way and I absolutely followed this train of thought. Why throw deep to Scott Chandler? It's not worki- Josh, why'd you call it again? It's seriously not going to wor- JOSH WHY?!
Oh, Brandon Bolden caught the wheel route that every Patriots running back dating back to the age of George Washington struggled to bring down?
Carry on. I never doubted you.
Hicks trying to recover that fumble is all of us on Monday morning.
— Thomas Melton (@TMeltonScouting) November 30, 2015
Take it away, Akiem!
When a win is so close, but nah pic.twitter.com/Zw9kPFSWDb
— Pats Pulpit (@patspulpit) December 1, 2015